Comparison

Pedi STAT vs webPOISONCONTROL® Poison App

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Pediatric medication dosages
  • Airway intervention data
  • Cardiac resuscitation information
  • Pediatric equipment sizes
  • Seizure and hypoglycemia management
  • Normal vital signs reference
  • Procedural sedation dosages
Features
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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.

About

webPOISONCONTROL® Poison App

Get expert guidance for potential poisoning incidents. This app helps you determine if an exposure is dangerous and requires immediate medical attention, or if it's safe to manage at home. It provides personalized recommendations based on the substance, amount, and individual factors.

Highlights
  • Expert poisoning advice
  • Determine need for medical attention
  • Guidance for swallowed poisons
  • Skin, eye, inhalation, and injection exposures
  • Bites and stings advice
  • Barcode scanner for product identification
  • Symptom checker
Features
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The webPOISONCONTROL® mobile app provides expert help for a possible poisoning. It helps users determine if an exposure is dangerous and requires medical attention. Did the baby eat a berry, a flower or a cigarette? Did you take the dog’s medicine? Did your toddler eat pills from grandma’s purse? Did you swallow something that might be poisonous? Did you splash a product in your eye or on your skin? Are you coughing from irritating fumes? Were you bitten by a spider? Did you take a double dose of your medicine? Don’t guess what you should do. Get accurate answers prepared by poison experts. Use the webPOISONCONTROL app to find out if you need to call your poison center or go to an ER, or what to do if it’s safe to stay home. This free, confidential app will guide you. Just enter the age, substance, amount taken (if swallowed), weight, and time since the exposure to get an immediate recommendation. A barcode reader allows you to scan the product instead of typing or searching for the product name. Next tell us whether you have symptoms, and if so, the app will check to see if they are common, expected symptoms, or more serious. Often, it’s safe to stay home, but the app will tell you what symptoms to expect and when to call your poison center or go to an ER. Help is available for swallowed poisons, skin, eye, inhalation and injection exposures, and bites and stings. Users can get immediate guidance for medications taken in double dose or too close together. The app was developed by poison experts and has been safely used by more than one million people seeking help for a poison emergency.

Screenshots

Pedi STAT4 screens
webPOISONCONTROL® Poison App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: webPOISONCONTROL® Poison App at Free against Pedi STAT's $7.99. webPOISONCONTROL® Poison App also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Pedi STAT's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months) and chart position (#6 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

webPOISONCONTROL® Poison App is free to download; Pedi STAT costs $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Pedi STAT against 4.6 for webPOISONCONTROL® Poison App. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 68 and 36 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Pedi STAT's written reviews are positive against 83% of webPOISONCONTROL® Poison App's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pedi STAT ships an update every 2 months, webPOISONCONTROL® Poison App every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Pedi STAT versus webPOISONCONTROL® Poison App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPedi STATwebPOISONCONTROL® Poison App
Price$7.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (68 ratings)4.6 (36 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.8% of reviews — better83.3% of reviews
Number of ratings68 — better36
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#6 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB8 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJames M Kempema MD PAPoison Control Centers

Customer experience

Pedi STAT

All ratings68 ratings
Positive86.8%
Neutral4.4%
Negative8.8%
Written reviews106 reviews
Positive85.8%
Neutral4.7%
Negative9.4%

webPOISONCONTROL® Poison App

All ratings36 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

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

webPOISONCONTROL® Poison App

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Pedi STAT

No in-app purchases

None

webPOISONCONTROL® Poison App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pedi STAT free?
Pedi STAT costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is webPOISONCONTROL® Poison App free?
webPOISONCONTROL® Poison App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pedi STAT or webPOISONCONTROL® Poison App?
webPOISONCONTROL® Poison App is rated higher. Pedi STAT averages 4.5 out of 5 from 68 ratings, while webPOISONCONTROL® Poison App averages 4.6 from 36 ratings.
Do Pedi STAT or webPOISONCONTROL® Poison App have ads?
Neither Pedi STAT nor webPOISONCONTROL® Poison App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pedi STAT or webPOISONCONTROL® Poison App?
Pedi STAT ships an update every 2 months, and webPOISONCONTROL® Poison App every 7 months. Most recently, Pedi STAT was updated on October 17, 2026 and webPOISONCONTROL® Poison App on October 7, 2026.

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