Messly vs iALS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Messly
This app connects physicians with locum tenens staffing companies. Build a profile detailing your preferences and receive direct pitches for assignments with rates shown upfront. You control who you communicate with, streamlining the job search process.
- Personalized job profile
- Upfront rate information
- Anonymity until shared
- Direct assignment pitches
- Control over communication
- All-in-one messaging and calls
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Find locum tenens work that pays more and fits your life. Most physicians pick a staffing company more or less at random, hand over their details and hope for the best. Register with a few more and you're filling in the same forms again, then fielding calls you never asked for. It shouldn't be this hard. Messly works the other way round. You build one profile saying what you want. Hand-picked staffing companies pitch you real assignments, with the rate shown upfront. You choose who to talk to. HOW IT WORKS 1. Tell us what you want Your specialty, the states you're licensed in, IMLC, availability, schedule, minimum rate and how far you'll travel. It takes a few minutes, and you stay anonymous: recruiters only see your first name. 2. Get pitched real assignments Recruiters send matched assignments straight to your Messly inbox, with the rate, location and schedule upfront. No vague promises of work that never materializes. 3. Choose who you talk to See who each recruiter is and which staffing company they work for before you reply. When you like an assignment, book a call at a time that suits you. Your contact details are only shared with the companies you choose. 4. Start working The staffing company you pick handles credentialing and gets you started, as normal. There's no obligation at any point. WHY PHYSICIANS USE MESSLY The best assignments: access to a hand-picked group of the best locum tenens staffing companies, in one place Rates upfront: see the pay on every assignment before you engage No spam: you're anonymous until you choose to share your details, so no unsolicited calls, texts or emails You're in control: turn your profile off any time and nobody can contact you. Turn it back on in one tap Everything in one app: assignments, messages and calls, on your phone or computer. WHO IT'S FOR Attending physicians, fellows and residents looking to moonlight, in every specialty. Whether you're new to locum tenens or looking for a better staffing company than the one you have, Messly takes the guesswork out. MESSLY IS NOT A STAFFING COMPANY We don't place you ourselves. We bring the best staffing companies together, hold them to a strict code of conduct, and let you choose who to work with. Any company that falls short is removed, and our team is on hand if you ever need help. Over 45,000 physicians have used Messly to find locum tenens work in the UK and Australia. Messly is part of M3 and a sister company to PracticeMatch. FOR RECRUITERS Already on Messly? The same app keeps you on top of your desk when you're away from it. See recommended physicians matched to your alerts, view anonymized profiles, manage your inbox and message physicians, with push alerts for new messages and newly shared physicians. Sign in with your existing Messly account. Questions? We're here to help at support@messly.com
iALS
This app provides a resuscitation dashboard with timers, drug counters, and intelligent algorithm guidance for advanced life support providers. It logs interventions, drugs, and arterial blood gas results, and features a handover function for seamless team collaboration during cardiac arrests.
- Resuscitation dashboard
- Cycle and drug counters
- Intelligent algorithm guidance
- Intervention and drug logging
- Arterial blood gas calculator
- Handover function
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iALS KEY FEATURES: •Resuscitation dashboard with clear displays of cycle, adrenaline and amiodarone counters •Clearly displayed two minute timer, total timer and start time •Intelligent algorithm guidance that can recalibrate to changes in drug delivery timings •Interventions and drugs logs •Arterial blood gas recorder and calculator •Handover function - seamlessly handover an arrest to another iOS device •H’s and T’s reversible causes table •Resuscitation log - send the log by email or copy to the dashboard at the end of the arrest iALS is a powerful and easy to use documentation and algorithm support tool for trained Advanced Adult Life Support (ALS) providers. The app has been designed and developed by clinicians regularly involved in cardiac arrests who understand the significant role human factors play. The aim of this app to help to reduce the impact of human factors, facilitate clear recording of events, and allow users to work through the ALS algorithm with confidence. iALS provides users with an intuitive and easily readable resuscitation dashboard. The dashboard displays timers as well as cycle and drug delivery counters. This provides the user with a clear overview of their place in the ALS algorithm. Alarms and voice guidance provide multi-sensory prompts to allow users to simultaneously lead and scribe during an arrest. iALS has the Resuscitation Council UK ALS algorithm built in, and will provide prompts for adrenaline and amiodarone appropriate to the cycle in the algorithm. If you give adrenaline or amiodarone out of cycle, iALS will take note of this, recalibrate, and only recommend it again on the alternate cycle. iALS allows the user to keep track of interventions. A top bar including access, airway, oxygen and Lucas allow the user to input specific interventions and keep track of what has already been done. Interventions can be removed and new ones added with ease. Every time a change is made, a clear timestamp is recorded in the log. Commonly used drugs can be found in the drugs entry button and when selected will be timestamped in to the log. There is also a function to add other events in free text. iALS also houses an inbuilt arterial blood gas (ABG) calculator to allow users to input ABG results, calculate the likely derangement and record the results into the log. There is also an easy to use H’s and T’s page where the user can confidently address possible reversible causes for the arrest. iALS is designed to be used by the multidisciplinary team and considers a patient’s providers from paramedics to intensive care specialists. The handover function allows the user who started the arrest to seamlessly transfer the iALS arrest recording onto the next users device. This allows the team member receiving the handover to have a clear overview of the arrest and continue with confidence from where the previous user left off. Once the arrest has finished the user will be able to send the log via email or copy it to their clipboard for precise timestamped recording of all the events during the arrest. iALS is a novel digital tool designed and tested by people who are regularly involved in cardiac arrests for accredited ALS providers Disclaimer: iALS is not to be used by individuals who are not advanced adult life support (ALS) accredited and does not replace accredited training by the Resuscitation Council UK. iALS is to be used by clinicians at their own risk and does not act as a tool to replace clinical judgement. The iALS algorithm support tool is only to be used alongside clinical judgement. iALS users should familiarise themselves with the app before using it in real life scenarios. CodeMed Ltd does not accept any liability for any errors that may occur through the use of this app. CodeMed Ltd does not accept any claims or liability arising from errors, omissions of content, or improper use that may arise from this app. By downloading and using this app, users agree to these stated terms.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Messly at 5.0 against iALS's 1.0. iALS's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.4). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Messly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Messly ships an update every 2 months, iALS every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Messly | iALS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Messly | Code Med Ltd |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
Messly
No in-app purchases
iALS
No in-app purchases







