Journal Club: Medicine

Name: Journal Club: Medicine
Price: 6.99 USD
Rating: 4.3 (166 reviews)
Author: Peripheral Brain, LLC

By: Peripheral Brain, LLC

Trials at your fingertips

Features & Capabilities

The Journal Club: Medicine extension curates top internal medicine trials and distills physician-written, peer-reviewed reviews into bite-sized, PICO-structured bottom lines. Each summary presents the design, population, interventions, outcomes, criticisms, funding, and links to PubMed and full text, enabling clinicians to rapidly assess applicability to patient care.

Powered by Wiki Journal Club, the extension also lets you sort trials by name, date, specialty, or disease; star favorites; share summaries with colleagues; and instantly sync new content. Learn more at wikijournalclub.org and journalclubapp.com.

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By:

Peripheral Brain, LLC

Rating:

4.30

(166)

Version:

1.8.3 Last updated: 2019-08-13

Version code:

832343033

Creation date:

2012-04-24

Compatible devices:

Size:

10.49MB

Price:

6.99

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-14

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 126,526 ▼ 179

Other platforms

Journal Club: Medicine (v1.5.2)

24,148 4.43

(290)

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Developed by:

Peripheral Brain, LLC

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/journal-club-medicine/id512153051

Website:

http://journalclubapp.com

User Reviews

Users largely praise Journal Club for Medicine for quickly accessible, concise summaries of landmark trials and its journal-club style utility. Many find the format intuitive and the content useful during rounds. However, the app is repeatedly criticized for long periods without updates, a small, aging content library with gaps across specialties, and misleading marketing about included topics (e.g., anesthesiology). Billing concerns and weak support options also surface. Overall, strong concept and presentation are undermined by outdated content, limited coverage, and unclear pricing.

Pros

Quick, concise summaries of landmark clinical trials for rapid reference.
Invaluable for keeping track of landmark trials and useful during rounds.
Journal-club style resource that offers many benefits without the coordination overhead.
Well-presented, intuitive format that makes information easy to browse.
General usefulness for medical professionals as a handy reference tool.

Cons

Outdated/abandoned with no updates for years (content appears stale).
Content is limited and not up-to-date; few trials, old articles, missing latest research across specialties.
Misleading advertising/availability of content; anesthesiology not included despite showing in screenshots.
Billing/subscription transparency issues; unclear $7/month charge and withdrawals; not visible in iPhone subscriptions.
Feedback/support problems; cannot send feedback and lack clear contact information.