Vital Sync vs EQ2 HEMS Inventory Management
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vital Sync
Access real-time patient physiological data from connected medical devices on your mobile device. Receive alerts and monitor multiple patients remotely within your hospital's network to enhance clinical workflow and patient care.
- Remote patient monitoring
- Real-time physiological data
- Device alerts
- Multi-patient view
- Mobile-optimized interface
- Clinical workflow enhancement
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The Vital Sync™ mobile application takes the next step to give clinicians the right information, in the right place, at the right time to support clinicians in busy clinical environments. The Vital Sync™ mobile application delivers physiological information from your Medtronic patient monitors and ventilators and delivers it to your device. With a view designed specifically for mobile devices, the Vital Sync™ mobile application increases accessibility to data from your connected devices, so you can: • Gain immediate access to timely data and take appropriate action • View patient physiological information remotely • Receive alerts anywhere within the hospital’s network The Vital Sync™ mobile application allows you to access continuous monitoring data for multiple patients from a smart phone, anywhere within the hospital’s network. Building on the value of the Vital Sync™ virtual patient monitoring platform, the Vital Sync™ mobile application gives you more flexibility in your clinical workflow and helps you manage your respiratory patients’ care needs. The Vital Sync™ mobile application delivers: • Near real-time data and high-fidelity waveforms for patient monitoring devices • Patient and device alerts • A display that is unique for each clinician, showing only their assigned patients This application should not be used to make medical decisions without consulting a physician. The Vital Sync™ mobile application should not be used as the sole basis for diagnosis or therapy and is intended only as an adjunct in patient assessment.
EQ2 HEMS Inventory Management
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The HEMS Inventory Management App is a mobile interface of the EQ2 HEMS CMMS system. It is used to scan equipment and devices to verify and adjust inventory that is in the HEMS database. For use anywhere in the hospital, including when not connected to the network. When used in offline mode it will sync up to the live database later once online again.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: EQ2 HEMS Inventory Management at every 3 weeks against Vital Sync's every 9 months. EQ2 HEMS Inventory Management also leads on iOS requirement (9.2 vs 15.6). 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.
Vital Sync ships an update every 9 months, EQ2 HEMS Inventory Management every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vital Sync | EQ2 HEMS Inventory Management |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 9.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 120 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Medtronic, Inc. | EQ2 LLC |
In-app purchases
Vital Sync
No in-app purchases
EQ2 HEMS Inventory Management
No in-app purchases
Questions
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