Thyroid Navigator vs BoneBox™
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
BoneBox™
Explore a detailed 3D anatomical spine model for educational and patient communication purposes. Interact with the model in real-time 3D, label structures, draw on the surface, and test your knowledge with interactive quizzes. Ideal for students and medical professionals.
- Real-time 3D spine model interaction
- Detailed anatomical labeling
- Customizable pins and drawing tools
- Optional didactic color-coded views
- Interactive knowledge quizzes
- Adjustable interface color themes
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The BoneBox™ Spine Viewer is a real-time 3D medical education and patient communication tool, featuring a detailed anatomical spine model. It is a member of a series of apps developed specifically for the iPad 2 and the New iPad by a team of anatomists, certified medical illustrators, animators, and programmers using actual human CT imaging data, and the most accurate 3D modeling technology available. The BoneBox™ Spine Viewer is appropriate for use by secondary students, undergraduate and graduate students, and medical professionals. Features •Interaction with the BoneBox™ Spine Viewer utilizes true real-time 3D, which allows the user to place the detailed spine model in any position and zoom in to explore all of the anatomical structures. •The user can view the labels of the full spinal column as well as the extensively labeled individual vertebra for a more detailed observation. Further study is accomplished by creating custom labeled pins, or by drawing directly on the spine, all in real-time 3D. •The user can explore the spine using a series of optional views. Color-coded, didactic models help to show the specific curvatures and regions of the spine, while selecting an individual vertebra will allow the user to explore the features of the single bone. •The interface color can be adjusted to a light or dark variation for better viewing and projection in multiple lighting conditions. •By turning on the color coded pins, the user can study the names and locations of over 100 anatomical structures, including: bones, foramina, and prominent anatomical features. The pins and labels remain on screen and in the exact anatomical location during all real time 3D user interaction. •Drawing with the multi-colored pen tool allows the user to draw directly on the surface of the 3D spine for use in the clinic, or classroom. •The BoneBox™ Spine Viewer is an excellent tool for any anatomy lecture or lab. Using the custom pin tool, instructors can place color-coded pins anywhere on the spine. Once placed, the instructor can write a question on the label of that pin. Students can then rotate the spine in 3D to gain a better understanding of that pin's location on the model. •The BoneBox™ - Spine Viewer is a must for any anatomy lecture or lab. By selecting to take the quiz, the user will experience an exciting, fully interactive feature that will test their knowledge of the bones of the vertebral column. As the bones randomly disperse around the screen, the user may select any bone and is prompted to correctly name that bone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BoneBox™ at every 8 months against Thyroid Navigator's every 21 months. BoneBox™ also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BoneBox™ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively.
Thyroid Navigator ships an update every 21 months, BoneBox™ every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Thyroid Navigator | BoneBox™ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 8 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Kuma Hospital | iSO-FORM, LLC |
Customer experience
Thyroid Navigator
BoneBox™
In-app purchases
Thyroid Navigator
No in-app purchases
BoneBox™
No in-app purchases
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