Comparison

RheumaHelper vs IDSA Practice Guidelines

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

Head to head
About

RheumaHelper

This medical tool offers rheumatologists a comprehensive set of disease activity calculators and classification criteria for daily use. It provides verified content based on published research and is designed for easy reference on mobile devices.

Highlights
  • Disease activity calculators
  • Classification criteria
  • Verified medical content
  • Award-winning tool
  • Easy mobile reference
Features
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** An awarded mobile tool for rheumatologists ** RheumaHelper is a pocket rheumatology assistant. Classification criteria, disease activity calculators, and everyday clinical tools — always with you, easy to use, and ready when you need them. Designed for iOS 26 with Liquid Glass on iPhone and iPad. ** Verified content ** Reviewed by Prof. Matija Tomšič, M.D., Ph.D., Asst. Prof. Žiga Rotar, M.D., Ph.D. (rheumatologists at University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia), and Rok Ješe, M.D., Ph.D. (rheumatologist and medical advisor at Mediately). All calculators and criteria are based on referenced equations. References are available inside the app. ** Available tools ** More than 40 tools with fast search access. Classification criteria: • Adult Still's disease (Cush, Fautrel, Yamaguchi) • Antiphospholipid syndrome • Arthralgia suspicious for progression to RA (2016 EULAR) • Autoinflammatory recurrent fevers (clinical classification) • Axial spondyloarthritis • Behçet's Disease (ICBD) • Fibromyalgia (2016 ACR) • Gout (2014 Oxford; 2015 ACR-EULAR) • IgG4-related disease (2019 ACR/EULAR) • Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (2017 ACR/EULAR) • Inflammatory Back Pain • Peripheral spondyloarthritis • Polymyalgia rheumatica • Primary Sjögren's syndrome (2016 ACR/EULAR) • Psoriatic arthritis (CASPAR) • Rheumatoid arthritis (2010 ACR/EULAR) • Systemic lupus erythematosus (ACR, SLICC, 2019 EULAR/ACR) • Systemic sclerosis (ACR/EULAR) • …and more Disease activity calculators: • ASDAS — Ankylosing spondylitis disease activity score • BASDAI — Bath ankylosing spondylitis disease activity index • BVAS — Birmingham vasculitis activity score (v3) • DAPSA, DAPSA28 • DAS28 • ESSDAI, ESSPRI • Five-Factor Score • PASI — Psoriasis area and severity index • SDAI / CDAI • SELENA-SLEDAI • VDI — Vasculitis damage index • …and more General tools: • QTc (Corrected QT Interval) • Creatinine Clearance (Cockcroft–Gault) • eGFR (CKD-EPI and MDRD) • …and more coming soon

About

IDSA Practice Guidelines

Access and stay updated with the latest clinical guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America. This app offers interactive tools, search functionality, and the ability to bookmark key information and take notes for healthcare professionals.

Highlights
  • Access clinical guidelines
  • Interactive tools
  • Search guidelines
  • Bookmark pages
  • Take notes
Features
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Access the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) guidelines app anytime, anywhere! Download the app today and stay up-to-date on IDSA clinical guidelines, interactive tools, and new resources. The app contains features to search through guidelines, bookmark important pages and take notes on key information. Visit the IDSA app for new guidelines that are released throughout the year and new updates to existing guidelines. Disclaimer: The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) provides this app (“App)” for health care professionals only, and not the general public. The App is provided for informational purposes only, and it is not intended to provide medical or treatment advice and may not be treated as such by the user. As such, this App may not be relied upon for the purposes of medical diagnosis or as a recommendation for medical care or treatment. The information on this App is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. All content, including text, graphics, images and information, contained on or available through this App is for general information purposes only.

Screenshots

RheumaHelper4 screens
IDSA Practice Guidelines4 screens

Verdict

The call

RheumaHelper and IDSA Practice Guidelines both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 59% of RheumaHelper's written reviews are positive against 0% of IDSA Practice Guidelines's. RheumaHelper also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). IDSA Practice Guidelines's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and ratings volume (559 vs 129). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for RheumaHelper against 4.8 for IDSA Practice Guidelines. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 129 and 559 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of RheumaHelper's written reviews are positive against 0% of IDSA Practice Guidelines's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RheumaHelper ships an update every 2 months, IDSA Practice Guidelines every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
RheumaHelper versus IDSA Practice Guidelines: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRheumaHelperIDSA Practice Guidelines
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (129 ratings)4.8 (559 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.6% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings129559 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB105 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperModra Jagoda, spletno oblikovanje in razvoj mobilnih aplikacij d.o.o.Infectious Diseases Society of America

Customer experience

RheumaHelper

All ratings129 ratings
Positive97.7%
Neutral1.6%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive58.6%
Neutral20.7%
Negative20.7%

IDSA Practice Guidelines

All ratings557 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral0.7%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

RheumaHelper

No in-app purchases

None

IDSA Practice Guidelines

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RheumaHelper free?
RheumaHelper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is IDSA Practice Guidelines free?
IDSA Practice Guidelines is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RheumaHelper or IDSA Practice Guidelines?
IDSA Practice Guidelines is rated higher. RheumaHelper averages 4.8 out of 5 from 129 ratings, while IDSA Practice Guidelines averages 4.8 from 559 ratings.
Do RheumaHelper or IDSA Practice Guidelines have ads?
Neither RheumaHelper nor IDSA Practice Guidelines shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RheumaHelper or IDSA Practice Guidelines?
RheumaHelper ships an update every 2 months, and IDSA Practice Guidelines every 7 months. Most recently, RheumaHelper was updated on October 15, 2026 and IDSA Practice Guidelines on October 16, 2026.

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