Comparison

AHS EMS vs Ablodoc

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

AHS EMS

Access essential Alberta Health Services Medical Control Protocols for pre-hospital emergency medical providers. Includes adult and pediatric algorithms, reference materials, and pharmacology information.

Highlights
  • Alberta Health Services Protocols
  • Medical Control
  • Medical First Response
  • Incident Response
  • Adult and pediatric algorithms
  • Reference material
  • Pharmacology information
Features
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The Alberta Emergency Medical Services Medical Control Protocols app for iOS devices provides emergency medical providers access to easy-to-use Alberta Health Services Protocols (Medical Control, Medical First Response, Incident Response and Critical Care Medical Control) specifically designed for use in the pre-hospital environment. This app includes adult and pediatric algorithms as well as necessary reference material and pharmacology information, including infusion charts, resource information, and provincial contacts. This app provides government-related information (from Alberta Health Services Emergency Medical Services at https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/ems/ems.aspx) that is generated and published from AHSEMS.com (https://www.ahsems.com). App information is also publicly available at https://protocols.ahsems.com.

About

Ablodoc

This app provides a unified mobile workspace for healthcare teams, managing patient appointments, clinical records, laboratory workflows, and student supervision. It facilitates team coordination, documentation, and telehealth consultations for various medical environments.

Highlights
  • Appointment scheduling and management
  • Patient record access
  • Clinical note creation
  • Laboratory specimen tracking
  • Student supervision tools
  • Team coordination
  • Telehealth consultations
Features
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Labtani Care — Clinical workflows, connected. Run your healthcare operations with greater clarity, from patient appointments and clinical records to laboratory processes and team coordination. Labtani Care is designed for medical practices, healthcare clinics, clinical training programs, laboratories and healthcare professionals. PATIENT AND PRACTICE MANAGEMENT • Manage appointment schedules. • Access authorized patient charts and visit history. • Review clinical notes, observations and documents. • Keep track of pending tasks and follow-up activities. • Access the information relevant to your role. LABORATORY WORKFLOWS • Review laboratory orders and specimen details. • Track samples throughout laboratory processes. • Scan barcodes to identify specimens. • Access laboratory worklists. • Monitor results awaiting review and validation. CLINICAL EDUCATION AND SUPERVISION Help students, supervisors and clinical teams coordinate their work. • Organize clinical activities and schedules. • Create and submit clinical documentation. • Review student notes and provide feedback. • Track corrections, approvals and outstanding items. SMART CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION HealthScribe supports clinical note dictation and structured documentation. FormScribe assists with professional forms, missing information and document preparation. Both tools support healthcare professionals while keeping clinical review and decision-making in their hands. CONNECTED HEALTHCARE TEAMS Access authorized workspaces, coordinate daily activities and join virtual consultations when supported by your organization. Features depend on your organization's enabled modules and assigned permissions. Labtani Care — One connected workspace for modern healthcare teams.

Screenshots

AHS EMS3 screens
Ablodoc4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ablodoc at monthly against AHS EMS's every 11 months. AHS EMS's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for AHS EMS against 5.0 for Ablodoc. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AHS EMS ships an update every 11 months, Ablodoc monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
AHS EMS versus Ablodoc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAHS EMSAblodoc
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews34.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB146 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperThe Essential Talk Network IncorporatedExpertise Ablo Inc

Customer experience

AHS EMS

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive34.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.0%

Ablodoc

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

AHS EMS

Reported bugs

28 issues
  • Does not allow access if phone does not have reception
  • Protocols just come up as “not found.”
  • Very glitchy on IOS, requires multiple restarts to return to the main menu. Menu bars disappear once zoomed in or scrolled and don’t always reappear.
  • Formatting of some protocol/med pages are warped as if an image has been inserted into the page but incorrectly sized.
  • Updates will not download to be able to get in
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  • App is no longer working for iPhone
  • Won’t update, just freezes
  • Seems to be stuck on the download update page.
  • App is broken, won’t update
  • Landscape mode on IPAD is not supported
  • Needs an in-app update every time you open it
  • Order of the protocols for the different disciplines has randomized since the last time you opened it
  • Formatting is terrible once you can open a protocol. You have to zoom in to read anything
  • Permanently stuck on downloading. If you leave the app it says no connection to internet and closes. Completely broken.
  • Cannot download any content - fully not functional.
  • Cannot download updates, or are delayed in downloading them- you can’t skip it. It just tells you “no public protocols are available.”
  • App not updating and missing large sections
  • Randomly stopped working on my iPhone, tried to delete it and redownload, still doesn’t work.
  • After the app opens there is nothing but a white screen!
  • Newest update has to be downloaded over and over, won't save to work without Internet connection.
  • Requires you to download it every time you open the app.
  • If you need to close the app to use the phone during a mission, all the information is gone.
  • Why do I have to download the CCP guidelines everytime I open the app??
  • When you down load the app on your i phone it does not allow me to see the whole protocol, The words are cut short on the right hand side.
  • Portrait mode does not work for Drug section.
  • Not working on iOS 7 . App won't even open. seems to work if updated over the air update but from new install, it crashes.
  • Nothing comes up for this up, just null. I've got an iPhone 4.
  • When I open the app everything comes up as (null). Not sure if its compatible with iPhone 5.

Requested features

9 requests
  • Allow offline access to downloaded content
  • Improve iPad optimization for landscape mode
  • Fix update download issues
  • Ensure protocols are not randomized after updates
  • Improve formatting for readability and protocol switching
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  • Allow users to skip updates if needed
  • Bring back the old version of the app
  • Add protocols for dehydration, metabolic/respiratory acidosis
  • Keep the app updated with protocol changes

Ablodoc

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

AHS EMS

No in-app purchases

None

Ablodoc

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AHS EMS free?
AHS EMS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ablodoc free?
Ablodoc is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AHS EMS or Ablodoc?
AHS EMS and Ablodoc are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do AHS EMS or Ablodoc have ads?
Neither AHS EMS nor Ablodoc shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AHS EMS or Ablodoc?
AHS EMS ships an update every 11 months, and Ablodoc monthly. Most recently, AHS EMS was updated on November 6, 2026 and Ablodoc on November 3, 2026.

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