Comparison

Code CPR 5 vs Code Blue Leader

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

Head to head
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.

About

Code Blue Leader

This app guides healthcare providers through cardiac arrest resuscitation protocols in real-time. It tracks medications, timing, and interventions, providing step-by-step assistance based on the latest guidelines. An "Experienced Provider Mode" offers a checklist format for advanced users.

Highlights
  • Real-time resuscitation guidance
  • Medication and timing tracking
  • Step-by-step ACLS algorithm
  • Integrated metronome for compressions
  • Automated logging of resuscitation steps
  • Experienced Provider Mode
Features
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Leading a cardiac arrest (or “Code Blue”) requires a healthcare provider to keep track of many things such as medication doses, timing, interventions, and much more. While their brain is already overloaded, they must make life-altering decisions without any time to think. This is often a very daunting process for new and even experienced healthcare providers. The Code Blue Leader app won’t get nervous or distracted. Code Blue Leader won’t miss a step. Follow evidence-based, real-time, and situation-specific resuscitation guidance. Let Code Blue Leader coordinate and keep track of all the critical parts of a resuscitation so you can think more clearly and more calmly. The Code Blue Leader app acts as a real-time "walk-through" of the ACLS cardiac arrest algorithm. It provides step-by-step guidance based on the input received from the user. Therefore, in order for the app to function as intended, the user must press the appropriate button(s) at each step to ensure the correct algorithm is being followed. Pre-set timers will automatically start/reset based on which buttons are pressed. An integrated metronome maintains the quality and consistency of chest compressions. Timing for CPR and common ACLS medications are included with visual and audible reminders to help cognitively offload these tasks. Furthermore, an automated logging function allows each step of a resuscitation to be accurately recorded. The logs can be copied to the clipboard for documentation purposes. Any medications, interventions, and doses that are prompted by the Code Blue Leader application reflect those recommended by the most up-to-date American Heart Association (AHA) ACLS guidelines. Are you already a Code Blue expert?? Try "Experienced Provider Mode" which removes the dialogue cues and provides a more simplistic "checklist" version for each step of the algorithm. This was created for experienced ACLS healthcare providers who do not wish to follow dialogue prompts and prefer simple reminders.

Screenshots

Code CPR 54 screens
Code Blue Leader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Code Blue Leader at Free against Code CPR 5's $2.99. Code Blue Leader also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 25%) and rating (4.0 vs 3.7). Code CPR 5's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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

Code Blue Leader is free to download; Code CPR 5 costs $2.99 up front. Code Blue Leader sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Code CPR 5 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Code Blue Leader holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Code CPR 5's written reviews are positive against 50% of Code Blue Leader's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Code CPR 5 ships an update every 3 months, Code Blue Leader every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Code CPR 5 versus Code Blue Leader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCode CPR 5Code Blue Leader
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)4.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB32 MB
Age rating+412+
DeveloperRemarkable Edge, LdaFirst Pass Innovation

Customer experience

Code CPR 5

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

Code Blue Leader

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Code CPR 5

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Code Blue Leader

Subscriptions2
  • ACLS Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • ACLS Yearly Subscription1 Month trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Code CPR 5 free?
Code CPR 5 costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Code Blue Leader free?
Code Blue Leader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Code CPR 5 or Code Blue Leader?
Code Blue Leader is rated higher. Code CPR 5 averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Code Blue Leader averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Code CPR 5 or Code Blue Leader have ads?
Neither Code CPR 5 nor Code Blue Leader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Code CPR 5 or Code Blue Leader?
Code CPR 5 ships an update every 3 months, and Code Blue Leader every 6 weeks. Most recently, Code CPR 5 was updated on September 16, 2026 and Code Blue Leader on September 21, 2026.

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