BASIC vs Learn ICU
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BASIC
This app serves as an electronic course manual for registered participants of a specific echocardiography program. It provides essential information for those enrolled in The Beyond BASIC - Transthoracic Echocardiography course.
- Electronic course manual
- Transthoracic Echocardiography content
- Program-specific information
- Registered participant access
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This is the electronic course manual for registered participants of The Beyond BASIC - Transthoracic Echocardiography, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Learn ICU
Access critical care educational materials on your mobile device. Download content to learn on the go and enhance your skills in providing optimal care for critically ill patients.
- Downloadable learning content
- On-the-go learning
- Critical care education
- Tools for practitioners
- Right Care, Right Now™
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The Society of Critical Care Medicine's educational products equip practitioners with the tools needed to provide the Right Care, Right Now™ to all critically ill and injured patients. LearnICU app allows critical care practitioners to download relevant learning contents directly to their devices, and take the learning on the go!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Learn ICU at 58% against BASIC's 0%. Learn ICU also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.8) and ratings volume (168 vs 5). BASIC's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.4). 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.
Learn ICU holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Learn ICU has 168 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of BASIC's written reviews are positive against 58% of Learn ICU's.
BASIC ships an update every 4 weeks, Learn ICU every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BASIC | Learn ICU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (5 ratings) | 4.6 (168 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 58.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 168 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | The Chinese University of Hong Kong | Society of Critical Care Medicine |
Customer experience
BASIC
Learn ICU
In-app purchases
BASIC
No in-app purchases
Learn ICU
No in-app purchases
