ID Podcasts vs Learn ICU
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ID Podcasts
Access a vast library of infectious diseases medical podcasts for healthcare professionals. Stream up to 200 hours of content categorized by title, author, or subject, and create personalized favorite lists to share with friends. This resource is compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and Apple Watch.
- 200 hours of medical podcasts
- Categorized content
- Favorite podcast lists
- Social media sharing
- Apple Watch compatibility
- Remote learning resource
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The premier infectious diseases remote learning resource on the web for health care professions. USF Health presents ID Podcasts. Now enjoy up to 200 hours of infectious diseases medical podcasts streamed to your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad via a 3G/LTE or WiFi connection. Browse the most recent podcasts, or make a selection using the index, with podcasts categorized by title, author or subject. Select a list of favorite podcasts, and then share your favorites with your friends via social media. The app is also now apple watch compatible. The ID Podcasts mobile player is a product of USF Health, the USF Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, and the infectious diseases faculty at the University of South Florida.
Learn ICU
Access critical care educational materials on your mobile device. Download content to learn on the go and enhance your skills in providing optimal care for critically ill patients.
- Downloadable learning content
- On-the-go learning
- Critical care education
- Tools for practitioners
- Right Care, Right Now™
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The Society of Critical Care Medicine's educational products equip practitioners with the tools needed to provide the Right Care, Right Now™ to all critically ill and injured patients. LearnICU app allows critical care practitioners to download relevant learning contents directly to their devices, and take the learning on the go!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ID Podcasts at 5.0 against Learn ICU's 4.6. ID Podcasts also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.4). Learn ICU's advantage is ratings volume (192 vs 1) and review sentiment (58% vs 40%). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ID Podcasts holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Learn ICU has 192 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of ID Podcasts's written reviews are positive against 58% of Learn ICU's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ID Podcasts ships an update every 5 months, Learn ICU every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ID Podcasts | Learn ICU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.6 (192 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 58.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 192 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Richard Oehler | Society of Critical Care Medicine |
Customer experience
ID Podcasts
Learn ICU
In-app purchases
ID Podcasts
No in-app purchases
Learn ICU
No in-app purchases
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