Comparison

BLOCKJOCKS vs Anesto

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

Head to head
About

BLOCKJOCKS

This app provides a comprehensive library of ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia educational videos for medical professionals. It offers free and premium content, including instructional videos, webinars, and expert lectures, with offline viewing capabilities.

Highlights
  • Over 130 instructional videos
  • High definition procedures and webinars
  • Offline video downloads
  • Chromecast and AirPlay support
  • Continue watching feature
  • Add to My List feature
  • Community commenting
Features
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The premiere source for ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia educational videos The BLOCKJOCKS app is presented by blockjocks.com, the premiere source for free and premium ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia educational videos. BLOCKJOCKS gives anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists (CRNA), anesthesia residents, and medical students the tools they need to understand and perform simple and complex nerve block techniques to control pain and provide anesthesia and analgesia for orthopedic surgery and other surgical procedures. • Login with your existing BLOCKJOCKS account or create a new subscription within the app. Enjoy our free videos, or for complete premium video library access pay a monthly (VIP-monthly) or a yearly (VIP-annual) subscription with a 7-day free trial, auto-renewing monthly or annually. With a BLOCKJOCKS VIP subscription, you will receive: • Over 130 ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia instructional videos, including high definition procedures, webinars, and the VIP Lecture Series highlighting regional anesthesia expert block jocks from around the world. • Automatically beam videos from your phone to your Chromecast or AirPlay enabled devices • No Internet required! Download videos to watch offline, or stream videos with WiFi, 3G or 4G • "Continue Watching" feature to pick up your video where you last left off • "Add to My List" feature to keep a list of your favorite BLOCKJOCKS videos • Comment on videos with the rest of the international regional anesthesia community • Tell your colleagues about your favorite videos with Twitter, Facebook, texts, and email, right in the app BLOCKJOCKS aims to complement other excellent unaffiliated online resources for regional anaesthesia education including ASRA, ESRA Academy, Block GuRU, NYSORA, Sonosite SonoAccess, and The ABA MOCA Minute. Want to be a BLOCKJOCK too? Download the app and start your free trial today! To access all features and content you can subscribe to BLOCKJOCKS on a monthly or yearly basis with an auto-renewing subscription right inside the app.* Pricing can vary by region and will be confirmed before purchase in the app. In app subscriptions will automatically renew at the end of their cycle. * All payments will be paid through your iTunes Account and may be managed under Account Settings after the initial payment. Subscription payments will automatically renew unless deactivated at least 24-hours before the end of the current cycle. Your account will be charged for renewal at least 24-hours prior to the end of the current cycle. Any unused portion of your free trial will be forfeited upon payment. Cancellations are incurred by disabling auto-renewal. Terms of Service: https://www.blockjocks.com/tos Privacy Policy: https://www.blockjocks.com/privacy

About

Anesto

Streamline your anesthesia case logging with AI-powered voice or text input. Track ACGME progress, generate credentialing reports, and manage your case history effortlessly. Designed for anesthesiologists, residents, and CRNAs.

Highlights
  • AI voice and text case logging
  • Structured clinical records
  • ACGME progress dashboard
  • Hospital credentialing reports
  • CRNA practice model tracking
  • Cloud backup and sync
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Say the case. Anesto logs it. Type or say it the way you'd tell a colleague, tap Log Case, and move on to the next room. "Reverse total shoulder, MAC with interscalene block, ASA 1, and then an ASA 1 lap chole with RSI and a Glidescope" becomes two complete records: procedure, block and ASA, all filled in. Built by a practicing cardiac anesthesiologist, for attendings, residents, fellows, and CRNAs. LOG WITHOUT HUNTING FOR THE APP Say "Hey Siri, log a case in Anesto," or tap the mic on the Home Screen or Lock Screen widget. You can also put "Log a case" in Control Center or on the Action Button. PLAN TOMORROW TONIGHT Say or type tomorrow's cases, room by room. Nothing becomes a case until you ink it the next day, with one tap. SEND TO ACGME FROM YOUR PHONE No laptop, no browser extension, no retyping. Connect your ACGME account, then tap Send. Anesto fills in the ACGME form from your case, sends it, and checks that it landed, so nothing gets logged twice. You sign in on ACGME's own page, so Anesto never sees your username or password. And it only ever adds cases. It never changes or deletes anything on ACGME. KNOW WHERE YOU STAND Every ACGME minimum, what you're still short on, and the pace you need to graduate on time. One tap brings in ACGME's own totals from your Minimums report, side by side with Anesto's. Each case you log shows which minimums it counts toward. Residents get a free residency log PDF, every case and every count, to keep for credentialing after graduation. Cardiothoracic fellows get their own minimums, a TEE log, a fellowship report, and ACGME case and TEE submissions. FOR ATTENDINGS Credentialing and reappointment stop being a scavenger hunt. Log as you go, and Anesto Pro turns it into a clean PDF of every case you've done, counted by facility, for exactly the dates the credentialing office asks for. FOR CRNAs Built for how you practice. Tell Anesto once whether you're independent, medically directed or medically supervised, and every case carries it. YOUR CREDENTIALS, IN ONE PLACE Keep your licenses, DEA, ACLS/PALS and board certifications together, with a heads-up before they expire. LOG IT HOWEVER YOU LOG - Voice or text. Shorthand and typos welcome. - Repeat your last case, or one you do often, with one tap. - Back-to-back cases? Say them in one go, and each gets its own record. - Not sure what you meant? Anesto asks instead of guessing. - Saves instantly, even with no signal. - Deleted something by mistake? Undo it, or restore it from Recently Deleted for 30 days. - Backs up on its own, hospitals included. New phone? Sign in, and it's all there. - Pain consults, Block Day, unintended events, and outcomes. - Export to CSV any time. YOUR PRIVACY Anesto never asks for patient names or MRNs. Case text is read by Anthropic's Claude and voice is transcribed by Groq only after you say yes, and you can turn that off anytime in Account. FREE, AND PRO Residents and fellows: everything is free, including ACGME sending. Attendings and CRNAs: logging, AI, Siri and widgets, Plan tomorrow, hospital sites, backup, history, search and CSV export are free. Anesto Pro adds PDF credentialing reports, custom date ranges, practice event analytics, and Credentials with reminders for $6.99/month or $69.99/year, with a 7-day free trial for new users. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Something broken, or something Anesto should do? Message me from the Account tab. I answer fast. Anesto is not affiliated with or endorsed by ACGME. Anesto is a logging tool. It does not give medical advice or clinical decision support. Privacy Policy: https://anesto.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://anesto.app/terms

Screenshots

BLOCKJOCKS4 screens
Anesto4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Anesto at every 5 days against BLOCKJOCKS's every 4 months. Anesto also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 85%). BLOCKJOCKS's advantage is ratings volume (96 vs 6) and chart position (#199 vs unranked). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BLOCKJOCKS sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month and Anesto sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for BLOCKJOCKS against 4.8 for Anesto. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BLOCKJOCKS has 96 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of BLOCKJOCKS's written reviews are positive against 100% of Anesto's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BLOCKJOCKS ships an update every 4 months, Anesto every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
BLOCKJOCKS versus Anesto: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBLOCKJOCKSAnesto
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (96 ratings)4.8 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings96 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#199 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB72 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBLOCKJOCKS.COM LLCLEO PAUL DRUKER

Customer experience

BLOCKJOCKS

All ratings95 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.7%

Anesto

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

BLOCKJOCKS

Subscriptions2
  • BLOCKJOCKS Subscription7 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • BLOCKJOCKS Subscription7 Days trial$169.991 Year
2 purchases

Anesto

Subscriptions2
  • Anesto Pro7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Anesto Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$69.991 Year

Questions

Is BLOCKJOCKS free?
BLOCKJOCKS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Anesto free?
Anesto is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BLOCKJOCKS or Anesto?
Anesto is rated higher. BLOCKJOCKS averages 4.8 out of 5 from 96 ratings, while Anesto averages 4.8 from 6 ratings.
Do BLOCKJOCKS or Anesto have ads?
Neither BLOCKJOCKS nor Anesto shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BLOCKJOCKS or Anesto?
BLOCKJOCKS ships an update every 4 months, and Anesto every 5 days. Most recently, BLOCKJOCKS was updated on October 26, 2026 and Anesto on October 25, 2026.

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