Avkin vs CTGi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Avkin
This application serves as a control interface for advanced wearable medical simulators designed for nursing students. It enables users to manage various simulated patient conditions and physiological sounds, enhancing hands-on learning experiences.
- Control Bluetooth-enabled Avkin products
- Simulate lung sounds
- Simulate heart sounds
- Manage Avtrach, Avline, Avtone, Avthor, Avwound, Avband, Avbirth
- Enhance nursing education
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Avkin is a leader in the field of wearable medical simulators for nursing education. Use this app to control Bluetooth-enabled Avkin products: Avtrach, Avline, Avtone, Avthor, Avwound, Avband, and Avbirth. Lung sounds provided by the Rale Repository and Thinklabs. Heart sounds provided by eMurmur. Icons and images from: Pixel perfect at www.flaticon.com Clker-Free-Images at www.pixabay.com OpenClipart-Vectors at www.pixabay.com Freepik at www.flaticon.com IconBaandar at www.flaticon.com CDZ at www.pixabay.com User data (name, address, email, etc.) is only collected when the user explicitly enters the information into a form on the 'Help' page for tech support or product inquiry. The data goes to the Avkin Hubspot database and can be removed by contacting info@avkin.com.
CTGi
This app simulates a fetal heart rate monitor for obstetric training. It offers a realistic and economical platform for facilitators and students to learn and practice. Utilizing everyday technology, it provides an advanced simulation experience.
- Realistic fetal heart rate monitoring simulation
- Economical training solution
- Ideal for in-situ training
- Advanced obstetric simulation
- Built with everyday technology
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CTGi provides an economical, highly advanced and realistic fetal heart rate monitor simulation package. Using just two iPads, the lightness and simplicity of CTGi makes it ideal for in-situ training. CTGi gives facilitators a great tool for training and students an incredibly realistic platform to learn from. CTGi offers obstetric simulation as you’ve never seen it before, built off technology you use every day.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CTGi at 5.0 against Avkin's 4.7. CTGi also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). Avkin's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (13 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
CTGi holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Avkin has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Avkin ships an update monthly, CTGi every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 8, 2026 and September 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Avkin | CTGi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Avkin, Inc | iSimulate Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Avkin
CTGi
In-app purchases
Avkin
No in-app purchases
CTGi
No in-app purchases
