Physical Exam Essentials Downloads & RevenuePhysical Exam Essentials · App Store
Physical Exam Essentials is #8 in Medical Paid in Canada and charting in 12 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperHipposoft, LLC
CategoryMedical
Price2.99 USD
Released
Rating★ 5.0 (1)
Version26.0.0
Age rating17+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)100+ worldwide
Physical Exam Essentials update history & changes
Last change · 28 events since 8 Dec 2009Full timeline ↓📈New best rank in the overall chart: #105📈Entered the top 100✏️Description updated✏️New iPad screenshots📦First update in 3190 days📦Updated to version 26.0.0🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 27 events in the last 12 months
- 📈Physical Exam Essentials new best rank in the overall chart: #105Top Paid · All Apps · PH
- 📈Physical Exam Essentials entered the top 100Top Paid · Medical · GB
- 📈Physical Exam Essentials charting in a new countryPhilippines
- 📈Physical Exam Essentials entered the top 10Top Paid · Medical · ID
- 📈Physical Exam Essentials entered the top 100Top Grossing · Medical · ID
- ✏️Physical Exam Essentials: description updated· AU
- ✏️Physical Exam Essentials: new iPad screenshots· AU
- ✏️Physical Exam Essentials: new screenshots6 screenshots (was 3) · AU
- ✏️Physical Exam Essentials: new icon
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· AU - 📈Physical Exam Essentials entered the top 10Top Paid · Medical · KR
- 📈Physical Exam Essentials entered the top 100Top Grossing · Medical · KR
- ✏️Physical Exam Essentials: description updated· 13 countries
- ✏️Physical Exam Essentials: new iPad screenshots· 13 countries
- ✏️Physical Exam Essentials: new screenshots6 screenshots (was 3) · 13 countries
- ✏️Physical Exam Essentials: new icon → · 13 countries
- ✏️Physical Exam Essentials: description updated· US
- ✏️Physical Exam Essentials: new iPad screenshots· US
- ✏️Physical Exam Essentials: new screenshots6 screenshots (was 3) · US
- ✏️Physical Exam Essentials: new icon → · US
- 📦Physical Exam Essentials: first update in 3190 days
- 📈Physical Exam Essentials entered the top 100Top Paid · Medical · US
- 📦Physical Exam Essentials updated to version 26.0.0Physical Exam Essentials has been rebuilt from the ground up for today's iPhone and iPad.
- OSCE stations: every exam as an examiner marks it, opening to closing, with a station timer. Recall each step from memory, or tick through a checklist on a partner.
- Continue reading where you left off.
- A cleaner reader: text that grows with your text size setting, in Dark Mode too.
- Photographs at their true shape, and full screen with zoom.
- Search across every section, including inside the text.
- Favorites and Recently Opened.
- Further reading at the end of every section.
- Text brought up to date: corrections to the cranial nerve, Romberg, clubbing, edema, muscle-strength and other passages, and current guidance on screening and testicular torsion.
- Corrections now reach you without waiting for an App Store update.
- Report a problem from the end of any section.
The web lookups for highlighted terms have been removed; definitions written for the app will follow.… more - 📈Physical Exam Essentials charting in a new countryUnited States
- 📈Physical Exam Essentials charting in a new countryFrance
- 📈Physical Exam Essentials charting in a new countryRussia
- 🆕Physical Exam Essentials first spotted by AppInsider#87 in Top Paid · Medical · Canada
- 🆕Physical Exam Essentials released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
5.0 ★
1 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#8
Medical PaidMeasured
Physical Exam Essentials at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-10-27. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A paid medical study aid for nursing, medical, and physician assistant students that provides step-by-step physical examination guides with OSCE practice tools. The app holds a strong #2 position in the Indonesian Medical Paid chart but has limited visibility in other major markets like the US (#94) and China (#130), indicating regional strength rather than global dominance.
Similar apps: Bates' Guide to Physical Examination, OSCE Ready, MedicTests
Physical Exam Essentials on the App Store
App details
App ID
343091870
Publisher
Hipposoft, LLC
On the store since
Dec 2009
16 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 17.0+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
17+
4 content notes below
Languages
1
EN
Size
11 MB
Also listed in
Education
Content notesFrequent/Intense Medical/Treatment InformationFrequent/Intense Sexual Content or NudityInfrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or ReferencesInfrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
Physical Exam Essentials downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Physical Exam Essentials'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.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | MedicalPaid | #8 |
 South Korea | MedicalPaid | #20 |
 Japan | MedicalPaid | #61 |
 China | MedicalPaid | #133 |
 Indonesia | MedicalPaid | #28 |
 United Kingdom | MedicalPaid | #106 |
 India | MedicalPaid | #57 |
 Italy | MedicalPaid | #62 |
 Brazil | MedicalPaid | #94 |
 Saudi Arabia | MedicalPaid | #53 |
 United Arab Emirates | MedicalPaid | #51 |
 Russia | MedicalPaid | #185 |
Apps near Physical Exam Essentials on the chart
Medical Paid, around #8.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
5.0 ★
1 ratings
Measured
Ratings
1
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
–
Apple's rating count fell over the last 4 weeks: it removed more ratings than came in (spam clean-ups, deleted accounts), so the pace can't be read right now
Lifetime rating
3.7★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
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 Physical Exam Essentials
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users find the app useful for quick reference and basic study but heavily criticize the missing musculoskeletal section and intrusive ads on a paid product. While some praise its simplicity and accuracy for other systems, many feel it is incomplete and poorly formatted.
Mixed (42% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being easy to use, and being useful. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and ads. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Ease of use: “This app is design simple for user”
- Useful: “Very detailed and helpful physical exam app”
- Ads: “When you first open the app there is an advertisement to buy more apps”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “I want a refund - it is the principle!”
- Ads: “Advertisements on a PAID app”
- Crashes & bugs
- Features & content: “This app doesn't fit any basic need at any level”
About Physical Exam Essentials
Learn the physical examination step by step, from the health history to the neurologic exam.
Physical Exam Essentials is a study aid for nursing, medical and physician assistant students, and for anyone reviewing the exam before an OSCE or a skills check. Each section walks through what to inspect, palpate, percuss and auscultate, in order, with photographs of the maneuvers. It was written by a physician.
PRACTICE FOR YOUR OSCE
Every section has an OSCE station: the steps an examiner marks, in order, from the opening (hand hygiene, introduction, consent, chaperone) through the examination to the closing and what you would do to complete it. Practice it in Recall: each step stays hidden; say it out loud, reveal it, and mark whether you had it, against a station timer. At the end you see your score, your time and the steps you missed, then present your findings. Or use Checklist to tick off each step as you examine a partner. You can also practice a section's full text, or one topic at a time.
14 SECTIONS
The Health History, The General Survey, Skin and Nails, HEENT and Neck, Thorax and Lungs, Breast and Axillae, Cardiovascular, Peripheral Vascular, Abdominal, Male Genitalia, Anus, Rectum and Prostate, Female Genitalia, Anus and Rectum, Mental Status, Cranial Nerves, and the Neurologic Exam.
WHAT'S INSIDE
- 61 topics and 68 photographs and diagrams
- Clinical Correlates: what a finding can mean, set apart from the steps
- Special Tests that go beyond a routine exam
- Presentation Tips for describing your findings out loud
- Further reading at the end of every section, linking to MedlinePlus (U.S. National Library of Medicine) and Stanford Medicine 25
- An OSCE station for every section, with a timer and your last score kept
- Search across every section, including inside the text
- Continue reading where you left off, plus Favorites and Recently Opened
- iPhone and iPad, Dark Mode, and text that grows with your text size setting
NEW IN THIS VERSION
The app has been rebuilt from the ground up. The text is easier to read at any size, the photographs open full screen, and corrections now reach you without waiting for an App Store update. Spot something wrong? Report a problem from the end of any section; we read every report.
PRIVACY
No account, no ads, no tracking. Your favorites stay on your device. We collect anonymous usage to improve the app; the words you search for are never sent. Details are in the app under More > Privacy.
A STUDY AID
Physical Exam Essentials is for learning and review. It is not a clinical reference, not medical advice, and not a basis for any decision about a patient. Learn the examination from your instructors and a current textbook, and practice it under supervision.
Physical Exam Essentials is a study aid for nursing, medical and physician assistant students, and for anyone reviewing the exam before an OSCE or a skills check. Each section walks through what to inspect, palpate, percuss and auscultate, in order, with photographs of the maneuvers. It was written by a physician.
PRACTICE FOR YOUR OSCE
Every section has an OSCE station: the steps an examiner marks, in order, from the opening (hand hygiene, introduction, consent, chaperone) through the examination to the closing and what you would do to complete it. Practice it in Recall: each step stays hidden; say it out loud, reveal it, and mark whether you had it, against a station timer. At the end you see your score, your time and the steps you missed, then present your findings. Or use Checklist to tick off each step as you examine a partner. You can also practice a section's full text, or one topic at a time.
14 SECTIONS
The Health History, The General Survey, Skin and Nails, HEENT and Neck, Thorax and Lungs, Breast and Axillae, Cardiovascular, Peripheral Vascular, Abdominal, Male Genitalia, Anus, Rectum and Prostate, Female Genitalia, Anus and Rectum, Mental Status, Cranial Nerves, and the Neurologic Exam.
WHAT'S INSIDE
- 61 topics and 68 photographs and diagrams
- Clinical Correlates: what a finding can mean, set apart from the steps
- Special Tests that go beyond a routine exam
- Presentation Tips for describing your findings out loud
- Further reading at the end of every section, linking to MedlinePlus (U.S. National Library of Medicine) and Stanford Medicine 25
- An OSCE station for every section, with a timer and your last score kept
- Search across every section, including inside the text
- Continue reading where you left off, plus Favorites and Recently Opened
- iPhone and iPad, Dark Mode, and text that grows with your text size setting
NEW IN THIS VERSION
The app has been rebuilt from the ground up. The text is easier to read at any size, the photographs open full screen, and corrections now reach you without waiting for an App Store update. Spot something wrong? Report a problem from the end of any section; we read every report.
PRIVACY
No account, no ads, no tracking. Your favorites stay on your device. We collect anonymous usage to improve the app; the words you search for are never sent. Details are in the app under More > Privacy.
A STUDY AID
Physical Exam Essentials is for learning and review. It is not a clinical reference, not medical advice, and not a basis for any decision about a patient. Learn the examination from your instructors and a current textbook, and practice it under supervision.
Latest updates
26.0.0
Physical Exam Essentials has been rebuilt from the ground up for today's iPhone and iPad.
- OSCE stations: every exam as an examiner marks it, opening to closing, with a station timer. Recall each step from memory, or tick through a checklist on a partner.
- Continue reading where you left off.
- A cleaner reader: text that grows with your text size setting, in Dark Mode too.
- Photographs at their true shape, and full screen with zoom.
- Search across every section, including inside the text.
- Favorites and Recently Opened.
- Further reading at the end of every section.
- Text brought up to date: corrections to the cranial nerve, Romberg, clubbing, edema, muscle-strength and other passages, and current guidance on screening and testicular torsion.
- Corrections now reach you without waiting for an App Store update.
- Report a problem from the end of any section.
The web lookups for highlighted terms have been removed; definitions written for the app will follow.
3.0
Updated for iOS 11 and iPhone X / Plus. Please delete your existing app and re-download this one.
Store changes
What Physical Exam Essentials changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
Description updated 
New iPad screenshots
New screenshots
6 screenshots (was 3)
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