Acupoints for iOS is a professional anatomical reference app for acupuncture practitioners and students, featuring 14 main acupuncture points mapped against human anatomy on iOS.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Practitioners and students require a precise, portable alternative to bulky physical reference books for locating acupuncture points during study or clinical practice.
For Acupuncture practitioners and students of Asian medicine requiring precise anatomical reference tools.
What does it look like?
Key features
Visual representation of 12 main points, Governor Vessel, and Conception Vessel points with superficial meridians.
Overlay of acupuncture points against skin, bone, organ, and muscle layers for precise location identification.
Integrated reference lines to assist in locating specific acupuncture points on the body.
How much does it cost?
The app utilizes a high-barrier, one-time purchase model targeting professional medical users.
Velocity
Dormant developmentopaqueShow more...
Acupoints for iOS has reached a zombie state, with no updates or feature releases in the last 1012 days. The development activity has been stagnant for nearly three years, indicating the project is no longer actively maintained. The final recorded update consisted only of minor bug fixes, providing no significant functional changes or ongoing support.
Who built it?
Kim June-Hyun
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What do users think recently?
Review voice lately leans excited. Users appreciate detailed anatomical pressure point visualization provides a practical reference for students of oriental medicine and animated meridian flow effects provide a clear visual guide for understanding complex circulatory pathways.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Detailed anatomical pressure point visualization provides a practical reference for students of oriental medicine
- Animated meridian flow effects provide a clear visual guide for understanding complex circulatory pathways
- Application crashes on launch for users running older hardware and legacy operating system versions
4 of 4 recent reviews analyzed · limited sample
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Competitive landscape for Acupoints for iOS
How's the Medical market?
Acupoints for iOS maintains a 4-star rating across a small sample of 4 reviews, reflecting its specialized utility for medical students. The $39.99 price point targets a professional segment, though the 33-month update gap risks losing ground to more frequently maintained medical references.
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Key takeaways for Acupoints for iOS
Where is it heading?
The market for specialized medical reference tools is shifting toward high-frequency updates and search-optimized interfaces. Acupoints for iOS remains in a maintenance-only state, which leaves the app exposed to churn as professional users seek more efficient, searchable alternatives.
- The 33-month update gap indicates a maintenance-only posture, which erodes trust among professional users who require modern, stable software.
- Lack of search functionality forces users to manually navigate the interface, which creates friction that competitors with modern search indexes will exploit.
The SWOT
- Anatomical comparison tool overlays points onto organ and muscle layers
- Integrated scale reference lines assist in precise point location
- Adding a search index would address the #1 user request for clinical efficiency
Next best moves
Ship search functionality for anatomical points because it is the top-requested feature → improve clinical utility and user retention
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's high price point is a feature, not a bug…
Read the full takeSince the last report: The app's competitive narrative has pivoted to defend its premium pricing against a backdrop of continued development stagnation. While the core feature set remains unchanged, the analysis now explicitly links the high cost to the lack of recent updates as a primary market vulnerability.
Bottom line
Acupoints for iOS delivers high-fidelity anatomical visualization that effectively replaces physical reference books. Implementing a search index would unlock the efficiency required by professional users, securing its value against more frequently updated medical references.
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