iRadTech vs Radiology Assistant 2.0
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iRadTech
This app provides detailed instructions and technical factors for over 200 radiographic positions, serving as a comprehensive guide for medical imaging professionals and students. It includes representative images, positioning details, and helpful notes, designed to align with ARRT content specifications and ASRT curriculum.
- 200+ radiographic positions
- Technical factors and settings
- Patient and part positioning
- Representative radiographic images
- Enlargeable positioning photographs
- Search and save functions
- ARRT content alignment
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Radiographic Positioning Guide for Medical Imaging Professionals and Students Meets latest Apple requirements. Similar to x-ray pocket guide or reference booklet. Detailed instructions for more than 200 radiographic positions: 1. technical factors 2. image receptor size and orientation 3. patient and part positioning 4. respiration instructions 5. central ray entrance/exit points and angulation 6. image quality points 7. structures demonstrated Suggested digital imaging systems technical factor settings added for all positions (except nephrotomography) Representative radiographic image which can be enlarged for closer inspection. Enlargeable photograph of properly positioned human model showing the correctly collimated area of interest with the central ray entry point. A helpful NOTE tab for every position; save techniques, special terms, or other helpful information. Search function finds search term in position titles and/or instructions. My Routines function allows grouping of selected positions into a saved routine. My Notes function allows saving notes not related to a position. Developed using the ARRT Content Specifications to include nearly all ARRT entry-level radiographic positions. - “OPTIONAL” positions are included which may be ordered in clinical practice. These OPTIONAL positions are judged by the authors and other educational colleagues as handy references, but are not listed on the ARRT Radiography Content. Instructions referenced to the most recent ASRT Radiography Curriculum and national positioning texts. Written and edited by 2 Ph.D. radiography educators, each with more than 30 years of teaching experience. A convenient guide to positioning the patient and a valuable study aid for radiography students. A great reference and review tool for technologists and clinical instructors.
Radiology Assistant 2.0
Access concise, peer-reviewed articles from expert radiologists on a wide range of topics. This app offers offline content, full-text searching, and high-resolution image viewing for an efficient radiology learning experience.
- Concise, peer-reviewed articles
- Offline content access
- Full-text searching
- High-resolution image viewing
- Downloadable new content
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▸▸▸ Minnies 2023: Nominated FINALIST "Best Radiology Mobile App" ▸▸▸ Winner of the "Best Radiology Mobile App 2021" Award at the RSNA 2021 in Chicago! -AuntMinnie.com! ◆◆◆ THE RADIOLOGY ASSISTANT 2.0 ◆◆◆ ▸ Concise, peer-reviewed articles from expert radiologists Consistently in the "Top Medical Apps" in many countries "..excellent information on a large variety of topics" - MedGadget.com ▸▸ USER REVIEWS + "Finally a great radiology app… well worth the money!" - [4 stars] + "Easy to navigate and great teaching program" - [5 stars] + "This is a must-have for those in radiology!" - [5 stars] + "This app is great and not only for radiology residents but also for other specialties as well as for seasoned clinicians. Great Job!" - [5 stars] + "Well, I simply love this app! Very useful in radiology practice. Awesome photos and drawings! Can't wait for new updates! Just buy it!!!!" - [5 stars] + "Great app, with great content, well worth the few bucks! Support was excellent, my email was answered within a day. Keep it up!" - [5 stars] ▸▸ KEY FEATURES The app uses offline content with a layout that is optimized for your device's screen. When new content becomes available it can be directly downloaded to your device: No need to update the whole application from the App Store. Full text searching of all articles, both across all categories, and per category. Continues your full text search within the article. Hi-res versions of article images, as well as image-stacks, can be viewed fullscreen, without leaving your place in the article; even when offline! ▸▸ BACKGROUND The Radiology Assistant 1.0 app was first released more than 10 years ago. It quickly became one of the most downloaded radiology apps, and consistently stayed in the Top Medical Apps section in numerous countries for all those years. We have spent over a year completely rewriting the app, from the ground up. Radiology Assistant 2.0 provides a cleaner, faster and more efficient reading experience for all modern iOS devices. For the technically interested: formerly Objective-C, the app is now 100% Swift Before winning the "Best Radiology Mobile App" Award in 2018 and again in 2021, the "Radiology Assistant" was a Minnies 2013 Finalist - Best Radiology Mobile App, nominated together with OsiriX HD! And again in 2017 AND 2020! - AuntMinnie.com ▸▸ PRICING Instead of paying up front as for the Radiology Assistant 1.0, the new 2.0 app is a free download, and you can subscribe to those Article Categories that you need. If you purchase all Categories you pay the same as RA1.0. If you need less Categories, you pay less. ▸▸ ABOUT YOUR SUBSCRIPTION + All subscription options provide unlimited access to all Articles in one or more Categories for the duration of one year. + All subscription options can be cancelled at any time. + When you select a subscription option you can still cancel the purchase. If you confirm, the payment will be charged to your AppleID, just like any other App Store purchase. + Your subscription automatically renews. If this is not what you want, simply turn off auto-renew. You can do this at any time - but at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - by tapping the ‘Manage Subscription’ inside the app, or via your AppleID Account Settings. + You can upgrade to an option giving access to more or all Categories at any time. If you upgrade before your current subscription is over, you will be refunded the unused portion of your current subscription. + You can find our Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy on the in-app About page, as well as on our website, at https://doRadiology.com/RA2Legal.pdf.
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Verdict
iRadTech and Radiology Assistant 2.0 both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 86% of iRadTech's written reviews are positive against 36% of Radiology Assistant 2.0's. iRadTech also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and chart position (#26 vs unranked). Radiology Assistant 2.0's advantage is price (Free vs $24.99) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months). On rating, ratings volume, ads and device support 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
Radiology Assistant 2.0 is free to download; iRadTech costs $24.99 up front. Radiology Assistant 2.0 sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year. iRadTech asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for iRadTech against 4.5 for Radiology Assistant 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 53 and 30 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of iRadTech's written reviews are positive against 36% of Radiology Assistant 2.0's.
iRadTech ships an update every 8 months, Radiology Assistant 2.0 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iRadTech | Radiology Assistant 2.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $24.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (53 ratings) — better | 4.5 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.5% of reviews — better | 36.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 30 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #26 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 122 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ballinger and Bruckner, LLP | BestApps BV |
Customer experience
iRadTech
Radiology Assistant 2.0
In-app purchases
iRadTech
No in-app purchases
Radiology Assistant 2.0
- One Category$0.991 Year
- One Category6 Months trial$0.991 Year
- Two Categories$1.991 Year
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- Two Categories6 Months trial$1.991 Year
- Three Categories6 Months trial$2.491 Year
- Three Categories$2.991 Year
- Four Categories6 Months trial$3.491 Year
- Four Categories$3.991 Year
- All Categories6 Months trial$5.491 Year
- All Categories$5.991 Year
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