Pocket Heart vs Cathlas
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocket Heart
This interactive 3D cardiology app offers a beautiful and engaging way to learn about the human heart. It features detailed anatomical and clinical content, intuitive navigation, and interactive quizzes for self-paced learning. Ideal for medical professionals, students, and educators.
- Interactive 3D heart model
- Detailed anatomical and clinical content
- Intuitive 3D navigation
- Multiple quiz types for self-paced learning
- Multimedia learning content
- Patient communication tool
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“The Most Beautiful Cardiology App on the Market” Pocket Heart, our award-winning 3D Beating Heart App, redefines what engaging medical education content truly is with its elegant design, interactive quizzes, clinical cases and over 30,000 words of learning material. Please note: Free to use and includes a premium subscription to unlock all app content. _________________________________________________________ At Pocket Anatomy, we’re a hybrid team of healthcare professionals, educators & software developers that create meaningful and beautiful 3D Interactive medical iOS Apps. WHY POCKET HEART? + All content resides in the app (no need for wi-fi or 3G). + Universal Build – for iPhone and iPad + 30,000 words of detailed anatomical and clinical content. + Intuitive 3D navigation (so you don’t have to scroll through long lists) + Multiple quiz types & options, enabling self-paced learning. + Interactive engaging multimedia content. + Used by medics and clinicians to enhance patient communication and information + Vital App for students of anatomy & physiology enabling them to study-on-the-go. + Teachers and lecturers appreciate the stunning visuals & multimedia content and the ability to use as an in-class learning tool. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING "Great for patient education, especially seeing the heart beat in real time" ***** - ThinkAnatomy.com "Offers students a unique way to view the workings of the heart" ***** - GadgetRepublic.com "Helpful to medical students, residents and clinicians" ***** - MedGadget.com "Pocket Heart is truly a good learning tool for cardiac anatomy and physiology" ***** - iMedicalApps.com PREMIUM CONTENT Pocket Heart is your premium medical education mobile reference tool. It assists the medical, nursing and health care practitioner learn clinically relevant anatomy of the human heart for examination, revision and patient education purposes. The intuitive navigation enables the user to visualize, hear and understand how the human heart works, in 3D. Anatomical structures in each layer are pinned for identification and associated with each pin is additional concise relevant information including clinical notes. OUR COMMITMENT Unlike alternative human anatomy software, our apps have been co-developed with practitioners, educators and medical students (from storyboard phase right through to present day versions on the store). We see our range of apps as ever evolving, and we invite you to join our growing community of more than 1 million users.
Cathlas
This medical reference app provides a collection of rare and important video images related to coronary angiography. It allows users to contribute educational content, which is then reviewed by experts before publication. The app serves as a practical aid for interventional cardiology professionals.
- Rare and important video images
- Coronary artery anatomy
- Complication recognition
- Congenital heart disease
- Mechanical valve fluoroscopies
- Intracoronary imaging
- Diagnostic skill practice
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The progress of technology allows for the delivery of a collection of rare and important video images to users in a practical way that cannot be similarly produced via textbooks or peer-reviewed journals. The app is designed to cultivate and integrate contributions from users who would like to add educational images, videos and data that will enrich the knowledge of the interventional cardiology peers community. The moderation and inclusion of images will be processed by experts in the field prior to their publication online. DISCLAIMER: Cathlas has been developed as a reference aid only, and no guarantees are made regarding the completeness or adequacy of the representations shown and information conveyed by the app. The app will not be liable for any claims arising from its use. Please seek a doctor's advice in addition to using the app and before making any medical decisions. This app does not contain any personal information. Cathlas includes angiographic videos in various topics – for example: Anatomy of coronary arteries with focus on coronary anomalies • Coronary angiography videos with corresponding CT images • Explore and learn to recognize complications • Images of congenital heart disease and right heart catheterization hemodynamics • Unique images of coronary bypass grafting and acute coronary syndrome • Left ventriculogram and aortogram • Mechanical valve fluoroscopies – learn to recognize different valves, normal angels of opening and closing • Intracoronary imaging with intravascular ultrasound and optical coherence tomography images • How to recognize device in fluoroscopy • Rare and important incidental findings on fluoroscopy • Structural cases of TAVR, mitral clip, TMVR, Watchman… • Practice your diagnostic skills with set of heart catheterization videos • Explore high-quality heart catheterization images
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cathlas at none against Pocket Heart's 2. Cathlas also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 78%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Pocket Heart's advantage is ratings volume (493 vs 18). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Pocket Heart sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Cathlas asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cathlas holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Heart has 493 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Pocket Heart's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cathlas's.
| Parameter | Pocket Heart | Cathlas |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (493 ratings) | 5.0 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 493 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 226 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | EMEDIA INTERACTIVE LIMITED | Spectre Software Inc. |
Customer experience
Pocket Heart
Cathlas
Bugs and requests
Pocket Heart
Reported bugs
6 issues- Heartbeat sound/audio playback not working
- Menu displaying vertically instead of at bottom on some devices
- Difficulty rotating heart on iPhone 5
- Reduced zoom capability in newer versions
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
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- Text size too small on certain screen sizes
Requested features
10 requests- Adjustable text size and menu positioning
- Apple Watch integration with real-time heart rate sync
- Customizable heart pulse/beat rate
- Internal 3D heart dissection from multiple angles
- Visualization of heart pathologies and diseases (myocardial infarction, arrhythmias, congenital defects)
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- More detailed surgical views (e.g., mitral valve perspective)
- Additional organ apps (kidneys, pancreas)
- More patient case studies and scenarios
- Animated additional information beyond textbook content
- Toggle views for various heart defects and abnormalities
Cathlas
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pocket Heart
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Annual Subscription7 Days trial$9.491 Year
Cathlas
No in-app purchases









