Comparison

CuraSim vs Vithoulkas Compass

Vithoulkas Compass is a browser-based toolbox with the VC Repertory and credit-metered expert-system functions built on statistics from successful prescriptions.

Reviewed 5 October 2026 from Vithoulkas Compass’s public pages · Repertory software

The short answer

Vithoulkas Compass offers one repertory and expert analysis paid for in credits; CuraSim offers thirteen repertories, traced AI analysis and the whole practice.

  • Thirteen repertories, not one. Kent, Boenninghausen, Boger, Knerr, Lippe, Clarke, Boericke and more, each graded as printed — with merged Cross and Universal views when you want them all at once.
  • AI built in — and it shows its working. Describe the case in your own words and CuraSim proposes real rubrics from Kent’s repertory, weights Mind and Generals, and ranks remedies — each one traced back to the rubrics that put it there and linked to its Materia Medica, inside the same program.
  • The whole practice beside the repertory. Patients, appointments, prescriptions, GST bills, medical certificates, reports and follow-ups on the same record as the repertorization.
  • Free to start. The Student plan — full repertory, Materia Medica, Organon and Pharmacy Academy — is free for good, not a time-limited trial.

What Vithoulkas Compass is

Vithoulkas Compass runs in any browser. Its expert systems — Specific Remedy Analysis, the Synapse workflow and the Differentiation Expert System — combine statistical analysis of thousands of successful prescriptions with George Vithoulkas’s methodology. Expert-system use consumes credits on top of the subscription, in seven interface languages.

Where Vithoulkas Compass is genuinely strong

  • Works in any browser, with nothing to install.
  • Distinctive decision support drawn from outcome statistics and Vithoulkas’s method.
  • Short subscription terms; unused credits carry over; free 7-day trial.

Side by side

RepertoriesCuraSimThirteen classical repertories — Kent, Boenninghausen’s Therapeutic Pocket Book, Boger’s BBCR and Synoptic Key, Knerr, Lippe, Clarke, Boericke, Hempel, Roberts, Minton, Boericke-Dewey and Carey — each rebuilt from its own source and graded as printed — plus a Nosodes repertory derived by CuraSim from H.C. Allen, and merged Cross and Universal views. Partial books say so on their own labels.Vithoulkas CompassThe VC Repertory; other books not itemised.
AI case analysisCuraSimDescribe the case in your own words (typed or dictated); CuraSim proposes real rubrics from Kent’s repertory, weights Mind and Generals, and ranks remedies by plain arithmetic with a confidence band — every remedy traced to the rubrics that put it there and linked to its Materia Medica, every rubric yours to add, remove or mark more important. No potency, miasm or diagnosis.Vithoulkas CompassExpert systems (DES, Specific Remedy Analysis), metered by credits.
Materia Medica & libraryCuraSimMateria Medica from 16 authors in 28 editions, three editions of the Organon (1st, 4th, 5th), Kent’s lectures and a classical library reader, cross-linked from the repertory.Vithoulkas CompassNot itemised on the pages read.
Patients & clinicCuraSimPatient records, appointments with email reminders, prescriptions, GST bills, medical certificates, and staff with granular permissions and an audit log — in the same workspace as the repertory.Vithoulkas CompassNot stated.
Veterinary & agroCuraSimA veterinary module (beta) with its own merged repertory and repertorization grid; agro homeopathy (beta) is an AI mentor only — there is no agro repertory data.Vithoulkas CompassNot stated.
Lab reports & investigationsCuraSimUpload images of lab reports and scans (PNG, JPG or WebP — not PDF files); CuraSim gives a structured read with a plain-language explanation for you to verify — decision support, never a diagnosis.Vithoulkas CompassNot stated by the vendor
LanguagesCuraSimInterface in 19 — ten Indian (Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu) and nine international; rubric and remedy names stay in the books’ English.Vithoulkas CompassSeven.
Where it runsCuraSimIn the browser on a laptop, tablet or phone — nothing to install, and it can be added to a phone’s home screen.Vithoulkas CompassWeb, on any device.
PriceCuraSimStudent plan free forever; a paid Practitioner plan and a Clinic plan on enquiry — see current pricing.Vithoulkas CompassFrom €21 (1 month, 20 credits) to €480 (12 months unlimited); varies by country (vendor pricing).

Pricing, plans and features change — confirm Vithoulkas Compass’s current terms on its own website.

Why practitioners choose CuraSim

  1. 1

    Thirteen repertories, not one

    Kent, Boenninghausen, Boger, Knerr, Lippe, Clarke, Boericke and more, each graded as printed — with merged Cross and Universal views when you want them all at once.

  2. 2

    AI built in — and it shows its working

    Describe the case in your own words and CuraSim proposes real rubrics from Kent’s repertory, weights Mind and Generals, and ranks remedies — each one traced back to the rubrics that put it there and linked to its Materia Medica, inside the same program.

  3. 3

    The whole practice beside the repertory

    Patients, appointments, prescriptions, GST bills, medical certificates, reports and follow-ups on the same record as the repertorization.

  4. 4

    Free to start

    The Student plan — full repertory, Materia Medica, Organon and Pharmacy Academy — is free for good, not a time-limited trial.

When Vithoulkas Compass may suit you better

If you have trained in the Vithoulkas method and value outcome-statistics differentiation, Compass gives you tools nothing else does.

The fairest test is your own: run the same two or three completed, de-identified cases through both, and compare the rubrics each one finds, how clearly it shows its reasoning, and how much you had to correct. CuraSim’s Student plan is free, so that test costs nothing on our side.

Try the comparison on your own cases

Thirteen repertories, AI that shows its working, and the whole patient record — free to start, no card required.

CuraSim is clinical decision support for qualified practitioners. No software replaces clinical assessment, referral, or the prescriber’s responsibility for the remedy, potency and follow-up. Product names belong to their owners and are used here only to identify them.