Essential Anatomy 5 Downloads & RevenueEssential Anatomy 5 · App Store & Google Play
Essential Anatomy 5 gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Essential Anatomy 5 by 3D4Medical from Elsevier is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Essential Anatomy 5 update history & changes
Last change · 40 events since 14 Feb 2013Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 39 events in the last 12 months
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 entered the top 100iOSTop Paid · All Apps · ZA
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 entered the top 100 in 2 chartsiOSTop Paid · All Apps · CO · Top Paid · All Apps · TW
- ✏️Essential Anatomy 5 added hidden keywords: sellingiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 entered the top 100iOSTop Paid · All Apps · AU
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 entered the top 10iOSTop Grossing · Medical · KR
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 entered the top 100 in 2 chartsiOSTop Paid · All Apps · ES · Top Paid · All Apps · PH
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 entered the top 100iOSTop Paid · All Apps · MY
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 hit #1iOSTop Paid · Medical · ID
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 entered the top 10iOSTop Grossing · Medical · ID
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 entered the top 100iOSTop Paid · All Apps · ID
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 entered the top 10AndroidTop Paid · Medical · MX
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · Medical · NL
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 hit #1iOSTop Paid · Medical · IN
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 entered the top 100iOSTop Paid · All Apps · IN
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 entered the top 10 in 4 chartsAndroidTop Paid · Medical · NL · Top Paid · Medical · TH · Top Paid · Medical · TR · Top Paid · Medical · VN
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 charting in a new country in 5 chartsAndroidMexico · Netherlands · Thailand · Turkey · +1 more
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 entered the top 100 in 4 chartsAndroidTop Grossing · Medical · MX · Top Grossing · Medical · TH · Top Grossing · Medical · TR · Top Grossing · Medical · VN
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 hit #1iOSTop Paid · Medical · AE
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Medical · JP
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 entered the top 100iOSTop Paid · All Apps · AE
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 entered the top 10iOSTop Grossing · Medical · RU
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 entered the top 10 in 2 chartsiOSTop Paid · Medical · DE · Top Grossing · Medical · IN
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 entered the top 100iOSTop Paid · All Apps · VN
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Medical · CN
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 entered the top 100iOSTop Paid · All Apps · FR
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Medical · AU
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 entered the top 100 in 2 chartsiOSTop Grossing · Medical · CN · Top Paid · All Apps · SA
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 entered the top 100iOSTop Paid · All Apps · US
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Medical · IN
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Medical · ID
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 entered the top 10 in 2 chartsiOSTop Paid · Medical · AE · Top Paid · Medical · SA
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 entered the top 10 in 2 chartsiOSTop Paid · Medical · BR · Top Paid · Medical · FR
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 new best rank in the overall chart: #36iOSTop Paid · All Apps · SE
- 🆕Essential Anatomy 5 first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidIndia
- 🆕Essential Anatomy 5 first spotted by AppInsideriOS#5 in Top Paid · Medical · United Kingdom
- 📈Essential Anatomy 5 new best rank in the overall chart: #62iOSTop Paid · All Apps · CA
- 📦Essential Anatomy 5 version 1.3.2AndroidGeneral Improvements and Bug Fixes
- 🆕Essential Anatomy 5 released on Google PlayAndroid
- 🆕Essential Anatomy 5 released on the App StoreiOS
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Medical PaidEssential Anatomy 5 at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-06. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Essential Anatomy 5 is a premium 3D medical reference application designed for healthcare professionals and students to visualize anatomical structures. The app maintains strong commercial performance, ranking within the top 10 paid medical apps in major markets including France, India, the UK, South Korea, and the US.
Similar apps: Complete Anatomy, Human Anatomy Atlas, Visible Body
App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Essential Anatomy 5’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 0 linked to your identity and 1 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Google Play
App details
Essential Anatomy 5 downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 100+ | 1M+ |
| Google Play | 10+ | 50k+ Measured |
| Total | 100+ Confidence | 1M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where Essential Anatomy 5's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Business model: Paid app
How Essential Anatomy 5 makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Muscle System Plus subscription | |
| 2 | Skeletal System Plus subscription |
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #4 Medical Paid | 17 of 30 countries | – | #52 |
| Google Play | #40 Medical Grossing | 9 of 23 countries | – | – |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisGrowing fastest in 
Canada ▲ +25%
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 52% | ▼ -13% |
| Canada | 4 | 10% | ▲ +25% |
 United Kingdom | 3.2 | 8% | ▼ -12% |
 Australia | 2 | 5% | steady |
 Germany | 2 | 5% | ▲ +50% |
 Taiwan | 1.5 | 4% | – |
 China | 1.2 | 3% | – |
 Mexico | 1.2 | 3% | – |
 Malaysia | 1.2 | 3% | – |
 France | 1 | 2% | – |
 Japan | 1 | 2% | – |
 South Korea | 1 | 2% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.8 ★ | 21k |
| Google Play | 3.8 ★ | 2.8k 363 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.7 ★ weighted by ratings | 23k |
What users say about Essential Anatomy 5
From the 55 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users praise the app's clarity and utility for medical education and patient communication, but recent reviews highlight severe technical issues including broken links, device incompatibility, and lack of updates. Significant complaints also focus on a male-default anatomy setting that frustrates female users and perceived bait-and-switch pricing models.
Mixed but leaning positive (62% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and being easy to use. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and crashes and bugs. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
What people like
- Useful: “The most useful app in anatomy”
- Ease of use: “Very simple and convenient”
- Features & content: “Excellent teaching tool (PT)”
- Price & subscription: “Great price for so much easy to access knowledge”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Too basic and over priced”
- Crashes & bugs: “When I clicked on it, it was broken”
- Updates: “This app needs to be updated BADLY!”
- Features & content: “Give each user the option to set the own default gender”
About Essential Anatomy 5
Download our FREE "Essential Skeleton" app in the free section to experience our groundbreaking 3D technology.
TUAW: "Make no mistake about it: Essential Anatomy by 3D4Medical is the future of touch-based anatomy learning. Essential Anatomy is an app every doctor, physiotherapist, OT, nurse and medical student should own."
-- 3D4Medical highlighted at the 2015 Apple Keynote.
- - Number 1 Top Grossing Medical App in 118 countries worldwide.
- - Quality and Vision: 3D4Medical has led the way in introducing innovative products of exceptional quality. We will continue to forge new paths for others to follow.
- - Accurate Content: Essential Anatomy is used by anatomy professors in thousands of classrooms worldwide, including Stanford University, and has become the standard in third-level education. In many cases, our app is now mandatory with text books optional.
- - Stunning Graphics: No competitor comes close. Essential Anatomy’s proprietary engine was developed and optimized to showcase our new generation anatomical models for a completely immersive user experience.
- - Easy to use: Responsive and intuitive user interface, all systems and menus are easily accessed from the main screen and our model responds quickly to your touch.
- - Read all the reviews of previous versions: Our visionary app has enhanced the lives of reviewers, both professionally and academically.
iMedical Apps: “The 3D anatomy engine and impressive graphics bring a new clarity to anatomy education with impressive accuracy.”
Compatible with iPad 2 and newer, iPhone 4S and newer, iPod Touch 5th Gen. and newer, and iOS 8 or later.
IN APP PURCHASES:
In-app purchases allow additional muscle and skeletal content to be downloaded and accessed from within the app. These boosts add muscle insertion and origin points, skeletal bone parts and surfaces and 100s of animations detailing movements for each articulation.
Visit www.3d4medical.com and watch videos that highlight the app's functionality and quality. You’ll understand why Essential Anatomy 5 is the most successful medical reference app of all time!
ESSENTIAL ANATOMY 5:
Essential Anatomy 5 is a full-featured anatomical reference app that includes MALE and FEMALE models, with 11 SYSTEMS and a total of 8,200 ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES. The app is fully 3D, meaning that you can view any structure in isolation, as well as from any angle and represents the latest in groundbreaking 3D technology and innovative design. A cutting-edge custom
Essential Anatomy 5 App Store
Essential Anatomy 5 gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Essential Anatomy 5 is #4 in Medical Paid in United States and charting in 17 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026 Medical PaidEssential Anatomy 5 at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-06. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Essential Anatomy 5 is a premium 3D medical reference application designed for healthcare professionals and students to visualize anatomical structures. The app maintains strong commercial performance, ranking within the top 10 paid medical apps in major markets including France, India, the UK, South Korea, and the US.
Similar apps: Complete Anatomy, Human Anatomy Atlas, Visible Body
Essential Anatomy 5 on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Essential Anatomy 5’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 0 linked to your identity and 1 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Essential Anatomy 5 downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Essential Anatomy 5's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Business model: Paid app
How Essential Anatomy 5 makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Muscle System Plus subscription | |
| 2 | Skeletal System Plus subscription |
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | MedicalPaid | #4 |
| South Korea | MedicalPaid | #5 |
| United States | MedicalGrossing | #52 |
| United Kingdom | MedicalPaid | #10 |
| China | MedicalPaid | #18 |
| Australia | MedicalPaid | #6 |
| Japan | MedicalPaid | #23 |
| Canada | MedicalPaid | #7 |
| France | MedicalPaid | #9 |
| South Korea | MedicalGrossing | #29 |
| United Kingdom | MedicalGrossing | #51 |
| Japan | MedicalGrossing | #89 |
 Russia | MedicalPaid | #11 |
 India | MedicalPaid | #15 |
| Australia | MedicalGrossing | #39 |
 Indonesia | MedicalPaid | #11 |
| France | MedicalGrossing | #51 |
| Canada | MedicalGrossing | #48 |
| United Kingdom | All AppsPaid | #145 |
 Saudi Arabia | MedicalPaid | #19 |
 Brazil | MedicalPaid | #37 |
 United Arab Emirates | MedicalPaid | #14 |
| Germany | MedicalPaid | #73 |
 Italy | MedicalPaid | #34 |
| Russia | MedicalGrossing | #74 |
 Turkey | All AppsPaid | #116 |
Apps near Essential Anatomy 5 on the chart
Medical Paid, around #4.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisGrowing fastest in Canada ▲ +25%
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 52% | ▼ -13% |
| Canada | 4 | 10% | ▲ +25% |
| United Kingdom | 3.2 | 8% | ▼ -12% |
| Australia | 2 | 5% | steady |
| Germany | 2 | 5% | ▲ +50% |
| Taiwan | 1.5 | 4% | – |
| China | 1.2 | 3% | – |
| Mexico | 1.2 | 3% | – |
| Malaysia | 1.2 | 3% | – |
| France | 1 | 2% | – |
| Japan | 1 | 2% | – |
| South Korea | 1 | 2% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Essential Anatomy 5
From the 55 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users praise the app's clarity and utility for medical education and patient communication, but recent reviews highlight severe technical issues including broken links, device incompatibility, and lack of updates. Significant complaints also focus on a male-default anatomy setting that frustrates female users and perceived bait-and-switch pricing models.
Mixed but leaning positive (62% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and being easy to use. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and crashes and bugs. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
What people like
- Useful: “The most useful app in anatomy”
- Ease of use: “Very simple and convenient”
- Features & content: “Excellent teaching tool (PT)”
- Price & subscription: “Great price for so much easy to access knowledge”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Too basic and over priced”
- Crashes & bugs: “When I clicked on it, it was broken”
- Updates: “This app needs to be updated BADLY!”
- Features & content: “Give each user the option to set the own default gender”
About Essential Anatomy 5
Download our FREE "Essential Skeleton" app in the free section to experience our groundbreaking 3D technology.
TUAW: "Make no mistake about it: Essential Anatomy by 3D4Medical is the future of touch-based anatomy learning. Essential Anatomy is an app every doctor, physiotherapist, OT, nurse and medical student should own."
-- 3D4Medical highlighted at the 2015 Apple Keynote.
- - Number 1 Top Grossing Medical App in 118 countries worldwide.
- - Quality and Vision: 3D4Medical has led the way in introducing innovative products of exceptional quality. We will continue to forge new paths for others to follow.
- - Accurate Content: Essential Anatomy is used by anatomy professors in thousands of classrooms worldwide, including Stanford University, and has become the standard in third-level education. In many cases, our app is now mandatory with text books optional.
- - Stunning Graphics: No competitor comes close. Essential Anatomy’s proprietary engine was developed and optimized to showcase our new generation anatomical models for a completely immersive user experience.
- - Easy to use: Responsive and intuitive user interface, all systems and menus are easily accessed from the main screen and our model responds quickly to your touch.
- - Read all the reviews of previous versions: Our visionary app has enhanced the lives of reviewers, both professionally and academically.
iMedical Apps: “The 3D anatomy engine and impressive graphics bring a new clarity to anatomy education with impressive accuracy.”
Compatible with iPad 2 and newer, iPhone 4S and newer, iPod Touch 5th Gen. and newer, and iOS 8 or later.
IN APP PURCHASES:
In-app purchases allow additional muscle and skeletal content to be downloaded and accessed from within the app. These boosts add muscle insertion and origin points, skeletal bone parts and surfaces and 100s of animations detailing movements for each articulation.
Visit www.3d4medical.com and watch videos that highlight the app's functionality and quality. You’ll understand why Essential Anatomy 5 is the most successful medical reference app of all time!
ESSENTIAL ANATOMY 5:
Essential Anatomy 5 is a full-featured anatomical reference app that includes MALE and FEMALE models, with 11 SYSTEMS and a total of 8,200 ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES. The app is fully 3D, meaning that you can view any structure in isolation, as well as from any angle and represents the latest in groundbreaking 3D technology and innovative design. A cutting-edge custom
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Essential Anatomy 5 Android
Essential Anatomy 5 gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Essential Anatomy 5 is #48 in Medical Grossing on Google Play in India and charting in 9 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Medical GrossingEssential Anatomy 5 on Google Play
App details
Essential Anatomy 5 downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Essential Anatomy 5's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
Business model: Paid app
How Essential Anatomy 5 makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Muscle System Plus subscription | |
| 2 | Skeletal System Plus subscription |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| India | MedicalGrossing | #48 |
| Mexico | MedicalGrossing | #44 |
| Saudi Arabia | MedicalGrossing | #44 |
| Indonesia | MedicalGrossing | #47 |
| Turkey | MedicalGrossing | #45 |
| United Arab Emirates | MedicalGrossing | #46 |
 Netherlands | MedicalGrossing | #52 |
 Thailand | MedicalGrossing | #44 |
| Vietnam | MedicalGrossing | #40 |
Apps near Essential Anatomy 5 on the chart
Medical Grossing, around #48.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Essential Anatomy 5
From the 61 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users report frequent crashes and unresponsiveness on modern Android devices and tablets, rendering the paid app unusable for many. While some praise the detailed visuals and educational value, these positives are overshadowed by technical failures and lack of support.
Mixed (36% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and working reliably. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and price and subscriptions.
What people like
- Useful: “Very helpful as a student”
- Crashes & bugs: “I upgraded to an S22 and this previously brilliant app won't open”
- Ease of use: “The amount of detail is amazing and the ability to zoom and rotate makes it easy to find just what I'm looking for”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “Freezes after a few seconds”
- Price & subscription: “Either fix the app or provide a refund”
- Updates: “needs to get updated to work”
- Features & content: “Cannot access features as they simply do not work”
About Essential Anatomy 5
***** Number 1 Medical mobile app in over 95 countries worldwide
***** Groundbreaking 3D Technology - No competitor competes with graphics and medical accuracy
***** Tuaw: "Make no mistake about it: Essential Anatomy by 3D4Medical is the future of touch-based anatomy learning."Essential Anatomy is an app every doctor, physiotherapist, OT, nurse and medical student should own."
***** Award Wining App - Hundreds of features that make learning and referencing easy
Visit our www.3d4medical.com website and watch a video that highlights the functionality and quality of Essential Anatomy as well as our "Coming Soon" section that highlights new features currently in development.
You'll understand why it is the world's Number 1 Medical App!
Here is the link: https://3d4medical.com/apps/essential-anatomy-5 or press the link to our website
ESSENTIAL ANATOMY 5:
Essential Anatomy 5 is a full-featured anatomical reference app that includes MALE and FEMALE models, with 11 SYSTEMS and a total of 8,200 ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES. The app is fully 3D, meaning that you can view any structure in isolation, as well as from any angle and represents the latest in groundbreaking 3D technology and innovative design. A cutting-edge custom built 3D graphics engine, delivers outstanding quality graphics that no other competitor can achieve.
FEATURES OVERVIEW:
--Cutting-edge 3D technology
--Over 8,200 highly detailed anatomical structures
--Hide/Fade/Isolate/Fade Others/Hide Others options for individual structures
--Multiple Selection Mode
--Pins: Create customized pins with notes and place anywhere on the 3D model
--Slice: Slice through certain structures using 3D plane tool
--Bookmarks: Preset and Customizable
--Correct audio pronunciation and Latin nomenclature for every structure
--Search via English and Latin nomenclature
--Dynamic Quiz: Drag and Drop and Multi-choice
--Share images via social media and e-mail
--Includes anatomy for 11 systems: Skin, Skeletal, Muscles, Connective Tissue, Veins, Arteries, Nerves, Respiratory, Digestive, Urogenital, Lymphatic, also includes the Brain and Heart
Please find our End User License Agreement here: https://3d4medical.com/support/essential-anatomy-5/end-user-license-agreement-2
Any feedback? We thrive on engaging with customers and, unfortunately, can’t respond directly to reviews. Contact our customer support at https://service.elsevier.com/app/home/supporthub/essential-anatomy/. You will receive a response promptly!
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