Comparison

First Aid vs Garnet Solutions

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

First Aid

Access essential first aid information and safety tips for common emergencies. Learn through interactive quizzes and step-by-step guides, building confidence in your ability to assist. Content is preloaded for offline access and includes multilingual support.

Highlights
  • Instant access to first aid information
  • Interactive quizzes and progress tracking
  • Safety tips for various situations
  • Offline content access
  • Multilingual support
  • Emergency number integration
Features
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Simple. Free. It can save lives. The official IFRC First Aid app gives instant access to the information you need to know to handle the most common first aid emergencies and safety tips for crisis situation. With interactive quizzes and simple step-by-step everyday first aid scenarios, it’s never been easier to learn first aid. ■ Engaging and active learning, allowing you to see and track your progress, build your knowledge, and increase confidence in your skills and ability to assist in emergencies. ■ Safety tips including water safety and road safety to help you prepare for emergencies. ■ Preloaded content means you have access to all information at any time, even without a cellular or WiFi connection. ■ Interactive quizzes allow you to earn badges that you can share with your friends and share your lifesaving knowledge. ■ Improved multi-lingual capability regardless of the user’s location. ■ Linkages to your local Red Cross or Red Crescent on-site and online training. ■ Fully integrated with emergency numbers (such as 911, 999, 112, and others) so you can call for help from the app at any time, even while traveling across borders.

About

Garnet Solutions

Features
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Garnet Solutions allows medical practitioners to use iPhones or iPad Pros with True Depth cameras or FaceID technology to 3D scan a patient’s foot, add 2D pictures and attach prescription forms. All information will be securely uploaded into our servers by just pushing a button in the app. This is app uses the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA) that you can view here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

First Aid4 screens
Garnet Solutions4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: First Aid at every 3 months against Garnet Solutions's every 8 months. Garnet Solutions's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

First Aid ships an update every 3 months, Garnet Solutions every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
First Aid versus Garnet Solutions: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFirst AidGarnet Solutions
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (28 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews31.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings28 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFederation Internationale des Societes de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant RougeTDL Systems Inc.

In-app purchases

None

First Aid

No in-app purchases

None

Garnet Solutions

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is First Aid free?
First Aid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Garnet Solutions free?
Garnet Solutions is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do First Aid or Garnet Solutions have ads?
Neither First Aid nor Garnet Solutions shows ads.
Which is updated more often, First Aid or Garnet Solutions?
First Aid ships an update every 3 months, and Garnet Solutions every 8 months. Most recently, First Aid was updated on October 24, 2026 and Garnet Solutions on October 11, 2026.

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