Basic course vs ARCP Aid
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.
ARCP Aid
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Not sure where you stand on your ARCP requirements? ARCP Aid keeps a live, curriculum-accurate view of your progress, built by a trainee, for trainees What it does: Live dashboard — progress rings update in real time against your IMT1, IMT2 or IMT3 targets, as you log your take patients, clinics and teaching within seconds Structured logging — SLEs and reflections captured in the exact format your portfolio needs, in minutes, with AI support if you want it Curriculum-accurate checklist — built directly from the ARCP Decision Aid and Stage 1 Guidance One-tap export — Excel and PDF summaries built from what you've logged, ready for an ES meeting or your portfolio Built and fact-checked against the primary sources: the JRCPTB IMT ARCP Decision Aid, the Stage 1 ARCP Guidance, and the official IMT1, IMT2 and IMT3 checklists. Checked and corrected whenever national guidance changes. Your data stays on your device — portfolio content is stored locally, never on a server. See the in-app Privacy Policy for full details. ARCP Aid is an independent tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a substitute for the NHS ePortfolio, JRCPTB, or NHS England. Your official record of progress remains the NHS ePortfolio.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ARCP Aid at weekly against Basic course's every 2 months. 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.
Basic course ships an update every 2 months, ARCP Aid weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Basic course | ARCP Aid |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Chinese University of Hong Kong | Monika Johal |
In-app purchases
Basic course
No in-app purchases
ARCP Aid
No in-app purchases









