Pedi STAT vs NEAR Registry
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pedi STAT
This app provides rapid, accurate reference data for healthcare professionals treating pediatric patients in emergency or critical care. It offers quick access to medication dosages, equipment sizes, and vital signs, calculated based on age and weight, to minimize errors and improve patient care.
- Pediatric medication dosages
- Airway intervention data
- Cardiac resuscitation information
- Pediatric equipment sizes
- Seizure and hypoglycemia management
- Normal vital signs reference
- Procedural sedation dosages
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Pedi-STAT is a rapid reference for RNs, paramedics, physicians and other healthcare professionals caring for pediatric patients in the emergency or critical care environment. ************************************ Reviews ************************************ Among "The Best Drug Reference Apps for Emergency Physicians" - Emergency Physicians Monthly 5 STARS - "Simple interface provides rapid access to critical data needed when managing a critically ill pediatric patient" 5 Stars - "Very useful for treating kids in high pressure situations with precision." ***************************** Pedi-STAT features include: - Rapid results for airway interventions including endotracheal tube sizes, depth, intubation medication dosages, ventilator settings, and sedation - Cardiac resuscitation data including weight specific dosages for resuscitation medications, cardioversion, and defibrillation - Access to age and weight specific pediatric equipment including foley catheters, airway management, chest and NG tubes, peripheral and central line sizes, and more - Seizure medication dosages - Management of hypoglycemia including age specific dextrose concentrations - Reference of age specific normal vital signs - Procedural sedation dosages including single dose meds and infusions, as well as reversal agents - Calculated pain management medications - Medical management of allergic reactions and anaphylaxis Users can quickly access critical information accurately, without having to rely on memory or cumbersome textbooks. With just a few taps, users have access to all the necessary data to care for a pediatric patient in the emergent setting, including weight-based and age specific medication dosages and equipment sizes. Since many of the patients present with minimal known information, all the results can be calculated rapidly with only a known age, date-of-birth, weight, length, or height. Simply enter the known variable and the data is instantly calculated. Developed by an Emergency Physician, this app minimizes the risk of medical errors allowing the provider to spend more time caring for the patient, and less time looking up and calculating doses. It is a critical companion for any physician, nurse, paramedic, or medical trainee involved in the care of critically ill pediatric patients.
NEAR Registry
This app allows users to register and manage Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in their community. It makes these lifesaving devices, along with other emergency resources like bleeding control kits, discoverable by emergency responders during critical cardiac events.
- Register unregistered AEDs
- Manage AED locations
- Record lifesaving resources
- Integrates with emergency dispatch
- FirstNet Certified™ application
- Accessible to emergency call takers
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The National Emergency AED + Resource (NEAR) Registry provides centralized access to AEDs, bleeding control kits, epinephrine and naloxone, so they can be identified and deployed during life-threatening emergencies. The NEAR Registry integrates with emergency communication centers so telecommunicators can alert callers to nearby lifesaving resources. In communities using PulsePoint Respond, AED owners and responsible parties can receive real-time alerts when their registered AED is needed nearby. The NEAR Registry consolidates data from all available sources to create a unified, authoritative source of resource locations for emergency use. These sources include manufacturers and distributors, program management companies, governmental entities, school districts, airports, and partner organizations and NGOs. Many communities also collect locations in partnership with local businesses and places of assembly. The NEAR Registry is hosted and administered by the PulsePoint Foundation, a US-based public 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to empower community members to take life-saving action in the critical moments before professional help arrives. In furtherance of this initiative, PulsePoint provides access to the NEAR Registry, administrator training, and support services at no charge. For more information, please visit near-registry.org. The NEAR Registry is FirstNet Certified™ for use with 911. FirstNet Certified solutions must demonstrate 99.99% availability and pass third-party security, data privacy and performance assessments.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: NEAR Registry at Free against Pedi STAT's $7.99. NEAR Registry also leads on ratings volume (6.1K vs 68) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). Pedi STAT's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 51%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
NEAR Registry is free to download; Pedi STAT costs $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NEAR Registry holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NEAR Registry has 6.1K ratings behind it against 68, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of Pedi STAT's written reviews are positive against 51% of NEAR Registry's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Pedi STAT ships an update every 2 months, NEAR Registry every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Pedi STAT | NEAR Registry |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (68 ratings) | 4.7 (6.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.8% of reviews — better | 51.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 68 | 6.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #3 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | James M Kempema MD PA | PulsePoint Foundation |
Customer experience
Pedi STAT
NEAR Registry
Bugs and requests
Pedi STAT
Reported bugs
11 issues- App stuck on loading screen at startup
- Slow boot time (30+ seconds)
- Crashes when checking for database updates without internet
- Freezes when internet connectivity is poor
- Inaccurate dosage recommendations for infants/young children
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- Spelling errors in medication names (anaphylaxis, succhinylcholine, nebulyzed)
- Incorrect max dose information (anaphylaxis 1mg vs 1mg/kg)
- GCS scoring error (15 = mild TBI classification)
- Vital signs section labeled as 'normal viral signs' alphabetically
- Icon change caused app recognition issues
- Retina display support missing (older versions)
Requested features
19 requests- Search function to find medications by name
- Oral antibiotic dosing options (free or included)
- Adult medication dosing reference
- Dark mode support
- Extended weight range (above 43kg)
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- Extended age range (above 12 years)
- Reversal agent dosing (glycopyrrolate, neostigmine)
- Pressor drip dosing (epinephrine, norepinephrine, dopamine)
- Shock/hypotension management section
- Platelet and PRBC transfusion dosing
- Hydrocortisone bolus for shock
- iPad version support
- Antibiotic syrup formulations
- Customizable local medical directives
- Drug concentration and mL calculations
- Optional update prompts instead of automatic checks
- Updated PALS and NRP guidelines
- Ability to search by drug category
- Offline functionality
NEAR Registry
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pedi STAT
No in-app purchases
NEAR Registry
No in-app purchases









