Emergency Central vs ABOHNS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Emergency Central
This comprehensive medical app provides emergency medicine professionals with instant access to disease information, diagnosis tools, and treatment protocols. It integrates drug guides, diagnostic test references, and a PubMed search to support clinical decision-making.
- Disease and diagnosis information
- Step-by-step treatment resources
- Drug dosing and interaction guide
- Diagnostic test interpretation
- PubMed database access
- Clinical calculators
- Bookmark favorites
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** Unbound Medicine’s All-In-One Mobile Solution for Emergency Medicine Professionals** ABOUT EMERGENCY CENTRAL Emergency Central is the complete mobile solution for emergency medicine professionals. Disease, diagnosis, and step-by-step treatment resources are integrated to link you to immediate answers. Identify possible diagnoses based on presenting symptoms, review details of specific conditions, determine the ideal diagnostic test sequence, and easily link to the drug guide for dosing information. Emergency Central includes: 5-MINUTE EMERGENCY MEDICINE CONSULT The latest edition of the 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult puts over 600 medical conditions encountered in emergency situations at your fingertips. Each entry is presented in a proven, rapid-access format so you can quickly search medical conditions, confirm a diagnosis, and begin treatment. McGraw-Hill Medical's DIAGNOSAURUS DDx Access over 1,000 quick-reference diagnoses in this valuable reference. Access entries by disease, symptom, or organ system. DAVIS’S DRUG GUIDE Refer to need-to-know information on dosing, contraindications, drug interactions, and patient education for more than 5,000 medications. Updated regularly to ensure you always have new FDA approvals and the latest drug changes. POCKET GUIDE TO DIAGNOSTIC TESTS Pocket Guide to Diagnostics Tests provides quick-access, evidence-based information on the selection and interpretation of common diagnostic tests with more than 350 laboratory, imaging, and microbiology tests. Prime PubMed Search Connect to the full 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 clinical, conversion, dosage, and IV calculators • Jump quickly between resources using Cross Links • Access to the full PubMed database • Use the Full Text Search to help find terms across all indexes • Bookmark important entries with “Favorites” • Get access to Emergency Central website for one year DRUG AND CONTENT UPDATE RENEWAL • After initial Emergency 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. • If you purchase updates, they will automatically renew annually at the 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. • Account will be charged ($99.99) for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the yearly subscription term. • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Unbound Privacy Policy: www.unboundmedicine.com/privacy Unbound Terms of Use: https://www.unboundmedicine.com/end_user_license_agreement
ABOHNS
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The Otolaryngology Training Examination (OTE) is a closed-book, proctored, timed examination which is offered once a year. Any resident, practicing otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeon, or other interested physician may register for the OTE. Purpose The OTE provides an assessment of current knowledge in all areas of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery. Exam results identify strengths and weaknesses. Exam scores are confidential for practitioners; resident’s scores are reported to training program directors. Residents and their program directors use the OTE to establish a baseline of specialty knowledge at the beginning of training, and to monitor changes in that knowledge over time. It is inappropriate for program directors to use this measure of resident performance as the sole form of assessment when evaluating residents for advancement. Rather, it is appropriate for program directors to use the aggregate performance of their residents when evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of their educational program.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ABOHNS at none against Emergency Central's 2. ABOHNS also leads on iOS requirement (9.3 vs 15.0). Emergency Central's advantage is update cadence (every 9 months vs every 47 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. Emergency Central sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $99.99 per year. ABOHNS asks for nothing beyond the download.
Emergency Central ships an update every 9 months, ABOHNS every 47 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Emergency Central | ABOHNS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (55 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 55 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months — better | Every 47 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Unbound Medicine, Inc. | Internet Testing Systems (ITS) |
In-app purchases
Emergency Central
- Emergency Central Renewal$99.991 Year
- Emergency Central$159.99
ABOHNS
No in-app purchases
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