First Aid vs Garnet Solutions
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Instant access to first aid information
- Interactive quizzes and progress tracking
- Safety tips for various situations
- Offline content access
- Multilingual support
- Emergency number integration
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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.
Garnet Solutions
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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/
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | First Aid | Garnet Solutions |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (28 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 31.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Federation Internationale des Societes de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant Rouge | TDL Systems Inc. |
In-app purchases
First Aid
No in-app purchases
Garnet Solutions
No in-app purchases
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