Comparison

ACP Clinical Guidelines vs Physician Application

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

Head to head
About

ACP Clinical Guidelines

Access evidence-based clinical practice guidelines from the American College of Physicians on your mobile device. This app provides internal medicine physicians and other clinicians with convenient access to recommendations, summary tables, and algorithms in an interactive format.

Highlights
  • Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines
  • Recommendations and rationale
  • Summary tables
  • Algorithms
  • High value care advice
  • Interactive mobile format
Features
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The American College of Physicians (ACP) produces evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, which means that the guidelines follow a rigorous development process and are based on the highest quality scientific evidence. Internal medicine physicians and other clinicians can now access these clinical recommendations in virtually any setting via the ACP Clinical Guidelines app. Available for free, the ACP Clinical Guidelines app includes recommendations from ACP’s clinical practice guidelines and guidance statements. Users can conveniently access clinical recommendations and rationale, summary tables, algorithms, and high value care advice for all currently active ACP guidelines in an easy to read and interactive mobile format. ACP is a national organization of internists —physician specialists who apply scientific knowledge and clinical expertise to the diagnosis, treatment, and compassionate care of adults across the spectrum from health to complex illness. ACP is the largest medical-specialty organization and second-largest physician group in the United States. Its membership of 133,000 includes internists, internal medicine subspecialists, medical students, residents, and fellows. The mission of the ACP is to enhance the quality and effectiveness of health care by fostering excellence and professionalism in the practice of medicine.

About

Physician Application

This app helps physicians and advanced practitioners find employment opportunities at medical facilities nationwide. It offers a mobile and efficient way to search for jobs, designed for busy healthcare professionals.

Highlights
  • Physician recruitment
  • Job search for medical facilities
  • Mobile employment opportunities
  • Efficient job searching
  • Cost-free job search
Features
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As the physician recruitment industry evolves, PracticeMatch continues to innovate with new solutions for matching physicians and employers. Designed specifically for busy residents, fellows, practicing physicians and advanced practitioners, the PracticeMatch for Physicians app provides a mobile, efficient, cost-free way to search for employment opportunities at medical facilities across the country.

Screenshots

ACP Clinical Guidelines4 screens
Physician Application4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Physician Application at 5.0 against ACP Clinical Guidelines's 3.0. ACP Clinical Guidelines's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Physician Application holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ACP Clinical Guidelines has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ACP Clinical Guidelines versus Physician Application: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterACP Clinical GuidelinesPhysician Application
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (12 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB23 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAmerican College of PhysiciansPracticeMatch

In-app purchases

None

ACP Clinical Guidelines

No in-app purchases

None

Physician Application

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ACP Clinical Guidelines free?
ACP Clinical Guidelines is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Physician Application free?
Physician Application is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ACP Clinical Guidelines or Physician Application?
Physician Application is rated higher. ACP Clinical Guidelines averages 3.0 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Physician Application averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do ACP Clinical Guidelines or Physician Application have ads?
Neither ACP Clinical Guidelines nor Physician Application shows ads.

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