Comparison

Critical Med vs Awesome Code Recorder

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

Awesome Code Recorder

This medical tool helps healthcare professionals run more consistent ACLS codes. It features a separate countdown timer for rhythm checks and epinephrine, a reversible causes page, and the ability to pause and restart codes. Users can also add time to existing codes and review past code histories.

Highlights
  • Add time to existing codes
  • Separate rhythm check and epinephrine timers
  • Reversible causes page
  • Pause and restart code functionality
  • History of previous codes
Features
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Run more consistent ACLS codes with this code recorder. Some of the features include following: - Add time to the start of codes that have already begun - Separate countdown timer for rhythm check and epinephrine - Reversible causes page - Pause and restart codes - History of previous codes

Screenshots

Critical Med4 screens
Awesome Code Recorder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Awesome Code Recorder at $1.99 against Critical Med's $29.99. Awesome Code Recorder also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). Critical Med's advantage is ratings volume (1.2K vs 1) and chart position (#25 vs unranked). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Critical Med costs $29.99 and Awesome Code Recorder $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Awesome Code Recorder holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Critical Med has 1.2K ratings behind it against 1, 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 100% of Awesome Code Recorder's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Critical Med versus Awesome Code Recorder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCritical MedAwesome Code Recorder
Price$29.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.8 (1.2K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.2K — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#25 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size705 MB4 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperThe Barringer Group, LLCKang Rui Xiang

Customer experience

Critical Med

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

Awesome Code Recorder

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Awesome Code Recorder

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Critical Med

No in-app purchases

None

Awesome Code Recorder

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Critical Med free?
Critical Med costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Awesome Code Recorder free?
Awesome Code Recorder costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Critical Med or Awesome Code Recorder?
Awesome Code Recorder is rated higher. Critical Med averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Awesome Code Recorder averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Critical Med or Awesome Code Recorder have ads?
Neither Critical Med nor Awesome Code Recorder shows ads.

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