Comparison

USPSTF Prevention TaskForce vs Proband

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

Head to head
About

USPSTF Prevention TaskForce

This app provides primary care clinicians with evidence-based recommendations for preventive services. It helps identify appropriate screening, counseling, and medication services for patients based on their individual characteristics.

Highlights
  • Access USPSTF recommendations
  • Search by patient characteristics
  • Identify screening services
  • Find counseling services
  • Discover preventive medications
Features
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The Prevention TaskForce (formerly ePSS) is an application designed and developed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Nation's lead Federal agency for research on health care quality, costs, outcomes and patient safety. It was developed by AHRQ to support the independent U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). The USPSTF is an independent, volunteer panel of national experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine. AHRQ provides support to the USPSTF. The Prevention TaskForce application was developed to assist primary care clinicians identify the screening, counseling, and preventive medication services that are appropriate for their patients. The Prevention TaskForce information is based on the current recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and can be searched by specific patient characteristics, such as age, sex, and selected behavioral risk factors. When using this tool please read the specific recommendation to determine if the preventive service is appropriate for your patient. This tool is not meant to replace clinical judgment and individualized patient care. *Application downloads and data updates require internet connectivity

About

Proband

Effortlessly create complex family pedigrees on your iPad. This tool uses a gesture-based interface and standard medical vocabularies to capture genetic history efficiently for counselors, geneticists, and researchers. Export diagrams in PDF and PNG formats for sharing and integration into electronic health records.

Highlights
  • Gesture-based pedigree drawing
  • Standard medical vocabularies (ICD-10-CM, HPO)
  • Depicts all family relationships
  • PDF and PNG export
  • Tracks disease history
  • Undo/Redo functionality
Features
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PROBAND enables genetic counselors, geneticists, and researchers to effortlessly create family pedigrees on the iPad. Designed for use at the point of interview, PROBAND uses a simple, gesture-based interface to make drawing pedigrees as efficient as drawing on paper. With PROBAND, you can quickly create even the most complex family pedigrees simply and easily using the entire standard nomenclature. See a video of Proband in action at http://probandapp.com Capabilities •Counselor can interact directly with the individual and quickly capture family history •Depicts all family relationships: parents, siblings, twins, half-siblings, donors, and surrogates •Uses standard healthcare vocabularies (ICD-10-CM, HPO), free text •Intelligent use of multi-touch gestures and context-aware interface elements make editing efficient and easy, even for complex tasks •Supports standard pedigree symbol partitions •Exports to PDF and PNG for sharing annotated diagrams and for inclusion in other forums such as electronic health records •Tracks disease history through families with affected quadrants •Robust undo and edit allows flexibility during dynamic interview sessions •Capture any level of detail, without the space limitations imposed by paper •Stores information in a structured format for use by other software, computing systems, and clinical decision support algorithms Features •ICD-10-CM and Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) disease annotations •Multiple relationships per person •Surrogates and donors •Half Siblings •Fraternal and Identical Twins •Undo/Redo •Free-text annotations •All data is stored locally on the iPad •High quality PDF/PNG export This application is one example of the many ways in which DBHi helps transform clinical care and research at our institution and across the industry. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is a non-profit entity as defined by Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. About The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia was founded in 1855 as the nation's first pediatric hospital. Through its long-standing commitment to providing exceptional patient care, training new generations of pediatric healthcare professionals and pioneering major research initiatives, Children's Hospital has fostered many discoveries that have benefited children worldwide. Its pediatric research program is among the largest in the country, ranking third in National Institutes of Health funding. In addition, its unique family-centered care and public service programs have brought the 460-bed hospital recognition as a leading advocate for children and adolescents. For more information, visit http://www.chop.edu. The Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics (DBHi) resides in The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia as the home for the development of innovative solutions to healthcare's immediate and long-term informatics needs. We provide informatics-focused services, applications, and educational programs to Children's Hospital clinicians and researchers and seek to transform their craft with high-impact, low-cost solutions. http://dbhi.chop.edu

Screenshots

USPSTF Prevention TaskForce4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Proband at 100% against USPSTF Prevention TaskForce's 63%. Proband also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.6) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.0). USPSTF Prevention TaskForce's advantage is ratings volume (68 vs 8). 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

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

Proband holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: USPSTF Prevention TaskForce has 68 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of USPSTF Prevention TaskForce's written reviews are positive against 100% of Proband's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

USPSTF Prevention TaskForce ships an update every 3 months, Proband every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
USPSTF Prevention TaskForce versus Proband: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUSPSTF Prevention TaskForceProband
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (68 ratings)4.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings68 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPad
Requires iOS18.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB7 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAHRQThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Customer experience

USPSTF Prevention TaskForce

All ratings68 ratings
Positive61.8%
Neutral8.8%
Negative29.4%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive63.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative30.2%

Proband

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

USPSTF Prevention TaskForce

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • App crashes on startup
  • Recommendations are broken/inaccurate
  • App not compatible with recent iOS updates
  • Menu won't stay open
  • Unable to download
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  • Recommendations won't load
  • Non-functioning links
  • Does not filter correctly
  • Resets everything when going back to home page

Requested features

6 requests
  • Update recommendations
  • Add more units of measurement (kg/meters)
  • Update for dark mode
  • Improve UI/UX
  • Add more diseases to profile
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  • Faster loading times

Proband

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

USPSTF Prevention TaskForce

No in-app purchases

None

Proband

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is USPSTF Prevention TaskForce free?
USPSTF Prevention TaskForce is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Proband free?
Proband is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, USPSTF Prevention TaskForce or Proband?
Proband is rated higher. USPSTF Prevention TaskForce averages 3.6 out of 5 from 68 ratings, while Proband averages 4.0 from 8 ratings.
Do USPSTF Prevention TaskForce or Proband have ads?
Neither USPSTF Prevention TaskForce nor Proband shows ads.
Which is updated more often, USPSTF Prevention TaskForce or Proband?
USPSTF Prevention TaskForce ships an update every 3 months, and Proband every 2 months. Most recently, USPSTF Prevention TaskForce was updated on October 19, 2026 and Proband on October 15, 2026.

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