VetPDA Calcs vs VINCasts
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
VINCasts
Access a curated collection of audio content focused on veterinary medicine, practice management, and mental wellbeing. Stay informed with news, insights, and expert discussions on your preferred devices.
- Clinical medicine audio
- Practice management content
- Mental wellbeing resources
- Client education topics
- News and analysis reports
- On-demand audio access
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Catch up on audio offerings from your VIN Community. Topics covered include clinical medicine, practice management, mental wellbeing, and client education -- available whenever you are on your laptop, phone, or tablet. The following content is available: VetzInsight offers an offbeat, inside look at animal issues. Veterinary Partner provides the finest and most accurate pet health information. VIN News Service provides unbiased, accurate, insightful news reports and analyses that explore topics and viewpoints not commonly covered by other media outlets. VIN Rounds for VIN members.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: VINCasts at Free against VetPDA Calcs's $4.99. VetPDA Calcs's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 45 months) and ratings volume (16 vs 2). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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
VINCasts 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 5.0 for VINCasts. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VetPDA Calcs has 16 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
VetPDA Calcs ships an update every 2 months, VINCasts every 45 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VetPDA Calcs | VINCasts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 45 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.3 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | University of California, Davis | VETERINARY INFORMATION NETWORK INC. |
Customer experience
VetPDA Calcs
VINCasts
In-app purchases
VetPDA Calcs
No in-app purchases
VINCasts
No in-app purchases
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