ESC CVD Risk Calculation vs SYNTAX Score 2020
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
SYNTAX Score 2020
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The SYNTAX Score 2020 guides the individual treatment decision making between PCI and CABG for patients having three-vessel disease with/without left main on the basis of 5 years MACCE and 10 years all-cause mortality. The SYNTAX Score 2020 and its derived variants intend to provide therapeutic advice or guidance as to appropriate treatment strategies for individual patients. Their major features are ANATOMIC SYNTAX SCORE LOGISTIC CLINICAL SYNTAX SCORE (2020) SYNTAX SCORE III (PCI & CABG DECISION-MAKING) FUNCTIONAL SYNTAX SCORE SYNTAX SCORE II (PCI & CABG DECISION-MAKING) SYNTAX SCORE III (PLANNING & EXECUTION CABG) SYNTAX Score 2020
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SYNTAX Score 2020 at every 6 weeks against ESC CVD Risk Calculation's every 12 months. On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ESC CVD Risk Calculation ships an update every 12 months, SYNTAX Score 2020 every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ESC CVD Risk Calculation | SYNTAX Score 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (33 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 33 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | ESC - European Society of Cardiology | SAHAJANAND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED |
In-app purchases
ESC CVD Risk Calculation
No in-app purchases
SYNTAX Score 2020
No in-app purchases
Questions
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