Comparison

MDster vs ViviCell

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

Head to head
About

MDster

Features
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MDster is a comprehensive medical exam-preparation platform designed to help medical professionals prepare for their exams through practice questions, flashcards, podcasts, mock exams, and performance analytics tailored to individual medical specialties. MDster is designed for medical students, residents, and healthcare professionals preparing for certification and board examinations. Available specialties include: • Anesthesiology • Internal Medicine • Emergency Medicine • Pediatrics • Family Medicine • Obstetrics and Gynecology • Psychiatry MDster combines evidence-based learning methods with modern technology, including AI-powered podcasts, detailed performance analytics, and medically reviewed educational content. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mdster.com/privacy MDster Terms of Service: https://mdster.com/terms

About

ViviCell

Master hematology with structured lessons, flashcards, quizzes, and real microscopy practice. This offline app offers guided learning, spaced repetition, and detailed visual atlases for students and professionals. Track progress and identify weak areas for effective study.

Highlights
  • Structured hematology modules
  • Spaced-repetition flashcards
  • Quiz questions with explanations
  • Clinical case studies
  • Real microscopy image atlas
  • Cell-identification practice
  • Progress tracking
Features
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Learn hematology. Practice blood-cell identification. Connect what you see on a blood film with the science behind it. ViviCell brings real microscopy images, focused practice, lessons, and spaced review together for Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) and Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) students. Study on iPhone or iPad, with all study content available offline. PRACTICE WITH REAL IMAGES Identify cells and selected cellular aberrations on authentic blood films. Choose your topics, session length, and starting difficulty. Answer choices adapt to each topic's recorded accuracy and confusions, while missed-image warm-ups help you revisit earlier mistakes. Compare images side by side in the Atlas. Use Practice Insights to see missed categories and repeated confusions, then open a focused practice session or the relevant reference. CONNECT MORPHOLOGY TO MECHANISM • 15 hematology and coagulation modules with diagrams and learning objectives • 300 quiz questions with answer explanations • 24 clinical cases with 69 questions linking laboratory findings to disease • Interactive RBC deformation lessons, including a two-cell splenic-slit comparison EXPLORE THE VISUAL ATLAS • Over 1,500 images • 27 cell categories and 27 RBC morphology cards • 56 cellular aberrations and 57 pathology conditions • Recognition features, common confusions, and source references Browse by lineage, finding, or pathology group. Zoom into images, compare look-alikes, or search across lessons, flashcards, quizzes, cases, and Atlas entries. Pathology entries are reference material; image practice covers cells and selected aberrations. RETURN TO WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED Add any of the 221 lesson flashcards to Review. Rate your recall with Again, Hard, Good, or Easy, and the app schedules the next review. Practiced cell and aberration images follow the same schedule. The How to study guide explains a flexible routine, recall grades, common difficulties, and the research behind the approach. PRIVATE, OFFLINE, AND FREE Your progress and preferences stay on your device. No account, ads, subscription, analytics, tracking, or app-provided cloud sync. ViviCell is permanently free. FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY ViviCell is a study tool for students and laboratory professionals refreshing foundational knowledge. It is not intended for clinical diagnosis, patient care, or medical decision-making.

Screenshots

MDster4 screens
ViviCell4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ViviCell at none against MDster's 10. ViviCell also leads on ads (none vs shown). MDster's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MDster sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $12.00 per month. ViviCell asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
MDster versus ViviCell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMDsterViviCell
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB55 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperAnesthesia Zone, LLCAlexan Berberian

In-app purchases

10 purchases

MDster

Subscriptions10
  • Psychiatry Core Pathway$12.001 Month
  • Psychiatry Advanced Pathway$15.001 Month
  • Psychiatry Bundle Pathway$20.001 Month
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  • Psychiatry Core Pathway$33.003 Months
  • Psychiatry Advanced Pathway$39.003 Months
  • Psychiatry Bundle Pathway$51.003 Months
  • Psychiatry Core Pathway$60.006 Months
  • Psychiatry Advanced Pathway$72.006 Months
  • Pediatrics Bundle Pathway$90.006 Months
  • Psychiatry Bundle Pathway$90.006 Months
None

ViviCell

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MDster free?
MDster is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ViviCell free?
ViviCell is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MDster or ViviCell have ads?
MDster shows ads; ViviCell does not.

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