CPR Now App vs Rescue Me CPR!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CPR Now App
This app provides a metronome to guide users through Hands-Only CPR chest compressions at the recommended rate of 100-120 bpm. It aims to empower individuals to perform effective CPR during cardiac arrest events, turning a smartphone into a potentially life-saving tool.
- Hands-Only CPR assistance
- Metronome for compression rate
- 100-120 bpm guidance
- Supports medical personnel and everyday individuals
- Turns smartphone into a life-saving tool
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CPR Now is a free & simple CPR app to assist with Hands-Only CPR/chest compressions during a cardiac arrest event. Let our metronome guide you to the proper chest compression rate & rhythm (100-120bpm per American Heart Association). Our CPR app sets the pace. With CPR Now, medical personnel, first responders, and everyday individuals can perform the proper and effective rate of compressions during CPR with our app metronome. With your smartphone, anyone can achieve the perfect compression ratio. Turning your everyday device into a potentially lifesaving device. To give someone the best chance of survival in Cardiac Arrest is immediate CPR (Bystander CPR/Sidewalk CPR) and not wait for First Responders.
Rescue Me CPR!
This app provides untrained individuals with step-by-step guidance on performing CPR, the Heimlich maneuver, and administering Narcan during emergencies. Developed for educational and demonstrational purposes, it aims to coach users through life-sustaining actions.
- CPR guidance for untrained individuals
- Heimlich maneuver instructions
- Narcan administration guide
- Emergency assistance tool
- Educational demonstrational purposes
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While a variety of applications exist to provide educational resources for teaching CPR and assistance tools for those who have already been educated in CPR, this application is a tool to provide untrained people with a guide on how to perform adequate CPR that can be followed-along-with during an emergency situation. This application was developed for and is currently being assessed at the UCSD School of Medicine through an IRB approved study for effectiveness at being able to coach untrained individuals through performing life-sustaining CPR. As the study is not complete and the application is currently for educational and demonstrational purposes only, not to be used in an emergency situation. The application also features instructions on when/how to perform the Heimlich maneuver and to administer Narcan to reverse an opioid overdose. Disclaimer: This app is not a substitute for formal CPR training developed by the AHA. Nor does it constitute any form of CPR certification. To become CPR certified and received formal training, find an AHA course near you. All users without formal CPR certification should seek the advice of a doctor regarding use of this app and the medical decision making contained within. All recommendations contained within this app can be found on the AHA's official website or the Red Cross's CPR instructions webpage. AHA guidelines: https://cpr.heart.org/en/resources/what-is-cpr Red Cross guidelines: https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/cpr/performing-cpr/cpr-steps
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Verdict
CPR Now App and Rescue Me CPR! are too close to call on the numbers: across 10 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
CPR Now App holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of CPR Now App's written reviews are positive against 77% of Rescue Me CPR!'s.
CPR Now App ships an update every 6 weeks, Rescue Me CPR! every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CPR Now App | Rescue Me CPR! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (14 ratings) — better | 4.3 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 76.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 495 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Keegan Sauer | Brennan Marsh-Armstrong |
Customer experience
CPR Now App
Rescue Me CPR!
In-app purchases
CPR Now App
No in-app purchases
Rescue Me CPR!
No in-app purchases
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