Anesthesia Central vs iTIVA Anesthesia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Anesthesia Central
This app provides anesthesiologists and critical care specialists with essential information for patient care before, during, and after surgery. It includes disease, drug, test, and procedure details, along with access to the PubMed database for journal articles.
- Disease, drug, test, and procedure information
- Access to PubMed database
- MGH Clinical Anesthesia Procedures
- Davis's Drug Guide
- Pocket ICU Management
- Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests
- Integrated calculators
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** The All-In-One Mobile and Web Solution for Anesthesiology ** ABOUT ANESTHESIA CENTRAL Anesthesia Central is a must-have resource for every anesthesiologist, critical care specialist, nurse anesthetist, and trainee. Consult the automatically updating collection of disease, drug, test, and procedure information for treating patients before, during, and after surgery. Download to your mobile device and use the quick-read format to find answers fast or search for journal articles and citations in the full PubMed database – anytime, anywhere. Five comprehensive resources included with Anesthesia Central. MGH CLINICAL ANESTHESIA PROCEDURES Includes proven guidelines for preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative anesthesia care, developed by the renowned Massachusetts General Hospital. DAVIS’S DRUG GUIDE Refer to need-to-know information on dosing, contraindications, drug interactions, and patient education for more than 5,000 medications. POCKET ICU MANAGEMENT Focuses on conditions found in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and covers a range of topics from life-threatening disorders to presenting conditions. POCKET GUIDE TO DIAGNOSTIC TESTS Pocket Guide to Diagnostics Tests provides evidence-based recommendations on the selection and interpretation of over 450 laboratory, imaging, and microbiology tests. Prime PubMed Search Connect to the full MEDLINE/PubMed database. Stay up to date with your favorite medical journals, perform powerful searches, link directly to the publisher’s full text, and share articles via email or social media. Visually explore the literature using Grapherence®, a unique way to find related and relevant articles. FEATURES • Receive 1-year of drug updates • Download any new editions of included resources free for 1-year • Make quick calculations with integrated calculators • Create custom notes and highlights within entries • Consult trusted, up-to-date procedure, drug, and test information • Jump quickly between resources using Cross Links • Access to PubMed database through Prime • Use the advanced search capabilities to find topics fast • Bookmark important entries with “Favorites” • Get access to Anesthesia Central website for 1-year DRUG AND CONTENT UPDATES • After initial Anesthesia Central purchase you will receive updates for one year • After one year, you can purchase updates for an additional year, at the discounted rate of $99.99. If you do not choose to purchase, you can continue to use the product but will not receive updates. • This app will automatically renew annually at the current renewal rate ($99.99) and charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase, unless auto-renew is turned off 24 hours prior to the conclusion of the one-year subscription period. • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital: Senior Editor: Wilton C. Levine, MD Associate Editors: Rae M. Allain, MD; Theodore A. Alston, MD, PhD; Peter F. Dunn, MD; Jean Kwo, MD; Carl E. Rosow, MD, PhD Publisher: Lippincott Willams & Wilkins Pocket ICU Management: Authors: Michael H. Wall, MD, FCCM; Pamela R. Roberts, MD, FCCM; J. Christopher Farmer, MD, FCCM Publisher: PocketMedicine.com Davis's Drug Guide: Authors: April Hazard Vallerand, PhD, RN, FAAN; Cynthia A. Sanoski, BS, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS Publisher: F.A. Davis Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests: Editors: Diana Nicoll, MD, PhD, MPA; Chuanyi Mark Lu, MD; Michael Pignone, MD, MPH; Stephen J. McPhee, MD Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical Unbound Privacy Policy: www.unboundmedicine.com/privacy Unbound Terms of Use: https://www.unboundmedicine.com/end_user_license_agreement
iTIVA Anesthesia
This medical simulation app models drug distribution and TCI pump behavior for intravenous anesthesia. It helps users understand pharmacokinetics and calculate infusion rates based on various mathematical and pharmacokinetic models. Designed for educational purposes, it allows for up to three drug simulations simultaneously.
- TCI pump simulation
- Drug distribution modeling
- Pharmacokinetic models
- Infusion rate calculation
- Up to 3 drugs simultaneously
- End tidal gas calculation
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TRY IT FOR FREE, 10 USES WITHOUT TIME RESTRICTIONS! iTIVA is a simulation program that provides information about distribution of drugs based on mathematical models, and it simulate the behavior of a TCI pump (up to 3 drugs at time), obtaining infusion rates to reach and maintain a stable target effect site concentration, those schemes can be implemented in volumetric infusion pumps, and be guided with pharmacokinetics models. So now pharmacokinetics can become an easy topic and understanding what is going on during a infusion of a intravenous drug, too. Pharmacokinetic models iTIVA include 11 drugs and 40 pharmacokinetic models, that are updated continuously: -Remifentanil Adults: Minto , Eleveld, Kim Kids: Rigby-Jones, Eleveld, Ross -Fentanyl Adults: Shafer, Scott Kids: Ginsberg, Encinas (Neonates) -Sufentanil Adults: Gepts, Bovill Kids: Greely -Alfentanil Adults: Maitre -Ketamine Adults: Domino, Clements-250 Kids: Herd, Elkomy -Procaine Adults: Seifen -Lidocaine Adults: Dyck, Schnider -Propofol Adults: Schnider, Eleveld, Marsh, Cortinez Kids: Peadfusor, Kataria, Eleveld -Dexmedetomidine Adults: Hannivoort, Dyck, Lin, Venn Kids: Potts -Midazolam Adults: Albrecht, Greenblatt -Tranexamic Adults: Grassin-Delyle Kids: Goobie, Grassun-Delyle iTIVA also calculate the end tidal (Et) for Isoflurane, Sevoflurane and Desflurane for the MAC age, with the use of the Mapleson equation. Created by David Ramirez MD, Cali - Colombia. Universidad de Valle. david@itiva.co • WARNING: iTIVA is not designed to handle intravenous drugs for individual patients. Its use is limited to educational purposes to demonstrate pharmacokinetic principles when performing intravenous anesthesia. Therefore the user assumes all risks from the use of this application for clinical purposes. Infusion schemes are obtained from concentrations based on models published in the medical literature; therefore concentrations achieved from these schemes can vary widely, in the same manner for clinical effects. This application should only be used by people with extensive knowledge in Anesthesiology. We don't collect any information about you, for more info about our privacy policy, refer to http://itiva.co/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: iTIVA Anesthesia at free against Anesthesia Central's free with in-app purchases. iTIVA Anesthesia also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 9 months) and review sentiment (90% vs 74%). Anesthesia Central's advantage is chart position (#147 vs unranked). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Anesthesia Central sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $99.99 per year and iTIVA Anesthesia sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Anesthesia Central against 4.6 for iTIVA Anesthesia. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 104 and 45 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Anesthesia Central's written reviews are positive against 90% of iTIVA Anesthesia's.
Anesthesia Central ships an update every 9 months, iTIVA Anesthesia every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Anesthesia Central | iTIVA Anesthesia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (104 ratings) | 4.6 (45 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.4% of reviews | 90.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 104 — better | 45 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #147 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Unbound Medicine, Inc. | ANESTESIARTE CALI SAS |
Customer experience
Anesthesia Central
iTIVA Anesthesia
In-app purchases
Anesthesia Central
- Anesthesia Central Renewal$99.991 Year
- Anesthesia Central$169.99
iTIVA Anesthesia
- iTiva Pro$9.99
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