ShockLink vs Potdeco
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShockLink
This application facilitates realistic defibrillator training by allowing users to control pad placement, CPR artifact, and various heart rhythms. It supports multiple defibrillator models and offers customizable training scenarios for adult, child, and infant simulations.
- Live defibrillator integration
- Control pad placement
- CPR artifact simulation
- Eight selectable heart rhythms
- Customizable training scenarios
- Measure shock energy
- Record training time
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ShockLink enables users to safely integrate live defibrillators into the training environment, creating more realistic and impactful training sessions. ShockLink is compatible with a range of defibrillator models; Philips, Zoll, Physio-Control, Corpuls, Mindray and Schiller. With the ShockLink app, users have control over ShockLink pad placement, two pre-set scenarios, CPR artifact, and eight rhythms for adult, child, and infant: VF, PEA, Brady, Asystole, VT slow, VT fast, SVT and Sinus The ShockLink app allows the user to change heart rhythms, training scenario, measure shock energy and record time.
Potdeco
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The Potdeco product scanner scans barcodes and QR codes from the Pot&Deco catalog and shows you the right prices
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ShockLink at every 3 months against Potdeco's every 7 months. Potdeco's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ShockLink ships an update every 3 months, Potdeco every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on August 15, 2026 and August 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShockLink | Potdeco |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 209 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Laerdal Medical AS | Tom Rombaut |
In-app purchases
ShockLink
No in-app purchases
Potdeco
No in-app purchases
