JournalFeed vs QuickAcuity
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
JournalFeed
This app delivers curated medical education summaries from PubMed, focusing on Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, and POCUS. It provides quick, simple summaries with push notifications for the latest articles. A subscription is required for full content access and CME credits.
- Curated medical article summaries
- Push notifications for new articles
- Covers Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, PEM, POCUS
- Full content access with subscription
- CME credit claiming
- Video content access
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The JournalFeed app brings the best medical education to your iPhone! 1 million new articles are listed on PubMed each year...it's overwhelming. JournalFeed finds the articles that matter and Spoon Feeds them to you. Now, with push notifications - the Spoon Feed just got easier! We cover Emergency Medicine primarily and also Critical Care, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, and Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS). Quick, simple summaries… delivered. You can view content, but you need a JournalFeed subscription to see it all. On the app, you can view all written posts, and MAX or PREMIUM subscribers can watch all the videos and claim CME credits right from the app. Don't miss any new articles. Allow push notifications to see summaries of the latest articles that will change your practice.
QuickAcuity
This app offers a quick and easy way to check your vision using your smartphone. It guides you through a simple swipe-based test in seconds, with automatic distance calibration on supported devices. Track your vision trends over time with a timestamped history.
- Fast visual acuity testing
- Automatic distance calibration
- On-device processing
- Timestamped test history
- Multiple testing modes (swipe, button, speech)
- Privacy-focused, no account needed
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Check vision anywhere in seconds. QuickAcuity guides anyone through a simple swipe-based visual acuity test in seconds without extra equipment. How it works 1) Hold the phone at arm’s length. On supported devices, distance is measured automatically using the front camera with face detection. 2) Test each eye by swiping. It's super simple once you get a hang of it! Key capabilities - As fast as under 10 sec per eye with Super quick mode (additional modes available for higher accuracy) - Distance calibration on supported iPhones (TrueDepth/ARKit); manual fallback when depth is unavailable. Automatically calculates the size to display in real time. No need to hang a chart on the wall or get out a tape measure to figure out distance. - Works in small rooms with a fixed short working distance - On‑device processing; no account required and no personal identifiers stored - Timestamped history for your notes or later review (trend your vision!) - Hate swiping? We also have a button mode and a speech recognition mode that you can try. Privacy - All processing on device - No account required - No private identifiers collected Run 10 complete tests free! Requires iOS 15 or newer. Medical notice QuickAcuity is a vision screening tool and is not a medical device. It does not diagnose conditions and is not a substitute for professional judgment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: JournalFeed at none against QuickAcuity's 2. QuickAcuity's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 10 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. QuickAcuity sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. JournalFeed asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for JournalFeed against 5.0 for QuickAcuity. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.
JournalFeed ships an update every 10 months, QuickAcuity fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | JournalFeed | QuickAcuity |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JournalFeed, LLC | Dirkes Medical, PLLC |
Customer experience
JournalFeed
QuickAcuity
In-app purchases
JournalFeed
No in-app purchases
QuickAcuity
- 10 Tests$1.99
- Unlimited Visual Acuity Tests$4.99









