Radiology vs Basic Radiology
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Radiology
This interactive atlas provides a comprehensive reference for cardiac anatomy using cross-sectional imaging. It features thousands of images with detailed annotations and a searchable index for easy navigation of anatomical structures. The app also includes clinically relevant reporting systems and perfusion territory maps.
- Interactive cross-sectional imaging datasets
- Thousands of images with over 20,000 annotations
- Dynamically searchable index of anatomical entities
- Multiple anatomical orientations (transverse, coronal, sagittal, cardiac axes)
- Clinically relevant reporting systems
- Coronary artery perfusion territory maps
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Diagnostic Radiology - Clinical Cardiac Anatomy --> From the makers of the award-winning Diagnostic Radiology App Series ◆ ◆ Go beyond paper and do Radiology ◆ ◆ ▸ This app is a teaching and reference resource focused on clinically relevant cardiac anatomy that will be of interest to medical students, residents and fellows and experienced cardiovascular imagers. ▸ The app contains fully interactive, scrollable cross-sectional imaging datasets with thousands of images and over 20,000 annotations! ▸ The app has a dynamically searchable index with hundreds of anatomical entities that directly link to the relevant cardiac structure in several different orientations: transverse, coronal and sagittal orientations as well as the cardiac axes (horizontal long axis, vertical long axis and short axis). ▸ In addition to displaying every anatomic structure in the heart, the app contains clinically relevant information such as commonly-used systems to report coronary artery CT scans according to recommendations from the Society for Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) and maps of coronary artery perfusion territories in different anatomical orientations.
Basic Radiology
This medical study aid offers a collection of radiographic images for self-testing knowledge of human anatomy and pathologies. Developed by medical faculty, it's designed for students and professionals to evaluate their skills and prepare for exams. All eight specialized slide sets are available for purchase within the app.
- Radiographic image self-testing
- Structure and pathology recognition
- Eight specialized slide sets
- Knowledge gap identification
- Exam preparation tool
- Developed by medical faculty
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The Basic Radiology SecondLook™ application is a study aid that provides a series of radiographic images for students to self-test their level of knowledge and ability to recognize structures and pathologies in the human body. The images in the Basic Radiology SecondLook™ application were captured by faculty members in the Department of Radiology at the University of Michigan Medical School. This application was developed with the learner in mind, especially medical and other health sciences students, as well as radiology laboratory professionals. All eight slide sets, covering General Radiology Concepts, Chest Radiology, Abdominal Imaging, Musculoskeletal Radiology, Trauma Radiology, Cardiac Radiology, Neuroradiology, and Pediatric Radiology, may be purchased as a complete mobile application. By taking a "Second Look" at these images, users are able to quickly self-evaluate and test their knowledge of human radiographic analysis in order to identify gaps and to be better prepared for tests. This mobile application will also serve as an excellent review tool to prepare for licensing examinations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Basic Radiology at none against Radiology's 1. Basic Radiology also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). Radiology's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 35 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Radiology sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Basic Radiology asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Radiology against 5.0 for Basic Radiology. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Radiology's written reviews are positive against 100% of Basic Radiology's.
Radiology ships an update every 3 months, Basic Radiology every 35 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Radiology | Basic Radiology |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 35 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | BestApps BV | The University of Michigan |
Customer experience
Radiology
Basic Radiology
In-app purchases
Radiology
- Clinical Anatomy - Cardiac CT - Full Copy$19.99
Basic Radiology
No in-app purchases
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