Comparison

EchoLab vs iElastance

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

Head to head
About

EchoLab

This app provides a comprehensive framework for teaching and performing quantitative echocardiography. It offers a wide array of calculations, graphical displays of equations, and integrates current guidelines for a cohesive overview of cardiac ultrasound analysis. A companion Apple Watch app is also included for on-the-go reference.

Highlights
  • Quantitative echocardiography calculations
  • Integration of ASE/EACVI guidelines
  • Analytic Engine for synthesized results
  • Companion Apple Watch app
  • Graphical display of equations
  • Medical literature references with hyperlinks
  • Wide array of echocardiographic calculations
Features
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EchoLab presents the formulas and algorithms used in an adult echocardiography laboratory. Designed by a practicing cardiologist, EchoLab provides a comprehensive framework for teaching the principles of quantitative echocardiography, or cardiac ultrasound. EchoLab's unique design permits sharing of entered and calculated data between its many formulas. Quick Entry views provide immediate access to a wide array of echocardiographic calculations. Unique to EchoLab among echocardiography applications is the powerful Analytic Engine, which synthesizes results from multiple calculations into a cohesive overview with a comprehensive summary, with integration of ASE/EACVI guidelines. The included companion app for the Apple Watch provides a ready reference when performing or interpreting echocardiograms. Available with each calculation is a graphical display of the corresponding mathematical equation, along with tips for using the calculation and medical literature references with integrated hyperlinks. Calculations and analyses include: • Aortic effective regurgitant orifice area • Aortic energy loss index • Aortic flow acceleration time with ratio to left ventricular ejection time • Aortic prosthetic paravalvular regurgitant extent • Aortic regurgitant fraction • Aortic regurgitant jet width, jet area, pressure half-time, and vena contracta • Aortic regurgitation index (for TAVR, from invasive pressure measurements) • Aortic root assessment • Aortic transvalvular flow rate • Aortic valve area (from velocity and velocity-time integrals, including dobutamine stress with projected aortic valve area) • Aortic valve resistance • Aortic valvulo-arterial impedance (Zva) • Biventricular coupling index • Body mass index • Body surface area • Cardiac output and ejection fraction (3D, area-length, Doppler, Dumesnil, Teichholz, simplified Quinones, and Simpson's methods) • Diastolic evaluation (using 2025 ASE guidelines for analysis) • Diastolic stress echocardiography • echocardiographic Pulmonary to Left Atrial Ratio (ePLAR) • Exercise stress echocardiography • Hemodynamic summary • Left atrial appendage emptying velocity • Left atrial pressure • Left atrial expansion index, function index, and reservoir strain • Left and right atrial volume and index • Left ventricular diastolic diameter index • Left ventricular dP/dt • Left ventricular fractional shortening • Left ventricular GLS • Left ventricular mass, mass index, and relative wall thickness • Left ventricular myocardial performance index • Left ventricular stroke work loss • Left ventricular wall motion score index • Maximum predicted heart rate (for dobutamine and exercise stress) • Maximum rate-pressure product (for exercise stress) • Mean arterial pressure • Mitral effective orifice area (PISA and stroke volume methods) • Mitral regurgitant fraction (PISA and stroke volume methods) • Mitral regurgitant vena contracta • Mitral valve area (continuity, PISA, and pressure half-time methods) • Mitral valve resistance • Mitral valvuloplasty score • Pericardial effusion (size and flow velocity paradoxus) • Prosthetic aortic and mitral valve assessment • Pulmonary artery systolic pressure (using tricuspid regurgitant velocity, VSD flow velocity, or pulmonary artery acceleration time), diastolic pressure, and mean pressure • Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure • Pulmonary vascular resistance • Right atrial pressure • Right ventricular-arterial coupling • Right ventricular function: dP/dt, fractional area change, free wall strain, index of myocardial performance, lateral annular plane systolic excursion, size, and tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) • Shunt ratio (Qp:Qs) • Systemic vascular resistance • Tricuspid regurgitant vena contracta • Tricuspid valve area (pressure half-time method) EchoLab is a teaching and reference application, not a tool for clinical diagnosis, clinical decision-making, or echocardiography report generation.

About

iElastance

Features
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iElastance estimates left ventricular end-systolic elastance (Ees), effective arterial elastance (Ea) and their ratio, ventricular–arterial coupling (VAC), from six values you already have at the bedside: cuff pressures, a standard echocardiogram and two systolic time intervals. No catheter, no extra equipment. FREE • Single-beat calculator (Chen et al., J Am Coll Cardiol 2001): systolic and diastolic pressure, ejection fraction, stroke volume, pre-ejection and total ejection time. • Results update as you type, with checks on impossible values. • "How to measure" guide with diagrams of the method of disks and of systolic times on the LVOT pulsed Doppler. IELASTANCE PREMIUM • Pressure–volume diagram: ESPVR and Ea lines, stroke volume, ESP, EDV, ESV and V0. • Cases: keep your 10 most recent cases, each with as many measurements as you need (baseline, after fluids, after a vasopressor or inotrope…). • Trends of VAC, Ea and Ees over time. • PDF report with results, diagrams, measurement table, trends, method and reference, ready to print or share. • Archive export and import to move your cases to another device. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no analytics, no advertising. Cases and reports stay on your device. SUBSCRIPTION iElastance Premium is an auto-renewing yearly subscription with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. Payment is charged to your App Store account at confirmation of purchase after the trial. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel it in your account settings. Terms of Use (Apple standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ielastance.sonable.app/privacy-app.html FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS iElastance is intended for physicians and healthcare professionals in intensive care, anaesthesia and cardiology. Results are estimates from a published model and support, never replace, clinical judgement. It does not provide diagnoses or treatment recommendations.

Screenshots

EchoLab4 screens
iElastance4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: iElastance at Free against EchoLab's $4.99. iElastance also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). EchoLab's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 8 months). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

iElastance is free to download; EchoLab costs $4.99 up front. iElastance sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. EchoLab asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EchoLab ships an update every 4 months, iElastance every 8 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 4 level
EchoLab versus iElastance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEchoLabiElastance
Price$4.99Free — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB58 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperMedical Appware, LLCPietro Bertini

In-app purchases

None

EchoLab

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

iElastance

Subscriptions1
  • iElastance Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is EchoLab free?
EchoLab costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is iElastance free?
iElastance is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do EchoLab or iElastance have ads?
Neither EchoLab nor iElastance shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EchoLab or iElastance?
EchoLab ships an update every 4 months, and iElastance every 8 months. Most recently, EchoLab was updated on November 1, 2026 and iElastance on November 1, 2026.

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