Comparison

Thyroid Navigator vs Evidence Based Medicine Guide

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

Head to head
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

Evidence Based Medicine Guide

Access over 1,000 medical guidelines and evidence summaries for primary and ambulatory care. Quickly find information at the point of care with a user-friendly format, including videos, images, and audio samples. This continuously updated resource brings the latest clinical medicine developments into practice.

Highlights
  • Over 1,000 medical guidelines
  • 4,000+ quality-graded evidence summaries
  • Strength of evidence grading (A-D)
  • Videos of clinical examinations and procedures
  • Library of 1,400+ medical photographs and images
  • Audio samples for medical conditions
  • Medical calculation tools
Features
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The app includes sample content - In-App purchase required to unlock full content. Over 1000 problem-orientated or disease-specific guidelines including reference to evidence summaries for all guidelines, this title is the most extensive collection of guidelines. Evidence-Based Medicine Guidelines (EBMG) is an easy-to-use collection of clinical guidelines for primary and ambulatory care linked to the best available evidence. Continuously updated, EBMG follows the latest developments in clinical medicine and brings evidence into practice. EBMG is designed to provide you with the information you need quickly (seconds, not minutes) and using a single search term. Designed for use at the point of care, the guidelines are delivered in a format that makes it easy for a clinician to make a decision regarding treatment. Key Features: * Nearly 1,000 concise primary care practice guidelines * Over 4,000 quality-graded evidence summaries, supporting the given recommendations * The strength of evidence is graded from A-D making this title a quick and easy reference whenever and wherever you need it! * Developed by over 300 experienced general practitioners and specialists worldwide * An expanding collection of videos (currently over 60), showing clinical examinations and procedures, and ultrasonographic examinations * A searchable library of 1,400 high-quality photographs and images of all common and many rare dermatological conditions, electrocardiograms and eye images. * Audio samples linked to articles, including descriptions of pulmonary diseases and heart murmurs in children * Tools for the calculation of e.g. peak expiratory flow rate variation, body mass index and LDL cholesterol * Provides physicians with fast and easy access to practice guidelines based on the best available research evidence * Includes both diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines, and recommendations on diagnostic tests and drug dosage * Presented in a user-friendly format with self-contained topics based on clinical subjects * Clear and concise explanations of all available evidence results in the guideline for treatment * Assumes no prior knowledge of EBM or statistics - all the work of searching and appraisal has been done for you! * Seeks to include guidelines where clinical evidence is incomplete or unavailable

Screenshots

Thyroid Navigator3 screens
Evidence Based Medicine Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Thyroid Navigator at none against Evidence Based Medicine Guide's 12. Thyroid Navigator also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Evidence Based Medicine Guide's advantage is ratings volume (54 vs 5) and update cadence (every 10 months vs every 21 months). 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. Evidence Based Medicine Guide sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Thyroid Navigator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Thyroid Navigator holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Evidence Based Medicine Guide has 54 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thyroid Navigator ships an update every 21 months, Evidence Based Medicine Guide every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Thyroid Navigator versus Evidence Based Medicine Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThyroid NavigatorEvidence Based Medicine Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings) — better4.5 (54 ratings)
Positive reviews—25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings554 — better
Update frequencyEvery 21 monthsEvery 10 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB44 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperKuma HospitalSkyscape Medpresso Inc

Customer experience

Thyroid Navigator

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

Evidence Based Medicine Guide

All ratings54 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral3.7%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

In-app purchases

None

Thyroid Navigator

No in-app purchases

12 purchases

Evidence Based Medicine Guide

One-time12
  • EBMG EM,Traumatology & Anaesth$24.99
  • EBMG Diabetes & Endocrinology$24.99
  • EBMG Cardio & Vascular Disease$24.99
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  • EBMG Geriatrics$24.99
  • EBMG Gastrointestinal$24.99
  • EBMG Infectious Diseases & STD$24.99
  • EBMG Psychiatry$24.99
  • EBMG Pulmonary Diseases$24.99
  • EBMG Women's Health$24.99
  • EBMG Paediatrics$24.99
  • EBMG Neurology$24.99
  • Evidenced Based Medicine Guide$119.99

Questions

Is Thyroid Navigator free?
Thyroid Navigator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Evidence Based Medicine Guide free?
Evidence Based Medicine Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Thyroid Navigator or Evidence Based Medicine Guide?
Thyroid Navigator is rated higher. Thyroid Navigator averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Evidence Based Medicine Guide averages 4.5 from 54 ratings.
Do Thyroid Navigator or Evidence Based Medicine Guide have ads?
Evidence Based Medicine Guide shows ads; Thyroid Navigator does not.
Which is updated more often, Thyroid Navigator or Evidence Based Medicine Guide?
Thyroid Navigator ships an update every 21 months, and Evidence Based Medicine Guide every 10 months. Most recently, Thyroid Navigator was updated on September 23, 2026 and Evidence Based Medicine Guide on October 8, 2026.

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