RheumaHelper vs ASAS App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Disease activity calculators
- Classification criteria
- Verified medical content
- Award-winning tool
- Easy mobile reference
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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
ASAS App
This medical app provides essential tools for assessing Ankylosing Spondylitis. It includes calculators for key disease activity scores and offers comprehensive information on diagnosis, classification, and treatment of spondyloarthritis.
- ASDAS calculator
- BASDAI calculator
- Spondyloarthritis classification
- Diagnosis information
- Treatment guidelines
- ASAS Health Index
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The ASAS app offers calculators for the Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS), the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI), as well as information on classification, diagnosis, outcome assessment, and treatment of spondyloarthritis. ASAS Health Index
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: RheumaHelper at every 2 months against ASAS App's every 20 months. RheumaHelper also leads on ratings volume (130 vs 1). ASAS App's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ASAS App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RheumaHelper has 130 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
RheumaHelper ships an update every 2 months, ASAS App every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RheumaHelper | ASAS App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (130 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 130 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 20 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Modra Jagoda, spletno oblikovanje in razvoj mobilnih aplikacij d.o.o. | Stichting Assessment of Spondyloarthritis international Society |
Customer experience
RheumaHelper
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In-app purchases
RheumaHelper
No in-app purchases
ASAS App
No in-app purchases
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