Comparison

Med Standards vs Deployed Medicine

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Med Standards

Access essential medical standards and tools for US Air Force, Army, and Navy special duty personnel. Includes medication lists, waiver guides, and flight medicine documents. Updates monthly.

Highlights
  • Aerospace Medicine Approved Medication List
  • Air Force Waiver Guide
  • Army Standards of Medical Fitness
  • Navy Aeromedical Reference Guide
  • DoD Medical Accession Standards
  • Altitude Oxygen Converter Calculator
Features
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This application presents the medical standards for special duty personnel of the United States Air Force, Army, and Navy as well as other useful tools and information for Aerospace Medicine professionals. AF Documents/Tools: - Aerospace Medicine Approved Medication List - AFI 48-123 Medical Examinations & Standards - AFI 48-133 Duty Limiting Conditions - Air Force Waiver Guide - Medical Standards Directory - MOD Approved Medication List - OTC Approved Medication List - Many other Flight-Medicine-Relevant AFI's & Documents - 13 RSV Sample Briefings - Altitude Oxygen Converter Calculator for Aeromedical Evacuations Army Documents: - AR 40-501 Standards of Medical Fitness - Flight Surgeon Checklist: Aeromedical Policy Letters & Technical Bulletins - Physical Examination Requirements Table Navy Documents: - Navy Aeromedical Reference & Waiver Guide - Navy ManMed Chapter 15 DoD/MHS Documents: - DoDI 6130.03 Medical Accession Standards - DoDI Occupational & Environmental Health - MOD 15 USCENTCOM Deployment Policy + Tabs Updates with new document versions will occur once per month. For questions, concerns, and/or suggestions, please email info@doc-apps.com. ***Effective 30 Jun 2025, marking 10 years of independently creating & maintaining this app, I will no longer be able to continue this service. If you have coding experience and are interested in taking ownership of Med Standards, please email the above address.

About

Deployed Medicine

This learning service supplements medical education for military personnel, focusing on tactical combat casualty care. It offers pocket guides, instructional videos, expert podcasts, and a reference repository for trauma care in deployed settings. The app works online and offline, keeping users updated with the latest information.

Highlights
  • Pocket Guides for compact learning
  • 3-minute 'how-to' videos
  • Expert podcasts with updates
  • Reference Repository for technique rationale
  • Online and offline functionality
  • In-app alerts for latest information
Features
Currently charting
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Deployed Medicine is an innovative learning service developed to supplement the medical education and training of U.S. military personnel, although some of the medical content could be broadly applied for use by civilian medical providers. The information contained in this app is designed to serve as a supplementary resource to reinforce prior training, and to help you deliver high quality trauma care in deployed settings. The medical content currently focuses on tactical combat casualty care (TCCC) training for combat medical personnel, and includes topics, such as hemorrhage control, airway management, hypothermia, pain control and care of wounds and splinting etc. TCCC focuses of providing the information you need to know to assess, treat and stabilize a patient at the point of injury. Additional content will be added over time to cover a broad range of military trauma training resources ranging from the most basic training, suitable for non-medical military personnel, and more advanced material for doctors, nurses and physicians assistants. Features: • Pocket Guides offer short and compact learning modules. • Videos from peers teach you “how-to” perform a skill in under 3 minutes, and other information. • Podcasts provide key updates from experts. • Reference Repository contains important reference materials or the “why” behind the techniques and information being taught. • The app is designed to work online and offline to accommodate use in the field and while traveling abroad. • In app alerts will keep you up-to-date and connected to the latest information. The Deployed Medicine app was created by a multidisciplinary team of medical, learning and software engineers in close collaboration with U.S. military experts. All medical content contained in this app was reviewed and approved by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care, which is composed of trauma experts from across the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. The Deployed Medicine app is a research and development effort sponsored by the Defense Health Agency in Falls Church, Virginia.

Screenshots

Med Standards4 screens
Deployed Medicine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Med Standards at 4.5 against Deployed Medicine's 3.1. Med Standards also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 35%) and ratings volume (64 vs 15). Deployed Medicine's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#208 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Med Standards sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Deployed Medicine asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Med Standards holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 64 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Med Standards's written reviews are positive against 35% of Deployed Medicine's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Med Standards ships an update every 6 weeks, Deployed Medicine every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 14, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Med Standards versus Deployed Medicine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMed StandardsDeployed Medicine
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (64 ratings) — better3.1 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better34.6% of reviews
Number of ratings64 — better15
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#208 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size121 MB41 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperDoc Apps LLCAllogy Interactive

Customer experience

Med Standards

All ratings64 ratings
Positive85.9%
Neutral1.6%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral6.3%
Negative18.8%

Deployed Medicine

All ratings15 ratings
Positive53.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative46.7%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive34.6%
Neutral11.5%
Negative53.8%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Med Standards

Subscriptions1
  • Full access for one month1 Month trial$0.991 Month
None

Deployed Medicine

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Med Standards free?
Med Standards is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Deployed Medicine free?
Deployed Medicine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Med Standards or Deployed Medicine?
Med Standards is rated higher. Med Standards averages 4.5 out of 5 from 64 ratings, while Deployed Medicine averages 3.1 from 15 ratings.
Do Med Standards or Deployed Medicine have ads?
Neither Med Standards nor Deployed Medicine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Med Standards or Deployed Medicine?
Med Standards ships an update every 6 weeks, and Deployed Medicine every 2 months. Most recently, Med Standards was updated on August 14, 2026 and Deployed Medicine on September 21, 2026.

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