Comparison

Guide to Diagnostic Tests vs iLabsDDx

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

Head to head
About

Guide to Diagnostic Tests

Access evidence-based information on over 450 diagnostic tests, including lab work, imaging, and therapeutic monitoring. This resource helps healthcare professionals quickly find answers to common questions about test selection, interpretation, and patient preparation.

Highlights
  • 450+ diagnostic tests
  • Evidence-based recommendations
  • Algorithms, tables, and charts
  • PubMed links
  • Custom notes and highlighting
  • Full-text search
  • Favorites for bookmarking
Features
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ABOUT GUIDE TO DIAGNOSTIC TESTS Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests, provides immediate, evidence-based information on the selection and interpretation of commonly used laboratory and electrocardiographic tests, diagnostic imaging, and therapeutic monitoring. Including more than 450 updated diagnostic tests, this mobile resource is ideal for answering questions encountered daily by physicians, nurses, students, and other healthcare professionals, such as: • Which test is best to diagnose or follow a patient’s condition? • What is the correct interpretation of an abnormal diagnostic test? • How do I collect the appropriate specimen or prepare the patient for testing? • Where can I find more information on this test in the medical literature? FEATURES • 450+ updated laboratory and diagnostic tests • Evidence-based recommendations • New and updated coverage of emerging and re-emerging pathogens and infectious agents • Extensive use of algorithms, tables, and charts • PubMed links directly to journal citations and available articles • Highlight and make custom notes within any entry • Full Text Search – find topics across from any entry • ‘Favorites’ for bookmarking important entries Editors: Diana Nicoll, MD, PhD, MPA; Chuanyi Mark Lu, MD; Stephen J. McPhee, MD Publisher: McGraw Hill Powered by: Unbound Medicine

About

iLabsDDx

This app offers evidence-based guidance for managing lab abnormalities, including acid/base and electrolyte disorders, DKA, and acute kidney injury. It provides comprehensive explanations, diagnostic strategies, and therapeutic interventions for clinicians.

Highlights
  • Management of acid/base and electrolyte abnormalities
  • Guidance for DKA and acute kidney injury
  • Comprehensive differentials
  • Representative EKG examples
  • Diagnostic strategies
  • Therapeutic intervention suggestions
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An Evidence-Based iPhone App to Guide the Management of Lab Abnormalities. iLabsDDx provides comprehensive explanations and tutorials for all acid/base and electrolyte abnormalities, DKA, and acute kidney injury. The app includes comprehensive differentials, representative EKG's, diagnostic strategies, and suggested therapeutic interventions. iLabsDDx has been designed as an intuitive reference guide that hospital-based clinicians can use to improve patient care and outcomes.

Screenshots

Guide to Diagnostic Tests4 screens
iLabsDDx4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: iLabsDDx at 100% against Guide to Diagnostic Tests's 0%. iLabsDDx also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Guide to Diagnostic Tests sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. iLabsDDx asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iLabsDDx holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Guide to Diagnostic Tests's written reviews are positive against 100% of iLabsDDx's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Guide to Diagnostic Tests versus iLabsDDx: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuide to Diagnostic TestsiLabsDDx
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (35 ratings)5.0 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings35 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 9 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.08.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB12 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperUnbound Medicine, Inc.Cambridge Medical Education, Inc.

Customer experience

Guide to Diagnostic Tests

All ratings35 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral5.7%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

iLabsDDx

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Guide to Diagnostic Tests

One-time1
  • Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests$54.99
None

iLabsDDx

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Guide to Diagnostic Tests free?
Guide to Diagnostic Tests is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is iLabsDDx free?
iLabsDDx is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Guide to Diagnostic Tests or iLabsDDx?
iLabsDDx is rated higher. Guide to Diagnostic Tests averages 4.6 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while iLabsDDx averages 5.0 from 12 ratings.
Do Guide to Diagnostic Tests or iLabsDDx have ads?
Neither Guide to Diagnostic Tests nor iLabsDDx shows ads.

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