Vetpocket vs Plumb's | Standards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vetpocket
This app is a comprehensive veterinary tool for calculating drug doses, fluid therapy, and CRIs. It also serves as a drug formulary and clinical reference with practice problems for students.
- Veterinary drug and dose calculators
- Fluid therapy and CRI calculators
- CPR and emergency calculators
- Customizable veterinary drug formulary
- Clinical reference cards
- Medical math practice problems
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Vetpocket™ is THE app for veterinary professionals, developed by a veterinarian and based on trusted sources! It includes veterinary calculators, reference material, drug dosages, and our medical math book (our medical math book is used as part of school curricula). Perfect for veterinary technicians, veterinary nurses, veterinarians, and students. Use Vetpocket™ as your all-in-one veterinary calculator, drug formulary, and clinical companion for quick answers to your questions and instant calculations, alloowing you to focus on your patients and leave work on time! POWERFUL VETERINARY CALCULATORS Perform accurate veterinary calculations in seconds with tools built for real clinical workflow: Small Animals (Dogs and Cats): • Veterinary drug dosage calculators • Fluid therapy calculators for maintenance, dehydration, and ongoing losses • Hypovolemic shock calculator • CRI calculators • Drip rate calculator • Blood transfusion calculator • Energy requirements calculator • CPR and emergency calculators for critical cases when every second counts • DKA calculators • Unit conversion calculator • Blood gas calculator • C1V1 = C2V2 calculator • Chocolate toxicity calculator • Dextrose calculator • General anesthesia fluid therapy calculator • Magnesium calculator • Phosphate calculator • Magnesium calculator • Potassium calculator (Scott's Sliding Scale and mEq/kg/hr) • Regular insulin calculator • Serum osmolarity calculator • Sodium correction calculator • Sodium correction for hyperglycemia calculator • Total body water calculator Exotic Animals (Zoo Med): • Blood volume calculator • Drug dilution calculator • Hypovolemic shock calculator CUSTOMIZABLE VETERINARY DRUG FORMULARY Turn Vetpocket™ into your own veterinary drug nerd book: • 140+ pre-filled veterinary drugs with built-in dosage calculators • Edit default dosages to match your clinic or hospital protocols • Add custom drugs, notes, and reminders to build your own veterinary drug reference REFERENCE MATERIAL Vetpocket™ is more than a vet calculator—it’s a quick clinical reference at the point of care: • Endocrinology, cardiology, anesthesia, blood gas analysis, toxicology, and more • Dentistry charts, eruption timelines, and parasitology with client-friendly handouts MEDICAL MATH & EXAM SUPPORT Reinforce vet math while you work: • Built-in medical math book with 400+ practice problems and step-by-step solutions • Great for VTNE, NAVLE, vet tech students, and vet students HOSPITAL TEAMS & CONSISTENT CARE Vetpocket™ is designed for the whole veterinary team: • Veterinary technicians and vet nurses who calculate drug dosages, CRIs, and fluids all day • Veterinarians in general practice, emergency, ICU, and specialty medicine • Vet students and vet tech students who need a bridge from classroom to clinic The Vetpocket™ School Program offers eligible veterinary and vet tech students a free year of Vetpocket™ Pro when they register with a verified school email, so they can bring a veterinary calculator and clinical reference from school into practice. WHY VETPOCKET™? • Quick, accurate, stress-free veterinary calculations • Customizable veterinary drug reference and notes • Emergency-ready calculators for CPR, shock doses, and reversals • Helpful for VTNE, NAVLE, and ongoing medical math practice • Used by veterinary professionals and students around the world SOURCES & SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Vetpocket™ content is based on trusted veterinary guidelines and manuals. A full list of sources is available in the app. Vetpocket™ Pro is available as a monthly or annual auto-renewing subscription, which unlocks all Vetpocket™ calculators, content, and drug tools while active. • Payment is charged to your Apple ID account upon purchase confirmation. • Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before renewal. • You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal in Settings > Subscriptions on your device.
Plumb's | Standards
This app provides trusted veterinary clinical decision support, integrating comprehensive drug information and treatment guidance. It offers tools for diagnosis, treatment, and client education, designed for veterinary professionals.
- Veterinary drug and dosing information
- Drug interaction checker
- Conversion calculator
- Diagnosis and treatment monographs
- Management algorithms
- Differential diagnosis lists
- Client education handouts
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Welcome to Standards of Care, the veterinary clinical decision support tool from the team behind Plumb’s and Clinician’s Brief, with Plumb’s built in. Subscribed to Plumb’s? If you’re subscribed to the veterinary drug reference, Plumb’s, you can access all your prescribing information and tools in this app. Included in Plumb’s: - Comprehensive, continually updated veterinary drug and dosing information - Veterinary drug interaction checker with animal-specific guidance - A conversion calculator for quick math in the app - Notes feature for saving favorite notes and protocols - Convenient favorites feature for making your own quick reference list Visit plumbs.com to learn more. Subscribed to Standards™? If you’re subscribed to Standards of Care™, you can access all your Standards features (including Plumb’s) in this app. Included in Standards: - All the features of Plumb’s (see above) - Practical, peer-reviewed diagnosis and treatment monographs - An extensive library of diagnosis and management algorithms for step-by-step support - Peer-reviewed differential diagnosis lists - Shareable clinical handouts to support client education Visit standards.vet to learn more. DISCLAIMER Standards of Care and Plumb’s are online clinical resources to be used only for information purposes at the discretion of trained veterinary medical and pharmaceutical professionals to support diagnosis and treatment of small animal veterinary conditions. Learn more at standards.vet or plumbs.com. APP SUPPORT If you have feature requests or suggestions or simply need help, please visit help.plumbs.com and click on the chat icon to submit a request. Our responsive support team will be in touch with you. Privacy policy: https://plumbs.com/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://plumbs.com/terms-use Terms & conditions: https://plumbs.com/terms-conditions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Plumb's | Standards at 4.9 against Vetpocket's 3.9. Plumb's | Standards also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 12) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). Vetpocket's advantage is review sentiment (72% vs 57%) and chart position (#60 vs unranked). On price, ads 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. Vetpocket sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Plumb's | Standards asks for nothing beyond the download.
Plumb's | Standards holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plumb's | Standards has 3.3K ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 72% of Vetpocket's written reviews are positive against 57% of Plumb's | Standards's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Vetpocket ships an update every 4 months, Plumb's | Standards every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vetpocket | Plumb's | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (30 ratings) | 4.9 (3.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.2% of reviews — better | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 | 3.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Best chart rank | #60 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 180 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Vetpocket LLC | Brief Media |
Customer experience
Vetpocket
Plumb's | Standards
Bugs and requests
Vetpocket
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Plumb's | Standards
Reported bugs
4 issues- Signing in issues
- Crashing
- Login/password reset problems
- Compatibility issues on iPad
Requested features
2 requests- Add calculator function
- Improve renewal/subscription management
In-app purchases
Vetpocket
- Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Premium$14.991 Month
- Monthly$14.991 Month
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- Vetpocket Pro - Monthly$14.991 Month
- Premium7 Days trial$99.991 Year
- Yearly14 Days trial$99.991 Year
- Yearly$99.991 Year
- Yearly$129.991 Year
- Yearly1 Year trial2 variants$129.991 Year
- Vetpocket Pro – Annual (1 Year)1 Month trial$129.991 Year
- Premium7 Days trial$129.991 Year
Plumb's | Standards
No in-app purchases
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