Comparison

EchoLab vs DICOMpocket

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

DICOMpocket

View DICOM medical scan files directly on your device without needing an internet connection. Export scans as PNG or video, and extract/package ZIP files for easy sharing. Features 3D viewing and Multiplanar Reconstruction.

Highlights
  • Local DICOM file viewing
  • PNG and Video export
  • ZIP extraction and packaging
  • 3D Viewer
  • Multiplanar Reconstruction (MPR)
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Open DICOM medical scan files locally on your device. Supports multiple languages, PNG and Video export, ZIP extraction, and ZIP packaging for sharing. 3D Viewer, Multiplanar Reconstruction (MPR) is supported. No internet required. Your files stay on your device and are never uploaded to the cloud or any server. Helpful for quickly preparing imaging files to share with your doctor. Not for diagnosis.

Screenshots

EchoLab4 screens
DICOMpocket4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: DICOMpocket at every 4 days against EchoLab's every 5 months. DICOMpocket also leads on price ($1.99 vs $4.99) and device support (4 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

EchoLab costs $4.99 and DICOMpocket $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EchoLab ships an update every 5 months, DICOMpocket every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
EchoLab versus DICOMpocket: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEchoLabDICOMpocket
Price$4.99$1.99 — better
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB192 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMedical Appware, LLCYoung Ho Seo

Customer experience

EchoLab

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

DICOMpocket

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

In-app purchases

None

EchoLab

No in-app purchases

None

DICOMpocket

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EchoLab free?
EchoLab costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is DICOMpocket free?
DICOMpocket costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do EchoLab or DICOMpocket have ads?
Neither EchoLab nor DICOMpocket shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EchoLab or DICOMpocket?
EchoLab ships an update every 5 months, and DICOMpocket every 4 days. Most recently, EchoLab was updated on October 8, 2026 and DICOMpocket on October 13, 2026.

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