Comparison

Pedi Crisis 2.0 vs Master Anesthesia

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

Head to head
About

Pedi Crisis 2.0

This medical reference app provides interactive algorithms and drug dosage calculators for 26 pediatric crisis situations. It offers quick access to crucial details for emergency treatment, helping healthcare professionals make informed decisions.

Highlights
  • 26 pediatric crisis algorithms
  • Interactive checklists
  • Drug dosage summaries
  • Patient-specific dosage calculation
  • Quick reference tool
Features
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The Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA) presents Pedi Crisis 2.0! This app contains peer-reviewed algorithms for treating 26 pediatric crisis situations. As an interactive version of the SPA critical event checklists, crucial details for these 26 pediatric critical events are now just a ‘tap’ away on your pocket device! Quick reference drug dosage summaries are available for each emergency. Enter the patient’s weight to automatically calculate patient-specific dosages.

About

Master Anesthesia

This app provides anesthesia professionals with quick answers to common questions. It highlights anesthetic implications of diseases, surgical cases, and drugs, and includes a searchable acronym list and a comprehensive calculator for dosages, blood loss, and fluid management.

Highlights
  • Disease anesthetic implications
  • Surgical case anesthetic implications
  • Drug anesthetic implications
  • Searchable acronym list
  • Local anesthetic dosage calculator
  • Blood volume and loss calculator
  • Fluid and equipment calculations
Features
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Master Anesthesia helps anesthesia professionals find answers quickly to common questions. The primary purpose is to provide clinicians with the highlighted anesthetic implications of specific diseases, surgical cases, and drugs. In addition, a searchable list of over 1,000 acronyms is provided. A calculator has also been created to assist with maximum local anesthetic dosage, estimated blood volume, maximum allowable blood loss, fluid calculations, equipment, vitals, and more. Subscription and Purchase Options: Clinical Access Pro: $69.99/year – Full access to all clinical tools and updates. Auto-renews yearly. Full Access CE: $449.99/year – Full access to Clinical Access Pro + everything CRNAs need for their 4-year cycle. More than 150 pre-approved Class A (Mac-Ed) credits, and over 100 courses to choose from. Payment & Renewal: Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the time of confirmation. Annual subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your Apple ID account settings. For more details on managing subscriptions, visit: https://support.apple.com/en-us/118428 Website: https://masteranesthesia.com Terms of Use: https://masteranesthesia.com/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://masteranesthesia.com/privacy-policy-and-disclaimer

Screenshots

Pedi Crisis 2.03 screens
Master Anesthesia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pedi Crisis 2.0 at none against Master Anesthesia's 7. Pedi Crisis 2.0 also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). Master Anesthesia's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 15 months) and ratings volume (2K vs 17). 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. Master Anesthesia sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $69.99 per year. Pedi Crisis 2.0 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Master Anesthesia holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Master Anesthesia has 2K ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Pedi Crisis 2.0's written reviews are positive against 78% of Master Anesthesia's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pedi Crisis 2.0 ships an update every 15 months, Master Anesthesia weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Pedi Crisis 2.0 versus Master Anesthesia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPedi Crisis 2.0Master Anesthesia
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (17 ratings)4.9 (2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews78.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings172K — better
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
Best chart rank—#184 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB66 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperSociety for Pediatric AnesthesiaMatthew Willis

Customer experience

Pedi Crisis 2.0

All ratings17 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Master Anesthesia

All ratings2,000 ratings
Positive97.8%
Neutral0.7%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews93 reviews
Positive78.5%
Neutral5.4%
Negative16.1%

Bugs and requests

Pedi Crisis 2.0

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Master Anesthesia

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Incorrect terminology and credentials on the starting screen
  • Inconsistent behavior when accessing content after subscription changes

Requested features

3 requests
  • Offline access to content
  • Apple Watch integration for the calculator
  • More detailed and up-to-date information on procedures and conditions

In-app purchases

None

Pedi Crisis 2.0

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Master Anesthesia

Subscriptions2
  • Master Anesthesia Contributor7 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Full Access CE7 Days trial$449.001 Year
One-time5
  • Module Unlock$24.99
  • Course Unlock$99.00
  • Master Anesthesia One Time$99.99
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  • One-Time$149.99
  • Course Unlock$449.00

Questions

Is Pedi Crisis 2.0 free?
Pedi Crisis 2.0 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Master Anesthesia free?
Master Anesthesia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pedi Crisis 2.0 or Master Anesthesia?
Master Anesthesia is rated higher. Pedi Crisis 2.0 averages 4.6 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Master Anesthesia averages 4.9 from 2K ratings.
Do Pedi Crisis 2.0 or Master Anesthesia have ads?
Neither Pedi Crisis 2.0 nor Master Anesthesia shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pedi Crisis 2.0 or Master Anesthesia?
Pedi Crisis 2.0 ships an update every 15 months, and Master Anesthesia weekly. Most recently, Pedi Crisis 2.0 was updated on November 2, 2026 and Master Anesthesia on November 3, 2026.

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