Top of the apps

More than 40,000 applications are now available to smartphone consumers, many of them pitched at healthcare professionals and members of the public interested in their health and wellbeing.

All the evidence suggests that the medical app market can do nothing but grow. Whether it is delivering advice on improving your sleep patterns or a medical reference guide on some obscure syndrome, developers seem to have come up with an app for it.

EHI Mobile decided to find out what are the most downloaded health and medical apps in the UK for the iPhone, and for what is fast becoming a clinician’s favourite device, the iPad.

The top five - and their developers' descriptions - suggest that learning about anatomy and pregnancy are big preoccupations. Along with getting enough sleep.

1 - Muscle & Bone Anatomy 3D £4.99 (106 ratings) "A reference for anyone interested in the human musculo-skeletal system. Featuring five different ways to learn about the body: the viewer, actions, 3-D models, six types of quizzes, and media."	1 – Pregnancy + + £1.99 (349 ratings) "This pregnancy application is created by Health and Parenting, together with leading healthcare professionals. Trusted information to help you and your baby have a safe and healthy pregnancy."
2 - Sleep £0.69 (729 ratings) "Sleep is a customisable soundboard with 100 relaxing sounds..You can combine different sounds (including your own), specify different volume levels and save your combinations."	2 - Sleep £0.69 (729 ratings) "Sleep is a customisable soundboard with 100 relaxing sounds..You can combine different sounds (including your own), specify different volume levels and save your combinations."
3 - Heart Pro III £5.99 (18 ratings) "This app’s primary use is as a learning tool, but it can also be used as a reference tool by using the index function. This allows the user to select an item, which the app will automatically zoom in and identify. "	3 - Maybe Baby 2011 £2.99 (1685 ratings) "Fertility, period and ovulation tracker, pregnancy and gender prediction."
4 – Anatomy 3D: Organs £2.99 (17 ratings) "You can expand your knowledge of the organs with this app that combines 3D models, video, audio lectures, quizzes and text. It includes basic information on the brain, heart, stomach, spleen, pancreas, small intestines, reproductive organs, large intestines, kidneys, liver, skin and lungs. You can also learn about cells, tissues and organ systems."	4 – iGasLog £20.99 (118 ratings) "GasLog is a case logging application for anaesthetists / anesthesiologists. Providing an intuitive user interface, the application allows rapid data entry at the point of patient care, capturing all the information required by the UK's Royal College of Anaesthetists and other anaesthetic professional bodies worldwide."
5 – iBP Blood Pressure £0.69 (407 ratings) "iBP is a blood pressure tracking and analysis tool. It uses color icons to indicate when your blood pressure values are normal, high, or may indicate hypertension. It also provides interactive graphs that allow you to display your values by weeks, months, year and time of day ."	5 – BabyScopeApp – Listen to fetal heartbeat £2.99 (No ratings) "A reference for anyone interested in the human musculo-skeletal system. Featuring five different ways to learn about the body: the viewer, actions, 3-D models, six types of quizzes, and media."