Comparison

Pocket GI vs CatchUpPath

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

Head to head
About

Pocket GI

Features
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Pocket GI is the most comprehensive clinical tool designed specifically for gastroenterologists, hepatologists, surgeons, residents, and medical students. With a vast library of 93 meticulously curated medical calculators, criteria, and classifications, this app provides immediate access to the essential scoring systems used in daily clinical practice. Designed for efficiency and accuracy, the application features an intuitive interface that allows medical professionals to quickly assess disease severity, patient risk, and clinical outcomes at the point of care. COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL CALCULATOR LIBRARY (93 Tools) LIVER DISEASE (31) MELD Score, MELD-Na, MELD 3.0, PELD Score, Child-Turcotte-Pugh (CTP) Score, FIB-4 Index, APRI Score, ALBI Grade, Maddrey Discriminant Function, Lille Model, NAFLD Fibrosis Score, Milan Criteria, Baveno VI Criteria, Baveno VII Criteria, Mayo PBC Model, GLOBE Score, UK-PBC Risk Score, RUCAM, Glasgow Alcoholic Hepatitis Score, ABIC Score, UKELD Score, King's College Criteria, Clichy Criteria, CLIF-C ACLF, CLIF-SOFA, NAS Score, West Haven Criteria, PHES Score, ELF Test, FibroTest, Hepascore. GI BLEEDING (6) Glasgow-Blatchford Score, Rockall Score, AIMS65 Score, Oakland Score, ABC Score, Forrest Classification. PANCREAS AND BILIARY (8) BISAP Score, Ranson Criteria, CTSI, Balthazar Score, APACHE II, Atlanta Classification, FRS Score, ISGPS Criteria. INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE (13) Harvey-Bradshaw Index, Mayo Score, Partial Mayo Score, CDAI, SCCAI, PCDAI, SES-CD, UCEIS, Rutgeerts Score, Lemann Index, CDEIS, Rachmilewitz Index, Baron Score. ESOPHAGEAL AND MOTILITY (6) Eckardt Score, EREFS, EoEHSS, Chicago Classification, GCSI, PAGI-SYM. COLORECTAL AND LOWER GI (7) Wexner Score, NCI CRC Risk, LARS Score, Manning Criteria, IBS-SSS, Hinchey Classification, Goligher Classification. ENDOSCOPY CLASSIFICATIONS (9) Paris Classification, NICE Classification, Kudo Pit Pattern, JNET Classification, Prague Criteria, Hill Classification, Zargar Classification, OLGA/OLGIM, Sydney/Kyoto Classification. NUTRITION AND SURGERY (3) CONUT Score, PNI Score, NRI Score. PEDIATRIC GI (2) PUCAI, BQS Score. GI ONCOLOGY (1) BCLC Staging. GENERAL GI (7) Bristol Stool Scale, Rome IV Criteria, GerdQ, DeMeester Score, LA Classification, Marsh Classification, Corazza-Villanacci. KEY FEATURES: - Offline Access: All calculators work perfectly without an internet connection, ensuring reliability in hospital environments. - Fast and Intuitive: Designed to minimize taps and maximize clinical efficiency. - Up-to-Date: Reflects current clinical guidelines and scoring methodology. DISCLAIMER: This application is intended for use by healthcare professionals. It does not provide medical advice and should not replace clinical judgment.

About

CatchUpPath

Features
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CatchUpPath helps pathologists, pathology residents, and other professionals stay current with recent pathology literature. The app searches PubMed and Europe PMC daily across a curated selection of leading pathology, organ-specific, and general medical journals. Choose the topics, study designs, research phases, and journals relevant to you and receive a personal overview of new articles. With CatchUpPath you can: • Quickly assess new pathology publications • Filter across 21 training topics, including cytology, molecular diagnostics, dermatopathology, hematopathology, breast pathology, and neuropathology • Select by study design, research phase, and journal • Open articles with a clear overview of objective, methods, results, and conclusion in Dutch, English, or Spanish • Search by title, author, abstract, topic, study design, and journal • Save interesting articles • Receive notifications when new articles match your preferences Summaries are based solely on information contained in the article. CatchUpPath does not add new research findings or alter reported numbers or results. CatchUpPath is intended as a literature-following aid and does not replace reading the original article, professional judgment, or clinical decision-making.

Screenshots

Pocket GI4 screens
CatchUpPath4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Pocket GI at 13.0 against CatchUpPath's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Pocket GI sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CatchUpPath sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Pocket GI versus CatchUpPath: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket GICatchUpPath
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB3 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperRatib MahfouzSven van Egmond

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pocket GI

One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$6.99
2 purchases

CatchUpPath

One-time2
  • Small coffee for the developer$1.99
  • Large coffee for the developer$6.99

Questions

Is Pocket GI free?
Pocket GI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CatchUpPath free?
CatchUpPath is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pocket GI or CatchUpPath have ads?
Neither Pocket GI nor CatchUpPath shows ads.

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