Comparison

Clinical Sense vs Physiology GURU

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

Head to head
About

Clinical Sense

Practice managing patients through challenging clinical scenarios. This app helps healthcare professionals and students hone their diagnostic and management skills across various medical specialties. New scenarios are added weekly, reflecting current health trends.

Highlights
  • Patient management simulation
  • Real-time medical decision making
  • Diverse medical specialties
  • Concise diagnostic reasoning discussions
  • Weekly new scenarios
  • Based on real physician experiences
Features
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With Clinical Sense, you can improve your ability to appropriately manage a patient over time: from presentation, to admission, to discharge and follow-up. Assume the role of a physician navigating a plethora of challenging clinical situations and make critical medical decisions in real time. Clinical Sense is designed for practicing physicians, medical students, nursing professionals, and other healthcare practitioners who want to learn and have fun while doing so. After all, practice makes perfect; and practice can be fun! Our scenarios offer a wide range of medical specialties, which can be played in minutes. They are also accompanied by a concise yet comprehensive discussion of the diagnostic reasoning, including insights into the ideal management of complications that may arise. The scenarios in this award-winning app are all based on the actual case-management experiences of more than 200 physicians across 30 specialties from all over the world. New scenarios are released every week, often in keeping with global endemic and epidemic trends, to help you brush up on the management skills that are the need of the hour! Achievements: • #1 ranked app in 40+ countries. • Top ranked free medical app in 120 countries. • 1,000,000+ downloads worldwide.

About

Physiology GURU

This app provides a comprehensive guide to physiology for medical students, featuring concise explanations, lecture videos, and practice questions. It aims to be a cost-effective and convenient alternative to textbooks, allowing users to highlight, take notes, and set study reminders.

Highlights
  • Concise physiology explanations
  • Lecture videos
  • MCQ bank with explanations
  • Clinical cases
  • Author interaction for doubts
  • Note-taking and highlighting
  • Study reminders
Features
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Physiology GURU (ADVANCED) Aims to Bring Physiology at Center Stage of Medicine. An app for complete guide to Undergraduate as well as Post-Graduate Physiology, explained in a simple, concise yet informative manner, this is one app you wouldn't want to miss out on. Not only will you Save Money spent on expensive reference books, but you'll also be able to watch Lecture videos on any topic of your choice, whenever you want • Money Saver: You Save All the Money You Spend On Books • Highlighter: Highlight all those things that you feel is important • Make Notes: Create your own Notes inside the app itself • Reminder: Set Alarm for the Topics you Intend to Study later • Lecture Videos: Attend classroom lectures in your Room Itself • Bank of MCQs Provided with Explanations • Clinical Cases • Scholar’s Stuff: In-Depth Points to Satiate the Growing Curiosity of knowing more about every topic • Ask Author : Interact with the Author & clear your Doubts then & there • Stay Updated: with the famous facts about Physiology by placing the widget on your Home screen • Easy Explanation: Concepts Explained in “The Most Easiest Way” • Organised Notes: NO need to search through your stack of notes when you can have it all Organised with you EVERY SECOND. • Bookmark: List the topics of your Interest and you can access it right away • 0 Grams: Rise Above those Heavy Conventional Books that you carry around through your Campus all day. Study with this weightless mean • Convenient Revision: Revise any Topic Whenever and Wherever you want • Dictionary Is In Your Pocket More Features…Yet to Come….

Screenshots

Clinical Sense4 screens
Physiology GURU3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Physiology GURU at none against Clinical Sense's shown. Physiology GURU also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). Clinical Sense's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (259 vs 12). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

Clinical Sense holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clinical Sense has 259 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 93% of Clinical Sense's written reviews are positive against 95% of Physiology GURU's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clinical Sense ships an update monthly, Physiology GURU every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 22, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Clinical Sense versus Physiology GURU: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClinical SensePhysiology GURU
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (259 ratings) — better4.6 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews92.7% of reviews94.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings259 — better12
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size122 MB35 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperMedical Joyworks LLCDr. Vivek Nalgirkar

Customer experience

Clinical Sense

All ratings256 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral2.7%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews273 reviews
Positive92.7%
Neutral1.5%
Negative5.9%

Physiology GURU

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive94.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.1%

Bugs and requests

Clinical Sense

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes on iPad
  • Crashes on iPhone 7
  • Crashes after a few pages into a scenario

Requested features

8 requests
  • More pain scenarios
  • More psychiatrist medicine
  • Imaging results
  • More questions about differential diagnosis and history/physical exam
  • Unlock all learning topics
Show 3 more
  • More cases
  • Randomization of cases
  • Cases with more vague/conflicting clinical findings

Physiology GURU

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Clinical Sense

No in-app purchases

None

Physiology GURU

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clinical Sense free?
Clinical Sense is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Physiology GURU free?
Physiology GURU is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Clinical Sense or Physiology GURU?
Clinical Sense is rated higher. Clinical Sense averages 4.8 out of 5 from 259 ratings, while Physiology GURU averages 4.6 from 12 ratings.
Do Clinical Sense or Physiology GURU have ads?
Clinical Sense shows ads; Physiology GURU does not.
Which is updated more often, Clinical Sense or Physiology GURU?
Clinical Sense ships an update monthly, and Physiology GURU every 4 months. Most recently, Clinical Sense was updated on October 22, 2026 and Physiology GURU on October 22, 2026.

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