Comparison

12 Lead ECG Challenge vs ECG Stat

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

Head to head
About

12 Lead ECG Challenge

Master 12-lead ECG interpretation with real patient cases and expert explanations. This app helps EMS providers, nurses, and physicians build accuracy and confidence in identifying critical cardiac conditions through interactive learning and customized practice.

Highlights
  • Real patient 12-lead ECG cases
  • Wide range of cardiac pathologies
  • Interactive ECG examination
  • Expert explanations and rationale
  • Customized practice sessions
  • Zoom and move functionality
Features
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Master 12-Lead ECG Interpretation with Confidence Sharpen your ECG interpretation skills with 12-Lead ECG Challenge—the ultimate tool for EMS providers, nurses, and physicians. Created by Tom Bouthillet, renowned ECG expert and blogger, this app delivers 180 real-world 12-lead ECGs to help you build accuracy, speed, and confidence in identifying critical cardiac conditions. Key Features: • Real patient cases with clinically obtained 12-leads alongside actual patient complaints. • Wide range of pathologies, including acute STEMI, STEMI mimics, electrolyte imbalances, and more. • Interactive learning with zoom and move functionality for easy ECG examination on phones, tablets, and computers. • Expert explanations with detailed rationale and superimposed highlights to break down key findings. • Customized practice with options to review 5, 10, or 20 cases at a time and exclude mastered ECGs for efficient study. Perfect for cath lab activation teams, EMS, emergency medicine, and cardiology professionals, this app ensures you're prepared for high-stakes, real-world decisions. Download now and take your ECG interpretation to the next level!

About

ECG Stat

This educational tool provides healthcare professionals with quick visual references for ECG interpretation. It covers everything from basic waveforms to complex disease manifestations, aiding in rapid recall of critical cardiac information.

Highlights
  • Visual ECG feature explanations
  • Covers ECG basics and disease manifestations
  • Quick lookup for specific conditions
  • Includes waveform visualizations
  • Report discrepancies feature
Features
Currently charting
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ECG or Electrocardiography is one of the most useful clinical tools ever developed in the field of medicine. Learning about ECG is vital for almost every healthcare worker including paramedics, emergency staff, physicians, medical students, residents, and nurses. There are already tons of ECG resources to learn from but repetition is the key and this is the reason I came up with the idea of developing 'ECG Stat'. The app is very simple to use. It contains multiple categories ranging from ECG basics including ECG waveforms, intervals, segments to complicated ECG disease manifestations that users can access within seconds. I'm a strong advocate of visual learning and this is the reason I made sure to visualize every ECG feature in this app. If you search for 'Right bundle branch block', the app will quickly show you the core ECG changes seen in RBBB along with a visualization of those changes. Imagine yourself in a clinical setting where you're trying to recall the features of left atrial enlargement. Instead of googling for changes and then scrolling through thousands of images and search results, you can use the ECG Stat app to quickly look up the core ECG features seen in left atrial enlargement along with waveform changes! I have used multiple sources to create this app which is mentioned in the about section. The app is meant to be used by healthcare workers only. It's an educational tool and discrepancies can be seen. If you do find a mistake, you can easily report it through the contact form. The app is for educational purposes only and should not be solely relied on when it comes to patient care. I have strived to ensure that information contained in the app is accurate and personally created and reviewed all the images.

Screenshots

12 Lead ECG Challenge4 screens
ECG Stat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ECG Stat at 5.0 against 12 Lead ECG Challenge's 3.3. ECG Stat also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 69%) and price ($2.99 vs $5.99). On ratings volume, 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

12 Lead ECG Challenge costs $5.99 and ECG Stat $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ECG Stat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of 12 Lead ECG Challenge's written reviews are positive against 100% of ECG Stat's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
12 Lead ECG Challenge versus ECG Stat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter12 Lead ECG ChallengeECG Stat
Price$5.99$2.99 — better
Rating3.3 (4 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 10 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#198 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB15 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperLimmer CreativeUsama Nasir

Customer experience

12 Lead ECG Challenge

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive68.8%
Neutral12.5%
Negative18.8%

ECG Stat

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

12 Lead ECG Challenge

No in-app purchases

None

ECG Stat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 12 Lead ECG Challenge free?
12 Lead ECG Challenge costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ECG Stat free?
ECG Stat costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 12 Lead ECG Challenge or ECG Stat?
ECG Stat is rated higher. 12 Lead ECG Challenge averages 3.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while ECG Stat averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do 12 Lead ECG Challenge or ECG Stat have ads?
Neither 12 Lead ECG Challenge nor ECG Stat shows ads.

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