Comparison

Code Blue Flow vs CodeScribe EMS

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

Head to head
About

Code Blue Flow

This medical timer app helps healthcare teams manage critical care events like CPR cycles and medication dosages. It logs events, provides a detailed summary for handoffs, and exports reports in PDF or text format for easy charting.

Highlights
  • CPR cycle tracking
  • Customizable medication timers
  • Shock and pause functionality
  • One-tap event logging
  • Handoff summary generation
  • Shareable PDF and text export
  • Local history of codes
Features
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- APP FEATURES - • CPR CYCLE CLOCK Tracks 2-minute compression cycles from the moment CPR begins. The cycle counter is always visible. Pause with a single tap when a shock is delivered, then resume a fresh 2-minute block; the cycle number carries forward correctly so the team always knows which round they're on. • CUSTOM DOSE TEMPLATES Independent per-drug timers with editable intervals and dose caps. Default templates for Epinephrine (q3 min, max 3 doses), Amiodarone, and Vasopressin ship pre-configured. Add your own templates for any med your protocol uses - name, color, interval, and max-dose cap are all configurable. Near-due and maxed-out states are color-coded. • SHOCK + PAUSE A dedicated yellow Shock button logs each defibrillation event and automatically pauses the CPR clock. Pause / Resume is also available manually whenever the team needs to stop or restart compressions. • ADD EVENT One-tap logging for rhythm observations (VF, pVT, Asystole, PEA), airway events (Intubation, LMA), fingerstick glucose, and free-text "Other" entries. Every event lands on the timeline with a timestamp. • HANDOFF SUMMARY When the code ends, a single screen presents the outcome (ROSC, Ceased, or Transferred with destination), the patient's initial rhythm, the medication list, the full chronological timeline, and free-text handoff notes. • EXPORTER - SHAREABLE PDF AND TEXT Copy a clean text summary to the clipboard for charting, or share a professionally-formatted PDF handoff through your phone's share sheet (email, AirDrop, Messages, Files). The PDF includes a stats grid, a color-coded chronological timeline, a medications table, the patient's initial rhythm, the outcome, and a signed timestamp. • HISTORY Every finalized code is preserved on the device for future review. Open any past code to re-read the timeline, re-export the handoff, or update its location label. - PRIVACY - Code Blue Flow runs entirely on your device. It collects no personal data, has no analytics or tracking, and makes no network connections. Session records are stored only in local storage on your phone and are never transmitted. Handoff summaries leave the device only through your phone's own share sheet, and only when you choose to export them. This app is a timer and note-taking tool. It is not a medical device and is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or clinical decision support. - IMPORTANT - Code Blue Flow is **a timer and a note-taking tool**, nothing more. It runs no protocols, makes no recommendations, and gives no clinical advice. It is not a medical device. Every elapsed time, dose count, and event entry shown in the app comes from what the user enters - the app does not infer, suggest, calculate, or guide. Use it at your own discretion as a supplement to (not a replacement for) your facility's protocols, your team's clinical judgement, the patient's official chart, and current AHA / ACLS guidelines. The team caring for the patient at the bedside remains the sole source of truth. The author assumes no liability for outcomes arising from use of this app. If something on screen is wrong, the team caring for the patient is authoritative - not the app.

About

CodeScribe EMS

This app is a one-tap logging tool for cardiac arrest resuscitations. It allows trained responders to quickly record interventions like rhythm checks, defibrillations, and medications, with timestamps. The app generates a chart-ready narrative and PDF timeline for documentation and quality assurance.

Highlights
  • One-tap intervention logging
  • Editable entries with timestamps
  • Adult and pediatric modes
  • Passive cycle timers
  • Chart-ready narrative export
  • PDF timeline export
  • Utstein-style details
Features
Currently charting
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During a cardiac arrest, one person taps each intervention as it happens. CodeScribe EMS keeps the times, runs the rhythm check and epi timers on the buttons themselves, and writes the narrative for your PCR when the code ends. The record comes from the real timeline, not from memory at the station. FOR THE SCRIBE • One tap per intervention: CPR, rhythm, analyze, shock, epi, amiodarone, airway, IV/IO, EtCO2, ROSC, transport, notes. Every entry can be edited afterward. • Cycle timers you can see. Two-minute rhythm cycles and epi intervals count down on the buttons. Silent, visual only, and set to your protocol. • Chart-ready at the end: duration, time to first compression, shock and epi, a written narrative to copy into your ePCR, or a PDF timeline to share. • Your buttons. Rename, reorder and hide buttons, add your own, and set each timer's interval. • Adult and pediatric, with weight-based defaults for pediatric codes. Every value stays editable. • Works with no signal. No account needed. Records stay on your phone until you share them. FOR DEPARTMENTS (optional, with a department account) • One protocol on every phone. Your training officer sets the buttons, timers and drug list once from a web dashboard, and every member's phone picks it up at its next check-in, never during a code. Lock it so everyone works from the same screen. • QA on every code without pulling charts. After each code, your department receives a summary: time to first compression, first shock and first epi, epi and rhythm check timing against your own protocol, CPR pauses, outcome, and what was left blank. By crew member and year over year, with a printable report for the medical director and a one-page debrief for any code. • No patient information leaves the phone. Summaries never include dates, times, incident numbers, notes or patient details. You see exactly what your department receives before you join. • Mark any code as training and it isn't counted. Delete a code and it's withdrawn. FOR EMT AND PARAMEDIC PROGRAMS • Set up as a training program, every student's mock code reaches the instructor's dashboard the moment it ends, with the scenario name, ready for the debrief. CodeScribe EMS is a documentation aid, not clinical decision support. It never tells you what to give or when, and it has no alarms. Always follow your protocols and medical direction, and record what was actually done. Do not enter patient names or identifiers. Department accounts: codescribeems.org/departments. Training programs: codescribeems.org/training.

Screenshots

Code Blue Flow4 screens
CodeScribe EMS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Code Blue Flow at Free against CodeScribe EMS's $4.99. Code Blue Flow also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 11 days) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). CodeScribe EMS's advantage is chart position (#12 vs unranked). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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

Code Blue Flow is free to download; CodeScribe EMS costs $4.99 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 Code Blue Flow against 5.0 for CodeScribe EMS. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Code Blue Flow ships an update every 2 days, CodeScribe EMS every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Code Blue Flow versus CodeScribe EMS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCode Blue FlowCodeScribe EMS
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings25 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank—#12 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB2 MB
Age rating17++12
DeveloperBruce LimWilliam Lawrence

Customer experience

Code Blue Flow

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

CodeScribe EMS

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Code Blue Flow

No in-app purchases

None

CodeScribe EMS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Code Blue Flow free?
Code Blue Flow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CodeScribe EMS free?
CodeScribe EMS costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Code Blue Flow or CodeScribe EMS?
Code Blue Flow and CodeScribe EMS are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Code Blue Flow or CodeScribe EMS have ads?
Neither Code Blue Flow nor CodeScribe EMS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Code Blue Flow or CodeScribe EMS?
Code Blue Flow ships an update every 2 days, and CodeScribe EMS every 11 days. Most recently, Code Blue Flow was updated on October 24, 2026 and CodeScribe EMS on October 25, 2026.

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