Comparison

A+PTRN vs RapidRef.

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

Head to head
About

A+PTRN

Features
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A+PTRN provides quick offline access to the ATOMAC+ Pediatric Trauma Research Network protocols and supporting materials. Features include: • Quick indexed lookup of content in a matter of seconds • Search titles and text • Favorites tab for quick access of what's important to you • Updated regularly, ensuring content is up-to-date • Customizable notes for each individual entry • Always with you as long as you have your device and never fades or tears

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

A+PTRN4 screens
RapidRef.4 screens

Verdict

The call

A+PTRN and RapidRef. are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
A+PTRN versus RapidRef.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterA+PTRNRapidRef.
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB53 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperAcid Remap LLCSteven White

In-app purchases

None

A+PTRN

No in-app purchases

None

RapidRef.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is A+PTRN free?
A+PTRN is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RapidRef. free?
RapidRef. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do A+PTRN or RapidRef. have ads?
Neither A+PTRN nor RapidRef. shows ads.

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