Comparison

iRadTech vs iRad Xrays

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 200+ radiographic positions
  • Technical factors and settings
  • Patient and part positioning
  • Representative radiographic images
  • Enlargeable positioning photographs
  • Search and save functions
  • ARRT content alignment
Features
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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.

About

iRad Xrays

Explore radiographic positioning in 3D and augmented reality. This comprehensive atlas aids in learning and revision for board exams, featuring detailed 3D anatomy and X-ray parameters. It's a valuable teaching tool for universities and a revision aid for students.

Highlights
  • 3D and Augmented Reality radiography
  • Radiographic Positioning Atlas
  • 3D Radiographic Anatomy Atlas
  • Xray Vision™
  • Show Radiograph™
  • Radiographic image evaluation and tips
  • X-ray Parameters at a glance
Features
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The most used Radiographic Positioning Atlas in the USA and Canada now in 3D and Augmented Reality (supported devices only) - Used as teaching aid in Universities. Use this positioning atlas as a revision tool for your board exams! or as teaching aid in your University using Augmented Reality. - More than 135 radiographic exams AND correlating anatomy all in 3D (in- app purchases) - 3D Radiographic Anatomy Atlas. - Xray Vision™: look through the patients body - Show Radiograph™: (see the corresponding radiograph - where available) - Search by anatomy, or radiographic exposure - Radiographic image evaluation and tips - All X-ray Parameters at a glance. - Universal app (runs natively on iPhone and iPad). *** High Resolution 3D model of Positioning with collimation reference! *** High Resolution X-rays with Radiographic Anatomy! *** Our Radiology Team consists of Consultant Radiologists and experienced Professors of Radiography (please refer to our website for details) *** iCat Solutions Ltd is the leading Radiology Software Company with the most complete Radiological series of apps in the AppStore! With dedicated scientific teams to support ALL fields in Radiology and with the best software engineers we provide a wide range of iPhone and iPad apps for Computed Tomography, MRI, General Radiology and Neuroradiology. visit us at: www.icat.solutions follow us on twitter @iCatSoftware - US/EU Patent Pending -

Screenshots

iRadTech4 screens
iRad Xrays4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: iRad Xrays at Free against iRadTech's $24.99. iRad Xrays also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (339 vs 53). iRadTech's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 47%) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

iRad Xrays is free to download; iRadTech costs $24.99 up front. iRad Xrays sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $15.99 per year. iRadTech asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for iRadTech against 4.7 for iRad Xrays. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iRad Xrays has 339 ratings behind it against 53, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of iRadTech's written reviews are positive against 47% of iRad Xrays's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iRadTech ships an update every 8 months, iRad Xrays every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
iRadTech versus iRad Xrays: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriRadTechiRad Xrays
Price$24.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (53 ratings)4.7 (339 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.5% of reviews — better47.1% of reviews
Number of ratings53339 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#18 — better#158
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size122 MB238 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperBallinger and Bruckner, LLPMEDIWARE CY LTD

Customer experience

iRadTech

All ratings53 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral5.7%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews76 reviews
Positive85.5%
Neutral6.6%
Negative7.9%

iRad Xrays

All ratings339 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral3.8%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive47.1%
Neutral11.8%
Negative41.2%

In-app purchases

None

iRadTech

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

iRad Xrays

Subscriptions1
  • iRad Xrays Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$15.991 Year

Questions

Is iRadTech free?
iRadTech costs $24.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is iRad Xrays free?
iRad Xrays is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iRadTech or iRad Xrays?
iRad Xrays is rated higher. iRadTech averages 4.6 out of 5 from 53 ratings, while iRad Xrays averages 4.7 from 339 ratings.
Do iRadTech or iRad Xrays have ads?
Neither iRadTech nor iRad Xrays shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iRadTech or iRad Xrays?
iRadTech ships an update every 8 months, and iRad Xrays every 2 months. Most recently, iRadTech was updated on September 23, 2026 and iRad Xrays on September 24, 2026.
Which is more popular, iRadTech or iRad Xrays?
iRadTech currently peaks at #18 in the App Store charts, and iRad Xrays at #158. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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