Bates' Pocket Guide vs MedNote, History taking
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
MedNote, History taking
This app assists healthcare professionals in conducting thorough and professional medical history interviews with patients. It offers structured forms for different complaint types and automatically generates concise case reports from the gathered information.
- Professional medical history taking
- Multiple history taking forms
- Automatic case report summarization
- Structured patient complaint information
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MedNote App An app helps health care providers to take an amazing and professional medical history from the patients. MedNote has a lot of different characteristics to make a fantastic experience for the users. Three different types of history taking according to the type of patient's complaint. Every form of history note has sufficient and adequate information about the patients' complaints. After taking a full history from the patient, MedNote app will automatically summarize the findings with an amazing case report to make a better experience for users. MedNote made with love in Hail, KSA By Abdulaziz Alenezi. Best wishes
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MedNote, History taking at none against Bates' Pocket Guide's 1. MedNote, History taking also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Bates' Pocket Guide's advantage is ratings volume (301 vs 7) and chart position (#195 vs unranked). On price and rating 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. MedNote, History taking asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Bates' Pocket Guide against 4.9 for MedNote, History taking. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bates' Pocket Guide has 301 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Bates' Pocket Guide | MedNote, History taking |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (301 ratings) | 4.9 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 301 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #195 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Unbound Medicine, Inc. | Abdulaziz Alenezi |
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
MedNote, History taking
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bates' Pocket Guide
- Bates' Pocket Guide 9th ed.$69.99
MedNote, History taking
No in-app purchases
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