Deployed Medicine vs Rescue Ally
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Deployed Medicine
This learning service supplements medical education for military personnel, focusing on tactical combat casualty care. It offers pocket guides, instructional videos, expert podcasts, and a reference repository for trauma care in deployed settings. The app works online and offline, keeping users updated with the latest information.
- Pocket Guides for compact learning
- 3-minute 'how-to' videos
- Expert podcasts with updates
- Reference Repository for technique rationale
- Online and offline functionality
- In-app alerts for latest information
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Deployed Medicine is an innovative learning service developed to supplement the medical education and training of U.S. military personnel, although some of the medical content could be broadly applied for use by civilian medical providers. The information contained in this app is designed to serve as a supplementary resource to reinforce prior training, and to help you deliver high quality trauma care in deployed settings. The medical content currently focuses on tactical combat casualty care (TCCC) training for combat medical personnel, and includes topics, such as hemorrhage control, airway management, hypothermia, pain control and care of wounds and splinting etc. TCCC focuses of providing the information you need to know to assess, treat and stabilize a patient at the point of injury. Additional content will be added over time to cover a broad range of military trauma training resources ranging from the most basic training, suitable for non-medical military personnel, and more advanced material for doctors, nurses and physicians assistants. Features: • Pocket Guides offer short and compact learning modules. • Videos from peers teach you “how-to” perform a skill in under 3 minutes, and other information. • Podcasts provide key updates from experts. • Reference Repository contains important reference materials or the “why” behind the techniques and information being taught. • The app is designed to work online and offline to accommodate use in the field and while traveling abroad. • In app alerts will keep you up-to-date and connected to the latest information. The Deployed Medicine app was created by a multidisciplinary team of medical, learning and software engineers in close collaboration with U.S. military experts. All medical content contained in this app was reviewed and approved by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care, which is composed of trauma experts from across the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. The Deployed Medicine app is a research and development effort sponsored by the Defense Health Agency in Falls Church, Virginia.
Rescue Ally
This app provides field medicine documentation for professional rescuers and adventurers. It guides users through patient assessment and record-keeping, ensuring clear, organized care even when resources are scarce. Built on evidence-based guidelines, it supports various training levels.
- Primary assessment guidance
- SOAP Note documentation
- ATMIST/reporting tools
- Offline functionality
- Evidence-based guidelines
- Care organization
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Rescue Ally is an offline-first wilderness medicine guide and documentation app built for those who act when resources are far away. From primary assessment to final handoff it keeps care clear and organized while creating accurate records you can trust anywhere. The result is stronger teams, faster coordination and a better chance for every patient. Every feature is offline-first and will continue functioning without mobile service or internet connection. Rescue Ally works as hard as you do. It gives responders a framework that holds up under pressure, keeping the story of care complete, organized and ready to guide every decision along the way. Built on internationally accepted, evidence-based wilderness medicine guidelines, every feature of Rescue Ally is forged in real rescue, shaped by cold nights, long carries, and the shared goal of building capable responders and resilient communities. Whatever your level of training - WFR, WFA, WEMT, or non-wilderness medical training, Rescue Ally is there with assessment guidance, critical reference information, SOAP Note documentation, and ATMIST/reporting tools to keep the rescue on track. No bars, no problem. Always ready, no signal required - just like our rescuers. This is a paid app. There is a short free trial. Payment options are presented during sign-up and following the free trial. See https://rescueally.org/pricing for more details.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rescue Ally at 5.0 against Deployed Medicine's 3.1. Rescue Ally also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.6). Deployed Medicine's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (15 vs 1). On price, ads and device support 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. Rescue Ally sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Deployed Medicine asks for nothing beyond the download.
Rescue Ally holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Deployed Medicine has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Deployed Medicine ships an update every 2 months, Rescue Ally monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Deployed Medicine | Rescue Ally |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Allogy Interactive | Wild Idea, LLC |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
Deployed Medicine
No in-app purchases
Rescue Ally
- Rescue Ally Core App$99.99
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