RCH Clinical Guidelines vs CKD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RCH Clinical Guidelines
Access up-to-date health information for clinicians caring for children and young people. This app offers quality clinical practice guidelines to support healthcare decisions.
- Up-to-date health information
- Clinical practice guidelines
- Pediatric healthcare support
- Quality information source
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This Clinical Practice Guidelines app provides quality, up-to-date health information to assist clinicians providing health care to children and young people.
CKD
This clinical guide provides healthcare professionals with up-to-date information and decision-making tools for CKD management. It features a staging calculator based on eGFR and urine albumin-creatinine ratio to determine relevant clinical action plans.
- Clinical guide based on latest evidence
- CKD staging calculator
- eGFR and urine albumin:creatinine ratio input
- Identifies clinical action plans
- Decision-making assistance for professionals
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This app is a clinical guide based upon the latest evidence available at the time of publication of the CKD Management in Primary Care 5th edition, 2024, Kidney Health Australia. The information is designed to provide health-care professionals with clinical actions, assist decision-making and be available at the click of a button on your personal device. The CKD-Go! app includes a CKD staging calculator using eGFR and urine albumin:creatinine ratio data to identify clinical action plans relevant for the stage of CKD. Staging criteria is adapted from CKD Management in Primary Care 5th edition, all clinical action should consider an individual's circumstances.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CKD at 100% against RCH Clinical Guidelines's 29%. RCH Clinical Guidelines's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 8 months). 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.
RCH Clinical Guidelines ships an update every 3 months, CKD every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RCH Clinical Guidelines | CKD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.2 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | The Royal Children's Hospital | Digital Noir Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
RCH Clinical Guidelines
CKD
In-app purchases
RCH Clinical Guidelines
No in-app purchases
CKD
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is RCH Clinical Guidelines free?
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Do RCH Clinical Guidelines or CKD have ads?
Which is updated more often, RCH Clinical Guidelines or CKD?
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