Code Runner Pro vs Awesome Code Recorder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Code Runner Pro
This app assists healthcare professionals in managing critical cardiac emergencies. It provides essential timers, real-time event logging, and a customizable medication system to ensure organized and efficient care during code blues and CPR.
- Multiple essential timers (Code, CPR, Shock, Epinephrine)
- Real-time event logging with timestamps
- Customizable Quick Meds system
- Redesigned Code Log timeline
- Built-in CPR metronome
- Apple Watch control
- Exportable PDF code logs
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Run every cardiac arrest with confidence. Code Runner Pro is the complete CPR timer, ACLS code log, and resuscitation documentation tool for healthcare providers — built for real code blues in real hospitals, with full Apple Watch support for when every second counts. From the first compressions to ROSC, Code Runner Pro tracks your code, your rhythms, your medications, and your shocks in real time — then exports a clean PDF report for charting, debriefs, and review. Trusted by doctors, nurses, paramedics, and first responders in more than 24 countries. ■ FOUR SIMULTANEOUS CODE TIMERS Track Code Time, CPR cycles, Shock intervals, and Epinephrine dosing — all at once, all visible, all synchronized. No other code blue app gives you this level of real-time timing control. ■ REAL-TIME CODE BLUE LOG Document compressions, rhythms, pulse checks, ACLS medications, defibrillation, and events the moment they happen. Every entry is timestamped automatically for a clean, defensible resuscitation record. ■ QUICK MEDS — LIFE-SAVING ACCESS Customize your own ACLS medications — epinephrine, amiodarone, atropine, bicarb, calcium, magnesium, and more — and place them right on the home screen. Tap once to document. Color-code, reorder, and build the cardiac arrest kit that matches your practice. ■ REDESIGNED FULL CODE LOG A beautiful timeline view of the entire resuscitation event — from initial rhythm to ROSC or NO ROSC. Review every compression cycle, every medication, every shock in one clean chronological report. ■ BUILT-IN CPR METRONOME Deliver high-quality compressions at 100–120 BPM with an adjustable, clinically accurate CPR metronome. Available on iPhone and Apple Watch, with multiple sound options. Plays even when your phone is silent. ■ APPLE WATCH — RUN CODES FROM YOUR WRIST Start CPR, toggle timers, log epinephrine, document shocks, and track rhythms directly from Apple Watch. Perfect for bedside providers whose hands are full or who need discreet documentation during a code. ■ PEDIATRIC CODES SUPPORT Switch to the pediatric list for age-appropriate ACLS medications, rhythms, and events. PALS-ready for NICU, PICU, and pediatric emergency settings. ■ ONE-TAP PDF EXPORT Generate a polished, professional PDF of the entire code — timeline, medications, rhythms, shocks, and outcomes — ready to hand off to the attending, attach to the chart, or submit for code review and quality assurance. ■ CUSTOMIZE YOUR WORKFLOW Adjust metronome sounds, alert styles, timer visibility, medication order, and rhythm options. Code Runner Pro adapts to how your team runs codes. ■ BUILT FOR REAL CLINICAL ENVIRONMENTS Used daily in: - Emergency Departments (ED) - Intensive Care Units (ICU, CCU, MICU, SICU, PICU, NICU) - Medical and Surgical Wards - Rapid Response Teams - Code Teams - Prehospital and EMS - Paramedic and first responder settings ■ WHY CODE RUNNER PRO - Four simultaneous timers (most code blue apps give you one or two) - Full Apple Watch support with dedicated shock and epinephrine controls - Pediatric-ready medication and rhythm lists - Clean, exportable PDF code log for documentation and chart closing - Designed by and for clinicians who actually run codes - Trusted in more than 24 countries worldwide Run the code. Log the code. Save the life. Code Runner Pro handles the timing and tracking so you can focus on the patient. Have feedback or feature requests? Visit coderunnerpro.app
Awesome Code Recorder
This medical tool helps healthcare professionals run more consistent ACLS codes. It features a separate countdown timer for rhythm checks and epinephrine, a reversible causes page, and the ability to pause and restart codes. Users can also add time to existing codes and review past code histories.
- Add time to existing codes
- Separate rhythm check and epinephrine timers
- Reversible causes page
- Pause and restart code functionality
- History of previous codes
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Run more consistent ACLS codes with this code recorder. Some of the features include following: - Add time to the start of codes that have already begun - Separate countdown timer for rhythm check and epinephrine - Reversible causes page - Pause and restart codes - History of previous codes
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Awesome Code Recorder at 100% against Code Runner Pro's 50%. Awesome Code Recorder also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and price ($1.99 vs $6.99). Code Runner Pro's advantage is ratings volume (53 vs 1) and chart position (#27 vs #199). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Code Runner Pro costs $6.99 and Awesome Code Recorder $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Awesome Code Recorder holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Code Runner Pro has 53 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Code Runner Pro's written reviews are positive against 100% of Awesome Code Recorder's.
| Parameter | Code Runner Pro | Awesome Code Recorder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (53 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #27 — better | #199 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Angel Vazquez | Kang Rui Xiang |
Customer experience
Code Runner Pro
Awesome Code Recorder
In-app purchases
Code Runner Pro
No in-app purchases
Awesome Code Recorder
No in-app purchases
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