I’ve been following the Autopsy Center of Chicago on Facebook for months and when I saw they released an app I was nothing short of thrilled. Usually a membership via their website is $80+ a year, but for just $0.99 I was able to access a lifetime membership to their site and all videos on the app. The $0.99 deal is temporary, but if you can read this, and it’s still available, stop reading this and just download it.

I bought this app a little under a week ago because I saw preview video segments on social media through medical accounts. These advertisements said the app was where you could get full content as well as the desktop website. I pay for the app only to find out it’s pretty much a redirect to the desktop website and still only has one case (not even the full case) in the archive portion of the app. This was about 14 different 5 minute video segments. Now I see today that they have announced they will be taking that portion of the app down to only be on the desktop website too. This will essentially render an already empty app into a useless one. They are also now pushing their monthly video subscription email service which costs $9.99 per month. (But don’t worry to make up for taking away all the value you bought in the app they’ll give you 6 months free of this service) what a joke. Just when I thought I found a useful medical information application that was actually interesting and informational.

I would have been upset if I paid the original price, but I got it for $.99. The videos are very short (less than five minutes long) and part of the previous video (two minutes in some cases) is repeated in the next video. We also don’t get any answers in the final video. I don’t know if they did this to entice us to upgrade to the desktop version, but it leaves us hanging. At least add a text part explaining the findings & conclusions in the case. The developer of this app seems to think that if you criticize their app or don’t praise them, you must be a disgruntled social media follower. How about looking at the criticism, make changes or just admit that what you provided was what you planned? Not every non 5 star rating is a personal hit job. Sometimes it’s just a rating.

I am obsessed with pathology and mortuary science so when I saw this, I immediately downloaded it. I’m so glad I did! There are quizzes and cases for you to watch to learn more about the human body. Every case is different and they will send you a notification if they are LIVE. While LIVE, you can ask the pathologist questions during the autopsy in real-time. Whether you are a student, doctor, or simply a person who lives for this stuff (like me), it is perfect for you!