Bates' Pocket Guide vs CURRENT Dx Tx Occupational
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bates' Pocket Guide
This app provides essential information for obtaining health histories and conducting physical exams. It features step-by-step techniques, updated images, and differential diagnoses for quick and accurate interpretation of findings. Ideal for students and professionals needing a fast reference.
- Over 130 detailed topics
- Step-by-step instructions
- Updated photographs and illustrations
- Two-column layout
- New Algorithms for symptom approaches
- Differential diagnoses
- Highlighting and note-taking
- Advanced search
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*Featuring the latest content from the latest edition* ABOUT THE BATES' GUIDE: The Bates’ Pocket Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking contains the critical information needed to obtain a meaningful health history, conduct a thorough physical exam, and interpret the findings quickly and accurately. Locate answers fast and review step-by-step techniques and possible findings using the distinctive two-column format with updated images. Bates’ Pocket Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking is the ideal quick-reference resource for today’s medical, PA, pharmacy, and nursing students. FEATURES: • Over 130 detailed topics with step-by-step instructions • Updated photographs, illustrations, and references reinforce key content based on the latest evidence-based information • Two-column layout optimized for smartphones and tablets • New Algorithms provide helpful starting approaches for patients with common presenting symptoms. • Differential diagnoses for common, normal, and abnormal findings • Highlight and take notes within any entry • Advanced Search helps find topics quickly • “Favorites” for bookmarking important entries Authors: Lynn S. Bickley MD, FACP, Peter G. Szilagyi MD, MPH, Richard M. Hoffman MD, MPH, FACP, Rainier P. Soriano MD Publisher: Wolters Kluwer | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Powered by: Unbound Medicine Unbound Privacy Policy: www.unboundmedicine.com/privacy Unbound Terms of Use: https://www.unboundmedicine.com/end_user_license_agreement
CURRENT Dx Tx Occupational
This app provides a comprehensive guide to diagnosing and treating occupational and environmental injuries and illnesses. It covers clinical management, toxicology, and preventive measures, with new content on climate change and workplace violence. Access all features with a yearly subscription.
- Diagnosis and treatment of injuries/illnesses
- Preventive measures in workplace/community
- Clinical management and toxicology
- Ethical principles and disability management
- New chapters on climate change and workplace violence
- Ergonomic principles for injury prevention
- Toxic properties of industrial materials
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"Try before you buy" - Download the FREE App, which includes sample content. In-App purchase required to unlock all content. CURRENT Occupational and Environmental Medicine - A thorough, concise, up-to-date guide to the diagnosis and treatment of common occupational and environmental injuries and illnesses DESCRIPTION New edition of a comprehensive text: an ideal resource for the occupational health professional! CURRENT Occupational and Environmental Medicine - An updated and comprehensive guide to occupational and environmental injuries and illnesses, their diagnosis and treatment, and preventive measures in the workplace and community. Complete and concise, this clinically focused book is the go-to reference for health care professionals in all specialties who diagnose and treat acute and chronic occupational and environmental injuries and illnesses. In addition to clinical management and toxicology, the text covers important aspects of multidisciplinary occupational health and safety practice including ethical principles, disability management, workers'™ compensation, medical monitoring, and health risk assessment. This new edition features - New chapters on the impact of climate change on workers, the changing nature of work, Total Worker Health, workplace violence, pediatric environmental health, genetic toxicology and responder safety and health - Latest approaches to prevent workplace-related injuries through the application of ergonomic principles - Updated practical information on the toxic properties and clinical manifestations of industrial materials and environmental age Content licensed from printed edition ISBN 10: 9781260143430 SUBSCRIPTION : Please purchase a yearly auto-renewing subscription to receive content access and available updates. Yearly auto-renewing payments- $79.99 Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Subscription may be managed by the user and auto-renewal can be disabled at any time by going to your device “Settings” and tapping “iTunes & App Store”. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable. If you have any questions or comments, email us any time: customersupport@skyscape.com or call 508-299-3000 Privacy Policy - https://www.skyscape.com/terms-of-service/privacypolicy.aspx Terms and Conditions - https://www.skyscape.com/terms-of-service/licenseagreement.aspx Author(s): Joseph LaDou, Robert Harrison Publisher: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Bates' Pocket Guide at none against CURRENT Dx Tx Occupational's shown. Bates' Pocket Guide also leads on ratings volume (302 vs 2). CURRENT Dx Tx Occupational's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Bates' Pocket Guide sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CURRENT Dx Tx Occupational sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $59.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CURRENT Dx Tx Occupational holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bates' Pocket Guide has 302 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Bates' Pocket Guide ships an update every 14 months, CURRENT Dx Tx Occupational every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bates' Pocket Guide | CURRENT Dx Tx Occupational |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (302 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 302 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Unbound Medicine, Inc. | Skyscape Medpresso Inc |
Customer experience
Bates' Pocket Guide
CURRENT Dx Tx Occupational
Bugs and requests
Bates' Pocket Guide
Reported bugs
9 issues- Sectional information is wrong
- Topics do not correlate to information
- Asterisk information is incorrect
- App information needs updating and reviewing
- Software is glitchy
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- Hard to navigate between topics
- Algorithm images are mismatched with titles
- Doesn't take Bates account
- Didn't work (iOS 7)
Requested features
5 requests- Update and review app information for accuracy
- Improve content layout and navigation
- Offer better preview options before purchase
- Provide discounts for existing textbook/resource owners
- Clarify product offerings to avoid buyer confusion
CURRENT Dx Tx Occupational
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bates' Pocket Guide
- Bates' Pocket Guide 9th ed.$69.99
CURRENT Dx Tx Occupational
- 25% off for Limited Period$59.991 Year
- 20% Off for Limited Period$63.991 Year
- 15% off for Limited Period$67.991 Year
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- CUR DxTx Occupational 1Y sub$79.991 Year
- CURRENT Occu. & Env. Medicine$64.99
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