Comparison

Critical Med vs Code CPR 5

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

Head to head
About

Critical Med

This comprehensive critical care reference app provides nurses, paramedics, physicians, and other healthcare professionals with detailed medical guidelines and high-definition multimedia resources. It covers a wide range of topics, including ultrasound, emergency medicine, and advanced life support, serving as a go-to tool for complex medical queries.

Highlights
  • High-definition multimedia resources
  • Detailed medical guidelines
  • Ultrasound and diagrams
  • Interactive EKGs
  • Medical Spanish with audio
  • ABG analyzer
Features
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Critical Med is a fast, fully offline study companion and reference for critical care clinicians — nurses, paramedics, residents, and attendings. It opens in one tap with no account and no sign-in, so your study material is always ready. ACLS & RECERTIFICATION STUDY - Over 800 clinician-reviewed practice questions with the reasoning behind each answer - Timed 50-question practice exams scored against the 84% pass line - 11 megacode practice scenarios, each with a review debrief - Adaptive review that resurfaces the topics you keep missing STUDY LIBRARY & REFERENCE - Reference notes on meds commonly seen in critical care - Over 500 IV compatibility reference pairs - ICU infusion reference entries - Lab value references with typical ranges and study notes RHYTHMS & MONITORING STUDY - 30 rhythms in an interactive practice simulator to build recognition - Study guides for CBC, CMP, coagulation, and acid-base concepts - Reference material on ventilation, capnography, hemodynamics, pacemakers, and ECMO PROCEDURE & SCENARIO STUDY - Illustrated procedure study guides - 100 clinical study playbooks for less common scenarios - Pediatric and obstetric study references STUDY ANYWHERE, EVEN OFFLINE Everything works offline with no account or sign-in, plus a fresh study brief every morning. Important: Critical Med is an educational study and reference tool. It does not provide diagnosis, treatment directives, or emergency services, and it is not a substitute for professional clinical judgment or facility protocols. ACLS study content supports personal exam preparation only; it is not AHA-accredited and does not grant a certification card.

About

Code CPR 5

This app helps medical professionals accurately time and log events during emergency procedures like CPR. It provides audio/visual alarms, a metronome, and a detailed logbook that can be exported. Optimized for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Easy event logging with predefined and custom events
  • Elapsed time tracking
  • Audio and visual alarms
  • Exportable logbook
  • Metronome for cardiac massage
  • Apple Watch support
  • Live Activities and Dynamic Island integration
Features
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Code CPR allows for the quick and easy timing and registration of events during incidents or medical procedures in the emergency room, such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on your iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch. In this environment it is important, yet very difficult, to maintain a reliable record of what is happening, as well as to accurately record the amount of elapsed time. It was to assist those who are likely to perform these functions that this app was created. Features: • Easy to use event logging. The app comes with around 100 events in several predefined categories (drugs, procedures and other events), with the possibility of adding many more. These can marked as favorites for easy selection, or searched for by name and category. • Logging the amount of time elapsed since activation. • Audio and visual alarms for events. • A log book for past events, with the date and time during the procedure in which they were added. They can be exported in text format to either clipboard or e-mail. • A metronome to facilitate the performance of cardiac massage with the correct frequency on your phone. • Apple Watch Support with glances notifications and event logging. • Support for Live Activities and Dynamic Island for showing the current CPR time, last Events and Vitals in the lock screen. • Lock screen widget so that you could quickly open Code CPR.

Screenshots

Critical Med4 screens
Code CPR 54 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Critical Med at 80% against Code CPR 5's 25%. Critical Med also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.7) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). Code CPR 5's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $29.99) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.6). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Critical Med costs $29.99 and Code CPR 5 $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Critical Med holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Critical Med has 1.1K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Critical Med's written reviews are positive against 25% of Code CPR 5's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Critical Med ships an update fortnightly, Code CPR 5 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Critical Med versus Code CPR 5: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCritical MedCode CPR 5
Price$29.99$2.99 — better
Rating4.8 (1.1K ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews80.2% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.1K — better3
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#11 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.615.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size705 MB3 MB
Age rating17++4
DeveloperThe Barringer Group, LLCRemarkable Edge, Lda

Customer experience

Critical Med

All ratings1,148 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral1.7%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews101 reviews
Positive80.2%
Neutral9.9%
Negative9.9%

Code CPR 5

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral66.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Critical Med

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Drip rate and other tools have stopped working
  • RSI rapid sequence intubation section missing
  • Medication math error in the app
  • Typing error in Epinephrine description

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add venous blood gas calculator
  • Allow customization of medication doses
  • Include 4-2-1 pediatric maintenance fluid
  • Add blood dosages for pediatrics
  • Incorporate order of general mass transfusion
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  • Add more medications like antidotes and antibiotics
  • Include O2 tank size for Bell 206 helicopter

Code CPR 5

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Critical Med

No in-app purchases

None

Code CPR 5

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Critical Med free?
Critical Med costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Code CPR 5 free?
Code CPR 5 costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Critical Med or Code CPR 5?
Critical Med is rated higher. Critical Med averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Code CPR 5 averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Critical Med or Code CPR 5 have ads?
Neither Critical Med nor Code CPR 5 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Critical Med or Code CPR 5?
Critical Med ships an update fortnightly, and Code CPR 5 every 3 months. Most recently, Critical Med was updated on October 15, 2026 and Code CPR 5 on October 3, 2026.

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