STI Tx Guide vs Treatspace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- STI prevention recommendations
- Diagnosis guidance
- Treatment protocols
- Clinical care assistance
- Sexual history resources
- Patient management tools
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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.
Treatspace
This secure, HIPAA-compliant platform facilitates referrals, team messaging, and professional networking for healthcare providers. It streamlines patient care coordination, allowing users to manage their day, track referrals, and communicate securely with colleagues.
- Secure HIPAA-compliant workspace
- Streamlined referral sending and tracking
- Secure team messaging and group conversations
- Verified provider directory for networking
- Patient care team collaboration
- Provider profile and practice management
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Treatspace: Referrals & Care Team Messaging Treatspace is a secure, HIPAA-compliant workspace where healthcare professionals send referrals, align care teams and stay in touch with the colleagues they share patients with. You can work from your desk or between appointments. Built for doctors, providers and practice staff in the United States, Treatspace puts your referrals, conversations and professional network in one place. HOME: YOUR DAY AT A GLANCE • See what needs your attention: new messages, pending connection requests and invitations. • Track your profile's visibility score and the next step that raises it most. • See how often peers find you in the directory and view your profile. REFERRALS: SEND AND TRACK IN A FEW TAPS • Start a referral, add the patient, the reason and any documents, then pick a specialty and a specialist. You can also send to fax-only recipients. • Save a draft for a coordinator to finish, or send it yourself. • Follow every referral from Sent to Accepted, Scheduled and Completed, on both the sending and the receiving side. • Accept or decline incoming referrals, record the outcome, and keep private notes and referral-specific messages on each one. • Search and filter your inbox by direction, status and practice. MESSAGES: SECURE TREATCHAT • Direct messages, group conversations and practice channels for quick questions, attachments and hand-offs. • Run polls in groups and channels to make decisions fast. NETWORK: FIND AND CONNECT WITH TRUSTED PROVIDERS • Search the verified directory by specialty and distance. • Send and accept connection requests, and invite colleagues who aren't on Treatspace yet. • Build a trusted list of specialists, or grow the network that sends patients to you. PROFILE & PRACTICE • Claim and edit your provider profile with a rich-text bio, contact preferences and accepted insurance. • Manage your practices, locations, team members and insurance lists. You can also join or create a practice. STAY NOTIFIED • One notifications feed with filters, so you can see referral updates, messages, mentions and join requests and act on them from the alert. WHY TREATSPACE • Faster care: Specialists get what they need up front, and patients don't wait on phone tag. • Less referral leakage: Both sides see where every referral stands. • Shared context: Primary care, specialists and staff work from the same patient story. • Stronger referral networks: Specialists grow their referral base, and primary care builds a trusted bench. • Secure by design: Encrypted provider-to-provider messaging with biometric unlock and administrative controls. MADE FOR PROFESSIONAL USE • Designed for licensed clinicians and practice staff. • Not for emergencies. If you need urgent help, call 911 or local emergency services. • Treatspace does not provide medical advice. Clinical decisions remain with treating professionals.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Treatspace at 5.0 against STI Tx Guide's 3.5. STI Tx Guide's advantage is ratings volume (36 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Treatspace holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: STI Tx Guide has 36 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
STI Tx Guide ships an update every 8 months, Treatspace every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | STI Tx Guide | Treatspace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (36 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Centers For Disease Control and Prevention | Treatspace Inc |
Customer experience
STI Tx Guide
Treatspace
In-app purchases
STI Tx Guide
No in-app purchases
Treatspace
No in-app purchases
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