A+PTRN vs RapidRef.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
A+PTRN
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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
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.
- Clinical protocols management
- Drug formulary and calculators
- Operational SOPs and hospital directory
- Customizable resource library
- Agency administrator web panel
- Offline content access
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | A+PTRN | RapidRef. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Acid Remap LLC | Steven White |
In-app purchases
A+PTRN
No in-app purchases
RapidRef.
No in-app purchases









