Comparison

CliMic vs OSTRICH

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

Head to head
About

CliMic

Features
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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. โ€ข Quickly visualize antimicrobial susceptibility results, grouped by isolate or by antimicrobial. โ€ข List isolated microorganisms by its frequency according to the different sources of bacteraemia. โ€ข 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.

About

OSTRICH

Features
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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.

Screenshots

CliMic4 screens
OSTRICH4 screens

Verdict

The call

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.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CliMic ships an update every 3 months, OSTRICH monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
CliMic versus OSTRICH: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCliMicOSTRICH
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 โ€” better16.5
Further details โ€” not scored
Size20 MB13 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperGARMENMED, SCPThe National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

In-app purchases

None

CliMic

No in-app purchases

None

OSTRICH

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CliMic free?
CliMic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OSTRICH free?
OSTRICH is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CliMic or OSTRICH have ads?
Neither CliMic nor OSTRICH shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CliMic or OSTRICH?
CliMic ships an update every 3 months, and OSTRICH monthly. Most recently, CliMic was updated on October 7, 2026 and OSTRICH on October 8, 2026.

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