Comparison

RheumaHelper vs ESC Pocket 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

ESC Pocket Guidelines

Access a comprehensive library of the latest cardiovascular disease guidelines and consensus statements from the European Society of Cardiology. Features include interactive algorithms, full-text search, bookmarking, note-taking, and content sharing capabilities for quick reference and study.

Highlights
  • Latest ESC Guidelines (2023-2025)
  • Interactive algorithms
  • Full-text search
  • Bookmarking and notes
  • Content sharing
  • Printable pages
Features
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The ESC Pocket Guidelines app now contains the following ESC Pocket Guidelines: ESC Guidelines and documents published in 2025 Cardiovascular disease and pregnancy (Guidelines) Mental health and cardiovascular disease (Consensus Statement) Myocarditis and pericarditis (Guidelines) Valvular heart disease (Joint Guidelines with EACTS) Focused update of the 2019 dyslipidaemias guidelines ESC Guidelines published in 2024 Elevated blood pressure and hypertension Atrial fibrillation Chronic coronary syndromes Peripheral arterial and aortic diseases ESC Guidelines and documents published in 2023 Acute coronary syndromes Cardiomyopathies Cardiovascular disease in diabetes Endocarditis Focused update of the 2021 heart failure guidelines The ESC Pocket Guidelines app also contains interactive tools in the form of algorithms. Additional features: Perform „full text", „index" or „filtered" searches through the entire downloaded content of the app, bookmarks and the notes. Bookmark specific sections or create a personal note and access bookmarks and notes from the „Library“ section. Share links to specific areas of the app via communication channels, e.g. AirDrop, Mail, LinkedIn, Twitter, WhatsApp, and many others. Print pages. Please follow the link below to register for a new MyESC account: https://escol.escardio.org/MyESC/login.aspx

Screenshots

RheumaHelper4 screens
ESC Pocket Guidelines4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: ESC Pocket Guidelines at free against RheumaHelper's ad-supported. ESC Pocket Guidelines also leads on ratings volume (841 vs 129) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). RheumaHelper's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (59% vs 50%). 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 ESC Pocket Guidelines. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ESC Pocket Guidelines has 841 ratings behind it against 129, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of RheumaHelper's written reviews are positive against 50% of ESC Pocket Guidelines's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RheumaHelper ships an update every 2 months, ESC Pocket Guidelines every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
RheumaHelper versus ESC Pocket Guidelines: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRheumaHelperESC Pocket Guidelines
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (129 ratings)4.8 (841 ratings)
Positive reviews58.6% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings129841 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB44 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperModra Jagoda, spletno oblikovanje in razvoj mobilnih aplikacij d.o.o.ESC - European Society of Cardiology

Customer experience

RheumaHelper

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

ESC Pocket Guidelines

All ratings841 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral3.2%
Negative46.8%

Bugs and requests

RheumaHelper

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

ESC Pocket Guidelines

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • App crashes on iPad and iPhone devices
  • Login authentication failures
  • White blank page display
  • App crashes when opening pathways
  • Guidelines not appearing in downloaded folder
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  • App incompatible with older iOS versions
  • Slow and sluggish performance
  • Full screen not supported on iPad Mini 6

Requested features

5 requests
  • Update to support iPad Mini 6 resolution
  • Include 2023 ESC Congress updates
  • Remove or make sign-in optional
  • Improve font size and design for better readability
  • Add new guidelines (e.g., 2013 stable angina guidelines)

In-app purchases

None

RheumaHelper

No in-app purchases

None

ESC Pocket Guidelines

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RheumaHelper free?
RheumaHelper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ESC Pocket Guidelines free?
ESC Pocket Guidelines is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RheumaHelper or ESC Pocket Guidelines?
RheumaHelper and ESC Pocket Guidelines are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 129 and 841 ratings respectively.
Do RheumaHelper or ESC Pocket Guidelines have ads?
Neither RheumaHelper nor ESC Pocket Guidelines shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RheumaHelper or ESC Pocket Guidelines?
RheumaHelper ships an update every 2 months, and ESC Pocket Guidelines every 4 months. Most recently, RheumaHelper was updated on October 15, 2026 and ESC Pocket Guidelines on October 12, 2026.

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