HESI Secure Browser vs Pedi STAT EMS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HESI Secure Browser
This application provides a secure and iPad-friendly environment for taking high-stakes exams. It ensures a stable testing experience with features like persistent login and automatic exam disconnects if interrupted.
- Secure test-taking environment
- iPad optimized interface
- Persistent login
- Automatic exam disconnects
- High-stakes exam support
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HESI is an exam assessment platform from Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. The HESI Secure Browser iOS application provides an iPad friendly, secure method for test-takers to take high-stake HESI exams. An Evolve account may be required for taking an assessment using this application. HESI Secure Browser App for iOS Features: • Persistent login • Secure test-taking features • Auto Exam disconnects, if test-taking is interrupted
Pedi STAT EMS
This app provides prehospital providers with rapid access to pediatric medication dosing and equipment sizing. It helps eliminate medical errors by accurately calculating doses and volumes based on patient input, and includes algorithms for critical care scenarios.
- Pediatric medication dosing
- Pediatric equipment sizing
- Weight, length, age, or Broselow/Pediatape estimation
- Pediatric cardiac arrest algorithms
- Burn size estimation and fluid resuscitation
- Glasgow Coma Scale calculator
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Pedi STAT EMS was developed specifically for prehospital providers. We’ve taken all the content from our original Pedi STAT application and carefully selected components that are unique to providers in EMS. We’ve solicited feedback from leaders in out of hospital care, including paramedics, EMTs, air medical flight crews, and medical directors. We’ve condensed the content to be applicable to those providing care outside the hospital, including first responders, firefighters, EMTs, Paramedics, and Critical Care Transport providers. Medication dosing and pediatric equipment sizes are easily and rapidly accessed, and accurately calculated based on provider input of either weight, length, age, or Broselow / Pediatape weight estimates. We are attempting to eliminate medical errors by calculating not only the correct pediatric medication dose, but also the volume to be administered for patient specific conditions. We have also included algorithms and medical calculators to assist providers in multiple areas, including managing pediatric cardiac arrest, burn size estimation and fluid resuscitation, and Glasgow Coma Scale. Caring for pediatric patients is associated with a large number of challenges, the most important being selecting the correct equipment and medications, and then dosing the medications correctly. Our goal is to eliminate these challenges as much as possible, and allow the provider to concentrate on what is most important, the patient. Suggestions for improvements or additions are always welcome: Pedi-STAT.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pedi STAT EMS at 100% against HESI Secure Browser's 0%. Pedi STAT EMS also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.9) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 20 months). HESI Secure Browser's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and ratings volume (11 vs 3). On 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
HESI Secure Browser is free to download; Pedi STAT EMS costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pedi STAT EMS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of HESI Secure Browser's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pedi STAT EMS's.
HESI Secure Browser ships an update every 20 months, Pedi STAT EMS every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HESI Secure Browser | Pedi STAT EMS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 1.9 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #35 — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Elsevier Inc. | James M Kempema MD PA |
Customer experience
HESI Secure Browser
Pedi STAT EMS
In-app purchases
HESI Secure Browser
No in-app purchases
Pedi STAT EMS
No in-app purchases
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