Basic course vs ECG Stampede
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Basic course
This app offers reference materials and bedside aids for participants of a BASIC course. It serves as a quick resource for essential information and practical assistance.
- Reference material
- Bedside aids
- Course specific content
- Quick access resource
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This Apps provides reference material and bedside aids for BASIC course participants.
ECG Stampede
This educational game challenges you to interpret ECGs in a fast-paced Wild West hospital setting. Triage patients by assessing their ECG acuity and assigning them to appropriate care levels, from routine waiting room status to immediate cath lab activation. Multiple game modes offer varied challenges for learning and practice.
- ECG interpretation and triage
- Wild West hospital setting
- Assess patient acuity
- Assign care levels
- Stampede, Quiz, and Random modes
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Build practical ECG interpretation skills with a structured learning experience designed for repetition, visual recognition, and clinical reasoning. ECG Stampede brings curricula, lessons, practice, reference, and progress tracking together in one app. Sign in with your ECG Stampede learner account and continue where you left off. LEARN IN A CLEAR SEQUENCE Work through each curriculum unit in four stages: Primer, Video, Practice, and Stampede. Resume your next available activity and see your progress at a glance. PRACTICE ECG INTERPRETATION Answer interactive questions, review feedback, and build confidence across core and advanced ECG topics. THINK IN TRIAGE In Stampede Mode, review a set of ECGs and choose the safest acuity for each patient. Compare your decisions with the results and play again with a fresh set. USE A VISUAL ECG GLOSSARY Search and filter ECG terms, study example tracings, explore related categories, and open detailed reference entries when you need a closer look. FOLLOW YOUR PROGRESS Review curriculum report cards and recent quiz attempts. Earn points, medals, and other rewards as you complete ECG Stampede activities. SYNC YOUR LEARNER ACCOUNT Keep your courses, profile, groups, grades, and rewards connected to your ECG Stampede account across the web and app. ECG Stampede is intended for education and training. It does not provide medical advice and is not a substitute for professional clinical judgment, diagnosis, or treatment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ECG Stampede at 4.5 against Basic course's 4.0. ECG Stampede also leads on ratings volume (24 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ECG Stampede holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ECG Stampede has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Basic course ships an update every 2 months, ECG Stampede every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Basic course | ECG Stampede |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.5 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 55.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | The Chinese University of Hong Kong | Tom Fadial |
Customer experience
Basic course
ECG Stampede
In-app purchases
Basic course
No in-app purchases
ECG Stampede
No in-app purchases
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