Bates' Pocket Guide vs ECG FlashCards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bates' Pocket Guide
This app provides essential information for obtaining health histories and conducting physical exams. It features step-by-step techniques, updated images, and differential diagnoses for quick and accurate interpretation of findings. Ideal for students and professionals needing a fast reference.
- Over 130 detailed topics
- Step-by-step instructions
- Updated photographs and illustrations
- Two-column layout
- New Algorithms for symptom approaches
- Differential diagnoses
- Highlighting and note-taking
- Advanced search
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*Featuring the latest content from the latest edition* ABOUT THE BATES' GUIDE: The Bates’ Pocket Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking contains the critical information needed to obtain a meaningful health history, conduct a thorough physical exam, and interpret the findings quickly and accurately. Locate answers fast and review step-by-step techniques and possible findings using the distinctive two-column format with updated images. Bates’ Pocket Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking is the ideal quick-reference resource for today’s medical, PA, pharmacy, and nursing students. FEATURES: • Over 130 detailed topics with step-by-step instructions • Updated photographs, illustrations, and references reinforce key content based on the latest evidence-based information • Two-column layout optimized for smartphones and tablets • New Algorithms provide helpful starting approaches for patients with common presenting symptoms. • Differential diagnoses for common, normal, and abnormal findings • Highlight and take notes within any entry • Advanced Search helps find topics quickly • “Favorites” for bookmarking important entries Authors: Lynn S. Bickley MD, FACP, Peter G. Szilagyi MD, MPH, Richard M. Hoffman MD, MPH, FACP, Rainier P. Soriano MD Publisher: Wolters Kluwer | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Powered by: Unbound Medicine Unbound Privacy Policy: www.unboundmedicine.com/privacy Unbound Terms of Use: https://www.unboundmedicine.com/end_user_license_agreement
ECG FlashCards
This app provides quick reference ECGs of cardiac arrhythmias for medical professionals. It's designed for emergency situations or exam preparation, focusing on rhythm strips to avoid confusion. Users should have basic ECG knowledge.
- ECG reference for cardiac arrhythmias
- Focus on rhythm strips (lead II)
- Covers conduction abnormalities
- Ideal for emergencies
- Useful for exam revision
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Ever got confused with atrial flutter and fibrillation? What is the difference between Mobitz type I and II? The ECGs of cardiac arrhythmias are very confusing. Particularly so in Emergencies. This app contains ECGs of all types of cardiac arrhythmias for immediate reference. To avoid confusion all the ECGs are taken from rhythm strip (lead II), as we look for rhythm only in these ECGs. If you have any issues, please notify me to the mail id provided. This app is intended for medics who already have some basic knowledge about ECG and its terminology. Its main purpose is to provide reference ECGs of arrhythmias in emergency situation or rapid revision of the topic for those preparing for exams. Do not expect detailed explanation for the ECGs. There are totally 46 ECGs related to conduction abnormalities. Hope this app will be helpful to you. And please do leave a rating in the store! For beta testing or receiving promotional codes for paid apps, please visit our website https://goo.gl/qFwhna Note: The app looks better in landscape. Keep your mobile in autorotation mode.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bates' Pocket Guide at 4.8 against ECG FlashCards's 3.5. Bates' Pocket Guide also leads on review sentiment (41% vs 0%) and ratings volume (300 vs 4). ECG FlashCards's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Bates' Pocket Guide sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ECG FlashCards asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bates' Pocket Guide holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bates' Pocket Guide has 300 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Bates' Pocket Guide's written reviews are positive against 0% of ECG FlashCards's.
Bates' Pocket Guide ships an update every 14 months, ECG FlashCards every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bates' Pocket Guide | ECG FlashCards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (300 ratings) — better | 3.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 300 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 13 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #198 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Unbound Medicine, Inc. | Sree Hari Reddy Gadekallu |
Customer experience
Bates' Pocket Guide
ECG FlashCards
In-app purchases
Bates' Pocket Guide
- Bates' Pocket Guide 9th ed.$69.99
ECG FlashCards
No in-app purchases
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