ELM vs Knowuro reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ELM
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Launched in 2013, The Electronic Library of Medicine - Jordan "ELM" is the first national platform of its kind which provide healthcare professionals and medical university students in the country with online medical resources. The ELM portal (www.elm.jo) features a vast number of paid and open-access e-journals, clinical decision support tools, as well as other medical resources, which require costly annual subscriptions, bur are provided to the ELM users for FREE. Additional resources are being added continuously to eventually establish a comprehensive online medical library, which will help elevate healthcare quality and enrich medical research b providing healthcare professionals all over the Kingdom of Jordan with access to evidence-based medical information.
Knowuro reader
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Knowuro Reader gives you access to our whole library of books and flowcharts, anywhere, anytime. * Full access to our library * Interactive Quiz with questions from all our books * Full-text search in each book * Early access to future Knowuro releases * Always up-to-date text * Exclusive digital features and extra content * Works without internet connection after the first login — no connection in the ER? Airplane? No problem! * Roadmap with more exciting features to aid you studying Urology, or during your practice
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Knowuro reader at every 4 weeks against ELM's every 15 months. Knowuro reader also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
ELM ships an update every 15 months, Knowuro reader every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ELM | Knowuro reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Stacks Inc. | Knowuro |
In-app purchases
ELM
No in-app purchases
Knowuro reader
No in-app purchases
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