Comparison

Littmann Learning vs Lung Heart Sounds

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

Lung Heart Sounds

This app helps medical students learn to identify fundamental heart and lung sounds. It provides 32 distinct sounds, each with a visual waveform and detailed explanation. Users can also bookmark sounds for easy retrieval.

Highlights
  • 32 basic heart and lung sounds
  • Sound waveforms
  • Detailed descriptions
  • Bookmark sounds
  • Designed for medical students
Features
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Lung Heart Sounds is an application designed for medical students to help them recognize basic heart and lung sounds. Features: - The app contains 32 basic heart and lung sounds. - Each sound is accompanied by a sound waveform and description. - You can bookmark sounds you are interested in for quick access. Disclaimer: This application does not provide any health advice. Please consult a healthcare professional if you have any health concerns.

Screenshots

Littmann Learning4 screens
Lung Heart Sounds4 screens

Verdict

The call

Littmann Learning and Lung Heart Sounds both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Lung Heart Sounds's written reviews are positive against 48% of Littmann Learning's. Lung Heart Sounds also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Littmann Learning's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99) and ratings volume (856 vs 8). On rating, 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

Littmann Learning is free to download; Lung Heart Sounds costs $4.99 up front. Littmann Learning sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Lung Heart Sounds sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Littmann Learning against 4.9 for Lung Heart Sounds. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Littmann Learning has 856 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 48% of Littmann Learning's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lung Heart Sounds's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Littmann Learning ships an update every 6 weeks, Lung Heart Sounds every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Littmann Learning versus Lung Heart Sounds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLittmann LearningLung Heart Sounds
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.9 (856 ratings)4.9 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings856 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB60 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperCSD LabsWINDY HEALTH COMPANY LIMITED

Customer experience

Littmann Learning

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

Lung Heart Sounds

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Littmann Learning

Subscriptions7
  • Standard Plan - 1 month$3.991 Month
  • Premium Plan - 1 month$6.991 Month
  • Basic Monthly$8.991 Month
Show 4 more
  • Standard Plan - 1 year$19.991 Year
  • Semester Pass$29.996 Months
  • Premium Plan - 1 year$39.991 Year
  • Annual Pass$49.991 Year
One-time3
  • CE - Fundamentals$124.99
  • CE -Advanced$174.99
  • CE - Intermediate$249.99
1 purchases

Lung Heart Sounds

One-time1
  • Remove ads$2.99

Questions

Is Littmann Learning free?
Littmann Learning is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lung Heart Sounds free?
Lung Heart Sounds costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Littmann Learning or Lung Heart Sounds?
Lung Heart Sounds is rated higher. Littmann Learning averages 4.9 out of 5 from 856 ratings, while Lung Heart Sounds averages 4.9 from 8 ratings.
Do Littmann Learning or Lung Heart Sounds have ads?
Neither Littmann Learning nor Lung Heart Sounds shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Littmann Learning or Lung Heart Sounds?
Littmann Learning ships an update every 6 weeks, and Lung Heart Sounds every 3 months. Most recently, Littmann Learning was updated on November 2, 2026 and Lung Heart Sounds on November 4, 2026.

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