Nerve Block vs BUP Initiation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nerve Block
This app simplifies pain management by providing a quick reference for anesthesia and analgesia nerve blocks. Users select the body area, find eligible blocks, and follow step-by-step visual guides for precise procedures.
- Select body area for anesthesia
- List of eligible nerve blocks
- Simplified reference for each block
- Step-by-step guides
- Includes images for guidance
- Aggregated content from medical resources
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Getting your patient’s pain under control shouldn’t be so hard! With Nerve Block, all you need to do is select the area that you need anesthesia or analgesia and you’ll get a list of eligible nerve blocks. For each nerve block, we’ve created a simplified reference with exactly what you’ll need, where to go, and images to guide you along the way. 1. Select the part 2. Find the block 3. Follow the guide Nerve Block is a #FOAM project aggregating content from The POCUS Atlas, Denver Ultrasound, WikEM and Highland Ultrasound
BUP Initiation
This app provides healthcare professionals with assessment tools and guidance for initiating buprenorphine treatment in emergency settings. It simplifies the process of buprenorphine initiation for acute care environments.
- Buprenorphine initiation guidance
- Assessment tools
- Brief negotiation interview
- Emergency department use
- Acute care setting application
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The Buprenorphine (BUP) Initiation app is an informative mobile application that guides healthcare professionals on how to initiate treatment with Buprenorphine in the emergency department (or other acute care setting) using a series of assessment tools and a brief negotiation interview.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Nerve Block at every 2 months against BUP Initiation's every 30 months. Nerve Block also leads on ratings volume (31 vs 1). 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 Nerve Block against 5.0 for BUP Initiation. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nerve Block has 31 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Nerve Block ships an update every 2 months, BUP Initiation every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on September 2, 2026 and June 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nerve Block | BUP Initiation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (31 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 30 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Tom Fadial | Amston Studio LLC |
Customer experience
Nerve Block
BUP Initiation
In-app purchases
Nerve Block
No in-app purchases
BUP Initiation
No in-app purchases
