Comparison

RAUK vs AnteSum

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

Head to head
About

RAUK

Features
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The RA-UK App is a comprehensive resource for the performance of regional anaesthesia. It is based on the popular textbook, the RA-UK Handbook of Regional Anaesthesia with added interactive content. RA-UK is the UK national society for regional anaesthesia, and it has over 1800 members worldwide. Blocks for each body part are comprehensively described, including the popular Plan A blocks. Interactive diagrams, photos and tables show each block's sonoanatomy, drug dosing, equipment choices, etc. Plan A blocks are free for all users after registration, members of RA-UK will be able to see the full version of the app with all content unlocked.

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AnteSum

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AnteSum reads your specialty's journals so you don't fall behind. Every week we gather the newly published papers from the peer-reviewed journals of your specialty anaesthesia, orthopaedics, maxillofacial surgery and more โ€” sort them by subspecialty, and distil the month into one readable digest. Open the app on Monday and know what mattered. THE MONTHLY DIGEST A concise, editor-style summary of the month for each subspecialty you follow, updated weekly as new papers arrive. Journal names link straight to the papers behind them, and every month stays browsable in the archive. THE PAPERS The month's new papers, grouped by journal and section โ€” editorials, guidelines, reviews, original articles โ€” with links to the source on the publisher's site. Pin the journals you care about; fold away the rest. YOUR READING LIST Save papers with one tap, read them offline, and export a bibliography (Vancouver / RIS) or a printable CPD reading log with your own reflections. BUILT FOR CLINICIANS โ€ข Choose one specialty or several. One account covers them all โ€ข A single quiet notification on Sundays when your digest updates (optional) โ€ข Saved papers work offline โ€ข Text size follows your iPhone's Dynamic Type setting โ€ข Free to read, no ads in the app How the digest is made, including the role of AI summarisation and the safeguards around it, is documented openly at antesum.com/methodology. AnteSum summarises the literature; it does not provide medical advice.

Screenshots

RAUK3 screens
AnteSum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: AnteSum at daily against RAUK's every 5 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RAUK ships an update every 5 months, AnteSum daily. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
RAUK versus AnteSum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRAUKAnteSum
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsDaily โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size17 MB2 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperRegional Anaesthesia - UK (RA-UK)Bagrat Lalabekyan

In-app purchases

None

RAUK

No in-app purchases

None

AnteSum

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RAUK free?
RAUK is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AnteSum free?
AnteSum is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RAUK or AnteSum have ads?
Neither RAUK nor AnteSum shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RAUK or AnteSum?
RAUK ships an update every 5 months, and AnteSum daily. Most recently, RAUK was updated on October 28, 2026 and AnteSum on October 26, 2026.

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