ESC (Journals) vs TAVRcathAID
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ESC (Journals)
Access and read leading cardiology journals offline on your iOS device. Download issues, save favorite articles, take notes, and share content. Includes a search feature and a podcast.
- Offline journal access
- Download issues
- Bookmark articles
- Add notes to articles
- In-app search
- Share articles
- Listen to podcast
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About the app The ESC (European Society of Cardiology) Journals app from Oxford University Press enables you to read your favourite cardiology journals both online and offline on your iOS device (provided you have a relevant personal subscription, institutional subscription, or society membership). You can: • download issues when you’re online, so that you can read them whether you’re connected to the Internet or not • view the tables of contents for issues when you’re online, whether you have downloaded them yet or not • easily read issues from cover to cover by swiping through articles • download and read advance articles (published ahead of print) • download and read the PDF version of an article • use the in-app search feature • bookmark your favourite articles • add your own notes to articles • share articles by email or on social media • listen to the European Heart Journal podcast About the journals • European Heart Journal publishes the highest-quality material, both clinical and scientific, on all aspects of cardiovascular medicine. It includes articles related to research findings, technical evaluations, and reviews. • European Heart Journal Supplements publishes supplements to the European Heart Journal. Supplements published are often abstract books to key cardiology conferences or focus issues. • EP-Europace aims to provide an avenue of communication for top-quality original scientific work and reviews in the fields of arrhythmias, pacing, and cellular electrophysiology. • Cardiovascular Research is the international journal of the European Society of Cardiology publishing basic and translational research enhancing insight in cardiovascular disease mechanisms and the perspective for innovation. • European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging publishes research of the highest quality from all areas of cardiovascular imaging including echocardiography, magnetic resonance, computed tomography, nuclear, and invasive imaging. • European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy is an international, English language, peer-reviewed journal with a specific focus on clinical cardiovascular pharmacology. • European Heart Journal – Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes publishes high-quality, original, electronic health record and prognosis research from the scientific community, focusing on quality of care as it affects cardiovascular outcomes at hospital, regional, national, and international level. • European Heart Journal – Case Reports is an international, online-only, fully open access journal that publishes high-quality, educationally valuable case reports, images, and quality improvement projects in all aspects of cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. The journals are published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) by Oxford University Press. The ESC publishes fourteen journals, eight of which are published by Oxford University Press. Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide.
TAVRcathAID
This educational tool provides step-by-step guidance for performing diagnostic coronary angiograms and percutaneous coronary interventions after trans-catheter aortic valve implantation. It features illustrations and animations to aid in understanding complex procedures.
- Step-by-step procedural guidance
- Illustrations and animations
- Focus on post-TAVR interventions
- Diagnostic coronary angiogram guide
- Percutaneous coronary intervention guide
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The TAVR CathAID app team comprises of interventional and structural cardiology faculty and fellows at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. This app is an educational tool with step by step approach guided by illustrations and aminations to perform diagnostic coronary angiogram and percutaneous coronary intervention after implantation of trans-catheter aortic valve.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TAVRcathAID at 4.6 against ESC (Journals)'s 2.0. TAVRcathAID also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). ESC (Journals)'s advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TAVRcathAID holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TAVRcathAID has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ESC (Journals) ships an update every 5 months, TAVRcathAID fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | ESC (Journals) | TAVRcathAID |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 4.6 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | +12 | 17+ |
| Developer | Oxford University Press | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
Customer experience
ESC (Journals)
TAVRcathAID
In-app purchases
ESC (Journals)
No in-app purchases
TAVRcathAID
No in-app purchases
Questions
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