Comparison

STI Tx Guide vs Basic Emergency Care

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

Head to head
About

STI Tx Guide

Provides healthcare professionals with up-to-date, evidence-based recommendations for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of sexually transmitted infections. Features include clinical care guidance, sexual history resources, and patient materials for effective patient management.

Highlights
  • STI prevention recommendations
  • Diagnosis guidance
  • Treatment protocols
  • Clinical care assistance
  • Sexual history resources
  • Patient management tools
Features
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The new app offers quick and easy access to streamlined STI prevention, diagnosis, and treatment recommendations. The user-friendly interface includes more clinical care guidance, sexual history resources, patient materials, and other features to assist with patient management. The STI Treatment (Tx) Guidelines mobile app serves as a quick reference guide for doctors and related parties on the identification of and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The full STI Treatment Guidelines (cdc.gov) can be accessed at https://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment-guidelines/default.htm. The guidelines provide current evidence-based prevention, diagnostic and treatment recommendations that replace the 2015 guidance. The recommendations are intended to be a source for clinical guidance. Healthcare providers should always assess patients based on their clinical circumstances and local burden. DISCLAIMER THE MATERIALS EMBODIED IN THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED TO YOU "AS-IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC) OR THE UNITED STATES (U.S.) GOVERNMENT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF PROFIT, LOSE OF USE, SAVINGS OR REVENUE, OR THE CLAIMS OF THIRD PARTIES, WHETHER OR NOT CDC OR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE POSSESSION, USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

About

Basic Emergency Care

This app guides users through resuscitation skills learned in a medical course. It features a chatbot for progression and a search function to find information on managing specific conditions.

Highlights
  • Resuscitation skill guidance
  • Chatbot for progression
  • Condition management search
  • BEC course integration
Features
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The ABCDE app is designed to help guide you through the resuscitation skills you have learned from the Basic Emergency Care (BEC) course. Progress through the pathway with a chatbot, search for specific conditions and how to manage them.

Screenshots

STI Tx Guide4 screens
Basic Emergency Care4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Basic Emergency Care at 4.2 against STI Tx Guide's 3.5. Basic Emergency Care also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.0). STI Tx Guide's advantage is review sentiment (36% vs 0%) and ratings volume (36 vs 5). 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

Basic Emergency Care holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: STI Tx Guide has 36 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 36% of STI Tx Guide's written reviews are positive against 0% of Basic Emergency Care's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

STI Tx Guide ships an update every 2 months, Basic Emergency Care every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
STI Tx Guide versus Basic Emergency Care: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSTI Tx GuideBasic Emergency Care
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (36 ratings)4.2 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews35.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings36 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.012.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB28 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperCenters For Disease Control and PreventionUniversity of California at San Francisco

Customer experience

STI Tx Guide

All ratings36 ratings
Positive63.9%
Neutral2.8%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive35.7%
Neutral7.1%
Negative57.1%

Basic Emergency Care

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

STI Tx Guide

No in-app purchases

None

Basic Emergency Care

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is STI Tx Guide free?
STI Tx Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Basic Emergency Care free?
Basic Emergency Care is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, STI Tx Guide or Basic Emergency Care?
Basic Emergency Care is rated higher. STI Tx Guide averages 3.5 out of 5 from 36 ratings, while Basic Emergency Care averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do STI Tx Guide or Basic Emergency Care have ads?
Neither STI Tx Guide nor Basic Emergency Care shows ads.
Which is updated more often, STI Tx Guide or Basic Emergency Care?
STI Tx Guide ships an update every 2 months, and Basic Emergency Care every 3 weeks. Most recently, STI Tx Guide was updated on October 17, 2026 and Basic Emergency Care on October 15, 2026.

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