Comparison

Almurtaga vs PICULab

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

Head to head
About

Almurtaga

Features
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Almurtaga - Educational app

About

PICULab

Features
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PICULab educational ventilator simulator brings hands-on ventilator learning to your iPhone and iPad. Adjust settings, change the patient and see the response in live waveforms, loops and measurements, breath by breath. Learn from every breath. The Learn panel explains in plain words what the current breaths show, and after each change it compares the breaths before and after. Turn on Label waves to name each part of the breath directly on the waveforms. Explore 13 ventilation modes across supported neonatal, pediatric and adult profiles, including pressure control, volume control, PRVC, SIMV, PSV/CPAP, APRV and noninvasive modes. Available modes follow the selected patient population. Open any setting to read what it does and how it changes the breath before you apply it. Start with normal lung mechanics, try the Asthma, PARDS and Circuit Leak teaching cases, or build your own patient from respiratory drive, lung mechanics and airway settings. Each case has its own targets: a reading that is off target turns red, and green once your settings meet it. The Guide explains every patient parameter, and the Tour walks you through the controls. When the patient breathes, the breaths they trigger change color on the waves and a dot marks each one. Practice inspiratory and expiratory holds and manual breaths, read the measured results and watch the lungs fill, hold and empty. Follow pressure-volume and flow-volume loops breath by breath. Pause to inspect the response, or reset to a clean normal baseline. Pinch to zoom and drag to explore the monitor, rotate your device and use flexible windows. All features are available for 24 hours from first launch. After that, a single in-app purchase unlocks lifetime access. No subscription or automatic charge. Restore an existing purchase with the same Apple Account. PICULab is an educational simulation, not a clinical ventilator or a tool for diagnosis, treatment decisions or patient-specific predictions. It is a simulation engine and does not reproduce all body dynamics or interactions between organs.

Screenshots

Almurtaga4 screens
PICULab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Almurtaga at none against PICULab's 1. Almurtaga also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. PICULab sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Almurtaga asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Almurtaga versus PICULab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlmurtagaPICULab
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size48 MB9 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperHossam Gadalrab Abbas GadalrabOsama AlGhamdi

In-app purchases

None

Almurtaga

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PICULab

One-time1
  • PICULab Lifetime Access$1.99

Questions

Is Almurtaga free?
Almurtaga is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PICULab free?
PICULab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Almurtaga or PICULab have ads?
Neither Almurtaga nor PICULab shows ads.

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