MedAbbreviations vs NREMT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MedAbbreviations
Instantly access and understand over 14,000 medical abbreviations. This app helps medical professionals and anyone reading healthcare notes decipher cryptic shorthand. Search, scroll, and bookmark terms for quick reference.
- 14,079 medical abbreviations
- Searchable database
- Alphabetical index
- Bookmark favorites
- Wikipedia integration
- Live updating search
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MedAbbreviations provides instant access to over *fourteen thousand* abbreviations. If you are a medical professional, or if you ever read what a healthcare professional writes, you need to be able to understand those cryptic shorthand scrawls. MedAbbreviations is your solution. Over 14,000 medical abbreviations: scrollable, searchable, and bookmarkable. Why pay more or get less? A tool like this is only as good as its consistency. MedAbbreviations is the right tool for the job; competing applications, with significantly smaller databases, have 1/10th the chance of providing you with the explanation you seek every time. Search by abbreviation via the instant search bar, or scroll with the alphabetical index on the right side. Find what you need, the way you want to find it. You can add abbreviations to your Favorites list by just double-tapping an entry; a star then appears by its name. Your Favorites list is yours to control, ordered how you want. Tapping an abbreviation shows a details screen, with the term and its meaning in large print. MedAbbreviations automatically determines whether a Wikipedia article is available for the meaning. Just tap "View in Wikipedia" or "Search in Google" to do so directly from MedAbbreviations. FEATURES • 14,079 abbreviations, including medical terms, common shorthand, and professional associations and organizations • Definitions shown directly in the main list • View explanations in Wikipedia, with automatic article verification and iPhone-friendly formatting • Fast search, always available and live updating • Fast scanning via the alphabetical index • Favorites list The abbreviations and definitions will be expanded via free updates. Please email support@regularrateandrhthym.com with any requests, reports, or comments, including any other abbreviations you would like to see included!
NREMT
Manage your EMT certification and account securely from your mobile device. Track recertification, update your profile, add courses, and access agency information. Purchase official merchandise directly within the app.
- Secure sign-in with biometrics
- Verify provider status
- Manage profile and affiliations
- Add and track courses
- Submit recertification applications
- Access agency rosters
- Purchase official merchandise
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Features available to all users • Sign in securely with Touch ID or Face ID • Verify National Registry status for any provider by name or registry number. • Contact the Registry using the Contact Us feature • The National Registry store is available via the app for the first time. Now you can purchase patches, decals, challenge coins and more from inside the app. As a provider, easily maintain your National Registry certification and account from anywhere • Manage your profile, including address, phone number and email updates • Check your Initial Application status as a candidate • View, add and remove your agency affiliations • Add courses, add attachments for courses and view your transcript • Manage your education for recertification, submit your recertification application and check on the status of your recertification application. Add courses on the go • Easily add courses to your Professional Transcript as you complete them. • Never misplace paper certificates: the National Registry Mobile app offers the ability to take a picture or upload a file of any supporting documentation to attach to a course you completed. Track your recertification cycle and submit your recertification application • Easily check your expiration date and recertification application status with just a couple taps on your mobile device. • Manage your education for recertification, fill out, pay for and submit your recertification application all securely from your mobile device. As a Training Officer, access your agency information and keep up to date with your providers • View your agency’s roster and which providers are due to recertify for the upcoming season • Sign off on provider’s skills and education • Approve affiliation requests for your agency • Review Medical Director actions taken against providers in your agency • Approve Inactive to Active requests • Add courses for your agency and assign attendees to the courses As a Medical Director, access your agency information and keep up to date with your providers • View your agency’s roster and which providers are due to recertify for the upcoming season • Sign off on provider’s skills • Approve Inactive to Active requests Disclosure Some features are available for certain accounts only. There is no charge for the National Registry app, but message and data rates may apply. Such charges include those from your communications service provider. For any concerns or issues with the mobile application, please visit https://www.nremt.org/rwd/mobile.
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Verdict
MedAbbreviations and NREMT both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 82% of MedAbbreviations's written reviews are positive against 37% of NREMT's. MedAbbreviations also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). NREMT's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and ratings volume (8K vs 272). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
NREMT is free to download; MedAbbreviations costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for MedAbbreviations against 4.7 for NREMT. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NREMT has 8K ratings behind it against 272, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of MedAbbreviations's written reviews are positive against 37% of NREMT's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MedAbbreviations | NREMT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (272 ratings) | 4.7 (8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.0% of reviews — better | 36.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 272 | 8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Evan Schoenberg | National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians |
Customer experience
MedAbbreviations
NREMT
User reviews
MedAbbreviations
From 272 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use and intuitive interface
- 🚀 Fast search functionality
- 📚 Comprehensive database of medical abbreviations
- 💰 Affordable price point
- 🔗 Wikipedia integration for detailed information
Room to improve
- 📖 Incomplete medical abbreviations database
- 🌍 Limited coverage of alternative medicine and non-US terminology
- 🔍 Lacks reverse lookup functionality (abbreviation to meaning)
- 🐛 Search bar disappears after viewing results
- ⚠️ Performance issues on older iPhone models
NREMT
From 8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 User-friendly
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 🚀 Convenient way to track education
- 👍 Straightforward interface
- 👍 Helpful for medical directors
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes frequently
- 🐛 Login issues
- 🐛 Unable to upload documents
- 🐛 Glitchy and buggy
- 🐛 Unreliable performance
Bugs and requests
MedAbbreviations
Reported bugs
5 issues- Search bar disappears after viewing first result
- App performance warning on iPhone 7 and newer devices
- Incompatibility with iOS 11 and newer versions
- Occasional search functionality glitches requiring app restart
- Medication identification feature returns no results despite complete information
Requested features
10 requests- Ability to add and save custom abbreviations
- Reverse reference lookup (search by meaning to find abbreviation)
- Flashcard export functionality for bookmarked abbreviations
- Navigation between bookmarked abbreviations without closing
- Proper capitalization support for case-sensitive abbreviations
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- JACHO approved abbreviations indicator
- Expanded alternative medicine terminology (chiropractic, acupuncture)
- NHS UK protocols and terminology section
- Prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms reference
- Better search narrowing and alphabetization options
NREMT
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unable to add payment information
- Fails to generate registry cards for Apple Wallet
- App won't open or load past the logo
- Errors when trying to save changes or upload documents
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Auto-populate continuing education hours
- Ability to input entire refresher courses instead of individual classes
- Improved communication and support
In-app purchases
MedAbbreviations
No in-app purchases
NREMT
No in-app purchases
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