NSC First Aid vs Hard Hat Help
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NSC First Aid
This comprehensive reference guide provides essential information on first aid, CPR, and AED procedures. It's designed to assist anyone in administering timely and proper medical care during emergencies, even without an internet connection. The app offers quick access to vital medical information through browsing or searching.
- First Aid, CPR & AED procedures
- Offline access to medical information
- Alphabetical index
- Search functionality
- Supports emergency situations
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The National Safety Council (NSC) is pleased to offer our new First Aid, CPR & AED Reference Guide to help you save lives through timely and proper medical care. While designed to support those people who have completed NSC’s First Aid, CPR & AED training course, this ready reference can be a lifesaving tool for anyone. We encourage you to download the app to your device and keep it with you at all times. You never know when you may be able to save a life. The guide has been designed with multiple ways of quickly finding the medical information you need. You can browse the alphabetical index or search to find the trusted medical information and procedures that you need. The guide is absolutely free to download and to use with no advertising. All of the data is stored on your device so it will work anywhere even when you do not have connectivity. It’s purpose built to help in an emergency and we hope that you will join NSC in our work to eliminate all preventable deaths in our lifetime.
Hard Hat Help
This application provides a widely recognized and evidence-supported tool for assessing suicide risk. It guides users through a series of questions to help identify potential risks and suggests appropriate next steps, such as mental health referrals.
- Evidence-supported suicide risk assessment
- Simple question-based interface
- Global usability
- Identifies low, moderate, and high risk
- Suggests mental health referrals
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The Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS), the most evidence-supported tool of its kind, is a simple series of questions that anyone can use anywhere in the world to help prevent suicide. Disclaimer: If you are high risk, a further evaluation is indicated. For Low or Moderate answers, a mental health referral may be helpful or is provided.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hard Hat Help at 100% against NSC First Aid's 50%. Hard Hat Help also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Hard Hat Help holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of NSC First Aid's written reviews are positive against 100% of Hard Hat Help's.
NSC First Aid ships an update every 4 weeks, Hard Hat Help every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NSC First Aid | Hard Hat Help |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | National Safety Council | PSS Chute Software |
Customer experience
NSC First Aid
Hard Hat Help
In-app purchases
NSC First Aid
No in-app purchases
Hard Hat Help
No in-app purchases
