Comparison

PICU Doctor vs arccMobile

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

Head to head
About

PICU Doctor

A comprehensive free guide to pediatric critical care, focusing on congenital cardiac disease management. It covers physiology, pharmacology, specific CICU problems, and resuscitation guidelines, with an emergency drug calculator and linked references.

Highlights
  • Pediatric critical care guide
  • Congenital cardiac disease management
  • Basic and advanced physiology
  • Pharmacology and pharmacokinetics
  • Specific CICU problems
  • Emergency drug calculator
  • Cardiac defect diagrams
Features
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PICU Doctor 5.0 Pediatric Critical Care Guideline for Cardiac Intensive Care * a comprehensive free guide to pediatric intensive care, with a specific focus to management of congenital cardiac disease * basic and advanced physiology * anesthesia, analgesia and sedation in PICU * pharmacology, pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics * specific CICU problems and management * Cardiac defects with diagrams and cath laboratory data * Heart Failure, Ventricular Assist and ECMO * Resuscitation Guideline USA, UK, Australia * All references updated and linked to Pubmed + Emergency Drug Calculator for quick and easy calculation of emergency drugs + save cardiac defect pictures to include in your own presentation + updated multi functionality for iPhone, iPad, iPod and other smartphones + preferred reading list to quickly navigate to your topics + improved search function ** This guideline summarises guidelines from different CICUs, but it is only a guideline and does not substitute local clinical experience, clinical evaluation and / or judgement of each individual patient. The guideline is available for free for iPhone, iBook (not updated version 4.0), Smartphones or on the web. *** web: http://www.picudoctor.org Please share if you like it ! Please leave a Feedback !

About

arccMobile

Securely capture patient clinical photos and videos with a full audit trail. Media is automatically uploaded to a healthcare software solution for patient privacy. Requires login credentials from an Apollo licensee.

Highlights
  • Secure patient media capture
  • Full audit trail
  • Automatic cloud upload
  • HIPAA compliant
  • User authentication required
Features
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arccMobile™ is the app that enables a healthcare clinician to capture patient clinical multimedia (photos or video) securely with a full audit trail for patient privacy. Media files are automatically uploaded to the secure clinical multimedia healthcare software solution, Apollo arcc®. While the user does not need to purchase a license for Apollo arcc to utilize arccMobile, they must have a username and password along with the appropriate arcc health server access information provided by an Apollo licensee. Apollo licensees are typically hospitals, physician practices, or other healthcare service providers that utilize arcc within an IT infrastructure for their healthcare practice. There are many use cases which can benefit both clinician and patient by using arccMobile. Some example users of arccMobile are Wound Care nurses, ED Physicians, and Dermatologists. Other physicians and clinicians throughout the healthcare enterprise may find use cases that benefit them greatly throughout their workday.

Screenshots

PICU Doctor4 screens
arccMobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PICU Doctor at 7.0 against arccMobile's 13.0. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PICU Doctor against 5.0 for arccMobile. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PICU Doctor ships an update every 9 months, arccMobile every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
PICU Doctor versus arccMobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPICU DoctorarccMobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings66
Update frequencyEvery 9 months — betterEvery 13 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB23 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMarc AndersApollo Enterprise Imaging Corp.

Customer experience

PICU Doctor

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

arccMobile

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PICU Doctor

No in-app purchases

None

arccMobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PICU Doctor free?
PICU Doctor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is arccMobile free?
arccMobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PICU Doctor or arccMobile?
PICU Doctor and arccMobile are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 6 ratings respectively.
Do PICU Doctor or arccMobile have ads?
Neither PICU Doctor nor arccMobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PICU Doctor or arccMobile?
PICU Doctor ships an update every 9 months, and arccMobile every 13 months. Most recently, PICU Doctor was updated on November 1, 2026 and arccMobile on November 3, 2026.

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