Comparison

Master Anesthesia vs Emergency Manual

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Master Anesthesia

This app provides anesthesia professionals with quick answers to common questions. It highlights anesthetic implications of diseases, surgical cases, and drugs, and includes a searchable acronym list and a comprehensive calculator for dosages, blood loss, and fluid management.

Highlights
  • Disease anesthetic implications
  • Surgical case anesthetic implications
  • Drug anesthetic implications
  • Searchable acronym list
  • Local anesthetic dosage calculator
  • Blood volume and loss calculator
  • Fluid and equipment calculations
Features
Currently charting
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Master Anesthesia helps anesthesia professionals find answers quickly to common questions. The primary purpose is to provide clinicians with the highlighted anesthetic implications of specific diseases, surgical cases, and drugs. In addition, a searchable list of over 1,000 acronyms is provided. A calculator has also been created to assist with maximum local anesthetic dosage, estimated blood volume, maximum allowable blood loss, fluid calculations, equipment, vitals, and more. Subscription and Purchase Options: Clinical Access Pro: $69.99/year – Full access to all clinical tools and updates. Auto-renews yearly. Full Access CE: $449.99/year – Full access to Clinical Access Pro + everything CRNAs need for their 4-year cycle. More than 150 pre-approved Class A (Mac-Ed) credits, and over 100 courses to choose from. Payment & Renewal: Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the time of confirmation. Annual subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your Apple ID account settings. For more details on managing subscriptions, visit: https://support.apple.com/en-us/118428 Website: https://masteranesthesia.com Terms of Use: https://masteranesthesia.com/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://masteranesthesia.com/privacy-policy-and-disclaimer

About

Emergency Manual

This free medical app provides cognitive aids and checklists for 25 critical perioperative events. It serves as a drug dosing reference and includes crisis management tips for clinicians. Designed for self-study and real-time use during emergencies.

Highlights
  • Cognitive aids for 25 critical perioperative events
  • Checklists for emergencies
  • Drug dosing and concentration reference
  • Crisis resource management tips
  • Suitable for self-study
  • Real-time cognitive aid during crises
Features
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Despite best intentions, well-trained clinicians often miss known key steps during crises. This free perioperative Emergency Manual by the Stanford Anesthesia Cognitive Aid Program (SACAP) includes a set of cognitive aids and checklists for 25 critical perioperative events including cardiac arrest, bronchospasm, LAST, malignant hyperthermia, unanticipated difficult airway, and the rest of the key perioperative chief complaints. It includes crisis resource management tips, and serves as a drug dosing and concentration reference for relevant medications. The app can be used for self-study, and most importantly, as a cognitive aid during perioperative crises. The Emergency Manual has been used by thousands of anesthesiologists around the world, and is now available on the iPhone! Disclaimers: The material in this app is not intended to be a substitute for sound medical knowledge and training. Clinicians should always use their clinical judgment and decision making for patient management. Departure from the information presented here is encouraged as appropriate, since situations can vary widely.

Screenshots

Master Anesthesia4 screens
Emergency Manual4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Emergency Manual at none against Master Anesthesia's 7. Emergency Manual also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 79%). Master Anesthesia's advantage is ratings volume (2K vs 12) and chart position (#105 vs unranked). On price, rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Master Anesthesia sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $69.99 per year. Emergency Manual asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Master Anesthesia against 5.0 for Emergency Manual. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Master Anesthesia has 2K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Master Anesthesia's written reviews are positive against 100% of Emergency Manual's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Master Anesthesia versus Emergency Manual: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaster AnesthesiaEmergency Manual
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (2K ratings)5.0 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2K — better12
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
Best chart rank#105 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB5 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperMatthew WillisRobert Arrigo

Customer experience

Master Anesthesia

All ratings1,985 ratings
Positive97.8%
Neutral0.7%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews91 reviews
Positive79.1%
Neutral4.4%
Negative16.5%

Emergency Manual

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Master Anesthesia

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Incorrect terminology and credentials on the starting screen
  • Inconsistent behavior when accessing content after subscription changes

Requested features

3 requests
  • Offline access to content
  • Apple Watch integration for the calculator
  • More detailed and up-to-date information on procedures and conditions

Emergency Manual

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Master Anesthesia

Subscriptions2
  • Master Anesthesia Contributor7 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Full Access CE7 Days trial$449.001 Year
One-time5
  • Module Unlock$24.99
  • Course Unlock$99.00
  • Master Anesthesia One Time$99.99
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  • One-Time$149.99
  • Course Unlock$449.00
None

Emergency Manual

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Master Anesthesia free?
Master Anesthesia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Emergency Manual free?
Emergency Manual is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Master Anesthesia or Emergency Manual?
Emergency Manual is rated higher. Master Anesthesia averages 4.9 out of 5 from 2K ratings, while Emergency Manual averages 5.0 from 12 ratings.
Do Master Anesthesia or Emergency Manual have ads?
Neither Master Anesthesia nor Emergency Manual shows ads.

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