Comparison

P.O.P.S vs JRCALC PLUS

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

Head to head
About

P.O.P.S

This tool assists healthcare professionals in urgent and emergency care settings by providing a score to assess children and young people. It combines various patient features to aid in decision-making for clinical assessment.

Highlights
  • Urgent and emergency care decision support
  • Objective, subjective, and observational feature integration
  • Score generation for children and young people
  • Applicable in ED, Urgent Care, and Primary Care
  • Continuous validation and feedback welcome
Features
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The Paediatric Observation Priority Score (POPS) is a tool to aid decision making in urgent and emergency care. It combines objective, subjective and observational features to create a score 0-16 that can be ascribed to children and young people presenting to Emergency Departments, Urgent Care Centres and Primary Care Clinics (Family Doctor). It is undergoing continuous validation (more information available at http://bit.ly/popstool) and we welcome feedback on its use, especially in environments outside the Emergency Department.

About

JRCALC PLUS

Access up-to-date national and regional prehospital care guidelines for UK professionals. This app provides essential clinical information, including medicines tables and algorithms, for registered trust members. It works offline, ensuring access to critical guidance even without a signal.

Highlights
  • Complete JRCALC Guidelines
  • Regional and local guidance
  • Clinical Notices for trusts
  • Medicines tables, algorithms, and advice
  • Offline functionality
Features
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JRCALC Plus JRCALC Plus provides up to date national and regional guidance for prehospital professionals across the UK relevant to their local trust. In order to gain access to JRCALC Plus, you must be part of a registered trust. Trusts maintain authority over the allocation of subscriptions to their staff. Eligibility criteria varies between trusts, so please confirm with your directorate if you are unsure whether you are eligible for access. Developed by Class Professional Publishing, key features of the app are: - Contains the complete JRCALC Guidelines - Contains regional and local guidance - Contains Clinical Notices for registered trusts - Includes all medicines tables, algorithms and advice - Works offline: No signal? No problem! Visit www.classprofessional.co.uk/app-reset to set your password. ------------------------------------------ Class Professional are the exclusive publisher of the JRCALC Clinical Practice Guidelines and have developed JRCALC Plus, a unique app, so clinicians can access local and national guidelines all in one place. Class Publishing have exclusive licence to publish and distribute the national guidelines, which are authored by both the Joint Royal Colleges of Ambulance Liaison Committee and the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives. National guidelines complement local guidelines on conveyance, Emergency Departments and other health services.

Screenshots

P.O.P.S2 screens
JRCALC PLUS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: P.O.P.S at 100% against JRCALC PLUS's 23%. P.O.P.S also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 6 level
P.O.P.S versus JRCALC PLUS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterP.O.P.SJRCALC PLUS
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews โ€” better23.1% of reviews
Update frequencyโ€”Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 โ€” better15.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size19 MB270 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperMusgrove Park HospitalClass Publishing Ltd

Customer experience

P.O.P.S

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

JRCALC PLUS

Written reviews26 reviews
Positive23.1%
Neutral26.9%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

P.O.P.S

No in-app purchases

None

JRCALC PLUS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is P.O.P.S free?
P.O.P.S is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is JRCALC PLUS free?
JRCALC PLUS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do P.O.P.S or JRCALC PLUS have ads?
Neither P.O.P.S nor JRCALC PLUS shows ads.

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