Comparison

MEDHEADS! vs LockWords

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

Head to head
About

MEDHEADS!

A fast-paced medical guessing and flashcard game for healthcare professionals and students. Learn medical terms, phrases, and slang through engaging gameplay and study modes. Designed to make learning medical topics fun and unforgettable.

Highlights
  • Medical guessing game
  • Flashcard study mode
  • Team or solo play
  • Real clinical terms and slang
  • System-based game packs
  • Tilt or tap controls
Features
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Welcome to MedHeads—the ultimate fast-paced medical guessing game and flashcard game designed for healthcare pro's! Whether you’re a nursing student, paramedic, or just love medical trivia, this game makes learning unforgettable. Play in teams or solo to guess medical terms, phrases, and inside jokes used on real hospital floors. MedHeads covers critical topics like pharmacology, stroke, cardiac, neuro, respiratory, renal, and more. Flip into Flashcard Mode to study terms and their definitions, or challenge your co-workers in Game Mode with tilt or tap controls! Includes: • Medical-specific and system-based game packs • Flashcard study mode for students that will improve their exam study prep • Real clinical terms and medical slang • Optional sound effects, tilt controls, and more • Hilarious illustrations and clean UI Great for NCLEX prep, orientation training, or just a good laugh during your shift. This app was created by a critical care nurse and educator, this app blends serious learning with serious fun. Every graphic image and line of code was written by me (a nurse)!

About

LockWords

Features
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Get a little smarter every time you unlock your phone. LockWords puts a new card under the clock on your Lock Screen, every hour or on whatever schedule you pick: a word worth knowing, a fact, a Bible verse, a line from Marcus Aurelius, a painting with its story. It takes a few seconds, and over a week it adds up. LEARN IN SECONDS, WITHOUT SITTING DOWN TO STUDY Read the card, learn the word, move on. Tap "I know it" and the word leaves the rotation, so you only see what is still new to you. A small ring on the Lock Screen shows how much of your word packs you already know. On the medium and large Home Screen widgets you also get Next, plus Save on verses, quotes and facts. Save the cards and artworks you like and share the ones you want to pass on. 22 CARD PACKS, 5,468 CARDS Smart Words, SAT and GRE words, rare and beautiful words, idioms, Latin phrases, Spanish and French basics, business vocabulary, Bible verses (KJV), short prayers, affirmations, Stoic quotes, calm reminders, money wisdom, fun facts, space and science, psychology, On This Day and riddles. Mix several packs into one widget, or pin a single pack to it. KNOW THE ART YOU LOOK AT 292 public-domain artworks in 6 packs, from Impressionism to Japanese woodblock prints, botanical illustrations, old maps, space and the Dutch Golden Age. Each one comes with its story and a credit to the museum that holds it. Open a painting and zoom in to see the brushwork up close, even offline. The Art of the Day widget asks who made it, when, or which plant or place it shows. Tap one of three answers right on the medium or large Home Screen widget, no need to open the app. The title, the artist and the year show up after you answer, and your streak keeps count. SKY & DAY The Moon's phase, how much of it is lit, sunrise and sunset, the change in daylight since yesterday, and the week number. It works without a place; add a city or your approximate location if you want local sunrise and sunset. Location is optional and asked for only when you choose to use it. THREE WIDGET STYLES Choose Full Bleed, Glass Window or Almanac for your Home Screen widgets in Edit Widget. The Widgets tab shows every widget with a live preview and the steps to add it to your Lock Screen, Home Screen or StandBy. THE DETAILS • Lock Screen, Home Screen and StandBy widgets • A new card every 30 minutes, every hour, every few hours or once a day • Works offline • The app speaks 29 languages; the word cards are in English, the artwork stories are translated • No account, no ads, no tracking ONE-TIME PURCHASES, NO SUBSCRIPTION Affirmations and the Impressionism art pack are included, and every other pack lets you try its first cards before you buy. Get a single pack with a one-time purchase, a whole collection (Words & Wisdom or Art), or All Packs, which also includes every pack we add later. There is no subscription. Right now there are 28 packs: nearly 5,500 cards and 292 artworks. Terms of Use: https://xzot.github.io/lockwords/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://xzot.github.io/lockwords/privacy.html

Screenshots

MEDHEADS!4 screens
LockWords4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: LockWords at none against MEDHEADS!'s shown. LockWords also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs monthly). MEDHEADS!'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. MEDHEADS! sells 20 one-off in-app purchases and LockWords sells 19 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MEDHEADS! ships an update monthly, LockWords every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MEDHEADS! versus LockWords: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMEDHEADS!LockWords
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size186 MB89 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRekMed LLCVladyslav Shchuka

In-app purchases

20 purchases

MEDHEADS!

One-time20
  • The Crash Cart Crew Game$1.99
  • Compensate or Crash Game$1.99
  • Pathology Party Game$1.99
Show 17 more
  • Dose of Reality Game$1.99
  • PulseCheck Game$1.99
  • Pharmacology DrugPharmily Game$1.99
  • Pharmacology 101 Game Pack$1.99
  • EKG Strip Search Flashcards$1.99
  • Fluid Fighters Flashcards$3.99
  • Dose of Reality Flashcards$3.99
  • RxRated Pharm Flashcards$3.99
  • Compensate or Crash Flashcards$3.99
  • The Crash Cart Crew Flashcards$3.99
  • The Beat Goes On Flashcards$3.99
  • Neuro Never Flashcards!$3.99
  • Sounds Suspicious Flashcards$3.99
  • Vitals & Vibes Flashcards$3.99
  • Head to Toe Flashcards$3.99
  • Drug Pharm-ily Flashcards$3.99
  • Pathology Party Flashcards$3.99
19 purchases

LockWords

One-time19
  • Business Vocabulary$2.99
  • French Basics$2.99
  • Dutch Golden Age$2.99
Show 16 more
  • Botanical Illustrations$2.99
  • Old Maps$2.99
  • Japanese Woodblock Prints$2.99
  • Space Art$2.99
  • Verses for Anxiety$2.99
  • Calm Reminders$2.99
  • Self-Love & Confidence$2.99
  • Discipline & Motivation$2.99
  • Money Wisdom$2.99
  • Fun Facts$2.99
  • Psychology Facts$2.99
  • On This Day$2.99
  • Space & Science$2.99
  • Riddles$2.99
  • Art Collection$7.99
  • Words & Wisdom Collection$12.99

Questions

Is MEDHEADS! free?
MEDHEADS! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LockWords free?
LockWords is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MEDHEADS! or LockWords have ads?
MEDHEADS! shows ads; LockWords does not.
Which is updated more often, MEDHEADS! or LockWords?
MEDHEADS! ships an update monthly, and LockWords every 8 days. Most recently, MEDHEADS! was updated on October 19, 2026 and LockWords on October 24, 2026.

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