Quick Reference Handbook vs LogEM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quick Reference Handbook
This medical reference app aids healthcare professionals in identifying, diagnosing, and describing congenital anomalies and infections. It features visual tools and diagnostic checklists, designed for ease of use even in low-resource settings.
- Identify congenital anomalies
- Diagnose infections
- Describe medical conditions
- Visual diagnostic tools
- Diagnostic checklists
- Low-resource area friendly
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The Quick Reference Handbook (QRH) helps identify, diagnose, and describe selected congenital anomalies and infections accurately and easily. Key facts: • Developed especially for front-line health care professionals – birth attendants, nurses, midwives, doctors • Designed for use also in low resource areas with limited diagnostic options • Includes visual tools and diagnostic checklists for efficiency and ease of use • Aims to improve clinical care and public health surveillance of children with congenital anomalies
LogEM
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Built by an emergency medicine trainee, for emergency medicine trainees. LogEM is the only logbook app built specifically for UK EM trainees, around the actual RCEM curriculum. Capture every procedure and POCUS scan in seconds, and track your progress against the goals your portfolio expects. WHY LOGEM - Built around the real RCEM curriculum. Pick your stage and the right procedure lists and targets follow. - Covers your whole training journey, every curriculum stage from ACCS through to higher specialty training. - Track your progress against the specific POCUS and procedure goals for ARCP, not just raw counts, so you can easily see what is signed off and what is still to come. - A better home for your evidence than juggling spreadsheets or paying for apps that were never built for this. Bring years of scattered records into one place. - Unlimited logbook entries and report exports, free. - Your data stays on your device. No clinical data on our servers, no patient-identifiable information, ever. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Two logbooks in one app: procedures and POCUS. - POCUS tracker with entrustment levels and DOPS dates. - Procedure Goals grid that shows what is signed off and what is still to come. - Import your existing logbooks from spreadsheets, Excel, Word and more, so everything lives in one place. - Export ARCP-ready PDFs and CSVs for your portfolio. - Activity view so you can see your logging at a glance. Sign in with Apple or Google. Optional Face ID lock. LogEM is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine. It stores no patient-identifiable information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: LogEM at every 11 days against Quick Reference Handbook's every 52 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Quick Reference Handbook ships an update every 52 months, LogEM every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quick Reference Handbook | LogEM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 52 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | International Clearinghouse For Birth Defects Surveillance | THOMAS PHILLIP PORTER |
In-app purchases
Quick Reference Handbook
No in-app purchases
LogEM
No in-app purchases
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