Learn ICU vs NIHSS+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Downloadable learning content
- On-the-go learning
- Critical care education
- Tools for practitioners
- Right Care, Right Now™
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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!
NIHSS+
This app provides a digital learning format for evaluating stroke symptoms based on the established NIHSS scale. It offers guidance for accurate stroke assessment, tips, and support for telestroke situations, intended for educational purposes.
- Stroke symptom evaluation
- Digital learning format
- Accurate stroke assessment guidance
- Tips and tricks for assessment
- Telestroke situation support
- Educational training
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Since the initial release in 1990, the NIHSS has been a standard for evaluating stroke symptoms in patient diagnosis. With the proven success in quickly identifying patients using the Stroke Scale, NIHSS+ utilizes the same fundamentals in a different learning format more suited for today's technology. Guided by Dr. Lyden, in digital form, you can quickly explore all possible deficits for an accurate stroke assessment, get tips and tricks, and be guided through telestroke situations. The information provided in this training and certification app is for educational purposes only, and does not substitute for professional medical advice. If seeking medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, consult a medical professional or a healthcare provider.
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Verdict
Learn ICU and NIHSS+ both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of NIHSS+'s written reviews are positive against 58% of Learn ICU's. NIHSS+ also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). Learn ICU's advantage is ratings volume (168 vs 8). 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.
Learn ICU holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Learn ICU has 168 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 58% of Learn ICU's written reviews are positive against 100% of NIHSS+'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Learn ICU ships an update every 4 months, NIHSS+ every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Learn ICU | NIHSS+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (168 ratings) — better | 4.4 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 168 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 1.2 GB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Society of Critical Care Medicine | Apex Innovations |
Customer experience
Learn ICU
NIHSS+
In-app purchases
Learn ICU
No in-app purchases
NIHSS+
No in-app purchases
