Comparison

Med vs Plumb's | Standards

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

Head to head
About

Med

This app assists healthcare professionals in managing heart failure medications. It provides evidence-based algorithms and recommendations for initiating, titrating, and monitoring six common drug classes based on Canadian guidelines.

Highlights
  • Medication initiation and titration guidance
  • Dosing information
  • Evidence-based algorithms
  • Clinical pearls
  • Drug class specific recommendations
  • References
Features
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The Med-HF App supports healthcare professionals in the initiation, titration, assessment and monitoring of 6 drug classes commonly used to treat heart failure: ACEIs/ARBs, Beta-Blockers, MRA: Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonist, ARNI: Angiotensin Receptor Blocker / Neprilysin Inhibitor, Ivabradine, Diuretics. This App interactively walks healthcare professionals through evidence-based algorithms, specific to these 6 drug classes, and recommends appropriate actions and considerations based on 2018 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Heart Failure Guidelines. Features: • Recommendations for medication initiation, titration, assessment and monitoring • Dosing information • References • Clinical pearls • General approach and drug class algorithms

About

Plumb's | Standards

This app provides trusted veterinary clinical decision support, integrating comprehensive drug information and treatment guidance. It offers tools for diagnosis, treatment, and client education, designed for veterinary professionals.

Highlights
  • Veterinary drug and dosing information
  • Drug interaction checker
  • Conversion calculator
  • Diagnosis and treatment monographs
  • Management algorithms
  • Differential diagnosis lists
  • Client education handouts
Features
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Welcome to Standards of Care, the veterinary clinical decision support tool from the team behind Plumb’s and Clinician’s Brief, with Plumb’s built in. Subscribed to Plumb’s? If you’re subscribed to the veterinary drug reference, Plumb’s, you can access all your prescribing information and tools in this app. Included in Plumb’s: - Comprehensive, continually updated veterinary drug and dosing information - Veterinary drug interaction checker with animal-specific guidance - A conversion calculator for quick math in the app - Notes feature for saving favorite notes and protocols - Convenient favorites feature for making your own quick reference list Visit plumbs.com to learn more. Subscribed to Standards™? If you’re subscribed to Standards of Care™, you can access all your Standards features (including Plumb’s) in this app. Included in Standards: - All the features of Plumb’s (see above) - Practical, peer-reviewed diagnosis and treatment monographs - An extensive library of diagnosis and management algorithms for step-by-step support - Peer-reviewed differential diagnosis lists - Shareable clinical handouts to support client education Visit standards.vet to learn more. DISCLAIMER Standards of Care and Plumb’s are online clinical resources to be used only for information purposes at the discretion of trained veterinary medical and pharmaceutical professionals to support diagnosis and treatment of small animal veterinary conditions. Learn more at standards.vet or plumbs.com. APP SUPPORT If you have feature requests or suggestions or simply need help, please visit help.plumbs.com and click on the chat icon to submit a request. Our responsive support team will be in touch with you. Privacy policy: https://plumbs.com/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://plumbs.com/terms-use Terms & conditions: https://plumbs.com/terms-conditions

Screenshots

Med4 screens
Plumb's | Standards4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Med at 100% against Plumb's | Standards's 57%. Med also leads on monetization model (free vs subscription) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). Plumb's | Standards's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 35 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Med ships an update every 35 months, Plumb's | Standards every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 22, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Med versus Plumb's | Standards: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMedPlumb's | Standards
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (3.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings—3.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 35 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB62 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperAHSBrief Media

Customer experience

Med

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Plumb's | Standards

All ratings3,343 ratings
Positive98.8%
Neutral0.5%
Negative0.6%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral11.9%
Negative31.0%

Bugs and requests

Med

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Plumb's | Standards

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Signing in issues
  • Crashing
  • Login/password reset problems
  • Compatibility issues on iPad

Requested features

2 requests
  • Add calculator function
  • Improve renewal/subscription management

In-app purchases

None

Med

No in-app purchases

None

Plumb's | Standards

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Med free?
Med is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plumb's | Standards free?
Plumb's | Standards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Med or Plumb's | Standards have ads?
Neither Med nor Plumb's | Standards shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Med or Plumb's | Standards?
Med ships an update every 35 months, and Plumb's | Standards every 3 weeks. Most recently, Med was updated on August 22, 2026 and Plumb's | Standards on September 25, 2026.

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