CliMic vs OSTRICH
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
CliMic
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CliMic is a reference of blood culture microorganisms and its antimicrobial susceptibility, aimed at helping the clinician to implement an appropriate empirical antibiotic therapy by knowing the ecology of multidrug resistant bacteria. โข Quickly visualize antimicrobial susceptibility results, grouped by isolate or by antimicrobial. โข List isolated microorganisms by its frequency according to the different sources of bacteraemia. โข Distinguish results between the nosocomial and the outpatient settings. At this time, the app contains data from bacteraemia episodes treated in Hospital Clinic de Barcelona. ----- Antimicrobial resistance has become a public health problem. The surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in the nosocomial setting is among the measures to be taken to control the emergence and spread of multidrug resistant bacteria.
OSTRICH
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OSTRICH โ Offline System for Trials & Research Information Collection & Housing: It is a mobile app to support clinical trials at NINDS designed to allow researchers to collect patient's clinical data with encrypted storage and allow to upload to the remote systems such as Clinical Informatics System for Trials and Research (CiSTAR) or The Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (CNRM) when connected via internet. It has the ability to collect data for patient scheduled visits and other detailed protocols that are imported from main systems dynamically.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: OSTRICH at monthly against CliMic's every 3 months. CliMic's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CliMic ships an update every 3 months, OSTRICH monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CliMic | OSTRICH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 โ better | 16.5 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | GARMENMED, SCP | The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke |
In-app purchases
CliMic
No in-app purchases
OSTRICH
No in-app purchases
Questions
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