Comparison

PA EMS Protocols vs Plumb's | Standards

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

Head to head
About

PA EMS Protocols

This app provides emergency medical responders in Pennsylvania with the latest protocols and hospital data. It offers fast updates, search functionality, and access to state and regional information, including EMS bulletins and scope of practice.

Highlights
  • Latest protocols and hospital data
  • Fast content updates
  • Search functionality
  • Dark mode for night shifts
  • Access to PA Medic
  • State and regional information
Features
Currently charting
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If you are an Emergency Medical Responder, EMT, AEMT, Paramedic, Critical Care Paramedic, Nurse, student, or other medical professional in Pennsylvania looking for an app with the latest protocols and hospital data, iHarig's protocol app is the app for you! This application hosts the fastest updates, works on all platforms, features dark mode for night shifters, and features searching, quick access to PA Medic right within the app, and important state/regional information beyond just displaying protocols. NEW in this release: offline mode with starred protocols, universal search across all levels, useful tools (timers, calculators, and other conversions), and an automatically tracked recently viewed list. With fast (and sharable) updates to content, resources like EMS information bulletins, regional protocols and pilot forms, scope of practice, med lists, hospital data, and other third-party resources curated by iHarig are right at your fingertips! Note, to use offline mode you must initially download protocols with a live connection. The app will periodically check for updates to resources in the background when a live connection is available. PA Medic Hospital information requires a live internet connection. It is the user's responsibility to ensure they are using the latest version of a protocol at allowed scope of practice with current authorization.

About

Plumb's | Standards

This app provides trusted veterinary clinical decision support, integrating comprehensive drug information and treatment guidance. It offers tools for diagnosis, treatment, and client education, designed for veterinary professionals.

Highlights
  • Veterinary drug and dosing information
  • Drug interaction checker
  • Conversion calculator
  • Diagnosis and treatment monographs
  • Management algorithms
  • Differential diagnosis lists
  • Client education handouts
Features
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Welcome to Standards of Care, the veterinary clinical decision support tool from the team behind Plumb’s and Clinician’s Brief, with Plumb’s built in. Subscribed to Plumb’s? If you’re subscribed to the veterinary drug reference, Plumb’s, you can access all your prescribing information and tools in this app. Included in Plumb’s: - Comprehensive, continually updated veterinary drug and dosing information - Veterinary drug interaction checker with animal-specific guidance - A conversion calculator for quick math in the app - Notes feature for saving favorite notes and protocols - Convenient favorites feature for making your own quick reference list Visit plumbs.com to learn more. Subscribed to Standards™? If you’re subscribed to Standards of Care™, you can access all your Standards features (including Plumb’s) in this app. Included in Standards: - All the features of Plumb’s (see above) - Practical, peer-reviewed diagnosis and treatment monographs - An extensive library of diagnosis and management algorithms for step-by-step support - Peer-reviewed differential diagnosis lists - Shareable clinical handouts to support client education Visit standards.vet to learn more. DISCLAIMER Standards of Care and Plumb’s are online clinical resources to be used only for information purposes at the discretion of trained veterinary medical and pharmaceutical professionals to support diagnosis and treatment of small animal veterinary conditions. Learn more at standards.vet or plumbs.com. APP SUPPORT If you have feature requests or suggestions or simply need help, please visit help.plumbs.com and click on the chat icon to submit a request. Our responsive support team will be in touch with you. Privacy policy: https://plumbs.com/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://plumbs.com/terms-use Terms & conditions: https://plumbs.com/terms-conditions

Screenshots

PA EMS Protocols4 screens
Plumb's | Standards4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Plumb's | Standards at Free against PA EMS Protocols's $4.99. Plumb's | Standards also leads on ratings volume (3.3K vs 7) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). PA EMS Protocols's advantage is chart position (#23 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

Plumb's | Standards is free to download; PA EMS Protocols costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Plumb's | Standards holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plumb's | Standards has 3.3K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of PA EMS Protocols's written reviews are positive against 57% of Plumb's | Standards's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PA EMS Protocols ships an update every 4 months, Plumb's | Standards every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
PA EMS Protocols versus Plumb's | Standards: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPA EMS ProtocolsPlumb's | Standards
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (7 ratings)4.9 (3.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews57.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings73.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid — betterSubscription
Best chart rank#23 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB62 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperiHarig LLCBrief Media

Customer experience

PA EMS Protocols

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

Plumb's | Standards

All ratings3,343 ratings
Positive98.8%
Neutral0.5%
Negative0.6%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral11.9%
Negative31.0%

Bugs and requests

PA EMS Protocols

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Plumb's | Standards

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Signing in issues
  • Crashing
  • Login/password reset problems
  • Compatibility issues on iPad

Requested features

2 requests
  • Add calculator function
  • Improve renewal/subscription management

In-app purchases

None

PA EMS Protocols

No in-app purchases

None

Plumb's | Standards

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PA EMS Protocols free?
PA EMS Protocols costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plumb's | Standards free?
Plumb's | Standards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PA EMS Protocols or Plumb's | Standards?
Plumb's | Standards is rated higher. PA EMS Protocols averages 4.7 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Plumb's | Standards averages 4.9 from 3.3K ratings.
Do PA EMS Protocols or Plumb's | Standards have ads?
Neither PA EMS Protocols nor Plumb's | Standards shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PA EMS Protocols or Plumb's | Standards?
PA EMS Protocols ships an update every 4 months, and Plumb's | Standards every 3 weeks. Most recently, PA EMS Protocols was updated on September 20, 2026 and Plumb's | Standards on September 25, 2026.

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