Comparison

CURRENT CMDT 2023 vs ACLSMED CPR

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” with what reviewers say about each.

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About

CURRENT CMDT 2023

This medical reference app provides comprehensive diagnostic and treatment recommendations for adult medicine. It covers over 1,000 diseases and disorders with drug treatment tables, algorithms, and evidence-based references. The app offers offline access, smart search suggestions, and customizable reading options.

Highlights
  • Covers 1,000+ diseases and disorders
  • Diagnostic and treatment algorithms
  • Hundreds of drug treatment tables
  • Smart search with word suggestions
  • Offline content access
  • Customizable text size
  • Notes and bookmarks
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The #1 annual internal medicine guide?extensively revised and updated. The most popular annual guide of its kind, this updated edition of the flagship title of the LANGE medical book brand presents the most important diagnostic and treatment recommendations as well as the most useful new clinical developments in every field of adult medicine. For 60+ years, CURRENT Medical Diagnosis & Treatment has been delivering the authoritative information that students, residents, and clinicians need to build their medical knowledge, expertise, and confidence. Written by top experts in their fields, this unmatched guide enables you to find the answers you need quickly and easily. It provides: β€’ Coverage of more than 1,000 diseases and disorders β€’ Comprehensive approach to patient care, focusing on diagnostic tools for day-to-day practice β€’ Hundreds of drug treatment tables for quick access to indexed trade names and updated drug prices β€’ Diagnostic and treatment algorithms to present important information at a glance β€’ Carefully curated, updated references to provide peer-reviewed, evidence-based information, and PMID numbers for quick online access β€’ Annual update on dynamic viral infections, including SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 and HIV/AIDS β€’ Hundreds of full-color photographs, illustrations, and algorithms This app is very intuitive and easy to navigate, allowing you to browse the contents or search for topics. The powerful search tool gives you word suggestions that appear in the text as you type, so it is lightning fast and helps with spelling those long medical terms. The search tool also keeps a recent history of past search terms so you can go back to a previous search result very easily. You have the ability to create notes and bookmarks separately for text, images and tables to enhance your learning. You can also change the text size for easier reading. After the app has been downloaded, no internet connection is needed to retrieve the content of the app. All of the text and images are available to you on your device anytime, anywhere, and lightning fast. This app is also automatically optimized for whatever size device you are currently using, either phone or tablet. This interactive app contains the full content of CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment (CMDT) 2023 by McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN-13: 978-1264687343 ISBN-10: 1264687346 Editors: Maxine A. Papadakis, MD Stephen J. McPhee, MD Michael W. Rabow, MD Associate Editor: Kenneth R. McQuaid, MD Disclaimer: This app is intended for the education of healthcare professionals and not as a diagnostic and treatment reference for the general population. Developed by Usatine Media Richard P. Usatine, MD, Co-President, Professor of Family & Community Medicine, Professor of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Texas Health San Antonio

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ACLSMED CPR

Features
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Put the phone under your hands. Press START. Do CPR on a manikin β€” and see exactly how you're doing. ACLSMED CPR turns an iPhone into a chest-compression training sensor β€” on its own, or paired with ACLSMED Sim on iPad for the full classroom experience. The phone lies flat on the manikin's sternum, your hands go on top of it, and the motion sensors measure every compression in real time. ***FOR TRAINING ONLY β€” MEDICAL DISCLAIMER*** For education and simulation on a manikin only. Not for use on a real patient. ACLSMED CPR is a training aid, not a medical device, and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of a doctor or other qualified health provider in addition to using this app, and before making any medical decisions. In a real emergency, call your local emergency number immediately. HOW IT WORKS β€’ Place the phone flat on the manikin's chest, hands on top, start compressions β€’ A 110-per-minute metronome keeps your rhythm β€” the one cue that reaches you while your hands are on the phone β€’ Stop and get a debrief: quality score, compression count, rate, depth zone, and hands-on time WHAT IT MEASURES β€’ COMPRESSION RATE β€” against the 100–120 per minute training target β€’ COMPRESSION DEPTH β€” shown as honest red/amber/green zones β€’ CHEST COMPRESSION FRACTION β€” the share of time your hands stay on the chest β€’ An overall 0–100 quality score computed from the session's rolling averages BUILT FOR THE ACLSMED SIM ROOM Pair automatically with ACLSMED Sim on iPad (separate app): β€’ Your live red-to-green quality bar appears on the patient monitor β€” where the room is already looking β€’ Real compressions drive the monitor's ECG artefact and vitals, and your hands-on fraction lands in the code debrief β€’ CPR SIMULATOR mode: up to six phones at once in a two-minute timed test, with ring-gauge results and a class leaderboard on the shared iPad β€” and each student's grade delivered to their own phone β€’ Connects over your local network, and falls back to direct device-to-device Wi-Fi and Bluetooth when there's no router WORKS ON ITS OWN No iPad? The phone still measures, keeps the beat, counts compressions, and scores your session. HONEST BY DESIGN Published phone-sensor depth accuracy is about Β±5 mm against a target window only 10 mm wide β€” so ACLSMED CPR shows depth as zones and scores rolling averages instead of pretending to millimetre precision. What a phone cannot measure honestly (like chest recoil), it does not score. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. No analytics. Nothing is collected or sent to any server β€” your name and readings go only to the ACLSMED Sim room on your local network, and only if you pair. Requires iPhone with iOS 17 or later. ACLSMED Sim for iPad is a separate app; its CPR Simulator test mode requires a Pro or Clinical Suite plan. LEGAL https://www.aclsmed.com/privacy.html https://www.aclsmed.com/terms.html

Screenshots

CURRENT CMDT 20234 screens
ACLSMED CPR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ACLSMED CPR at Free against CURRENT CMDT 2023's $79.99. ACLSMED CPR also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 18 months). CURRENT CMDT 2023's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

ACLSMED CPR is free to download; CURRENT CMDT 2023 costs $79.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CURRENT CMDT 2023 ships an update every 18 months, ACLSMED CPR every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 1, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 5 level
CURRENT CMDT 2023 versus ACLSMED CPR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCURRENT CMDT 2023ACLSMED CPR
Price$79.99Free β€” better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 18 monthsEvery 10 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS10.0 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size182 MB4 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperUsatine & Erickson Media LLCMark Daniel Figueroa

In-app purchases

None

CURRENT CMDT 2023

No in-app purchases

None

ACLSMED CPR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CURRENT CMDT 2023 free?
CURRENT CMDT 2023 costs $79.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ACLSMED CPR free?
ACLSMED CPR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CURRENT CMDT 2023 or ACLSMED CPR have ads?
Neither CURRENT CMDT 2023 nor ACLSMED CPR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CURRENT CMDT 2023 or ACLSMED CPR?
CURRENT CMDT 2023 ships an update every 18 months, and ACLSMED CPR every 10 days. Most recently, CURRENT CMDT 2023 was updated on October 1, 2026 and ACLSMED CPR on October 1, 2026.

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