ARF RHD Guidelines vs iTransfuse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ARF RHD Guidelines
This app provides clinicians with up-to-date evidence and guidance for diagnosing and managing acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. It includes a diagnostic calculator based on global criteria to simplify complex algorithms.
- Diagnosis and management of ARF/RHD
- Up-to-date evidence-based information
- ARF Diagnosis Calculator
- Global diagnostic criteria compliance
- Published by RHDAustralia
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Rheumatic heart disease represents the greatest cardiovascular inequality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. From 2013 to 2017, 94% of all new rheumatic heart disease cases were among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This app assists clinicians in the diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. Published by RHDAustralia, based at Menzies School of Health Research, the app contains the most up-to-date evidence and details various aspects of patient care. It is informed by the 2020 Australian guideline for prevention, diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease (3rd edition), available at https://www.rhdaustralia.org.au/arf-rhd-guideline. The app also contains an ARF Diagnosis Calculator which embeds the lengthy and complex ARF diagnosis algorithms into a series of simple questions that assist clinicians to diagnose ARF. The algorithms comply with the 2015 American Heart Association revision of the Jones Criteria for diagnosis of ARF, which has been endorsed by the World Heart Federation, making the Diagnosis Calculator now able to be used globally.
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 rating: ARF RHD Guidelines at 5.0 against iTransfuse's 3.3. ARF RHD Guidelines also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). iTransfuse's advantage is update cadence (every 6 months vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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.
ARF RHD Guidelines 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 split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
ARF RHD Guidelines ships an update every 16 months, iTransfuse every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ARF RHD Guidelines | iTransfuse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.3 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Menzies School of Health Research | Australian Red Cross Society |
Customer experience
ARF RHD Guidelines
iTransfuse
In-app purchases
ARF RHD Guidelines
No in-app purchases
iTransfuse
No in-app purchases
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