Learn ICU vs MedStudy
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!
MedStudy
Access a comprehensive suite of medical study tools, including practice questions, flashcards, video lectures, and audio pearls. Track your progress, bookmark key content, and customize study decks for any stage of your medical education or career.
- Thousands of practice Q&As and flashcards
- Board review videos with variable playback speed
- Bookmark lectures and take notes
- Detailed performance tracking
- Offline video and audio downloads
- Cross-platform web and mobile access
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Access QBank+, Flashcards, Video Board Review and Audio Pearls on your mobile devices. Features include: Thousands of practice Q&As and review flashcards Stream hours of laser-focused board review videos with variable playback speed Bookmark essential lectures and take notes using text or voice-to-text In-depth explanations of all Qbank+ answer options Detailed medical images and illustrations Set up unlimited Qbank+ question and flashcard review decks Generate unlimited Qbank+ test decks and sharpen your exam skills Customize question and flashcard decks to focus on specific topics or question sets Access question and flashcard decks seamlessly across web or mobile for anytime, anywhere study Highlight key points in Q&A using four color options for more focused practice and review—available in study and test decks! Detailed Qbank+ and flashcard performance tracking Visualize your progress across video and audio lectures Video and audio continue streaming while you multitask in other apps (now with picture in picture) Download video and audio topics for offline study From medical school to board prep to recertification to maintaining competency, we help you study strong—wherever you are on your medical journey. MEDSTUDY FOR INTERNAL MEDICINE For over 30 years, MedStudy has been trusted by Internal Medicine residents preparing for the ABIM Certification exam in ACGME-accredited allopathic and osteopathic programs, as well as by practicing physicians studying for the ABIM Maintenance of Certification Exam, LKA, and hospitalists taking the Focused Practice in Hospitalist Medicine exam. MEDSTUDY FOR PEDIATRICS MedStudy is the gold standard resource for Pediatricians studying for the ABP Certification exam in ACGME-accredited allopathic and osteopathic programs, as well as by practicing physicians studying for the ABP Maintenance of Certification Exam or MOCA-Peds. MEDSTUDY FOR MED SCHOOL Truly learn the foundations of medicine with everything you need to excel in medical school, the USMLE exams, and beyond.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Learn ICU at 58% against MedStudy's 22%. MedStudy's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, ratings volume, 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.
MedStudy holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 168 and 199 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 58% of Learn ICU's written reviews are positive against 22% of MedStudy'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, MedStudy every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Learn ICU | MedStudy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (168 ratings) | 4.8 (199 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews — better | 22.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 168 | 199 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Society of Critical Care Medicine | MedStudy |
Customer experience
Learn ICU
MedStudy
In-app purchases
Learn ICU
No in-app purchases
MedStudy
No in-app purchases
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