Comparison

Orthopedic Trauma vs CURRENT CMDT 2023

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Orthopedic Trauma

Features
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This extensive, concise, rapid reference guideline is created for primary care clinicians for the management of musculo-skeletal injuries, including fractures. Excellent resource for emergency departments, urgent care clinics, or family medicine clinic physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners. Contents indexed for rapid searchability. This is the 2023, 27th annual edition, version 1. The information contained in this application is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice from a doctor or health care provider. Use of this application does not establish a doctor-patient relationship between you and Dr. Mark Brancel, Brancel Medical Guides, or any affiliated institution. Please consult a health care provider for advice about any course of treatment or medical condition.

About

CURRENT CMDT 2023

This medical reference app provides comprehensive diagnostic and treatment recommendations for adult medicine. It covers over 1,000 diseases and disorders with drug treatment tables, algorithms, and evidence-based references. The app offers offline access, smart search suggestions, and customizable reading options.

Highlights
  • Covers 1,000+ diseases and disorders
  • Diagnostic and treatment algorithms
  • Hundreds of drug treatment tables
  • Smart search with word suggestions
  • Offline content access
  • Customizable text size
  • Notes and bookmarks
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The #1 annual internal medicine guide?extensively revised and updated. The most popular annual guide of its kind, this updated edition of the flagship title of the LANGE medical book brand presents the most important diagnostic and treatment recommendations as well as the most useful new clinical developments in every field of adult medicine. For 60+ years, CURRENT Medical Diagnosis & Treatment has been delivering the authoritative information that students, residents, and clinicians need to build their medical knowledge, expertise, and confidence. Written by top experts in their fields, this unmatched guide enables you to find the answers you need quickly and easily. It provides: β€’ Coverage of more than 1,000 diseases and disorders β€’ Comprehensive approach to patient care, focusing on diagnostic tools for day-to-day practice β€’ Hundreds of drug treatment tables for quick access to indexed trade names and updated drug prices β€’ Diagnostic and treatment algorithms to present important information at a glance β€’ Carefully curated, updated references to provide peer-reviewed, evidence-based information, and PMID numbers for quick online access β€’ Annual update on dynamic viral infections, including SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 and HIV/AIDS β€’ Hundreds of full-color photographs, illustrations, and algorithms This app is very intuitive and easy to navigate, allowing you to browse the contents or search for topics. The powerful search tool gives you word suggestions that appear in the text as you type, so it is lightning fast and helps with spelling those long medical terms. The search tool also keeps a recent history of past search terms so you can go back to a previous search result very easily. You have the ability to create notes and bookmarks separately for text, images and tables to enhance your learning. You can also change the text size for easier reading. After the app has been downloaded, no internet connection is needed to retrieve the content of the app. All of the text and images are available to you on your device anytime, anywhere, and lightning fast. This app is also automatically optimized for whatever size device you are currently using, either phone or tablet. This interactive app contains the full content of CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment (CMDT) 2023 by McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN-13: 978-1264687343 ISBN-10: 1264687346 Editors: Maxine A. Papadakis, MD Stephen J. McPhee, MD Michael W. Rabow, MD Associate Editor: Kenneth R. McQuaid, MD Disclaimer: This app is intended for the education of healthcare professionals and not as a diagnostic and treatment reference for the general population. Developed by Usatine Media Richard P. Usatine, MD, Co-President, Professor of Family & Community Medicine, Professor of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Texas Health San Antonio

Screenshots

Orthopedic Trauma4 screens
CURRENT CMDT 20234 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Orthopedic Trauma at $3.99 against CURRENT CMDT 2023's $79.99. Orthopedic Trauma also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 18 months). CURRENT CMDT 2023's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Orthopedic Trauma costs $3.99 and CURRENT CMDT 2023 $79.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orthopedic Trauma ships an update every 4 months, CURRENT CMDT 2023 every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 5 level
Orthopedic Trauma versus CURRENT CMDT 2023: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrthopedic TraumaCURRENT CMDT 2023
Price$3.99 β€” better$79.99
Positive reviewsβ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 4 months β€” betterEvery 18 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetizationβ€”Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.010.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size11 MB182 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperMark BrancelUsatine & Erickson Media LLC

In-app purchases

None

Orthopedic Trauma

No in-app purchases

None

CURRENT CMDT 2023

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Orthopedic Trauma free?
Orthopedic Trauma costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CURRENT CMDT 2023 free?
CURRENT CMDT 2023 costs $79.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Orthopedic Trauma or CURRENT CMDT 2023 have ads?
Neither Orthopedic Trauma nor CURRENT CMDT 2023 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Orthopedic Trauma or CURRENT CMDT 2023?
Orthopedic Trauma ships an update every 4 months, and CURRENT CMDT 2023 every 18 months. Most recently, Orthopedic Trauma was updated on October 27, 2026 and CURRENT CMDT 2023 on October 16, 2026.

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