Comparison

BMJ Best Practice vs iArrest

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

Head to head
About

BMJ Best Practice

Access up-to-date, evidence-based clinical guidance for healthcare professionals. This app offers offline access to diagnostic, treatment, and prevention information, along with patient leaflets, calculators, and procedure videos. It also tracks CME/CPD activities.

Highlights
  • Evidence-based clinical guidance
  • Offline access
  • Patient leaflets
  • Medical calculators
  • Guidance videos
  • CME/CPD tracking
Features
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Instant access to the latest evidence-based guidance for healthcare professionals. Updated daily, BMJ Best Practice provides healthcare professionals with the latest evidence-based clinical decision support information. It's available offline, which means clinical decision support can be accessed anytime, anywhere. This app can be downloaded by those who have access to the BMJ Best Practice website, and have already set-up a username and password. Don’t have a subscription? Download the app and access a free 7 day trial. The app provides: - Fast access to the latest guidance on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention - 500+ patient leaflets - 250+ medical calculators - Guidance videos on common clinical procedures - Automatic CME/CPD activity tracking Your feedback helps to inform future developments. At BMJ, we have a user-centered product development process, which means that we enhance the product based on what our customers, and our users tell us they need and want. As a result, we have introduced features such as ‘night mode’ and patient leaflets to the app. If you have a question or want to provide feedback, please contact us at support@bmj.com. Thank you!

About

iArrest

This app assists healthcare professionals during cardiac arrest calls by providing structured guidance based on the latest resuscitation guidelines. It includes timers for critical interventions and generates detailed event logs for documentation. Designed for paramedics and hospital clinicians, it acts as a reminder for essential tasks in high-pressure situations.

Highlights
  • Structured cardiac arrest guidance
  • Adult resuscitation scenarios
  • Based on UK Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2021
  • Timers for rhythm analysis and adrenaline
  • Audible and visual intervention reminders
  • Continuous use prevention of sleep mode
  • Detailed event logging
Features
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iArrest was developed to give healthcare professionals a powerful tool to navigate stressful and challenging cardiac arrest calls. Whether as a Paramedic on scene or as a clinician in hospital, this app can assist in running structured and effective adult cardiac arrest scenarios. Developed by clinicians working in large inner city teaching hospitals, this app takes into consideration the most recent Resuscitation Council (UK) Guidelines 2021. It serves as an aide-memoire for basic tasks that can easily be overlooked in stressful scenarios. iArrest also incorporates a number of timers to assist with rhythm analysis, adrenaline timings and arrest documentation. It will remind the user via audible and visual cues about necessary interventions even if a clinician’s phone is muted. iArrest has been programmed to prevent phones from going into sleep mode, in order to ensure continuous use throughout the arrest. iArrest will record the exact time an important event or an intervention has occurred and present the user with a detailed log of events. These logs can be copied to the clipboard and used for documentation and record keeping. iArrest is currently undergoing extensive testing in simulated and real world scenarios. We are continuously improving and expanding on iArrest’s functionality. Disclaimer: iArrest can not replace sound knowledge in Advance Life Support and should not be used by non-ALS trained clinicians. Use this app at your own risk and always use appropriate clinical judgement. Please familiarise yourself with the functionality of this app before using it in real life scenarios. The creators of this app shall not be liable for any claims or losses arising from the use or misuse of this app, its contents, any omissions from its contents, or otherwise. By using this app you agree to these terms and conditions.

Screenshots

BMJ Best Practice4 screens
iArrest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BMJ Best Practice at monthly against iArrest's every 13 months. BMJ Best Practice also leads on ratings volume (207 vs 3). iArrest's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iArrest holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BMJ Best Practice has 207 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of BMJ Best Practice's written reviews are positive against 94% of iArrest's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BMJ Best Practice ships an update monthly, iArrest every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
BMJ Best Practice versus iArrest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBMJ Best PracticeiArrest
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (207 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.7% of reviews94.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings207 — better3
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 13 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB31 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperBMJ GroupMaximilian Neun

Customer experience

BMJ Best Practice

All ratings207 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral1.4%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews143 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral5.6%
Negative7.7%

iArrest

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%

Bugs and requests

BMJ Best Practice

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App getting stuck on download screen
  • Inability to open the app on certain devices
  • Automatic logout issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to save favorites and bookmarks
  • Improved support for landscape mode and split-screen
  • Author/reference details for content
  • Institutional login option

iArrest

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

BMJ Best Practice

No in-app purchases

None

iArrest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BMJ Best Practice free?
BMJ Best Practice is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is iArrest free?
iArrest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BMJ Best Practice or iArrest?
iArrest is rated higher. BMJ Best Practice averages 4.7 out of 5 from 207 ratings, while iArrest averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do BMJ Best Practice or iArrest have ads?
Neither BMJ Best Practice nor iArrest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BMJ Best Practice or iArrest?
BMJ Best Practice ships an update monthly, and iArrest every 13 months. Most recently, BMJ Best Practice was updated on November 2, 2026 and iArrest on October 24, 2026.

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