USALIMS vs Plumb's | Standards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
USALIMS
This app enables veterinarians to order EIA testing by submitting animal details and collection information to select laboratories. It streamlines the accession submission process for veterinary diagnostics.
- Order EIA testing
- Submit animal details
- Collect information
- Submit accession to labs
- Supports select laboratories
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Allows veterinarians to order EIA testing, providing the necessary animal details and collection of information to submit an accession to select laboratories running USALIMS.
Plumb's | Standards
This app provides trusted veterinary clinical decision support, integrating comprehensive drug information and treatment guidance. It offers tools for diagnosis, treatment, and client education, designed for veterinary professionals.
- Veterinary drug and dosing information
- Drug interaction checker
- Conversion calculator
- Diagnosis and treatment monographs
- Management algorithms
- Differential diagnosis lists
- Client education handouts
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Welcome to Standards of Care, the veterinary clinical decision support tool from the team behind Plumb’s and Clinician’s Brief, with Plumb’s built in. Subscribed to Plumb’s? If you’re subscribed to the veterinary drug reference, Plumb’s, you can access all your prescribing information and tools in this app. Included in Plumb’s: - Comprehensive, continually updated veterinary drug and dosing information - Veterinary drug interaction checker with animal-specific guidance - A conversion calculator for quick math in the app - Notes feature for saving favorite notes and protocols - Convenient favorites feature for making your own quick reference list Visit plumbs.com to learn more. Subscribed to Standards™? If you’re subscribed to Standards of Care™, you can access all your Standards features (including Plumb’s) in this app. Included in Standards: - All the features of Plumb’s (see above) - Practical, peer-reviewed diagnosis and treatment monographs - An extensive library of diagnosis and management algorithms for step-by-step support - Peer-reviewed differential diagnosis lists - Shareable clinical handouts to support client education Visit standards.vet to learn more. DISCLAIMER Standards of Care and Plumb’s are online clinical resources to be used only for information purposes at the discretion of trained veterinary medical and pharmaceutical professionals to support diagnosis and treatment of small animal veterinary conditions. Learn more at standards.vet or plumbs.com. APP SUPPORT If you have feature requests or suggestions or simply need help, please visit help.plumbs.com and click on the chat icon to submit a request. Our responsive support team will be in touch with you. Privacy policy: https://plumbs.com/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://plumbs.com/terms-use Terms & conditions: https://plumbs.com/terms-conditions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: USALIMS at 100% against Plumb's | Standards's 56%. USALIMS also leads on monetization model (free vs subscription) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.1). Plumb's | Standards's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 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.
Plumb's | Standards holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plumb's | Standards has 3.4K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of USALIMS's written reviews are positive against 56% of Plumb's | Standards's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
USALIMS ships an update every 4 months, Plumb's | Standards every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | USALIMS | Plumb's | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 4.9 (3.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 55.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Acclaim Systems, Inc. | Brief Media |
Customer experience
USALIMS
Plumb's | Standards
Bugs and requests
USALIMS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Plumb's | Standards
Reported bugs
4 issues- Signing in issues
- Crashing
- Login/password reset problems
- Compatibility issues on iPad
Requested features
2 requests- Add calculator function
- Improve renewal/subscription management
In-app purchases
USALIMS
No in-app purchases
Plumb's | Standards
No in-app purchases
Questions
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