Comparison

Rapid Log vs RapidRef.

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

Head to head
About

Rapid Log

This app helps critical care transport teams and emergency department providers quickly log medications, interventions, and timeline events in real-time. It offers one-tap logging, CPR timers, and medication tracking to support patient care without distraction. Designed for high-acuity environments, it aids in post-call documentation accuracy.

Highlights
  • One-tap event logging
  • CPR timer and workflow support
  • Fast medication tracking
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Customizable workflow
  • Call history and timeline review
Features
Currently charting
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Rapid Log: CCT Edition is built for flight crews, critical care transport teams, and emergency department providers who need fast, reliable event tracking when seconds matter. Designed for cognitive offloading in high-acuity environments, Rapid Log helps clinicians capture medications, interventions, procedures, and critical timeline events in real time—without breaking focus on patient care. Whether you're managing a complex interfacility transport, a critically ill patient, or a cardiac arrest, Rapid Log provides a simple, distraction-free way to track what happened and when it happened. KEY FEATURES • One-Tap Event Logging Quickly capture procedures, interventions, and key moments with customizable event buttons. • CPR Timer & Workflow Support Track compression cycles, pulse checks, shocks, ROSC, and other critical CPR events with integrated timing tools. • Fast Medication Tracking Document medication administration, titrations, and boluses in just a few taps. • Apple Watch Integration Log events, manage CPR timing, and interact with your call directly from your wrist. • Customizable Workflow Configure event buttons and layouts to match your clinical practice, protocols, and personal preferences. • Call History & Timeline Review Review completed calls with accurate timestamps to support recall and post-call documentation. • Documentation Workflow Support Mark completed charting items as documented to help track progress while completing your ePCR. IDEAL FOR • Flight Paramedics • Flight Nurses • Critical Care Transport (CCT) Teams • Emergency Department Providers • High-Acuity EMS Systems WHY RAPID LOG? During critical patient encounters, clinicians are constantly balancing patient care, communication, medications, procedures, and documentation requirements. Rapid Log provides cognitive offloading by helping crews capture important events as they occur, reducing reliance on memory and improving documentation accuracy after the call. Built by a provider, for providers, Rapid Log is designed around real-world workflows in demanding clinical environments. IMPORTANT Rapid Log is an event tracking and workflow support tool. It is not intended to replace official patient care documentation. This app is not HIPAA compliant. Do not enter patient-identifiable information. Always follow your agency's policies, documentation standards, and local regulations.

About

RapidRef.

This platform is designed for prehospital care providers, offering a centralized system for managing clinical protocols, drug information, and operational procedures. It includes integrated calculators for dosing and scoring, and allows agencies to customize their content and manage user accounts.

Highlights
  • Clinical protocols management
  • Drug formulary and calculators
  • Operational SOPs and hospital directory
  • Customizable resource library
  • Agency administrator web panel
  • Offline content access
Features
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RapidRef is a field reference platform built for fire and EMS - by providers, for providers. Your agency's protocols, dosing, and operations in one app. • Protocols with dosing built in: ALS, BLS, and pediatric protocols carry their own weight-based doses and scoring tools (GCS, APGAR, Broselow, ETT), so the calculation lives in the protocol, not a separate lookup. • Cardiac arrest support: run a live code with dual timers, epinephrine countdown, shockable and non-shockable branches, pediatric dosing, one-tap logging, and a compression metronome. Export any code as a PDF for debrief and QI. • Formulary, procedures, and checklists: your drug formulary, procedures reference, and standard or branching checklists. • Department operations: SOPs, a hospital directory with ER lines, door codes, and capabilities, an equipment reference, and a configurable resource library. • Fast to find: search across all your content and pin what you reach for most. • Works fully offline: everything syncs in the background and stays available with no signal. • Managed by your agency: admins handle members, roles, groups, stations, and divisions from a web panel, with CSV import, email invites, and push or in-app alerts linked to the right protocol. • Built for both fire and EMS: and always advancing. RapidRef is developed by active providers and improved release after release, with serious new capabilities underway for both sides of the service. This is a platform that keeps growing with the field, not a static reference.

Screenshots

Rapid Log4 screens
RapidRef.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: RapidRef. at Free against Rapid Log's $6.99. RapidRef. also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.1). Rapid Log's advantage is chart position (#195 vs unranked). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

RapidRef. is free to download; Rapid Log costs $6.99 up front. 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 Rapid Log against 5.0 for RapidRef.. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rapid Log ships an update every 5 weeks, RapidRef. monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Rapid Log versus RapidRef.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRapid LogRapidRef.
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#195 — better—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.115.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB53 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperNicholas KeeneSteven White

Customer experience

Rapid Log

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

RapidRef.

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Rapid Log

No in-app purchases

None

RapidRef.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rapid Log free?
Rapid Log costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is RapidRef. free?
RapidRef. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Rapid Log or RapidRef.?
Rapid Log and RapidRef. are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Rapid Log or RapidRef. have ads?
Neither Rapid Log nor RapidRef. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rapid Log or RapidRef.?
Rapid Log ships an update every 5 weeks, and RapidRef. monthly. Most recently, Rapid Log was updated on October 9, 2026 and RapidRef. on September 29, 2026.

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