Comparison

Thyroid Navigator vs VR Body Guide

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

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About

Thyroid Navigator

This app provides a detailed 3D model of the thyroid and surrounding structures. It's designed as a communication and educational tool for medical professionals to explain thyroid diseases and conditions to patients and students.

Highlights
  • Detailed 3D thyroid model
  • 360-degree rotation
  • Multiple display patterns (skin, vessels, nerves)
  • Tumor symptom samples
  • Pre- and post-operative images
  • Communication tool for medical scenes
Features
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The Thyroid Navigator is the 3D graphics model of around the thyroid. It developed to be utilized on the various medical scenes as the communication tool in any kind of disease of the thyroid. It displays clearly the perspective from the skin, the benign tumor, the thyroid cancer, the lymph node metastasis, tracheal invasion, the chronic thyroiditis, relationship of thyroid and trachea, recurrent laryngeal nerve, artery, and vein, a postop condition, a parathyroid-tumor. Please use for description to the patient, education scene, in a variety of medical scene. - The three dimensional model which specialized at the thyroid. - It displays 360 degrees rotated. - It displays a thyroid in 3 patterns, states of the skin, vessels and nerves, only nerve. - It displays some symptoms of tumor sample. - It introduces the image of the preoperative, the postop on each case basis. - It is ideal for teaching physicians, nurses, laboratory technicians to that aims to thyroidology. - Compatible language is English and Japanese. <詳細> サイロイド・ナビゲーターは、甲状腺とその周辺組織を詳細に再現した3Dグラフィックスモデルです。拡大、縮小、回転により容易に細部まで観察することができます。 甲状腺疾患の診療におけるコミュニケーションツールとして、患者様への説明や甲状腺を学ぶ医療従事者への教育など、さまざまな医療現場でご活用いただくことを目的として開発しました。 皮膚からの透視図、甲状腺の良性腫瘍、甲状腺癌、リンパ節転移、気管浸潤、慢性甲状腺炎、甲状腺と気管、反回神経、動静脈との関係、術後の状態、副甲状腺腫瘍などをわかりやすく表示し、さらに理解を深めることができます。 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -   * 甲状腺に特化した3Dグラフィックスモデル  * 360度回転させて表示  * 甲状腺を“皮膚のある状態”、“血管と神経”、“神経のみ”の3パターンで表示  * 腫瘍の症状サンプルを数パターン表示  * 症例ごとに術前、術後のイメージを表示 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

About

VR Body Guide

Explore the human body in a realistic and immersive way with this medical education app. Navigate through internal organs and structures as if on a tour, with interactive controls and detailed models derived from actual CT scans. Experience the wonders of anatomy from various perspectives.

Highlights
  • Realistic internal organ models from CT scans
  • Mono (3D) and VR modes
  • Toggle display of specific anatomical parts
  • Intuitive 360-degree navigation
  • Head and torso models
Features
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VR Body Guideは、まるで目の前にあるように、 人体の内部の様子をリアルに眺めて、 人体の不思議を楽しむことができる、医学教育用アプリです。 体内巡りツアーに参加する感覚で直感的に操作できるので、 どなたでも面白く鑑賞することができます。 【特徴】 実際のCT画像から起こされた、本物の内臓のモデルを、間近に見ることができます (これは似せて作られたモデルではありません!)。 【使い方】 ・iPhoneだけで眺めることのできる「Mono(一眼)」モードと、 Google Cardboardなどの簡易VRヘッドセットと併用して 眺めることのできる「VR」モードを用意しています。 VRモードでは、より一層、没入感を体験できるようになります。 ・鑑賞するモデルは「頭部」と「胴体」の2種類です。 頭部は脳、頭蓋骨、皮膚のそれぞれの表示をON/OFFできるようになっています。 一方、胴体は、心臓、骨、皮膚をそれぞれON/OFFすることができます。 ・(1)モードを選び、(2)表示するモデルを選び、 (3)「View」ボタンを押す、という3つのステップで、 体内巡りツアーが始まります。 ツアー中はiPhoneを360度自由自在に動かすことで、 眺める方向を変更することができます。 いろいろな方向にかざしながら、普段は決して見ることのできない 人体内部の眺めを、あらゆる視点から楽しんでください!

Screenshots

Thyroid Navigator3 screens
VR Body Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Thyroid Navigator at 4.8 against VR Body Guide's 1.0. VR Body Guide's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 21 months) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Thyroid Navigator holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thyroid Navigator ships an update every 21 months, VR Body Guide every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Thyroid Navigator versus VR Body Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThyroid NavigatorVR Body Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings) — better1.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 21 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.06.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB133 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperKuma HospitalGijutsu Hyohron Co.,Ltd.

Customer experience

Thyroid Navigator

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

VR Body Guide

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Thyroid Navigator

No in-app purchases

None

VR Body Guide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Thyroid Navigator free?
Thyroid Navigator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VR Body Guide free?
VR Body Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Thyroid Navigator or VR Body Guide?
Thyroid Navigator is rated higher. Thyroid Navigator averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while VR Body Guide averages 1.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Thyroid Navigator or VR Body Guide have ads?
Neither Thyroid Navigator nor VR Body Guide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Thyroid Navigator or VR Body Guide?
Thyroid Navigator ships an update every 21 months, and VR Body Guide every 10 days. Most recently, Thyroid Navigator was updated on September 23, 2026 and VR Body Guide on October 3, 2026.

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