Comparison

Gout Central vs Plumb's | Standards

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

Head to head
About

Gout Central

Manage gout and protect your kidneys with this app. It offers tools to track vital health metrics, understand the connection between kidney disease and uric acid, and share reports with your doctor. Access comprehensive information on gout prevention and treatment.

Highlights
  • Gout Flare Tracker
  • Health Metrics Tracking (weight, BP, eGFR, uric acid)
  • Kidney Disease & Uric Acid Link Explanation
  • Healthcare Provider Reporting
  • Medical Information on Gout
  • Medication Tracking & Reminders
Features
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“Gout Central" empowers patients with the most essential tools and information for controlling gout and protecting their kidneys. Guidance is provided on the optimal use of nutrition, lifestyle, and medication for the prevention and treatment of gout flares. Tools such as the Gout Flare Tracker help both the patient and doctor devise the best treatment plan based on individual needs. Includes easy-to-use tools to track your weight, blood pressure, eGFR, albumin-to-creatinine ratio, uric acid, and gout flare history. Helps you understand the link between kidney disease, high uric acid, and gout. Allows you to send reports about your gout flares, weight, and blood pressure to your healthcare provider or caretaker with the push of a button. Provides helpful medical information about gout and its risk factors, symptoms, treatments, and much more. Organized by: My Profile My Health Tools (including the Weight Tracker, Blood Pressure Tracker, eGFR Tracker, Albumin-to-Creatinine Ratio Tracker, Uric Acid Tracker, Gout Flare Tracker, Medicine Tracker, and Medicine Reminder Alerts) My Diagnosis My Doctor Appointments My Medications Questions Nutritional Information The National Kidney Foundation is the leading organization in the US dedicated to the awareness, prevention and treatment of kidney disease for hundreds of thousands of healthcare professionals, millions of patients and their families and tens of millions of Americans at risk. Learn more at www.kidney.org

About

Plumb's | Standards

This app provides trusted veterinary clinical decision support, integrating comprehensive drug information and treatment guidance. It offers tools for diagnosis, treatment, and client education, designed for veterinary professionals.

Highlights
  • Veterinary drug and dosing information
  • Drug interaction checker
  • Conversion calculator
  • Diagnosis and treatment monographs
  • Management algorithms
  • Differential diagnosis lists
  • Client education handouts
Features
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Welcome to Standards of Care, the veterinary clinical decision support tool from the team behind Plumb’s and Clinician’s Brief, with Plumb’s built in. Subscribed to Plumb’s? If you’re subscribed to the veterinary drug reference, Plumb’s, you can access all your prescribing information and tools in this app. Included in Plumb’s: - Comprehensive, continually updated veterinary drug and dosing information - Veterinary drug interaction checker with animal-specific guidance - A conversion calculator for quick math in the app - Notes feature for saving favorite notes and protocols - Convenient favorites feature for making your own quick reference list Visit plumbs.com to learn more. Subscribed to Standards™? If you’re subscribed to Standards of Care™, you can access all your Standards features (including Plumb’s) in this app. Included in Standards: - All the features of Plumb’s (see above) - Practical, peer-reviewed diagnosis and treatment monographs - An extensive library of diagnosis and management algorithms for step-by-step support - Peer-reviewed differential diagnosis lists - Shareable clinical handouts to support client education Visit standards.vet to learn more. DISCLAIMER Standards of Care and Plumb’s are online clinical resources to be used only for information purposes at the discretion of trained veterinary medical and pharmaceutical professionals to support diagnosis and treatment of small animal veterinary conditions. Learn more at standards.vet or plumbs.com. APP SUPPORT If you have feature requests or suggestions or simply need help, please visit help.plumbs.com and click on the chat icon to submit a request. Our responsive support team will be in touch with you. Privacy policy: https://plumbs.com/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://plumbs.com/terms-use Terms & conditions: https://plumbs.com/terms-conditions

Screenshots

Gout Central3 screens
Plumb's | Standards4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Plumb's | Standards at 56% against Gout Central's 0%. Plumb's | Standards also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (3.4K vs 4). Gout Central's advantage is monetization model (free vs subscription) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence, 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

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

Plumb's | Standards holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plumb's | Standards has 3.4K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Gout Central's written reviews are positive against 56% of Plumb's | Standards's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gout Central ships an update fortnightly, Plumb's | Standards every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Gout Central versus Plumb's | Standards: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGout CentralPlumb's | Standards
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (4 ratings)4.9 (3.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews55.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings43.4K — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB62 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperNational Kidney FoundationBrief Media

Customer experience

Gout Central

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Plumb's | Standards

All ratings3,416 ratings
Positive98.8%
Neutral0.5%
Negative0.6%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive55.8%
Neutral11.6%
Negative32.6%

Bugs and requests

Gout Central

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Plumb's | Standards

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Signing in issues
  • Crashing
  • Login/password reset problems
  • Compatibility issues on iPad

Requested features

2 requests
  • Add calculator function
  • Improve renewal/subscription management

In-app purchases

None

Gout Central

No in-app purchases

None

Plumb's | Standards

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gout Central free?
Gout Central is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plumb's | Standards free?
Plumb's | Standards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Gout Central or Plumb's | Standards?
Plumb's | Standards is rated higher. Gout Central averages 4.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Plumb's | Standards averages 4.9 from 3.4K ratings.
Do Gout Central or Plumb's | Standards have ads?
Neither Gout Central nor Plumb's | Standards shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gout Central or Plumb's | Standards?
Gout Central ships an update fortnightly, and Plumb's | Standards every 3 weeks. Most recently, Gout Central was updated on October 24, 2026 and Plumb's | Standards on October 27, 2026.

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