Rx Dose Calc vs STAT EM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rx Dose Calc
This medical reference tool assists healthcare professionals in calculating pediatric medication dosages. It offers offline access to information for over 70 drugs, along with various medical calculators and reference tools.
- Ad-free full version
- Offline functionality
- Pediatric doses for 70+ drugs
- Search by brand or chemical name
- Includes adult doses
- Medical calculators (BMI, BSA, etc.)
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RxDoseCalc is a tool to help doctors, pharmacists, dentists, nurses and other healthcare professionals lookup the oral medication doses for children. Features: • Ad free full version with no in-app purchases • Works offline • The pediatric doses for 70+ drugs • Search with the brand name or chemical name to quickly find the medication • Tailored page for each drug with dose options when available • Adult doses included for your reference • List of common Latin prescription abbreviations • Average weight for age reference • Medical tools: Body Mass Index, Body Surface Area, Renal Function, Blood Sugar, Weight Converter, Temperature Converter, Pregnancy Due Date and Days Interval Calculator Disclaimer: Rx Dose Calc is intended only for health care professionals. Doses should not be used to guide patient care, nor should they substitute for clinical judgment. If you are not a health care professional check with a doctor or a pharmacist before making medical decisions.
STAT EM
This medical app provides medication calculations for patients from neonates to adults, featuring updated evidence-based algorithms and emergency medication dosing. It includes pediatric oral antibiotic guidelines, neonatal resuscitation management, and an augmented reality feature for weight estimation. Future updates will allow users to save favorite content.
- Medication calculations (neonates to adults)
- Pediatric oral antibiotic guidelines
- Updated evidence-based algorithms
- Neonatal resuscitation management
- Adult emergency medication calculations
- AR weight estimation feature
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We’re excited to offer STAT EM, an enhanced version of Pedi STAT, providing medication calculations for neonates to adults. To keep giving you the most up to date content, we’ve moved to a subscription model to keep our app free of advertising. This new version contains pediatric oral antibiotic guidelines and dosing, updated evidence-based algorithms, and neonatal resuscitation management. It also includes adult emergency medication calculations including both weight-based and fixed dosing volumes. We’ve added an AR feature allowing you to use your device to measure the length of child to assist in weight estimations. Finally, you will soon have the ability to save favorites to assist you in finding the content you use most frequently. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: STAT EM at Free against Rx Dose Calc's $1.99. STAT EM also leads on rating (4.1 vs 1.0) and review sentiment (33% vs 0%). Rx Dose Calc's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks). On ratings volume, 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
STAT EM is free to download; Rx Dose Calc costs $1.99 up front. STAT EM sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Rx Dose Calc asks for nothing beyond the download.
STAT EM holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Rx Dose Calc's written reviews are positive against 33% of STAT EM's.
Rx Dose Calc ships an update every 4 days, STAT EM every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rx Dose Calc | STAT EM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (5 ratings) | 4.1 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid — better | Subscription |
| Best chart rank | — | #164 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Andrew Makram | James M Kempema MD PA |
Customer experience
Rx Dose Calc
STAT EM
In-app purchases
Rx Dose Calc
No in-app purchases
STAT EM
- STAT EM Monthly$0.991 Month
- STAT EM Annual$7.991 Year
