Comparison

ACP Clinical Guidelines vs Connect

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

Connect

Test your medical knowledge with daily puzzles designed for USMLE, MDs, and medical students. Group 16 tiles into four sets based on shared medical categories. Keep your mind sharp with new challenges every 24 hours.

Highlights
  • Daily medical knowledge puzzles
  • Group tiles by medical categories
  • Designed for USMLE, MDs, and students
  • Covers basic science and clinical practice
  • Progressive difficulty levels
  • New puzzle every 24 hours
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Put Your Medical Knowledge to the Test! Designed specifically for USMLE, MDs, and medical students, this daily puzzle is the ultimate test of Medical Knowledge. See if you can identify the deep connections between complex medical concepts. Every day, you are presented with 16 tiles featuring terms from across the Medical Sciences. Your goal: group them into four sets of four based on their shared medical categories. Key Features: Built for Professionals and Medical Students: Whether you are an MD, or a student preparing for boards, these puzzles are curated to challenge your level of expertise. Deep Knowledge Categories: Includes both Basic Science and clinical practice. Daily Refresh: A new board arrives every 24 hours to keep your mind sharp during your commute or on a well-earned break. Progressive Difficulty: Each puzzle contains categories ranging from easier to difficult. Why Play? In the fast-paced world of medicine, keeping your knowledge base broad and your lateral thinking sharp is essential. This game offers a fun way to engage with the concepts you use every day in a completely new format.

Screenshots

ACP Clinical Guidelines4 screens
Connect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Connect at 4.0 against ACP Clinical Guidelines's 3.0. Connect also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). ACP Clinical Guidelines's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 4). 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

Connect holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ACP Clinical Guidelines ships an update every 2 months, Connect weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ACP Clinical Guidelines versus Connect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterACP Clinical GuidelinesConnect
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (12 ratings)4.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB53 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperAmerican College of PhysiciansBibek Bhattarai

Customer experience

ACP Clinical Guidelines

All ratings12 ratings
Positive58.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative41.7%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative12.5%

Connect

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ACP Clinical Guidelines

No in-app purchases

None

Connect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ACP Clinical Guidelines free?
ACP Clinical Guidelines is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Connect free?
Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ACP Clinical Guidelines or Connect?
Connect is rated higher. ACP Clinical Guidelines averages 3.0 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Connect averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do ACP Clinical Guidelines or Connect have ads?
Neither ACP Clinical Guidelines nor Connect shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ACP Clinical Guidelines or Connect?
ACP Clinical Guidelines ships an update every 2 months, and Connect weekly. Most recently, ACP Clinical Guidelines was updated on October 21, 2026 and Connect on October 24, 2026.

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