CaudaEquina vs Skeletal Plan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CaudaEquina
This app provides comprehensive, up-to-date information on Cauda Equina Syndrome. It offers educational content, personal experiences, symptom management tips, and resources for finding help and support. It also includes a diary feature to track personal health journeys and links to research and professional training.
- Cauda Equina Syndrome information
- Symptom management tips
- Personal journey diary
- Links to research and training
- Support resources
- Red flag identification
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Welcome to our CaudaEquina App (CES App). A comprehensive, up to date source of all the information you need to know about Cauda Equina Syndrome. Our app has been designed to meet the needs of all individuals / professionals who deal with CES on daily basis. The CaudaEquina App is a hub of knowledge with education content about the condition, lived experiences of those living with it, tips on how to manage your symptoms and where to find help and support. Within the Patient and professionals’ sections you will find a wealth of information about the “Red flags” of CES and how to communicate to your healthcare professional if you feel you are experiencing any of these and are worried you may be at risk of developing cauda equina syndrome. “My Diary” will help you store important information about your personal journey with CES, that you can reflect on along the way and share with healthcare professionals supporting you. There are important links to the latest research and papers on Cauda Equina Syndrome, educational articles, training and events information for healthcare professionals, all easily accessible from one place. You can learn all about Cauda Equina Champions Charity services and how to access them, helping you to make the best recovery possible. With over 10 years experience supporting people with Cauda Equina Syndrome, Champions Charity hope the CaudaEquina App will empower you to live your best life after injury.
Skeletal Plan
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Skeletal Plan is a pre-operative planning and documentation aid for spine surgeons. Plan the construct, scan the implants you use, and keep a structured operative record. It runs entirely on your device and works offline. PLAN Design the construct level by level across the whole spine: pedicle and lateral-mass screws, hooks, rods, interbody and corpectomy cages, plates, osteotomies (Schwab 1 to 6) and correction forces. Work on normal anatomy or anatomical variants such as transitional lumbosacral levels. Population-based reference dimensions from the published adult morphometry literature help you start from a sensible size, which you then verify against the patient's own imaging. SCAN, OR JUST RECORD Record the implants actually used. Scan the barcode on the packaging to auto-fill the manufacturer, system, size, lot number and expiry date, or enter the sizes by hand when screws arrive on a non-sterile tray with nothing to scan. The scanner reads GS1 DataMatrix, GS1-128 and two-part HIBC labels and matches them against a curated catalogue of more than 90,000 implant references. KEEP Keep a clean record that stays useful long after the case: - A PDF for the patient record and operative notes - An implant inventory for stock and cost - Lot and expiry traceability for audit - Structured data for research PRIVATE BY DESIGN Skeletal Plan has no servers, no accounts, no analytics and no advertising. Everything you enter, including any patient information, stays on your device, encrypted at rest, and is never sent to us or anyone else. Session privacy is on by default, so nothing is stored unless you choose to save it. You decide if and where a plan is ever shared. WORKS ANYWHERE Designed for theatre: a tablet at the planning station or a phone in your pocket, with the same app on a desktop or laptop web browser. All resources are bundled in the app, so it keeps working with no network. Available in 22 languages, including right-to-left scripts (Arabic, Hebrew) and Chinese, Japanese and Korean. FREE FOR CLINICAL USE Free for clinical planning, intra-operative documentation, teaching and research. IMPORTANT Skeletal Plan is a documentation and communication aid for surgical planning. It is not a medical device and has not been approved, cleared or certified by any regulatory body. Population-based reference data represents group averages; individual anatomy varies, and the operating surgeon must verify all dimensions against the patient's own imaging and bears full responsibility for all clinical decisions and for verification at the point of use.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Skeletal Plan at every 9 days against CaudaEquina's every 17 months. CaudaEquina's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
CaudaEquina ships an update every 17 months, Skeletal Plan every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CaudaEquina | Skeletal Plan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Cauda Equina Champions Charity | N2 Medical Ltd |
In-app purchases
CaudaEquina
No in-app purchases
Skeletal Plan
No in-app purchases
Questions
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