EMS Guidebook vs GCS Glasgow Coma Score
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EMS Guidebook
This app provides a digital reference for emergency medical service protocols, replacing traditional physical guidebooks. It includes essential medical charts, guidelines, and rhythm examples, with agency-specific protocols accessible via password.
- Digital EMS agency protocols
- Replacement for physical guidebooks
- Pediatric vital signs charts
- Burn and c-spine clearance guides
- Cardiac rhythm examples
- AHA guidelines
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EMS Guidebook allows the user to view the medical protocols of specific EMS agencies. This guidebook is meant to be a replacement of the traditional flip book guides that EMTs and Paramedics carry for reference on emergency calls. The specific agencies protocols require passwords to download. Those passwords are available from the agency's Training Officer. The Generic Protocols are available without a password. As part of the base program, each set of protocols contain references such as pediatric vital signs, burn references, c-spine clearance charts, 12-lead guidelines, American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines, START and JumpSTART triage guides. There are also guides to several common cardiac rhythms with examples. If you wish to have your protocols put into this system contact us through the app
GCS Glasgow Coma Score
This app helps evaluate a person's consciousness by assessing eye, verbal, and motor responses. It's a tool for understanding head injuries, useful both in and out of emergency situations. It is intended for educational purposes.
- Evaluate patient consciousness
- Assess eye response
- Assess verbal response
- Assess motor response
- Head injury evaluation tool
- Educational purposes
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GCS Glasgow Coma Score is a simple and beautiful app to evaluate a patient/persons consciousness in our out of an emergency setting. GCS is a widely used tool to evaluate a persons head injury, where it composes of three tests: eye, verbal, and motor response. Disclaimer: this tool is for education purposes only. Seek a doctor if you personally need medical assistance.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: EMS Guidebook at 4.9 against GCS Glasgow Coma Score's 4.0. EMS Guidebook also leads on ratings volume (115 vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 12 months). GCS Glasgow Coma Score's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. EMS Guidebook sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and GCS Glasgow Coma Score sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
EMS Guidebook holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EMS Guidebook has 115 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
EMS Guidebook ships an update every 6 months, GCS Glasgow Coma Score every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EMS Guidebook | GCS Glasgow Coma Score |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (115 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 115 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Larry Owens | Nikolaj Jensen |
Customer experience
EMS Guidebook
GCS Glasgow Coma Score
In-app purchases
EMS Guidebook
- 2009 Utah EMS for Children Off-Line Protocols$1.99
- District 2B Protocols$2.99
- 2009 West Virginia EMT Basic Protocols$3.99
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- 2012 North Carolina EMS Protocols$4.99
- 2009 North Carolina EMS Protocols$4.99
- 2010 Hawaii EMS Standing Orders$4.99
- 2011-2013 St John New Zealand Protocols$4.99
GCS Glasgow Coma Score
- Remove Ads$0.99
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