Comparison

UpToDate vs The Code Runner Pro

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

Head to head
About

UpToDate

This clinical decision support tool provides healthcare professionals with evidence-based guidance to improve patient care. It features AI-powered conversational answers, continuously updated medical content, and tools for drug reference, calculations, and patient education.

Highlights
  • Expert AI conversational guidance
  • Gold standard clinical content
  • Practice-changing updates
  • Patient education materials
  • Drug reference and interactions
  • Clinical calculators
  • Kidney dosing guidance
Features
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UpToDate is the clinical decision support solution trusted by over 3M healthcare professionals to help improve care delivery and patient outcomes. Now powered by UpToDate Expert AI, a generative AI experience built on rigorously maintained UpToDate clinical intelligence to delivers fast, clinically grounded answers through a conversational interface. Expert AI, available in select packages and applications, brings together the latest evidence and real-world clinical expertise and provides transparent sourcing, embedded guardrails, and oversight, supporting clinical reasoning and helping clinicians make confident, informed decisions. Key features include: • Expert AI: Conversational guidance that mirrors how clinicians think. • Gold Standard Clinical Content: Clinician-authored clinical intelligence and graded recommendation, enriched with clinical algorithms, graphics, videos, and continuously updated to reflect the latest evidence and clinical care experience. • Practice-Changing Updates: Timely insights that reflect the latest evidence and how it impacts patient care. • Patient Education: Thousands of patient education leaflets in up to 19 different languages to improve patient understanding and support care plan adherence. • Key Points Panels: Quick, clinically actionable guidance to help clinicians avoid common diagnostic and treatment errors embedded in UpToDate search results. • Drug Reference & Interactions: Evidence-based drug monographs and interaction analysis to support safe and informed prescribing decisions. • Clinical Calculators: Over 200 tools to support dosing, risk scoring, and patient assessments. • Rx Transitions: Step-by-step support for switching antidepressants safely. • Kidney Dosing: Drug dosing guidance for patients with renal impairment. Available on mobile, desktop, and integrated into EHRs, ensuring you can access UpToDate’s trusted guidance where and when you need it. Access to features will vary depending on your UpToDate account. Expert AI is now available in personal trainee subscriptions and UpToDate Pro Plus subscriptions in the US, and through select Enterprise Edition accounts. To get access, explore personal subscription options on the UpToDate website or contact your Enterprise account lead. This app is designed for use by medical professionals. If you are not a medical professional, please consult a qualified healthcare provider before making any medical decisions.

About

The Code Runner Pro

This app guides medical professionals through critical cardiac arrest situations for adults and children. It provides real-time support, eliminating the need to rely solely on memory from training. The app also captures event data and generates PDF reports for easy management.

Highlights
  • Advanced cardiac life support guidance
  • Adult and pediatric protocols
  • Real-time event tracking
  • Full documentation and data capture
  • PDF report generation
  • Reduces reliance on memory
Features
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The Code Runner Pro app is the first application that is fully integrated to guide the practitioner in the most critical situations involving advanced cardiac life support-both in the adult and in the pediatric population. it provides the practitioner with the ability to not have to rely solely on one’s memory from the last CPR class. There is no longer any excuse to be even more stressed during an already stressful situation. This program allows full documentation and data capture of the events. It populates in the end of the event into a PDF for easier documentation and data management of an individuals ability to “run “a code. Futures versions of this application will provide for institutional management of the advanced cardiac life support events that occur in their locale. Access to The Code Runner Pro features requires subscription after download: $3.99 Monthly or $39.99 Yearly. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://coderunner-app.github.io Medical Disclaimer: Seek a doctor’s advice in addition to using this app and before making any medical decisions. See https://coderunner-app.github.io/disclaimer for more information.

Screenshots

UpToDate4 screens
The Code Runner Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: The Code Runner Pro at 5.0 against UpToDate's 3.6. The Code Runner Pro also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). UpToDate's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (579 vs 1). On price, ads, monetization model 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. The Code Runner Pro sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. UpToDate asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Code Runner Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UpToDate has 579 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UpToDate ships an update every 5 weeks, The Code Runner Pro every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
UpToDate versus The Code Runner Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUpToDateThe Code Runner Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (579 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings579 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationSubscriptionSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB85 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperUpToDate, Inc.AMPS Education Training and Consulting Services, LLC

Customer experience

UpToDate

All ratings579 ratings
Positive60.4%
Neutral10.4%
Negative29.2%
Written reviews384 reviews
Positive28.4%
Neutral9.6%
Negative62.0%

The Code Runner Pro

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

UpToDate

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to download offline content
  • Constant need to re-authenticate
  • Incompatibility with recent iOS updates

Requested features

3 requests
  • Highlight and annotate content
  • Improved institutional login support
  • Dark mode and font size options

The Code Runner Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

UpToDate

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

The Code Runner Pro

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited Access$3.991 Month
  • Unlimited Access$39.991 Year

Questions

Is UpToDate free?
UpToDate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Code Runner Pro free?
The Code Runner Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, UpToDate or The Code Runner Pro?
The Code Runner Pro is rated higher. UpToDate averages 3.6 out of 5 from 579 ratings, while The Code Runner Pro averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do UpToDate or The Code Runner Pro have ads?
Neither UpToDate nor The Code Runner Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UpToDate or The Code Runner Pro?
UpToDate ships an update every 5 weeks, and The Code Runner Pro every 3 days. Most recently, UpToDate was updated on October 9, 2026 and The Code Runner Pro on October 3, 2026.

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