NCD Academy vs ICPN
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NCD Academy
This app provides essential education for frontline health workers on managing non-communicable diseases, starting with cardiovascular disease. It aims to empower professionals to better address the global burden of these conditions.
- NCD management education
- Cardiovascular disease focus
- Empowering frontline health workers
- Risk factor management
- Global health burden reduction
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Reducing the global burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) depends on frontline health workers who are empowered and equipped to manage risk factors in patients. NCD Academy aims to address this need through education on the group of NCDs that place the greatest burden on mortality and morbidity, starting with cardiovascular disease (CVD) given its rank as the leading cause of death.
ICPN
This self-learning program explains key pediatric nutrition concepts. It offers research-based solutions for pediatric problems and equips users with diet-based advice and counseling skills.
- Explains pediatric nutrition concepts
- Provides research-based solutions
- Offers practical advice
- Develops counseling skills
- App-based self-learning
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The “International Certificate in Pediatric Nutrition (ICPN)” program is an educational initiative brought to you by Nestlé Nutrition Institute and MedInscribe, in association with the prestigious Thomas Jefferson University (TJU), Philadelphia, USA. This unique, app-based self-learning program: - Explains key concepts of pediatric nutrition - Provides research-based yet practical solutions to some of the pediatric problems - Arms you with appropriate and effective diet-based advice and counseling skills
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: NCD Academy at 21 against ICPN's 2. ICPN's advantage is iOS requirement (11.4 vs 15.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for NCD Academy against 5.0 for ICPN. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NCD Academy has 21 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | NCD Academy | ICPN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (21 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | American College of Cardiology | BioQuest Global |
Customer experience
NCD Academy
ICPN
In-app purchases
NCD Academy
No in-app purchases
ICPN
No in-app purchases
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