MedHub vs AHA PALS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MedHub
Manage your medical training tasks efficiently from your mobile device. View schedules, complete evaluations, submit work hours, and log procedures. This app requires an existing MedHub account for trainees and faculty.
- View calendar and schedule
- Complete and send evaluations
- Submit work hours
- Log procedures
- Access performance summaries
- Institutional Single Sign-On
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View Calendar, Complete Evaluations, Submit Work Hours and Log Procedures on the go. *This app is a companion to MedHub solutions for existing trainee and faculty users* Extend the benefits of MedHub to your iPhone while you’re on the go! Simply download now and login with your existing account to start completing tasks. Features Include: • Access with institutional Single Sign-On credentials • View Calendar, Conferences and Schedule information • Send and complete Evaluations • Access Evaluation summaries and performance progression • Submit Work Hours and view weekly compliance summaries • Log Procedures and review requirements progress • Procedure Verification for Faculty & Residents • Receive helpful reminders and push notifications • Use iOS dictation to submit Evaluation feedback User Requirements: • Valid MedHub trainee or faculty user account Additional features that will simplify trainee and faculty tasks are in currently in development and scheduled for release in 2020, including: • Messaging • Program Resources
AHA PALS
This app provides pediatric advanced life support (PALS) protocols and tools for healthcare professionals at the point-of-care. Developed by physicians and vetted by the American Heart Association, it offers intuitive access to algorithms, drug information, and timers for critical care situations.
- PALS pathways and algorithms
- Drug therapy and dosing
- CPR and intervention timers
- Metronome for compression accuracy
- Critical care references
- Vetted by AHA and physicians
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We continue to iterate based on real-time clinician feedback so that you will have the best experience providing life-saving care at the bedside. The AHA PALS app was developed by Harvard-trained physicians, in collaboration with the American Heart Association (AHA), to help fellow physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and emergency medical technicians (EMT) deliver the highest level of pediatric advanced life support (PALS) at the point-of-care. This project was inspired by the tremendous success of our AHA ACLS app, which has thousands of clinician users in over 180 countries. Importantly, real-time feedback from our clinician users continuously drives improvements in app design, features, and function. AHA PALS is the only app to have all content vetted by both the American Heart Association (AHA) science team (with license to use PALS content) and practicing Harvard-affiliated physicians. We owe it to our patients to use the best digital health tools to give them the highest chance of surviving acute life-threatening illnesses. To this end, we have developed an intuitive and rigorously vetted mobile app to assist healthcare clinicians—at any stage of training—navigate PALS at the bedside. You can purchase a yearly subscription which begins with a 3-day free trial. After completing the free trial, you will be charged for an annual subscription automatically. Features: - Intuitive design to rapidly access PALS pathways (i.e. cardiac arrest , tachycardia with pulse, bradycardia with pulse, post cardiac arrest care, and critical care references) - Includes all PALS content including drug therapy and dosing, reversible causes, etc. - Easy-to-read timers and ability to log rounds of CPR, epinephrine, and defibrillations. There are additional functionalities to log PALS Cardiac Arrest interventions beyond EPI, CPR , and shocks such as lidocaine and more. - We also added a new metronome feature to improve compression accuracy as well as a ROSC button. - Button within cardiac arrest algorithm that allows for rapid transition to post cardiac arrest care checklist once patient achieves ROSC - Relevant critical care references: (1) drugs used in PALS (i.e., medication names, indications, and doses); (2) vital signs in children; (3) pediatric color-coded length-based resuscitation tape (adapted from Breslow tape) ; (4) pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale - All content rigorously vetted by AHA science team and practicing Harvard-affiliated physicians - Regularly updated with the most up-to-date PALS content
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Verdict
MedHub and AHA PALS both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 55% of AHA PALS's written reviews are positive against 18% of MedHub's. AHA PALS also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17). MedHub's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (5K vs 54). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. AHA PALS sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per year. MedHub asks for nothing beyond the download.
MedHub holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MedHub has 5K ratings behind it against 54, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 18% of MedHub's written reviews are positive against 55% of AHA PALS's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MedHub ships an update every 3 months, AHA PALS every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MedHub | AHA PALS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (5K ratings) — better | 4.5 (54 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 17.9% of reviews | 54.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5K — better | 54 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | MedHub | Massachusetts General Hospital |
Customer experience
MedHub
AHA PALS
Bugs and requests
MedHub
Reported bugs
4 issues- Cannot key in working hours after update
- Hours entered disappear after submission
- Procedure logging errors
- Evaluations not working properly
Requested features
4 requests- View evaluations
- Ability to log conference attendance hours
- Save default locations and supervisor names
- Batch procedure logging
AHA PALS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MedHub
No in-app purchases
AHA PALS
- PALS3 Days trial$3.991 Year








