Pocket Heart vs EpiBrain
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.
EpiBrain
This application allows multiple users to share holographic learning sessions for teaching and training. It explores the impact of childhood trauma and opioid use on the brain through interactive holograms.
- Multi-user holographic sessions
- Real-time shared experiences
- Interactive brain holograms
- Explores childhood trauma impact
- Explores opioid use impact
- Managed enterprise app
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This version of EpiBrain for Enterprise REQUIRES an Enterprise License. EpiBrain, developed by ANIMA RES, is owned by ANTHC and delivered by the Gig Immersive Learning Platform and is intended to be used as a managed app with the Gig Immersive Learning Platform. Only registered users in the Gig Immersive Learning Platform are allowed to access the mobile app. EpiBrain allows multiple users at your institution to share a session to see the same holograms at the same time – even if you are in disparate locations – for teaching and training purposes. EpiBrain is an application that explores the impact of childhood trauma and opioid use on the brain, offering users the opportunity to interact with holograms.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: EpiBrain at none against Pocket Heart's 2. EpiBrain also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Pocket Heart's advantage is ratings volume (492 vs 1). 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. EpiBrain asks for nothing beyond the download.
EpiBrain holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Heart has 492 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Pocket Heart | EpiBrain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (492 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 492 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 226 MB | 829 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | EMEDIA INTERACTIVE LIMITED | ANIMA RES |
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
EpiBrain
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
EpiBrain
No in-app purchases
Questions
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