MBS Search vs iTransfuse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MBS Search
Access the Australian Medicare Benefits Schedule on your iPhone. Quickly find item numbers, calculate bills for multiple items, and view gap cover rates. Save frequently used items and easily email bill summaries.
- Fast item number search
- Automatic bill calculation
- Gap cover rate display
- Email bill summaries
- Create favorites
- Out-of-pocket expense calculation
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Get the latest Australian Medicare Benefits Schedule free on your iPhone. Find item numbers super fast. Built for surgeons, anaesthetists, surgical assistants and practice staff. Automatically calculate bills for cases with multiple item numbers. Fee descriptions include Gap Cover rates for 60 different fee schedules. Automatic Assistant fee calculations. Email bills and item numbers to your rooms: simple out of pocket expense calculations. Create your own favourites for commonly used items or groups of items. MBS Search is an unofficial app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Medicare, Services Australia, or the Australian federal government. All schedule data is sourced from the public schedule Medicare publishes at https://www.mbsonline.gov.au.
iTransfuse
Provides healthcare professionals with evidence-based resources for safe blood transfusions. Access educational tools, diagnostic information on transfusion reactions, and guidance for prescribing red cells and platelets at the bedside.
- Bedside transfusion education
- Evidence-based transfusion guidance
- Red cell and platelet prescription support
- Transfusion reaction diagnostics
- Access to transfusion resources
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Developed by Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, iTransfuse provides clinicians with easy access to transfusion resources to help support safe and appropriate transfusion practice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: iTransfuse at 100% against MBS Search's 49%. iTransfuse also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). MBS Search's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MBS Search holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iTransfuse has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 49% of MBS Search's written reviews are positive against 100% of iTransfuse's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MBS Search ships an update fortnightly, iTransfuse every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MBS Search | iTransfuse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.3 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 49.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Umbrella Network Pty Limited | Australian Red Cross Society |
Customer experience
MBS Search
iTransfuse
Bugs and requests
MBS Search
Reported bugs
20 issues- Crashes after latest update
- Item numbers difficult to find for GP
- Medicare rebate calculation incorrect
- Crashing frequently
- No ability to change insurance details
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- Items only show Medicare rates
- Item numbers not updated
- Lost favorites after updates
- Favorites reset randomly
- Crashes with iPhone X
- Crashes when changing anesthesia billing times
- Crashing with iOS update
- Excision section broken
- Favorites wiped on upgrade
- Calculation for 51303 not accurate
- Cannot scan patient label
- Not working with iPhone 5
- Crashes on start up
- Hangs and crashes on skin procedures menu
- No listing of fees for visits
Requested features
7 requests- Update insurance covers
- Update with July release codes
- Add landscape orientation for iPad
- Improve sorting of categories
- Easier favorite adding
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- Ability to mail log book
- Differentiate GP vs Specialist procedures
iTransfuse
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MBS Search
No in-app purchases
iTransfuse
No in-app purchases
Questions
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