epTools vs ManageAnticoag
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
epTools
This app provides a suite of tools for diagnosing and managing cardiac rhythm disorders. It offers algorithms for localizing arrhythmias, differentiating conditions like WPW from FVF, and assessing disease risks. Users can visualize progress, save analysis paths, and access cited scientific references.
- Arrhythmia localization algorithms
- Differentiate WPW from FVF
- Atrial tachycardia localization
- Ventricular tachycardia localization
- Disease assessment criteria
- Save decision path images
- Access scientific references
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Trusted for over 15 years by heart rhythm professionals worldwide, epTools is a collection of useful tools for the evaluation of heart rhythm disorders. It is available on iPhone and iPad devices. Resources include algorithms used to localize arrhythmia substrates and reference guides to assist in the identification and, management of cardiac rhythm disorders and tools to calculate commonly used measurements and risk scores. Peer-reviewed algorithms are implemented by tools via an intuitive user interface. References are provided. Tools guide the user or AI through a series of questions to arrive at an answer while providing a graphical visualization of their progress and result of their analysis. Use of the save path to image feature allows users to save an image of the current decision path when using many of the decision analysis tools included. These images, which appear in the photo album, may be useful to communicate findings with colleagues. Included tools: Preexcitation variant localization: Arruda, Milstein, Taguchi , D'Avila, Li, Pambrun, Baek and Crinion and O'Leary et al. Atrial tachycardias: Ellenbogen and Kistler et al (localization ) De Ponti et al tool (calculates the appropriate mapping window for isthmus identification) Miyazaki et al (localizes macro reentrant ATs based on pacing responses) Ischemic ventricular tachycardia localization: Miller, Segal and Andreu et al) Idiopathic ventricular tachycardia and premature ventricular contraction: Ito, Park and Enriquez et al (localization) ABC-VT Risk Score Differentiation of left vs right ventricular outflow tract sites: QRS-RVA Interval V₂S/V₃R Index TZ Index V₂ Transition ratio R/S-wave Amplitude, R-Wave Duration, R-wave amplitude, V₂QRSI40 and RV₁-₃ indices. Differentiate endocardial from epicardial VTs: Maximum deflection index Daniels and Berruezo et al criteria Differentiate SVT from VT: Brugada, Verckei and Moccetti et al Disease Assessment: Consensus criteria for ARVD/C and Short QT Syndrome 5-yr risk of SCD in HCM (O'Mahon et al, and AHA)and LQTS (1-2-3-LQTS-Risk) 5-yr risk of life threatening VTA with LMNA variant Inadequate DFT safety margin (Hsu et al ) LA arrhythmogenic substrate (Kosiuk et al, D'Ambrosio et al) 30-day mortality after PPM and ICD lead extraction (Brunner et al) 1-4 year mortality in 1° prevention ICD placement (Bilchick et al, SHOCKED) Shanghai score (Brugada Syndrome), VT prediction in ARVD/C (Cadrin-Tourigny et al.) Suspicious Index In Lyme Carditis (SILC) PADIT and BLISTER CIED infection risk Misc: Confirm conduction system capture with LBBAP. myPace personalized heart rate calculator A CIED/electrocautery manager is included. Detailed preoperative plans can be created and shared by text or email. Clinical guidelines and consensus statement resource i CHADS₂, CHA₂DS₂VASc and ATRIA stroke risk, HAS-BLED bleeding risk scores, QT correction heart rate (Bazett or Fredericia, Hodges) and left bundle branch block (Bogosian and Yankelson et al)
ManageAnticoag
This clinical decision support tool assists healthcare professionals in managing patients on oral anticoagulants. It provides guidance on interrupting anticoagulation, managing acute bleeds, and restarting treatment. Clinicians can input patient details to receive individualized advice and access supporting information.
- Periprocedural planning for OAC patients
- Bleed management guidance
- Anticoagulation interruption and bridging advice
- Reversal agent suggestions
- Anticoagulation restart determination
- Quick Reference section for supporting information
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This clinical decision support app helps clinicians navigate periprocedural planning and bleed management scenarios for patients on oral anticoagulants (OAC). The app is comprised of three tools to support the following clinical decisions: • Assessing whether and how to interrupt and bridge anticoagulation • Managing acute bleeds, including the suggested use of reversal agents • Determining whether and how anticoagulation should be restarted A clinician can use the app by: • Selecting which tool best applies to the patient scenario and following these steps: o Enter patient details regarding bleed and stroke risk factors as prompted in the selected tool o View individualized guidance on the advice screen o Email a summary of the advice • Use the Quick Reference section to access supporting information and details such as "Guidance for Administering Reversal Agents” and “Components of the Clinician-Patient Discussion." Information in the app is derived from ACC’s Expert Consensus Decision Pathways on Periprocedural Management and Bleed Management in patients with AFib. The information and recommendations in this clinical decision support tool are meant to support clinical decision making. The app is not meant to and should not replace clinical judgement. The healthcare provider is in control of all diagnoses and other clinical decisions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ManageAnticoag at Free against epTools's $19.99. ManageAnticoag also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). epTools's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 23 months) and ratings volume (519 vs 7). On rating, 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
ManageAnticoag is free to download; epTools costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for epTools against 4.9 for ManageAnticoag. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: epTools has 519 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of epTools's written reviews are positive against 100% of ManageAnticoag's.
epTools ships an update every 4 months, ManageAnticoag every 23 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | epTools | ManageAnticoag |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (519 ratings) | 4.9 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 519 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 23 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Busy Being Born Solutions, LLC | American College of Cardiology |
Customer experience
epTools
ManageAnticoag
Bugs and requests
epTools
Reported bugs
1 issue- Crash problem fixed
Requested features
10 requests- Add CAAP-AF
- Better tools for PVC localization
- More explanations in each pathway
- German translation
- Links to papers with algorithms
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- New algorithm using only lead aVR for differential diagnosis of wide QRS complex tachycardia
- Diagnostic features for different arrhythmia (AVNRT, AVRT)
- HD format for iPad compatibility
- More algorithms
- Aortic cusp, RVOT, entrainment criteria, long QT, AFib ablation techniques
ManageAnticoag
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
epTools
No in-app purchases
ManageAnticoag
No in-app purchases









