NCD Academy vs Learn ICU
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.
Learn ICU
Access critical care educational materials on your mobile device. Download content to learn on the go and enhance your skills in providing optimal care for critically ill patients.
- Downloadable learning content
- On-the-go learning
- Critical care education
- Tools for practitioners
- Right Care, Right Now™
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The Society of Critical Care Medicine's educational products equip practitioners with the tools needed to provide the Right Care, Right Now™ to all critically ill and injured patients. LearnICU app allows critical care practitioners to download relevant learning contents directly to their devices, and take the learning on the go!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: NCD Academy at 90% against Learn ICU's 58%. NCD Academy also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.4). Learn ICU's advantage is ratings volume (190 vs 21). On price, update cadence, 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.
NCD Academy holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Learn ICU has 190 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of NCD Academy's written reviews are positive against 58% of Learn ICU's.
NCD Academy ships an update every 2 months, Learn ICU every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NCD Academy | Learn ICU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (21 ratings) — better | 4.6 (190 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better | 58.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 190 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | American College of Cardiology | Society of Critical Care Medicine |
Customer experience
NCD Academy
Learn ICU
In-app purchases
NCD Academy
No in-app purchases
Learn ICU
No in-app purchases
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