Critical Care Tools vs MountainMed PRO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Critical Care Tools
A medical calculator for emergency and critical care providers. It offers quick access to medication dosing, ventilation support, and oxygen duration calculations. Designed for high-pressure environments, it reduces cognitive load and supports clinical judgment with an intuitive interface.
- Medication and infusion math
- Weight-based dosing calculator
- Oxygen duration calculator
- Customizable RSI assistant
- Ventilation support
- Protocol reader
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Critical Care Tools brings clinical calculations, field references, and transport tools into one connected workspace for EMS, flight medicine, and critical care professionals. Built by a flight medic. Always free. Optional tips are appreciated and never required to unlock features. ONE PATIENT. CONNECTED TOOLS. Enter patient weight, height, ideal body weight, and pediatric age in a shared workspace. Carry relevant patient context between medication math, RSI, ventilation, burns, and pediatric tools. Quick access helps you move between workflows without returning to the home screen every time. TAILORED TO YOUR PROGRAM Configure service-specific RSI medication entries and reference values. Save medication presets. Choose the tools on your home screen and quick-access bar. Adjust supported burn defaults, pediatric naloxone settings, and lab reference intervals to match your program. Import your own PDF protocols for search and bookmarked reference. Program configuration remains separate from the active patient, so starting a new patient preserves your service setup. Custom values require verification against your local protocols and medical direction. TRANSPORT INFORMATION AT A GLANCE Plan oxygen supply with tank-duration estimates, source changes, and transport timers. Follow oxygen and contraction Live Activities on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island on supported iPhones. Live Activities can also appear in the Smart Stack on a paired Apple Watch with watchOS 11 or later; availability depends on device and system settings. A DEEP CLINICAL TOOLKIT • Medication and infusion calculations with weight-based dosing and unit conversion • RSI reference tools and a checklist • Ventilation calculations using ideal body weight • Adult and pediatric burn assessment, body-map drawing, and fluid references • Pediatric vitals, airway sizing, arrest, glucose, and naloxone references • Obstetric dating, labor and contraction tracking, hemorrhage, hypertension, and emergency references • Perfusion and gas-exchange calculations • Local charting references and imported PDF protocols • Siri and Shortcuts entry points for selected workspaces MADE FOR THE WAY YOU WORK Core calculations and locally stored references are available offline. No account is required. No advertising. No subscription. The full toolkit is free, and optional tips support continued development. FOR TRAINED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS Critical Care Tools is calculation and educational reference software. It does not replace clinical judgment, local protocols, medical direction, or independent verification. Oxygen values are estimates: verify the physical gauge. Do not enter patient-identifying information.
MountainMed PRO
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MountainMed PRO puts your team's medical protocols in everyone's pocket — offline, always current, and easy to use under pressure. Built for organized response teams — ski and bike patrols, search and rescue, mountain guides, outdoor schools, and event medicine — MountainMed PRO delivers your organization's own protocols as a fast, reliable reference that works with no signal. Works offline Your whole protocol set is cached on the device. When you're out of range, your protocols are still right there. Always current When your organization publishes an update on the web, the field sees it on the next sync — no app updates, no stale printouts. Built for the field • Indexed contents — jump straight to the section you need • Smart cross-links between protocols, with back navigation • Provider-tier tags so steps are scoped to certification level • Critical callouts, dosing tables, and fast search • Light and dark modes for day or night use See it in action — no account needed Tap "See it in action" on the home screen to tour a complete demo protocol set and feel exactly how the reader works. For organizations MountainMed PRO is provided to teams by their organization. Members join with an invite code from their team; access to a team's live protocols requires an account. Important MountainMed PRO is a reference and document-management tool for trained professionals. It is not medical advice and is not a substitute for training, certification, clinical judgment, or your organization's medical direction. Always keep an offline or printed backup of any materials required for patient care. Learn more at mountainmed.pro.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MountainMed PRO at none against Critical Care Tools's 3. Critical Care Tools's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Critical Care Tools sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. MountainMed PRO asks for nothing beyond the download.
Critical Care Tools ships an update every 2 weeks, MountainMed PRO every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Critical Care Tools | MountainMed PRO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Kristopher Foote | Patrick Fink |
In-app purchases
Critical Care Tools
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$4.99
- Large Tip$24.99
MountainMed PRO
No in-app purchases
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