Comparison

Pass CCRN vs Learn ICU

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

Head to head
About

Pass CCRN

Prepare for your CCRN certification exams with a comprehensive mobile study tool. It offers practice questions, personalized study plans, and detailed performance tracking to help you pass your Adult, Neonatal, or Pediatric critical care nursing exams.

Highlights
  • Personalized study plan
  • 1800+ practice questions
  • Topic-based learning
  • Strength and weakness tracking
  • Detailed test statistics
  • Community score comparison
Features
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Updated for the 2026 CCRN exam cycle — new question sets, refreshed rationales, and up-to-date exam tips keep your study plan current. Pass your CCRN Adult, Neonatal, and Pediatric exams with flying colors! Boost your confidence in passing the first time with our mobile app and a personal study plan based on your current skill and requirements. CCRN is a specialty certification for nurses who provide direct care to acutely/critically ill patients regardless of their physical location. Nurses interested in this certification may work in areas such as intensive care units, cardiac care units, combined ICU/CCUs, medical/surgical ICUs, trauma units, or critical care transport/flight. CCRN Key features: - Choose from different topics required to become a certified nurse - Practice with 1800+ questions - Track your strengths and weaknesses within Stats section of the app - Study detailed statistics of every test you take - Compare your score to the community average for almost any type of exam - - - - CCRN Purchases, subscriptions and terms You need to buy a lifetime access or subscribe to get access to all features, courses and questions. The cost of the purchase is charged to your iTunes account. Subscriptions are auto-renewable and are billed at the rate and period selected depending on the subscription plan. Users’ accounts are charged for auto-renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions can be managed and auto-renewal can be turned off in Account Settings in iTunes after the purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Terms of use: https://mastrapi.com/terms Privacy policy: https://mastrapi.com/policy

About

Learn ICU

Access critical care educational materials on your mobile device. Download content to learn on the go and enhance your skills in providing optimal care for critically ill patients.

Highlights
  • Downloadable learning content
  • On-the-go learning
  • Critical care education
  • Tools for practitioners
  • Right Care, Right Now™
Features
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The Society of Critical Care Medicine's educational products equip practitioners with the tools needed to provide the Right Care, Right Now™ to all critically ill and injured patients. LearnICU app allows critical care practitioners to download relevant learning contents directly to their devices, and take the learning on the go!

Screenshots

Pass CCRN4 screens
Learn ICU4 screens

Verdict

The call

Pass CCRN and Learn ICU both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 58% of Learn ICU's written reviews are positive against 20% of Pass CCRN's. Learn ICU also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). Pass CCRN's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (607 vs 168). 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. Pass CCRN sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per month. Learn ICU asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Pass CCRN against 4.6 for Learn ICU. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 607 and 168 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 20% of Pass CCRN's written reviews are positive against 58% of Learn ICU's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pass CCRN ships an update every 3 weeks, Learn ICU every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pass CCRN versus Learn ICU: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPass CCRNLearn ICU
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (607 ratings)4.6 (168 ratings)
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews58.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings607 — better168
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB28 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMastrAPISociety of Critical Care Medicine

Customer experience

Pass CCRN

All ratings607 ratings
Positive90.3%
Neutral3.6%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative68.0%

Learn ICU

All ratings168 ratings
Positive89.9%
Neutral4.8%
Negative5.4%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive58.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Pass CCRN

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • App freezes or won't open
  • Only loads 4 questions despite paid access
  • Same questions repeat in quiz sets
  • App won't open without WiFi
  • Extremely slow loading times (over an hour)
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  • Crashes or becomes unresponsive
  • Statistics not updating in real time
  • Wrong answer marked as correct in questions
  • Missing information in questions (e.g., incomplete ABG values)
  • Inconsistency between question prompt and answer choices
  • No iPad support

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to filter questions by topic/module (e.g., cardiac questions)
  • Custom exam creation based on selected subjects
  • Pediatric CCRN section
  • Question reporting/review system
  • Better organization of content by difficulty level

Learn ICU

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pass CCRN

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly access by subscription7 Days trial$24.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime access$99.99
None

Learn ICU

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pass CCRN free?
Pass CCRN is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Learn ICU free?
Learn ICU is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pass CCRN or Learn ICU?
Pass CCRN and Learn ICU are both rated 4.6 out of 5 on the App Store, from 607 and 168 ratings respectively.
Do Pass CCRN or Learn ICU have ads?
Neither Pass CCRN nor Learn ICU shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pass CCRN or Learn ICU?
Pass CCRN ships an update every 3 weeks, and Learn ICU every 4 months. Most recently, Pass CCRN was updated on October 13, 2026 and Learn ICU on October 14, 2026.

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