Neuro Toolkit vs OKN Strips
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Neuro Toolkit
This app provides a comprehensive collection of neurology and neurosurgery grading scales and scores, including those for strokes, hemorrhages, and coma assessment. It offers tools for prognosis, calculations, and management, with emailed results for office records. Designed for speed and functionality, it's a valuable resource for medical professionals.
- Neurology/Neurosurgery Grading Scales
- Stroke and TIA Scales
- Hemorrhage and AVM Scales
- Coma and Cognitive Scales
- Outcome and Epilepsy Scores
- Emailed Results (PDF/Text)
- Journal References Included
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NEURO TOOLKIT Written by a vascular neurologist! Lots of Commonly Used Neurology/Neurosurgery Grading Scales in One Place - Many With Prognosis! NIH Stroke Scale and Much, Much More! Not Flashy - Just Fast and Functional iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad Universal App Includes: Strokes/TIAs: NIH Stroke Scale - All Modules With Emailed Results for your office chart ABCD2 Scale for TIAs ABCD3-I CHADS2 Score for Afib CHA2DS2-VASc Score HAS-BLED Score HAT Score Grasps Score Framingham Heart Score ASPECTS Score DRAGON Score F.A.S.T Stroke Screen ASCO Stroke Subtyping ASTRAL Stroke Outcome GWTG Stroke Mortality New Oral Anticoagulant Dosing RACE Score for Large Vessel Occlusion RoPE Score for PFO related Stroke Thrombolytic Exclusions/Reversal/Angioedema Mgmt Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Hunt and Hess Scale (includes prognosis) Fisher Scale (includes prognosis) Modified Fisher Scale (includes prognosis) World Federation of Neurosurgeons Scale Ogilvy-Carter System (includes prognosis) Risk of Aneurysm Rupture PHASES Aneurysm Rupture Score UIATS Aneurysm Treatment AVMs: Spetzler-Martin AVM Scale Risk of AVM Rupture Spetzler-Ponce Classification Intracerebral Hemorrhage: ICH Volume Calculation ICH Score (includes prognosis) FUNC Outcome Score Coma/Cognitive: Glasgow Coma Scale - Adult and Infant Anoxic Encephalopathy Prognosis Algorithm AAN Brain Death Criteria SCAT2 Sports Concussion Scale Ramsay Sedation Scale FOUR Score for Coma St. Louis University Mental Status Exam (SLUMS) Impact TBI GCS Pupil Outcome Scores: Glasgow Outcome Score Modified Rankin Score Oxford Handicap Scale Cerebral Performance Categories Score Modified Ashworth Spasticity Scale Epilepsy: Corrected Phenytoin Levels for Low Albumin including SI units CrCl Calculation Anticonvulsant Dosing and Blood Levels Renal Dosing of Certain Anticonvulsants List of Broad and Narrow Spectrum Anticonvulsants Status Epilepticus Management AAN Epilepsy Quality Measures with summary page Parkinson's UPDRS (Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale) **NOTE: This is the original UPDRS, not the 2007 MDS UPDRS AAN Parkinson's Quality Measures with summary page Snellen Eye Chart Dermatome Map Multiple Sclerosis: EDSS Calculator for MS McDonald 2017 Diagnostic Criteria MIDAS Migraine Test Geriatric Depression Score El Escorial Revised ALS Diagnostic Criteria ALSFRS House Brackmann Facial Palsy Grading System mEGOS and EGRIS Guillain Barre Prognosis Sleep: STOP BANG OSA Screen TOOLS! Flashlight with Pupil Sizes and "Tuning Fork" for Apple devices that have these features. Journal References for all Scores/Scales All Results can be Emailed in a Text File or Password Protected PDF file A Top 20 Paid Medical iPhone App! A Top 30 Paid Medical iPad App! Featured in the "New and Noteworthy" Medical App Section Reviewed in Neurology (the green journal) May 15, 2012: "I recommend Neuro Toolkit to all neurology practitioners" Reviewed in MD Net Guide Neurology/Psychiatry Magazine September 2010: "very useful", "liked the interface", "presented in a clear-cut and usable fashion" A "useful app" December 16, 2010 Neurology Today More Coming Soon - Please Suggest Some !
OKN Strips
This diagnostic and therapeutic app aids in evaluating neurological, otological, and ophthalmological disorders. It features moving strips to elicit nystagmus, a red desaturation test, and an Amsler grid for comprehensive eye examinations.
- Optokinetic Nystagmus (OKN) elicitation
- Red Desaturation test
- Amsler Grid for eye testing
- Adjustable strip speed, color, and width
- Reverse strip direction
- Toolbar hide/show functionality
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Top selling diagnostic and therapeutic app for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch! OKN Strips can be used to elicit Optokinetic Nystagmus (OKN) for evaluation of neurological, otological or opthalmological disorders, includes a Red Desaturation mode and now has an Amsler grid for additional eye testing. OKN Strips: Tap the screen to cycle through speeds of the moving strips. Tap the strips icon in the bottom toolbar to toggle the color of the strips between Red and Black. Pinch or Zoom with two fingers to change the width of the strips. Swipe against the direction the strips are moving to reverse their direction. Tap the screen with two fingers to hide or show the bottom toolbar. On the right side of the bottom toolbar there's icons to open the Red Desaturation and Amsler Grid. Red Desaturation: Use the colored circle to perform a red desaturation test. Amsler Grid: Use the Amsler grid to perform eye tests. The buttons on the bottom toolbar change color combinations of the grid.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: OKN Strips at 587 against Neuro Toolkit's 17. OKN Strips also leads on price ($3.99 vs $6.99) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). Neuro Toolkit's advantage is review sentiment (70% vs 62%). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Neuro Toolkit costs $6.99 and OKN Strips $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Neuro Toolkit against 4.6 for OKN Strips. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OKN Strips has 587 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of Neuro Toolkit's written reviews are positive against 62% of OKN Strips's.
Neuro Toolkit ships an update every 7 months, OKN Strips every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Neuro Toolkit | OKN Strips |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | $3.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (17 ratings) — better | 4.6 (587 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.3% of reviews — better | 61.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 587 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #44 — better | #123 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kent Ellington | Thomas Alvarez |
Customer experience
Neuro Toolkit
OKN Strips
Bugs and requests
Neuro Toolkit
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
OKN Strips
Reported bugs
3 issues- Red desaturation test color doesn't change
- Red-Black inversion doesn't work on grid test
- Cannot go back to menu from OKN strips without restarting app
Requested features
8 requests- Recording feature
- Adjustable speed and style
- Change direction of movement (left/right, up/down)
- Options for smooth pursuit, saccades, VOR
- Horizontal stripes option
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- More peer-reviewed studies
- Make technology better known
- Slower speed option
In-app purchases
Neuro Toolkit
No in-app purchases
OKN Strips
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Is OKN Strips free?
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