Shockwave Therapy vs Yellow Card
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shockwave Therapy
This app offers detailed treatment instructions for 10 common conditions using Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT). It includes energy data, contraindications, and allows users to log treatment notes and energy levels for specific conditions.
- Treatment instructions for 10 conditions
- Energy data logging
- Contraindication information
- 3D body view
- Patient education tool
- Treatment notes
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For users of Extracorporal Shockwave Therapy machines, this app provides detailed treatment instructions (focussed ESWT) for 10 common conditions, plus energy data, contraindications and the ability to keep energy level data and treatment notes for your most common conditions. Conditions covered are Achillodynia, Calcific tendonitis, Golfers Elbow, Patellar tendonitis, plantar fasciitis, pseudoarthrosis, tennis elbow, tibial stress syndrome, trigger points and trochanteric tendonitis. General guidelines and contraindications are also covered. This app features a 3D view of the body, plus individual treatment guidelines with clear images for PiezoWave ESWT treatments. A great way to educate patients and support this powerful therapy!
Yellow Card
Report suspected side effects of medicines and vaccines to the UK's regulatory agency. Track new safety information, create watchlists for specific medications, and view report statistics. This app helps identify potential safety concerns and ensures the safe use of medical products.
- Report suspected medicine side effects
- Track new MHRA safety information
- Create medicine watchlists
- View report numbers
- Monitor vaccines, herbal, and homeopathic remedies
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Use the Yellow Card app to report suspected safety concerns involving healthcare products, including a side effect with a medicine or an adverse medical device incident. The Yellow Card scheme is the UK system run by the MHRA* for collecting and monitoring information on suspected adverse reactions to all medicines including vaccines, blood factors and immunoglobulins, herbal medicines and homeopathic remedies, and all medical devices available on the UK market. The Yellow Card app allows users to: Report safety concerns about: > Suspected side effects to a medicine or vaccine (including herbal products and homeopathic remedies) > Adverse incidents involving a medical device (including software, apps and artificial intelligence) > Suspected defective medicines (a product that is not working properly or not to the manufacturer’s specifications) > Fake and/or unauthorised medicines > Blood products Create an account: > View previously submitted reports > Update your reports > Create a watchlist for alerts to products of interest > Track new safety information published by the MHRA > View numbers of reports received by the MHRA All reports received through the app or website can help the MHRA identify potential new concerns about a medicine, vaccine or medical device and act as an early warning for further investigation. The MHRA will review the product if necessary, and take action to minimise risk and maximise benefit to the patients. *The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is an executive Agency of the Department of Health and Social Care; the MHRA protects and promotes public health and patient safety by ensuring that medicines, healthcare products and medical equipment are used safely and meet appropriate standards of safety, quality, performance and effectiveness.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Yellow Card at Free against Shockwave Therapy's $4.99. Yellow Card also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and device support (3 vs 1). Shockwave Therapy's advantage is iOS requirement (9.3 vs 14.0). On review sentiment, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Yellow Card is free to download; Shockwave Therapy costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Yellow Card holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Shockwave Therapy's written reviews are positive against 5% of Yellow Card's.
Shockwave Therapy ships an update every 4 months, Yellow Card every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shockwave Therapy | Yellow Card |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 5.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elvation Medical GmbH | MHRA |
Customer experience
Shockwave Therapy
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In-app purchases
Shockwave Therapy
No in-app purchases
Yellow Card
No in-app purchases
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