VetPDA Calcs vs MN Urolith
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VetPDA Calcs
This app offers 21 essential calculators for veterinary medicine students and professionals. It includes tools for anesthesia, fluid management, drug dosing, and more, with informative sheets explaining each calculator's use.
- 21 veterinary calculators
- Anesthesia drug calculations
- Fluid management tools
- Dosing and infusion calculators
- Information sheets for each calculator
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VetPDA Calcs contains 21 useful calculators for Veterinary Medicine students and professionals. Included Calculators: • A-a Gradient • Anesthesia Drug calc • Anion Gap • Blood Gas Analysis • Bicarbonate Dosing • Body Surface Area • Combining Fluids • Constant Rate of Infusion calc • Dosing calc • Drip Rates • Echo Values • Energy Requirements • Equine Fluids • Fluid Plan • Fractional Excretion of Sodium • Maintenance Fluids • Osmolality • Percentage Solutions • Temperature conversion • Transfusion calc • Weight Conversion Other Features: • Information sheets for calculators describe how and why to use each calculator
MN Urolith
This app provides veterinarians with instant access to urolith analysis reports and science-backed treatment recommendations. It allows for convenient viewing of submission status and retrieval of results, aiding in patient care and prevention strategies.
- View urolith submission status
- Retrieve completed analysis reports
- Access science-supported treatment recommendations
- Send PDF reports to electronic records
- Concise and detailed recommendation versions
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The Minnesota Urolith Center, in partnership with Hill’s Pet Nutrition, provides complementary urolith analysis and science supported treatment recommendations to veterinarians worldwide. For more than 30 years, this diagnostic service has been offered without cost to veterinary hospitals through a longstanding partnership between Hill’s Pet Nutrition and The Minnesota Urolith Center at the University of Minnesota, College of Veterinary Medicine. Largely with the support of an annual educational grant from Hill’s Pet Nutrition, and voluntary contributions by pet owners and veterinarians worldwide, we provide a valuable benefit directly to practitioners: quantitative analysis of patients’ uroliths. The application is exclusively for veterinarians and veterinary support staff. It requires an existing account on the main system at www.urolithcenter.org. Use the same email and password to access the iPhone application, enabling convenient viewing of the status of recent submissions. One click allows easy retrieval of reports and recommendations wherever you may be—in the clinic or on the go. Use the main system to enter patient information prior to submitting a urolith. Then use the App to: 1. View the status: - Patient information Entered and sample in transit - Sample received and analysis underway - Analysis Completed 2. Retrieve completed results: send the pdf to your electronic record system, or directly to the pet owner! 3. View Recommendations your way: either a concise version that helps you plan prevention strategies or a detailed version which explainins the science behind the prevention strategy The Minnesota Urolith Center and Hill’s Pet Nutrition—Urolith Answers at your fingertips.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: MN Urolith at Free against VetPDA Calcs's $4.99. VetPDA Calcs's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (12.3 vs 15.1). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
MN Urolith is free to download; VetPDA Calcs costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for VetPDA Calcs against 4.9 for MN Urolith. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 7 respectively.
VetPDA Calcs ships an update every 2 months, MN Urolith every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VetPDA Calcs | MN Urolith |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (16 ratings) — better | 4.9 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.3 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | University of California, Davis | HATTER CREEK CONSULTING AND DEVELOPMENT, LLC |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
VetPDA Calcs
No in-app purchases
MN Urolith
No in-app purchases
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