Comparison

ISCCM Congress vs NexSample

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

Head to head

Sample size, clinical research

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About

ISCCM Congress

Features

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Critical Care Medicine (CCM) is an evolving specialty overlapping multiple primary specialties

About

NexSample

Features

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NexSample is a free sample size calculator for clinical research, designed for medical residents, fellows, postgraduate students, and researchers. It includes 26 calculators covering the most common study designs in clinical trials, observational research, and diagnostic studies, along with calculators for agreement, reliability, and regression that are hard to find elsewhere. Whether you are planning a thesis, protocol, dissertation, grant proposal, or manuscript, NexSample helps you calculate sample size quickly and accurately, with full formulas and references shown for every calculation.

Screenshots

ISCCM Congress4 screens

NexSample4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: NexSample at weekly against ISCCM Congress's every 3 months. ISCCM Congress's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ISCCM Congress ships an update every 3 months, NexSample weekly. The most recent releases landed on May 17, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level

ISCCM Congress versus NexSample: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	ISCCM Congress	NexSample
Price	Free	Free
Update frequency	Every 3 months	Weekly — better
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	No	No
Devices	iPhone, iPod	iPhone, iPod
Requires iOS	12.4 — better	15.1
Further details — not scored
Size	14 MB	30 MB
Age rating	17+	4+
Developer	Parthiv Shah	M Jeeva Sankar

In-app purchases

None

ISCCM Congress

No in-app purchases

None

NexSample

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ISCCM Congress free?

ISCCM Congress is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is NexSample free?

NexSample is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Do ISCCM Congress or NexSample have ads?

Neither ISCCM Congress nor NexSample shows ads.

Which is updated more often, ISCCM Congress or NexSample?

ISCCM Congress ships an update every 3 months, and NexSample weekly. Most recently, ISCCM Congress was updated on May 17, 2026 and NexSample on September 22, 2026.