Comparison

VertiGuide vs JournalFeed

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

Head to head
About

VertiGuide

This medical app offers clinicians comprehensive, offline resources for diagnosing dizziness and vertigo. It features instructional videos, animations, flowcharts, and highlights relevant guidelines to aid decision-making. Designed for educational purposes, it provides easy access to clinical sources and is completely ad-free.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step diagnosis algorithms
  • Instructional videos and animations
  • Flowcharts for decision-making
  • Highlights GRACE-3 guidelines
  • Offline functionality
  • Easy access to clinical sources
Features
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VertiGuide is the app for all a clinician's dizzy needs. Learn the diagnosis algorithms with instructional videos, animations, and flowcharts, all in one offline app. • VertiGuide provides step-by-step educational guides to optimize diagnoses of dizziness and vertigo. • Flow diagrams are joined with instructional animations and videos to help aid your decision-making. • Relevant GRACE-3 guidelines are highlighted. • Clinical sources are easily accessed. • The app's full functionality is available offline to help facilitate easy access anywhere. • VertiGuide is completely ad-free and is offered as an educational tool for clinicians everywhere. This app is intended to be used solely for educational purposes by clinicians and should not be used for medical advice. Any maneuvers demonstrated should not be attempted except by a trained professional. If you or a loved one are suffering from dizziness or any other health concern, please contact your physician.

About

JournalFeed

This app delivers curated medical education summaries from PubMed, focusing on Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, and POCUS. It provides quick, simple summaries with push notifications for the latest articles. A subscription is required for full content access and CME credits.

Highlights
  • Curated medical article summaries
  • Push notifications for new articles
  • Covers Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, PEM, POCUS
  • Full content access with subscription
  • CME credit claiming
  • Video content access
Features
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The JournalFeed app brings the best medical education to your iPhone! 1 million new articles are listed on PubMed each year...it's overwhelming. JournalFeed finds the articles that matter and Spoon Feeds them to you. Now, with push notifications - the Spoon Feed just got easier! We cover Emergency Medicine primarily and also Critical Care, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, and Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS). Quick, simple summaries… delivered. You can view content, but you need a JournalFeed subscription to see it all. On the app, you can view all written posts, and MAX or PREMIUM subscribers can watch all the videos and claim CME credits right from the app. Don't miss any new articles. Allow push notifications to see summaries of the latest articles that will change your practice.

Screenshots

VertiGuide4 screens
JournalFeed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: VertiGuide at free against JournalFeed's subscription. VertiGuide also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 10 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for VertiGuide against 5.0 for JournalFeed. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VertiGuide ships an update monthly, JournalFeed every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
VertiGuide versus JournalFeed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVertiGuideJournalFeed
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.4 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size292 MB90 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperRodney oMRONJournalFeed, LLC

Customer experience

VertiGuide

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

JournalFeed

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

VertiGuide

No in-app purchases

None

JournalFeed

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VertiGuide free?
VertiGuide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is JournalFeed free?
JournalFeed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, VertiGuide or JournalFeed?
VertiGuide and JournalFeed are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do VertiGuide or JournalFeed have ads?
Neither VertiGuide nor JournalFeed shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VertiGuide or JournalFeed?
VertiGuide ships an update monthly, and JournalFeed every 10 months. Most recently, VertiGuide was updated on October 10, 2026 and JournalFeed on October 6, 2026.

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