Medstori vs Critical View
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Medstori
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Medstori is a Psychiatric Evaluation tool that can auto-generate complete patient reports. Benefiting Physicians, Patients and the Office Staff, Medstori saves time for everyone A psychiatric evaluation can be completed in the comfort of a patient's home and is uploaded to the physician's database, supplying pertinent information to the office staff prior to the patient's visit. Medstori also allows evaluations to be completed on a computer, tablet or any mobile device preventing any hand-written errors.
Critical View
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You find out at 9pm that you're on tomorrow's lap chole. You have one evening, and you don't know what you'll be asked. Critical View is 100 general surgery procedures written for that evening. Anatomy, steps, scenarios, and the questions attendings actually ask โ filtered to your training year, so a PGY-1 isn't buried in what a chief is expected to know and a chief isn't shown the basics. 975 teaching items. 523 questions. 143 named traps. WHAT A TRAP IS Most of what goes wrong in the OR isn't not knowing. It's the answer that sounds right. The cystic artery you're sure you've identified. The plane you're confident about. Every trap in this library is a specific, named wrong answer the app tells you about before you give it out loud. TWO MODES Brief โ read the procedure. Anatomy, indications, critical steps, next-step scenarios, classic attending questions. Five sections, expand what you need. Quiz โ be asked it cold. Questions weighted by how often they come up and how appropriate they are for your level. Reveal, then mark it honestly. Missed questions come back, in this session and the next. FILTERED TO YOUR TRAINING YEAR Set your level, PGY-1 through PGY-5, and the library adjusts. There's also a stretch question from the tier above, for when you want to be pushed. NO ACCOUNT, NO TRACKING, NO NETWORK CALLS AT ALL The app makes no network requests. Not one. There is no account to create, no server to sync with, no analytics, and no third-party SDKs. Everything โ your training year, your missed questions, your theme โ stays on your device. That also means it works in a basement call room with no signal, which is often exactly where you'll open it. WHAT THIS IS NOT This is not an ABSITE question bank. It's not a substitute for Cameron, Mastery, or SCORE. It won't help with a written exam. It's a study aid for surgical trainees, not a medical device, not a clinical decision tool, and it does not direct patient care. Nothing here substitutes for your own clinical judgement, your attending's direction, your institution's protocols, or current published guidelines. Verify before you act on anything you read. WRITTEN AND CHECKED BY ONE SURGEON Every line was written and reviewed by a practicing general surgeon. Not crowdsourced, not scraped, not generated. One person, 100 procedures. ANNUALLY RE-VERIFIED Guidelines change. Every guideline-dependent item in the library is re-checked against current sources each year, and new procedures are added. That work is what a subscription pays for, and every update is included. PRICING Free for 7 days, then $49.99 a year. Monthly and a one-time lifetime unlock are also available. Cancel any time in your account settings. LEGAL Terms of Use: https://criticalview.fiskllc.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://criticalview.fiskllc.com/privacy.html Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple Account settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Medstori at none against Critical View's 3. Medstori also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). Critical View's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 26 months). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Critical View sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Medstori asks for nothing beyond the download.
Medstori ships an update every 26 months, Critical View every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Medstori | Critical View |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 26 months | Every 3 weeks โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 โ better | 15.1 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Medstori LLC | Fisk LLC |
In-app purchases
Medstori
No in-app purchases
Critical View
- Critical View Monthly$8.991 Month
- Critical View Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Critical View Lifetime$149.99
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