MGH Access vs Behind the Knife
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MGH Access
Connect with Massachusetts General Hospital services and clinicians on the go. Easily find, favorite, and contact specialty provider practices for referrals and transfers. Share contact information with colleagues or friends.
- Connect to MGH services and clinicians
- Find and favorite specialty practices
- Facilitate referrals and inpatient transfers
- Share provider contacts
- Provide feedback to the development team
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MGH Access provides a streamlined way for patients and providers to connect to Massachusetts General Hospital services and clinicians while on the go. This mobile app allows you to easily find, favorite and contact specialty provider practices within the MGH to facilitate referrals and inpatient transfers from the convenience of your mobile phone. Know someone else who could use the information? Share a contact with a colleague or friend using the share feature. This app is a resource made available to you by the Massachusetts General Hospital (“MGH”) through the Healthcare Transformation Lab, Referral Management Office and the Lab of Computer Science, all divisions of the Partners HealthCare System, Inc. (“Partners”). For questions, comments or issues, use the feedback button to communicate with us. We are available to assist.
Behind the Knife
This platform offers surgical education with high-yield topics and interviews with field leaders. It provides timely, relevant, and engaging content to help users succeed in their medical studies and careers.
- Surgical education platform
- High-yield educational topics
- Interviews with field leaders
- Timely and relevant content
- Engaging learning experience
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Behind the Knife is the world’s #1 surgical education platform. From high-yield educational topics to interviews with leaders in the field, Behind the Knife delivers the information you need to know. Enjoy timely, relevant, and engaging content designed to help you DOMINATE THE DAY!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MGH Access at 4.8 against Behind the Knife's 4.0. MGH Access also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). Behind the Knife's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (19 vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
MGH Access holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 19 respectively.
MGH Access ships an update every 8 months, Behind the Knife every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MGH Access | Behind the Knife |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | 4.0 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 58.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 168 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Massachusetts General Hospital | Behind the Knife |
Customer experience
MGH Access
Behind the Knife
In-app purchases
MGH Access
No in-app purchases
Behind the Knife
No in-app purchases
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