Comparison

Heart Murmurs Pro vs VeryBASIC

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

Head to head
About

Heart Murmurs Pro

Master heart sounds with this comprehensive app. It offers 23 distinct heart sounds with detailed clinical information, including etiology, pathophysiology, and treatment. Interactive quizzes and a cardiac exam guide enhance learning for medical professionals and students.

Highlights
  • 23 heart sounds included
  • Detailed clinical information for each sound
  • Multiple choice and free answer quizzes
  • Quiz history tracking
  • Cardiac Exam Guide
  • In-app links to medical resources
Features
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Heart Murmurs Pro is a cardiac auscultation trainer for medical and nursing students, residents, and anyone studying how to tell heart sounds apart by ear. Listen to 24 heart sounds and murmurs. For each one, see a labelled waveform showing exactly where the sound falls in the cardiac cycle, a diagram of the auscultation site it belongs to, and the study notes that go with it — then test yourself. This is a study aid, not a clinical tool. Nothing in it is meant to guide decisions about a real patient's care. FREE TO TRY Five sounds are free — normal, aortic stenosis, mitral regurgitation, mitral stenosis and the S3 gallop — each with its waveform, its auscultation site and its study notes, and you can quiz yourself on them. One purchase unlocks the other 19 sounds and the study tools described below. No subscription. WHAT'S INSIDE • 24 heart sounds and murmurs — from normal S1/S2 to aortic stenosis, mitral regurgitation, hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, pericardial friction rub and summation gallop • A labelled waveform for every sound, with systole and diastole marked and S1, S2, A2, P2, ejection clicks, opening snaps and gallops called out where they actually occur • Half-speed playback, for murmurs that go by too fast at full speed • Compare any two sounds — a murmur against normal, or against the one you keep mistaking it for — and switch between them with one tap • Auscultation site diagrams showing where each sound is heard best • Seven sections of study notes per sound: description, etiology, pathophysiology, physical examination, diagnostic evaluation, clinical presentation and treatment • Room for your own notes on any sound QUIZ YOURSELF Choose which murmurs you want in the pool — everything, one of the built-in sets, your favorites, or a handful you pick — then choose how many questions and start. Five for a quick drill, twenty when you have time. Answer from six options, or name it yourself and score your own recall. Switch on re-asking and a murmur you miss comes back a few questions later, because that is the one you needed to hear again. At the end you get your score and, more usefully, the list of what you missed — with a button to practice exactly those. Every murmur keeps its own record, so the app can show you where you are weak and build a session out of it. BUILT FOR STUDYING • Works completely offline — no account, no sign-in, nothing to set up • Free to download; one purchase unlocks everything, with no subscription and no ads • English, Spanish and Simplified Chinese • Full split-view layout on iPad • Dark Mode • Favorites and search across the whole library • A cardiac exam guide covering auscultation technique, the five listening areas, and the eight characteristics used to describe a murmur Headphones are strongly recommended. Phone speakers roll off the low frequencies that carry S3, S4 and mitral stenosis. Heart Murmurs Pro is an educational tool for learning cardiac auscultation. It is not a diagnostic device and must not be used to diagnose or treat anyone, or to guide decisions about a patient's care. Always defer to your training, your supervisors, and your institution's protocols.

About

VeryBASIC

Features
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This Apps help the Medical Students & Interns to learn the Basic Assessment & Support in Intensive Care. We provide some contents including guideline, flowchart, audio, calculator and so on.

Screenshots

Heart Murmurs Pro4 screens
VeryBASIC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: VeryBASIC at none against Heart Murmurs Pro's 1. VeryBASIC also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Heart Murmurs Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Heart Murmurs Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. VeryBASIC asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Heart Murmurs Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, VeryBASIC every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Heart Murmurs Pro versus VeryBASIC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeart Murmurs ProVeryBASIC
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews71.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB7 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperHipposoft, LLCThe Chinese University of Hong Kong

Bugs and requests

Heart Murmurs Pro

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • App crashes immediately upon opening on iOS 12+
  • App crashes on iPhone X and iPhone XS
  • App won't load or open
  • Continuous static noise in background
  • App crashes after iOS updates
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  • Reinstalling doesn't resolve crashes
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
  • Screen display issues on iPhone X (occupies only 2/3 of screen)

Requested features

10 requests
  • Text descriptions with medical keywords for exam preparation
  • Ability to overlap and compare multiple murmurs directly
  • Speed control to slow down or speed up sounds
  • More realistic heart sound recordings
  • Animated GIFs showing cardiac defects
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  • Variations of sounds at different heart rates
  • Advanced module with additional sound clips
  • Companion app for lung sounds
  • Continuous sound playback while viewing information
  • iPhone X screen compatibility optimization

VeryBASIC

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Heart Murmurs Pro

One-time1
  • Full Library$4.99
None

VeryBASIC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Heart Murmurs Pro free?
Heart Murmurs Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is VeryBASIC free?
VeryBASIC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Heart Murmurs Pro or VeryBASIC have ads?
Neither Heart Murmurs Pro nor VeryBASIC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Heart Murmurs Pro or VeryBASIC?
Heart Murmurs Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, and VeryBASIC every 6 weeks. Most recently, Heart Murmurs Pro was updated on October 13, 2026 and VeryBASIC on October 2, 2026.

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