Handbook vs CritiCalc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Handbook
This app serves as the official resource for emergency medical treatment guidelines and operational content. It provides clinically accepted best practice models for paramedics, ensuring access to up-to-date information for emergency health services.
- Official BCEHS Treatment Guidelines
- BCEHS-specific operational content
- Clinically accepted best practice models
- Resource for paramedics
- Up-to-date medical information
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The BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) Handbook is the official source for the BCEHS Treatment Guidelines. In addition, it contains BCEHS-specific operational content and various clinically accepted best practice models for Paramedics.
CritiCalc
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Simple tool for calculating a variety of transport medicine problems. This is not a tool for self-diagnosis and is meant to aid medical professionals that have been trained in these tools. Please seek medical help from a doctor as these tools in isolation are insufficient to provide medical advice. If you are a medical provider, please cross reference local policies, protocols, and training. No guarantee is provided to the accuracy of these tools.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: CritiCalc at every 2 weeks against Handbook's every 14 months. Handbook's advantage is iOS requirement (12 vs 15.6). On price, ads, 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.
Handbook ships an update every 14 months, CritiCalc every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Handbook | CritiCalc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | BCEHS | Jason Richmond |
In-app purchases
Handbook
No in-app purchases
CritiCalc
No in-app purchases
