AHA Guidelines On vs Basic Emergency Care
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AHA Guidelines On
Access American Heart Association clinical treatment guidelines on your mobile device. This app offers effective search with cross-linking and resources to keep you up-to-date anywhere. Additional guidelines will be added soon.
- Mobile guideline access
- Advanced search functionality
- Cross-linking of resources
- Up-to-date clinical information
- Tagged and mapped guidelines
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Access guidelines on your mobile device anytime, anywhere! Download the American Heart Association mobile app today and enjoy the benefits of staying up-to-date no matter where you are. Effective integration of complex clinical treatment guidelines, tagged and mapped for effective search with cross-linking, resources and more. Additional guidelines will be added soon! Disclaimer: The clinical guidelines, care pathways, and other clinical guidance and recommendations presented in the AHA on-the-go Guidelines App were produced after careful consideration of the scientific and medical knowledge and the evidence available at the time of their publication. The results and recommendations provided in this application do not replace clinical judgment of the care provider. Therapeutic options should be individualized and determined after discussion between the patient and their care provider.
Basic Emergency Care
This app guides users through resuscitation skills learned in a medical course. It features a chatbot for progression and a search function to find information on managing specific conditions.
- Resuscitation skill guidance
- Chatbot for progression
- Condition management search
- BEC course integration
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The ABCDE app is designed to help guide you through the resuscitation skills you have learned from the Basic Emergency Care (BEC) course. Progress through the pathway with a chatbot, search for specific conditions and how to manage them.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AHA Guidelines On at 4.8 against Basic Emergency Care's 4.2. AHA Guidelines On also leads on review sentiment (37% vs 0%) and ratings volume (1.9K vs 5). Basic Emergency Care's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
AHA Guidelines On holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AHA Guidelines On has 1.9K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of AHA Guidelines On's written reviews are positive against 0% of Basic Emergency Care's.
AHA Guidelines On ships an update every 4 months, Basic Emergency Care every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AHA Guidelines On | Basic Emergency Care |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.9K ratings) — better | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 37.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 12.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 599 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | American Heart Association | University of California at San Francisco |
Customer experience
AHA Guidelines On
Basic Emergency Care
Bugs and requests
AHA Guidelines On
Reported bugs
3 issues- App won't open
- Submission button not working
- Inconsistent behavior with error messages
Requested features
4 requests- Option to change specialty
- Ability to enlarge screen/content
- Include BLS guidelines
- Add more professional classifications (e.g., Nurse Practitioner)
Basic Emergency Care
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
AHA Guidelines On
No in-app purchases
Basic Emergency Care
No in-app purchases
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