Comparison

TreatHF vs ESC CHAT

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

Head to head
About

TreatHF

This clinical decision support tool offers personalized heart failure therapy recommendations for healthcare professionals. It guides clinicians on medication initiation, titration, and optimization based on patient indications, referencing the latest guidelines.

Highlights
  • Individualized therapy suggestions
  • Guidance on medication use
  • Patient indication entry
  • Next steps for medical therapy
  • Medication initiation and titration
  • Optimization of medication strategy
Features
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TreatHF is a clinical decision support app that provides clinicians individualized therapy suggestions for their symptomatic heart failure patients and provides guidance on the use of each therapy. • Enter patient indications • Review individualized next steps for medical therapy • Email or print a summary of the next steps • Reference detailed information for - Initiation, titration, and monitoring of each medication - Guidance for optimizing your overall medication strategy. Content in this app is derived from the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure, the 2023 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on Management of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction, and the 2024 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for Treatment of Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction. The information and recommendations in this clinical decision support app are not meant to represent the only or best course of care nor replace clinical judgment. Therapeutic options should be determined after discussion between the patient and their care provider.

About

ESC CHAT

Get instant, personalized answers to clinical questions directly from current ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines. This tool provides relevant citations and reference links, allowing for question refinement and follow-ups. It's designed for medical professionals to enhance access to guideline information.

Highlights
  • Instant clinical query answers
  • Based on ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines
  • Provides citations and reference links
  • Refine questions and ask follow-ups
  • Information system for medical professionals
Features
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ESC Chat provides instant and personalised answers to clinical queries, based exclusively on current ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines. Ask your guideline-related question, and ESC Chat will promptly generate the answer, providing the relevant citations and reference links from the respective full texts. You can also refine your question and ask follow-up questions. ESC Chat is an information system intended for medical professionals to help improve access to ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines and must not be used as a substitute for health care professionals’ considered advice.

Screenshots

TreatHF4 screens
ESC CHAT3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: TreatHF at 5.0 against ESC CHAT's 1.0. TreatHF also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). ESC CHAT's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TreatHF holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TreatHF has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TreatHF ships an update every 7 months, ESC CHAT every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
TreatHF versus ESC CHAT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTreatHFESC CHAT
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB80 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAmerican College of CardiologyESC - European Society of Cardiology

Customer experience

TreatHF

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ESC CHAT

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

TreatHF

No in-app purchases

None

ESC CHAT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TreatHF free?
TreatHF is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ESC CHAT free?
ESC CHAT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TreatHF or ESC CHAT?
TreatHF is rated higher. TreatHF averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while ESC CHAT averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do TreatHF or ESC CHAT have ads?
Neither TreatHF nor ESC CHAT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TreatHF or ESC CHAT?
TreatHF ships an update every 7 months, and ESC CHAT every 3 months. Most recently, TreatHF was updated on June 3, 2026 and ESC CHAT on September 21, 2026.

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