ManageAnticoag vs KidSTAT Rapid Reference
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ManageAnticoag
This clinical decision support tool assists healthcare professionals in managing patients on oral anticoagulants. It provides guidance on interrupting anticoagulation, managing acute bleeds, and restarting treatment. Clinicians can input patient details to receive individualized advice and access supporting information.
- Periprocedural planning for OAC patients
- Bleed management guidance
- Anticoagulation interruption and bridging advice
- Reversal agent suggestions
- Anticoagulation restart determination
- Quick Reference section for supporting information
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This clinical decision support app helps clinicians navigate periprocedural planning and bleed management scenarios for patients on oral anticoagulants (OAC). The app is comprised of three tools to support the following clinical decisions: • Assessing whether and how to interrupt and bridge anticoagulation • Managing acute bleeds, including the suggested use of reversal agents • Determining whether and how anticoagulation should be restarted A clinician can use the app by: • Selecting which tool best applies to the patient scenario and following these steps: o Enter patient details regarding bleed and stroke risk factors as prompted in the selected tool o View individualized guidance on the advice screen o Email a summary of the advice • Use the Quick Reference section to access supporting information and details such as "Guidance for Administering Reversal Agents” and “Components of the Clinician-Patient Discussion." Information in the app is derived from ACC’s Expert Consensus Decision Pathways on Periprocedural Management and Bleed Management in patients with AFib. The information and recommendations in this clinical decision support tool are meant to support clinical decision making. The app is not meant to and should not replace clinical judgement. The healthcare provider is in control of all diagnoses and other clinical decisions.
KidSTAT Rapid Reference
Provides rapid decision-making resources for pediatric emergency care, covering both trauma and medical management of young patients. This tool aims to streamline critical care protocols for healthcare professionals.
- Pediatric emergency care guidance
- Trauma management resources
- Medical management protocols
- Rapid decision-making tools
- Designed for healthcare professionals
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Rapid Decision-Making Resources for Pediatric Emergency Care including trauma and medical management of pediatric patients.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: KidSTAT Rapid Reference at daily against ManageAnticoag's every 23 months. ManageAnticoag's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for ManageAnticoag against 5.0 for KidSTAT Rapid Reference. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ManageAnticoag has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ManageAnticoag ships an update every 23 months, KidSTAT Rapid Reference daily. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ManageAnticoag | KidSTAT Rapid Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 23 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 391 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | American College of Cardiology | Childrens Cardiology |
Customer experience
ManageAnticoag
KidSTAT Rapid Reference
In-app purchases
ManageAnticoag
No in-app purchases
KidSTAT Rapid Reference
No in-app purchases
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