Comparison

Pukono vs Mensa Guide

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

Head to head
About

Pukono

This app helps individuals with hypertension or renal disease identify safe and dangerous foods. It offers a food database, tips for reducing risks, and user-shared recipes and menus to make dieting safer and more varied.

Highlights
  • Food safety checker
  • Dietary risk reduction tips
  • Recipe and menu database
  • User-submitted recipes
  • Intuitive food search
Features
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Do you have hypertension or renal disease? Or do you take care of patients with these problems? PuKono is an application that will make it very easy for you to know which food is safe and which is dangerous. How many times have you avoided eating something that you really like because you didn’t know if it had too much salt? Or too much potassium, or phosphorus? How many times have you taken unnecessary risks by eating dangerous food without knowing? Make your diet varied and safe, just with a touch of your fingers, as easy as looking at a traffic light, write down any type of food that you can think about and PuKono will tell you if you can eat it safely, or better not, or if there is a way to make it safer if you want it so much. You will also be able to consult recipes and menus, and even send your own recipes to share them with other users around the world. PuKono is a free tool designed by prestigious health and food professionals with a great experience in managing patients with chronic kidney disease and hypertension. It contains an intuitive searcher with a huge database of food, a useful section with tips to reduce the danger of risky food and also a section where you can find recipes and menus elaborated by a professional team, or by other users that want to share their specialties. Cheer up and send us your own creation! If it is validated by a professional nurse team, everybody will be able to prepare it and say how do they like it! You will never have a boring diet again, or take unnecessary risks. With PuKono your diet (and your life also!) will be more fun and safe.

About

Mensa Guide

This medical reference app provides quick access to antimicrobial therapy information. It features interactive navigation, advanced search capabilities, and built-in clinical calculators. Content is continuously updated to reflect the latest medical research and guidelines.

Highlights
  • Interactive word navigation
  • Advanced search functionality
  • Pathogen filtering
  • Built-in clinical calculators
  • Continuously updated content
  • Inline notes and references
Features
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Mensa Guide is a comprehensive antimicrobial reference designed to support optimal therapeutic decision-making in infectious diseases. Content is structured for rapid access to key information, while allowing seamless exploration of additional details through inline notes. • Tap on any word in the text to navigate to another entry, check abbreviations, view explanatory notes, open clinical calculators, or access bibliographic references. • Search directly from almost all screens using clinically relevant criteria, or use full-text search for more specific queries. • Filter and explore more than 800 pathogens according to microbiological and clinical characteristics. • Use built-in calculators to estimate serum antibiotic concentrations, glomerular filtration rate, and many more additional clinical parameters and validated scores. • Rely on continuously updated content, regularly reviewed to reflect evolving resistance patterns, emerging pathogens and antimicrobials, epidemiological trends, and new evidence or treatment guidelines published in leading medical journals. Note: use of the Mensa Guide requires an annual subscription of $19.99 or a monthly subscription of $1.99 (price may vary by region), with a 30-day free trial period. A subscription allows the use of the Mensa Guide on macOS, iPhone and iPad platforms. -- About auto-renewing subscriptions: – An in-app subscription is one month for $1.99 or one year for $19.99. – Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. – Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. – Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period for $1.99 or $19.99. – Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. – Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Terms & Conditions: http://www.garmenmed.com/terms.html -- Disclaimer: This app is not intended for the general public but for health care professionals. Although we make every effort to ensure that the data is accurate, we are not responsible for any errors or omissions that the app may contain. The application of the information provided in a particular situation remains the sole responsibility of the health care professional. -- We would love to hear your suggestions, recommendations or corrections. Contact us at mensaguide@garmenmed.com

Screenshots

Pukono3 screens
Mensa Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pukono at none against Mensa Guide's 2. Mensa Guide's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (72% vs 44%). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Mensa Guide sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Pukono asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pukono ships an update every 4 months, Mensa Guide weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pukono versus Mensa Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPukonoMensa Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews72.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB49 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperFundació AlthaiaGARMENMED, SCP

Customer experience

Pukono

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral11.1%
Negative44.4%

Mensa Guide

Written reviews18 reviews
Positive72.2%
Neutral22.2%
Negative5.6%

In-app purchases

None

Pukono

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Mensa Guide

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$1.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription1 Month trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Pukono free?
Pukono is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mensa Guide free?
Mensa Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pukono or Mensa Guide have ads?
Neither Pukono nor Mensa Guide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pukono or Mensa Guide?
Pukono ships an update every 4 months, and Mensa Guide weekly. Most recently, Pukono was updated on September 24, 2026 and Mensa Guide on September 19, 2026.

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