Comparison

Physicians’ CPD vs ESC CVD Risk Calculation

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

Head to head
About

Physicians’ CPD

Record and reflect on your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities on the go. This app syncs with a web-based system and offers offline capabilities, voice transcription, and easy report generation for physician appraisals.

Highlights
  • Record CPD activities on the go
  • Syncs with web-based CPD diary
  • Access approved activities list
  • Offline capability
  • Voice transcribe reflections
  • Add attachments and assign to GMP domains
  • Generate annual appraisal reports as PDF
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The Physicians’ CPD app enables you to record and reflect on your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) at the point of learning in order to prepare for your appraisal. It’s been designed to complement the established web-based CPD diary system which is used by over 17,000 Consultant and SAS grade physicians. Benefits include: - Syncs with the existing web-based CPD diary system. - Access to our list of approved activities (over 5000 events) reviewed by a network of consultant physicians. - Add educational activities whilst ‘on the go’ with online/offline capability. - Voice transcribe your development needs and reflections instantly. - Add attachments as supporting information to your activities (such as a certificate of attendance.) - Add personal development needs and assign activities to Good Medical Practice (GMP) domains. - E-mail yourself your annual appraisal report as a PDF file at the press of a button. If you are already a CPD diary user, simply download the Physicians’ CPD app on your device and use your log-in details. After an initial first time sync to corroborate your data and settings (internet connectivity recommended) you can then begin entering your educational activities. (Please note that all users would need to already be registered with the web-based CPD diary system in order to use the Physicians’ CPD app.)

About

ESC CVD Risk Calculation

This app provides healthcare professionals with calculators to assess individual cardiovascular risk for primary and secondary prevention. It offers multiple scoring systems to guide the selection of the most adapted calculator for patient risk estimation. Patient data is not stored within the application.

Highlights
  • Cardiovascular risk assessment calculators
  • SCORE2, SCORE2-OP, SCORE2-Diabetes
  • ASCVD, SMART, SMART-REACH
  • DIAL, LIFE-CVD calculators
  • Guidance on calculator selection
  • Patient data not stored
Features
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The ESC CVD Risk Calculation App is designed for healthcare professionals. It provides calculators assessing individual cardiovascular risk. It includes calculators for primary and secondary prevention in various populations: 1. SCORE2 2. SCORE2-OP 3. SCORE2-Diabetes 4. ASCVD 5. SMART 6. SMART-REACH* 7. DIAL* 8. LIFE-CVD* * Available online on U-Prevent (Internet connection required) The ESC CVD Risk Calculation App is available in English. It provides guidance to the most adapted calculator for your patient, and provides an estimation of cardiovascular risk. Of note, patient data are not stored in the App. This application is only for informative use and is not intended to provide therapeutic support or diagnosis assistance. This Application is powered by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), based upon the source codes of the U-Prevent webtool, a concept developed by University Medical Center Utrecht, redesigned and owned by ORTEC. The SCORE2, SCORE2-OP and SCORE2-Diabetes calculators were developed in collaboration with the ESC Cardiovascular Risk Collaboration unit. The Application has recently been updated in the framework of the EAPC IMPLEMENT Programme (2023) which was supported by Novo Nordisk in the form of an educational grant. The sponsor did not have any involvement or influence on the features nor on the scientific content within the Application.

Screenshots

Physicians’ CPD3 screens
ESC CVD Risk Calculation4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ESC CVD Risk Calculation at 100% against Physicians’ CPD's 42%. ESC CVD Risk Calculation also leads on ratings volume (33 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Physicians’ CPD's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 12 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

Physicians’ CPD holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ESC CVD Risk Calculation has 33 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 42% of Physicians’ CPD's written reviews are positive against 100% of ESC CVD Risk Calculation's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Physicians’ CPD ships an update every 6 months, ESC CVD Risk Calculation every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Physicians’ CPD versus ESC CVD Risk Calculation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhysicians’ CPDESC CVD Risk Calculation
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.8 (33 ratings)
Positive reviews42.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings133 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB26 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperRoyal College of PhysiciansESC - European Society of Cardiology

Customer experience

Physicians’ CPD

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive42.1%
Neutral21.1%
Negative36.8%

ESC CVD Risk Calculation

All ratings33 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Physicians’ CPD

No in-app purchases

None

ESC CVD Risk Calculation

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Physicians’ CPD free?
Physicians’ CPD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ESC CVD Risk Calculation free?
ESC CVD Risk Calculation is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Physicians’ CPD or ESC CVD Risk Calculation?
Physicians’ CPD is rated higher. Physicians’ CPD averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while ESC CVD Risk Calculation averages 4.8 from 33 ratings.
Do Physicians’ CPD or ESC CVD Risk Calculation have ads?
Neither Physicians’ CPD nor ESC CVD Risk Calculation shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Physicians’ CPD or ESC CVD Risk Calculation?
Physicians’ CPD ships an update every 6 months, and ESC CVD Risk Calculation every 12 months. Most recently, Physicians’ CPD was updated on October 11, 2026 and ESC CVD Risk Calculation on October 17, 2026.

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