PAHO Virtual Campus vs pGALS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PAHO Virtual Campus
This educational platform offers free virtual courses and resources for health workers and students in the Americas. Learn at your own pace on various public health topics and earn a certificate of participation.
- Free virtual courses
- Public health topics
- Self-paced learning
- Free certificates
- Multiple languages
- Global community
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Join the Virtual Campus for Public Health, the educational platform of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) for health workers and students of the Region of the Americas. It offers freely accessible virtual courses and educational resources, designed to strengthen the knowledge and competencies of health workers in a wide range of public health practices and disciplines. Browse virtual courses on a variety of public health topics and learn from PAHO experts: - Health systems and services - Health Equity - Equity, gender and cultural diversity - Health emergencies - Non-communicable diseases and mental health - Evidence and intelligence for health action - Communicable diseases and environmental health determinants - Family, health promotion and life course The courses are self-study, participants can take them autonomously at their own pace, with no set time or deadline to complete them. Get your free certificate of participation approved by PAHO. You will find courses in the four official PAHO languages (English, French, Spanish and Portuguese). Connect with others and get inspired by our global public health community, and put knowledge into practice. Join over two million users of the Virtual Campus and start exploring the courses, resources and public health information available on the APP. Get to know us: www.campusvirtualsp.org
pGALS
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The pGALS app is a resource to demonstrate a basic musculoskeletal examination in children. The audience for the pGALS app is primarily medical students but is also relevant for nurses, allied health and any other health care professionals working with children. The pGALS app includes details of the pGALS step, what to look for and how to record findings. Multiple pGALS language translations are available.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: pGALS at 8.0 against PAHO Virtual Campus's 15.0. On price, update cadence, 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.
PAHO Virtual Campus ships an update every 8 months, pGALS every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PAHO Virtual Campus | pGALS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pan American Health Organization | PReS - Paediatric Rheumatology European Society |
In-app purchases
PAHO Virtual Campus
No in-app purchases
pGALS
No in-app purchases








