Comparison

PA EMS Protocols vs Valve PPM

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

Valve PPM

This tool assists medical professionals in assessing implanted prosthetic cardiac valves. It offers guidance for checking existing valve function and selecting the optimal valve before implantation based on patient and prosthesis parameters.

Highlights
  • Assess implanted valve function
  • Select optimal valve before implantation
  • Analyze patient and prosthesis parameters
  • Identify potential patient-prosthesis mismatch
  • Determine intrinsic prosthesis dysfunction
Features
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Valve PPM is an innovative mobile tool developed to support echocardiography professionals in their effort of assessing the functionality of implanted prosthetic cardiac valves. The application provides guidelines for assessing an already implanted valve (Check Valve Function) and for choosing a valve before implantation (Optimal Valve Selector). The algorithms behind the App have been derived after an extensive research of the published materials on the aortic and mitral prosthetic valve assessment. - Check Valve Function After selecting a particular valve type, the patient characteristics (weight/height) and the prosthesis actual parameters (peak velocity, mean gradient, VTI prosthesis, VTI LVOT and LVOTd), Valve PPM will provide the user with an answer regarding the normal function of the valve, the potential patient prosthesis mismatch or the intrinsic prosthesis dysfunction. - Optimal Valve Selector The user will be required to select a valve position (aortic/mitral) and the patient characteristics (weight/height) and Valve PPM will instantly indicate the minimum Effective Orifice Area (EOA) in order to avoid Patient Prosthesis Mismatch (PPM).

Screenshots

PA EMS Protocols4 screens
Valve PPM4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Valve PPM at 100% against PA EMS Protocols's 50%. Valve PPM also leads on price (Free vs $4.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). PA EMS Protocols's advantage is chart position (#36 vs unranked). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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

Valve PPM 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

Valve PPM holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of PA EMS Protocols's written reviews are positive against 100% of Valve PPM's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PA EMS Protocols ships an update every 4 months, Valve PPM every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
PA EMS Protocols versus Valve PPM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPA EMS ProtocolsValve PPM
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (7 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#36 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB37 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperiHarig LLCKRUTSCH

Customer experience

PA EMS Protocols

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

Valve PPM

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PA EMS Protocols

No in-app purchases

None

Valve PPM

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PA EMS Protocols free?
PA EMS Protocols costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Valve PPM free?
Valve PPM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PA EMS Protocols or Valve PPM?
Valve PPM is rated higher. PA EMS Protocols averages 4.7 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Valve PPM averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do PA EMS Protocols or Valve PPM have ads?
Neither PA EMS Protocols nor Valve PPM shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PA EMS Protocols or Valve PPM?
PA EMS Protocols ships an update every 4 months, and Valve PPM every 2 months. Most recently, PA EMS Protocols was updated on September 20, 2026 and Valve PPM on September 21, 2026.

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