HIV Care Tools vs The PrEP Resource
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HIV Care Tools
Provides clinicians with free point-of-care tools for HIV testing, prevention, and treatment. Features include an ARV interactions checker, quick guides, clinical calculators, and access to clinician support lines.
- ARV interactions checker
- HIV testing and prevention guides
- Clinical calculators and screeners
- Access to clinician support lines
- Offline content access
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HIV Care Tools features free point‐of‐care tools for clinicians caring for people with – or at risk for – HIV infection. • A new ARV interactions checker gives quick, simple management recommendations for all documented ARV medications. • Quick guides provide essential information for HIV testing, pre‐exposure prevention (PrEP), post‐exposure prevention (PEP), rapid start of antiretroviral treatment (ART) for those testing HIV positive, and resources to help pay for HIV medications. • Easy‐to‐use, secure, clinical calculators and screeners for common co‐occurring conditions are provided, these include BMI, CrCl, FIB-4, PHQ-2, AUDIT-C, and others. • One-touch access to phone‐based, free, national clinician warmlines for expert support with HIV prevention and care, substance use, and hepatitis C. • Local and regional contact information for AIDS Education and Training Center Program experts who offer free training and capacity building support for the clinical care team. All app content is accessible without Internet access but can only be installed and updated when the device is connected to the internet. AETC Care Tools is a project of the National AETC Support Center (NASC, formerly AETC National Coordinating Resource Center) and funded by the HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Support was provided under grant number U10HA49824 awarded to the François‐Xavier Bagnoud Center, Rutgers University School of Nursing. The project was implemented in partnership with the University of California, San Francisco under subcontract with Rutgers. No percentage of this project was financed with non‐governmental sources. This information or content and conclusions are those of the authors and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. The NASC is a program of HRSA HAB's Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program.
The PrEP Resource
This medical app assists clinicians in screening patients for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), selecting and prescribing appropriate regimens, and managing follow-up care. It offers tools for initial evaluation, counseling, and includes offline access to guidelines and calculators.
- HIV PrEP screening tool
- Prescribing and counseling guidance
- Follow-up and discontinuation advice
- Clinical calculators
- Offline USPHS guidelines
- Offline clinical tools
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This point of care app is designed to help clinicians feel more comfortable screening patients for pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV transmission, choosing and prescribing a regimen, and follow-up/discontinuing the medications. Includes a screening tool, prescribing tool, counseling and initial evaluation tools, and information for follow-up and discontinuing PrEP. The app also includes resources and applicable calculators. Features Clinical Tools: ~Screening Tool ~Prescribing and Counseling Tool ~Follow-up and Discontinuing Recommendations ~Clinical Calculators ~USPHS Guidelines available offline ~All clinical tools available offline
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: HIV Care Tools at every 2 months against The PrEP Resource's every 7 months. HIV Care Tools also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for HIV Care Tools against 5.0 for The PrEP Resource. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
HIV Care Tools ships an update every 2 months, The PrEP Resource every 7 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | HIV Care Tools | The PrEP Resource |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | University of California at San Francisco | Complete Medicine, LLC |
Customer experience
HIV Care Tools
The PrEP Resource
In-app purchases
HIV Care Tools
No in-app purchases
The PrEP Resource
No in-app purchases
Questions
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