SMART Certification vs AlwaysCPR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SMART Certification
Earn CPR certification conveniently from your smartphone. This OSHA and American Heart Association compliant course takes 90 minutes or less, featuring gamified learning, video demonstrations, and guided chest compression practice.
- Smartphone CPR certification
- OSHA & AHA compliant
- Gamified learning activities
- Video demonstrations
- Guided chest compression practice
- Complete in 90 minutes or less
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CPR Certification: Anytime, Anywhere, all from your smartphone! The ResusciTech lay-responder certificate is OSHA and American Heart Association compliant and anyone can earn it anytime, anywhere, in 90 minutes or less. This training course includes gamified learning activities, short video demonstrations, and guided hands-on chest compression practice. All you need to complete this course is your phone and a couch seat cushion for chest compression practice.
AlwaysCPR
This app allows training centers to manage CPR courses, track student progress, and handle administrative tasks. Instructors can update student statuses, upload documents, and schedule sessions. It facilitates certificate purchases and integrates with payment gateways for seamless transactions.
- Course management
- Student progress tracking
- Document upload/download
- Certificate purchasing
- Payment gateway integration
- Course scheduling
- Instructor notifications
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The training center can add several courses with features like homework, a workbook, location with instructor fee and assign to instructor. App features: - The training center can manage courses and their status. - Various courses contains list of students and other details. - The instructor can take various actions for students like marked them passed, failed or absent for the tests. - Can upload student's paper work, download them and add notes. - Instructor can purchase certificates through a secure payment gateway. - Payment integration with a reliable third-party gateway (Authorize .NET, Stripe, PayPal). - Integrated calendar for course scheduling and management. - Notifications and reminders for instructors. - Instructor can request to available courses via calendar.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AlwaysCPR at none against SMART Certification's 12. AlwaysCPR also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). SMART Certification's advantage is ratings volume (344 vs 3). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. SMART Certification sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. AlwaysCPR asks for nothing beyond the download.
AlwaysCPR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SMART Certification has 344 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SMART Certification ships an update every 2 months, AlwaysCPR every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and August 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SMART Certification | AlwaysCPR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (344 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 344 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 553 MB | 113 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Resuscitech Inc. | CPR and More LLC |
Customer experience
SMART Certification
AlwaysCPR
Bugs and requests
SMART Certification
Reported bugs
3 issues- Compression depth and rate detection issues
- Upside-down instructions for practical evaluation
- Inconsistent performance and feedback
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to save progress and resume later
- More guidance on proper infant handling
- Discussion of adult back blows for choking
- Improved practical evaluation experience
AlwaysCPR
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SMART Certification
- First Aid Certificate$39.99
- CPR Certificate$54.99
- Certificate Bundle$54.99
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- CPR Certificate$59.99
- CPR & AED Certificate$59.99
- CPR Certificate2 variants$64.99
- Certificate Bundle$69.99
- CPR Certificate2 variants$74.99
- Certificate Bundle$84.99
- Certificate Bundle$99.99
AlwaysCPR
No in-app purchases
Questions
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