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Remene — your MRI report explained in plain language · Show HN

  1. The page opens on a scene everyone who has had an MRI recognizes: a CD, a report full of unknown words, an appointment three weeks away. Then it shows a real (de-identified, consented) knee scan with the explanation pointing at the exact slice. I understood the product in ten seconds.
  2. The price is the best argument on the site, and the home page never shows it. "$9.99 per study, paid once, taxes included" lives on /pricing, next to a comparison with a $250 radiologist second read. On the home page I only read "one payment per study unlocks everything else". For a worried person, "how much?" is the second question after "is it safe?".
  3. "Is it safe?" is answered well: identifiers removed before the AI sees anything, archive deleted after processing, "not reviewed by a doctor" stated plainly. This honesty is what makes me trust it, and it's on the home page where it belongs.
  4. The comparison table against ChatGPT has "Yes / No" in nearly every row in Remene's favour. It's probably fair, but a table where you win every line reads like an ad. The concrete sentence underneath ("ChatGPT doesn't open DICOM files") convinces more than the whole table.
  5. First fix: put "$9.99 once, no subscription" right under the "Upload your MRI" button on the home page. "Viewing your images is free" is already there; the price belongs next to it.

Reviewed 2026-11-04.

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