Comparison

Littmann Learning vs Orphanet Guides

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

Head to head
About

Littmann Learning

This app provides access to real patient heart and lung sounds for auscultation education. It offers visual and audio displays, self-paced learning modules, and background reading material to help users recognize various heart and lung sounds.

Highlights
  • Real patient heart and lung sounds
  • Visual and audio displays
  • Self-paced learning modules
  • Graduated learning difficulty
  • Background reading material
Features
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Littmann® Learning, powered by eMurmur®, is a mobile app for cardiac and pulmonary auscultation education. Built for students, educators, and clinicians, it gives you access to real patient heart sounds, lung sounds, and guided learning modules – available anytime, anywhere. Train your ear and strengthen your stethoscope skills with a rich library of high-fidelity recordings and interactive lessons designed to improve stethoscope auscultation and clinical listening confidence. Whether you are learning the basics or refining advanced listening skills, Littmann Learning helps you recognize and distinguish normal, benign, and pathological heart and lung sounds. Compare healthy and abnormal findings, reinforce pattern recognition, and build confidence for the classroom, simulation lab, and clinical practice. Build confidence with heart and lung sound recognition. Learn cardiac and pulmonary auscultation with Littmann Learning. Littmann Learning includes a library of curated heart and lung sounds, including: * A range of normal heart sounds * Abnormal heart sounds, including systolic, diastolic, and continuous murmurs * Key pathologies like aortic stenosis, aortic insufficiency, mitral insufficiency, mitral stenosis, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, ventricular septal defect, atrial septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus, or tetralogy of Fallot * Additional sounds such as clicks, splits, S3/S4, PAC/PVC * A range of normal lung sound recordings * Abnormal lung sounds, including crackles, wheezes, and rhonchi Learn by listening and by seeing. Visual tools such as phonocardiograms and sound displays help connect what you hear through the stethoscope with the underlying acoustic patterns, making it easier to identify important cardiac and pulmonary findings. Littmann Learning is designed for anyone learning heart and lung auscultation, including: nursing students, medical students, interns, residents, fellows, physicians, nurses, PAs, or EMTs. DISCLAIMER: THIS APP DOES NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICE OR IS AN ATTEMPT TO PRACTICE MEDICINE. The information including but not limited to, text, graphics, images and other material contained on this app are for informational purposes only. No material on this app is intended to be a substitute for professional medical education, advice, diagnosis or treatment. –- Available in-app purchases Subscription titles, content and length: * Basic Monthly — Access to Listening modules for 1 month. * Semester Pass — Full access for 6 months. * Annual Pass — Full access for 12 months. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Type of subscriptions: Auto-renewable. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period; the cost for renewal is the same as the initial charge. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. ---- Privacy Policy: https://www.solventum.com/en-us/home/legal/website-privacy-statement/ Terms of Use: https://info.littmann-learning.com/legal/learning/en/tou_littmann_learning.html

About

Orphanet Guides

Access validated, practical information for medical professionals and others involved in rare disease care in France. This app provides articles on emergency care, disability support, and available aid and benefits for patients and their families.

Highlights
  • Validated medical information
  • Focus on rare diseases
  • Emergency care guidance
  • Disability support information
  • Aid and benefits synthesis
  • Offline access
  • Shareable articles
Features
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Orphanet Guides vous permet d'accéder gratuitement à une information validée, spécifique et pratique pour les professionnels médicaux, paramédicaux et toute personne concernée par la prise en charge d'une maladie rare en France. L'application est constituée de 3 catégories d'articles dédiés à la prise en charge des personnes atteintes de maladies rares: en situation d'urgence, en situation de handicap, synthèse des aides et prestations dont les personnes et leurs proches peuvent bénéficier. Orphanet Guides est développé par l'unité Inserm US-14 avec le soutien de la fondation Groupama et le concours du Plan National Maladies Rares et de la Caisse nationale de solidarité pour l'autonomie (CNSA). Les fiches d'information sont faciles à consulter, peuvent être partagées et téléchargées pour être utilisées y compris hors réseau.

Screenshots

Littmann Learning4 screens
Orphanet Guides4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Littmann Learning at 48% against Orphanet Guides's 0%. Littmann Learning also leads on rating (4.9 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (850 vs 1). Orphanet Guides's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Littmann Learning sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Orphanet Guides asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Littmann Learning holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Littmann Learning has 850 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Littmann Learning's written reviews are positive against 0% of Orphanet Guides's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Littmann Learning versus Orphanet Guides: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLittmann LearningOrphanet Guides
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (850 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews47.6% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings850 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB61 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperCSD LabsInserm

Customer experience

Littmann Learning

All ratings850 ratings
Positive97.9%
Neutral1.1%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive47.6%
Neutral14.3%
Negative38.1%

Orphanet Guides

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Littmann Learning

Subscriptions8
  • Standard Plan - 1 month$3.991 Month
  • Premium Plan - 1 month$6.991 Month
  • Basic Monthly$8.991 Month
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  • Standard Plan - 1 year$19.991 Year
  • Semester Pass$29.996 Months
  • Premium Plan - 1 year$39.991 Year
  • Full Version$44.991 Year
  • Annual Pass$49.991 Year
One-time3
  • CE - Fundamentals$124.99
  • CE -Advanced$174.99
  • CE - Intermediate$249.99
None

Orphanet Guides

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Littmann Learning free?
Littmann Learning is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Orphanet Guides free?
Orphanet Guides is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Littmann Learning or Orphanet Guides?
Littmann Learning is rated higher. Littmann Learning averages 4.9 out of 5 from 850 ratings, while Orphanet Guides averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Littmann Learning or Orphanet Guides have ads?
Neither Littmann Learning nor Orphanet Guides shows ads.

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