Comparison

Full Code Pro vs Guardians

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

Head to head
About

Full Code Pro

This app facilitates real-time documentation of critical interventions during cardiac arrest resuscitation. It includes a metronome for CPR rate monitoring and customizable lists for drugs, events, and rhythms, aiding in improved data accuracy for quality improvement.

Highlights
  • Real-time intervention logging
  • Adjustable metronome for CPR rate
  • Customizable drug list
  • Event and rhythm logging
  • Resuscitation data for quality improvement
Features
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The American Heart Association’s Full Code Pro (FCP 3.4) is a free, easy-to-use, mobile app that allows you to quickly document critical interventions during cardiac arrest resuscitation events. This app lets you focus on the patient without sacrificing proper documentation. FCP 3.4 includes a user controlled metronome with an adjustable rate between 100 and 120 bpm. Now you can use FCP to check your CPR rate performance. Using this real-time app to log your actions, you can improve the availability and accuracy of documentation of a resuscitation event. This gives you more robust data for review, debriefing and resuscitation quality improvement. FCP 3.3 has a customizable drug list, pre-populated with common cardiac arrest drugs. It also includes lists of common events and rhythms. It is highly recommended that you back up all of your log files in your database and remove older versions of FCP before installing this new version. All log files and data from version 2.O and 2.2 will NOT transfer to Version 3.4 FCP 3.4 is for use by paramedics, EMT-Bs, emergency room nurses, emergency room physicians and other in- and out-of-hospital healthcare providers.

About

Guardians

Manage your on-call schedule and personal time effectively. Plan future events, vacations, and social activities by knowing your work shifts. Coordinate plans with colleagues by viewing their on-call status.

Highlights
  • On-call schedule management
  • Future shift visibility
  • Personal event planning
  • Vacation planning
  • Friend's guard visibility
  • Time management tool
Features
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Guardians is the on-call calendar built for doctors, residents, medical students, and nurses who don't fit into a normal schedule. Set your rotation pattern once — A, A-B, all the way to A-G, custom cycles, or specific weekdays — and Guardians projects your shifts, vacations and free weekends months ahead. No spreadsheets, no mental math. ALL YOUR SCHEDULE, AT A GLANCE - Cycle types A through A-G, custom day patterns, or specific weekdays - Vacation tracking with automatic pause/resume of the cycle - Free weekend detection — never miss a real day off again - Add your friends' rotations to coordinate plans - Cycle progress %, next shift, days until your next free weekend NOTES THAT MATTER - Daily notes with markdown formatting - Attach photos to remember the day - Organize with custom tags (Urgencias, Critical Case, Win, whatever) - Filter notes by guard or by tag MADE FOR YOUR DEVICE - Native Apple Watch app — your next shift on your wrist - Multiple home-screen widgets (small, medium, large) - Local notifications before each shift (configurable lead time) - Beautiful dark mode and 30+ accent colors - 50 themed medical icons to label your guards - Available in English, Spanish, French, German, and Italian PRIVACY-FIRST Your data stays on your device. No accounts, no servers, no tracking. What you write is yours. GUARDIANS PRO A one-time purchase removes ads and supports continued development. All scheduling features stay free, forever. Built in collaboration with active medical residents and specialists, Guardians is tuned to the real workflow of hospital life — not a generic calendar with extra paint.

Screenshots

Full Code Pro1 screens
Guardians4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Guardians at 4.8 against Full Code Pro's 3.0. Full Code Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 17.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Guardians sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Full Code Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Guardians holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 72 and 45 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of Full Code Pro's written reviews are positive against 36% of Guardians's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Full Code Pro ships an update every 3 months, Guardians every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Full Code Pro versus Guardians: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFull Code ProGuardians
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (72 ratings)4.8 (45 ratings) — better
Positive reviews32.4% of reviews36.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings72 — better45
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS6.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmerican Heart AssociationVladimir Felix

Customer experience

Full Code Pro

All ratings72 ratings
Positive40.3%
Neutral22.2%
Negative37.5%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive32.4%
Neutral36.6%
Negative31.0%

Guardians

All ratings45 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive36.0%
Neutral16.0%
Negative48.0%

Bugs and requests

Full Code Pro

Reported bugs

24 issues
  • Unable to send logs
  • Metronome does not work
  • App crashes when pressing stop button
  • App crashes when adding medication
  • App crashes when clicking log
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  • Metronome is inconsistent
  • App crashes when clicking 'other' for medication/rhythm
  • Input screen clears and nothing is sent when emailing summary
  • Metronome does not work on iPad mini
  • Metronome doesn't work when screen is off
  • Metronome doesn't work in silent mode
  • Metronome doesn't work with current iOS versions
  • App crashes when trying to email on iPad
  • Epinephrine timer not functioning
  • App gets stuck after running a code
  • Customize feature doesn't work
  • Cannot add other medications
  • Shock timer starts automatically
  • Metronome doesn't work on iPhone 7
  • Metronome doesn't work on iPhone 6 Plus
  • App crashes when trying to email summary
  • No option to email logs
  • Metronome button covered by volume slider
  • Cannot adjust metronome BPM while ticking

Requested features

27 requests
  • Update app for newer devices
  • Add Android version
  • Calculate CCF automatically
  • Allow deletion of logged treatments
  • Update to current guidelines (2020/2021)
Show 22 more
  • Add alarm/vibration at end of cycles
  • Allow adjustment of CPR/adrenaline cycle times
  • Prevent phone from locking during use
  • Add smart watch version
  • Add CCF calculation to log
  • Add algorithm links/pop-ups
  • Make drug times editable and alertable
  • Add countdown timers
  • Include vasopressin/epi as quick click button
  • Add auditory metronome cue
  • Allow metronome to work in silent mode
  • Add vocal cue for drug reminders
  • Make metronome work when screen is off
  • Allow editing entries during code
  • Add reminders for CPR pauses
  • Make metronome default to 110 BPM
  • Add prompt to defibrillate every 2 mins
  • Add prompt for compressor change every 2 minutes
  • Allow customization of medications
  • Add metronome to keep steady CPR rate
  • Add auditory component for cues
  • Allow app forwarding to friends

Guardians

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Full Code Pro

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Guardians

One-time1
  • Guardians Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Full Code Pro free?
Full Code Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Guardians free?
Guardians is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Full Code Pro or Guardians?
Guardians is rated higher. Full Code Pro averages 3.0 out of 5 from 72 ratings, while Guardians averages 4.8 from 45 ratings.
Do Full Code Pro or Guardians have ads?
Neither Full Code Pro nor Guardians shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Full Code Pro or Guardians?
Full Code Pro ships an update every 3 months, and Guardians every 2 months. Most recently, Full Code Pro was updated on October 19, 2026 and Guardians on October 22, 2026.

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