Comparison

AHA PALS vs Currential

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

Head to head
About

AHA PALS

This app provides pediatric advanced life support (PALS) protocols and tools for healthcare professionals at the point-of-care. Developed by physicians and vetted by the American Heart Association, it offers intuitive access to algorithms, drug information, and timers for critical care situations.

Highlights
  • PALS pathways and algorithms
  • Drug therapy and dosing
  • CPR and intervention timers
  • Metronome for compression accuracy
  • Critical care references
  • Vetted by AHA and physicians
Features
Currently charting
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We continue to iterate based on real-time clinician feedback so that you will have the best experience providing life-saving care at the bedside. The AHA PALS app was developed by Harvard-trained physicians, in collaboration with the American Heart Association (AHA), to help fellow physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and emergency medical technicians (EMT) deliver the highest level of pediatric advanced life support (PALS) at the point-of-care. This project was inspired by the tremendous success of our AHA ACLS app, which has thousands of clinician users in over 180 countries. Importantly, real-time feedback from our clinician users continuously drives improvements in app design, features, and function. AHA PALS is the only app to have all content vetted by both the American Heart Association (AHA) science team (with license to use PALS content) and practicing Harvard-affiliated physicians. We owe it to our patients to use the best digital health tools to give them the highest chance of surviving acute life-threatening illnesses. To this end, we have developed an intuitive and rigorously vetted mobile app to assist healthcare clinicians—at any stage of training—navigate PALS at the bedside. You can purchase a yearly subscription which begins with a 3-day free trial. After completing the free trial, you will be charged for an annual subscription automatically. Features: - Intuitive design to rapidly access PALS pathways (i.e. cardiac arrest , tachycardia with pulse, bradycardia with pulse, post cardiac arrest care, and critical care references) - Includes all PALS content including drug therapy and dosing, reversible causes, etc. - Easy-to-read timers and ability to log rounds of CPR, epinephrine, and defibrillations. There are additional functionalities to log PALS Cardiac Arrest interventions beyond EPI, CPR , and shocks such as lidocaine and more. - We also added a new metronome feature to improve compression accuracy as well as a ROSC button. - Button within cardiac arrest algorithm that allows for rapid transition to post cardiac arrest care checklist once patient achieves ROSC - Relevant critical care references: (1) drugs used in PALS (i.e., medication names, indications, and doses); (2) vital signs in children; (3) pediatric color-coded length-based resuscitation tape (adapted from Breslow tape) ; (4) pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale - All content rigorously vetted by AHA science team and practicing Harvard-affiliated physicians - Regularly updated with the most up-to-date PALS content

About

Currential

Features
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Currential is a credential wallet built for travel nurses. Your license, your BLS card, your immunization records, your fit test — all in one place that belongs to you, not to an agency. Leave the contract and your wallet comes with you. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT Every app in this space tracks expiration dates. Currential answers the question that actually costs a placement: am I covered for this assignment, for these dates? Add a contract with its start and end date, and Currential checks it against your wallet. It tells you what is missing, what has already expired, what expires before your first shift —and what runs out partway through the contract. That last one is the failure nobody warns you about, because a card that is valid the day you sign looks fine on every other list. SCAN A CARD INSTEAD OF TYPING IT Point your camera at a certification card and the details are read for you — name, issuer, credential number, dates. You check them before anything is saved, because a wrong credential number on a packet is worse than no packet. SHOW YOUR CREDENTIALS WITHOUT SENDING YOUR WHOLE WALLET Pick exactly which records a recruiter or a nurse manager can see, and Currential creates a QR code they can scan. They see a read-only page with the records you chose and nothing else. Links expire, and you can revoke one at any time. Scan codes in the other direction too — another nurse's packet, or the QR on a vaccination record. RENEWAL REMINDERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY USEFUL Email reminders at 90, 30 and 7 days before a credential expires, with real classes near you when we can find them. Turn them off in one tap; there is an unsubscribe link in every message. YOUR RECORDS ARE YOURS We do not sell your data. We do not hand it to other companies to market to you. Nothing about your credentials leaves Currential unless you create a share link. Credential numbers and health details are encrypted, documents are never publicly addressable, and deleting your account removes them. Two-factor authentication is available and worth turning on for an account that holds this much. FREE Currential is free to use. Questions: support@resqware.solutions Privacy policy: https://currential.app/privacy Terms: https://currential.app/terms

Screenshots

AHA PALS4 screens
Currential3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Currential at none against AHA PALS's 1. Currential also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). AHA PALS's advantage is chart position (#199 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. AHA PALS sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per year. Currential asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AHA PALS ships an update every 2 months, Currential every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
AHA PALS versus Currential: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAHA PALSCurrential
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (54 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings54 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
Best chart rank#199 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB39 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMassachusetts General HospitalResQWare LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

AHA PALS

Subscriptions1
  • PALS3 Days trial$3.991 Year
None

Currential

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AHA PALS free?
AHA PALS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Currential free?
Currential is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AHA PALS or Currential have ads?
Neither AHA PALS nor Currential shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AHA PALS or Currential?
AHA PALS ships an update every 2 months, and Currential every 4 days. Most recently, AHA PALS was updated on November 3, 2026 and Currential on October 31, 2026.

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