Comparison

RheumaHelper vs VeryBASIC

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

VeryBASIC

Features
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This Apps help the Medical Students & Interns to learn the Basic Assessment & Support in Intensive Care. We provide some contents including guideline, flowchart, audio, calculator and so on.

Screenshots

RheumaHelper4 screens
VeryBASIC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: VeryBASIC at 15.6 against RheumaHelper's 18.0. On price, update cadence, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RheumaHelper ships an update every 2 months, VeryBASIC every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
RheumaHelper versus VeryBASIC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRheumaHelperVeryBASIC
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (129 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews58.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings129 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB7 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperModra Jagoda, spletno oblikovanje in razvoj mobilnih aplikacij d.o.o.The Chinese University of Hong Kong

In-app purchases

None

RheumaHelper

No in-app purchases

None

VeryBASIC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RheumaHelper free?
RheumaHelper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VeryBASIC free?
VeryBASIC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RheumaHelper or VeryBASIC have ads?
Neither RheumaHelper nor VeryBASIC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RheumaHelper or VeryBASIC?
RheumaHelper ships an update every 2 months, and VeryBASIC every 6 weeks. Most recently, RheumaHelper was updated on October 5, 2026 and VeryBASIC on October 2, 2026.

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