Comparison

ESC Pocket Guidelines vs Elna

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

Head to head
About

ESC Pocket Guidelines

Access a comprehensive library of the latest cardiovascular disease guidelines and consensus statements from the European Society of Cardiology. Features include interactive algorithms, full-text search, bookmarking, note-taking, and content sharing capabilities for quick reference and study.

Highlights
  • Latest ESC Guidelines (2023-2025)
  • Interactive algorithms
  • Full-text search
  • Bookmarking and notes
  • Content sharing
  • Printable pages
Features
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The ESC Pocket Guidelines app now contains the following ESC Pocket Guidelines: ESC Guidelines and documents published in 2025 Cardiovascular disease and pregnancy (Guidelines) Mental health and cardiovascular disease (Consensus Statement) Myocarditis and pericarditis (Guidelines) Valvular heart disease (Joint Guidelines with EACTS) Focused update of the 2019 dyslipidaemias guidelines ESC Guidelines published in 2024 Elevated blood pressure and hypertension Atrial fibrillation Chronic coronary syndromes Peripheral arterial and aortic diseases ESC Guidelines and documents published in 2023 Acute coronary syndromes Cardiomyopathies Cardiovascular disease in diabetes Endocarditis Focused update of the 2021 heart failure guidelines The ESC Pocket Guidelines app also contains interactive tools in the form of algorithms. Additional features: Perform „full text", „index" or „filtered" searches through the entire downloaded content of the app, bookmarks and the notes. Bookmark specific sections or create a personal note and access bookmarks and notes from the „Library“ section. Share links to specific areas of the app via communication channels, e.g. AirDrop, Mail, LinkedIn, Twitter, WhatsApp, and many others. Print pages. Please follow the link below to register for a new MyESC account: https://escol.escardio.org/MyESC/login.aspx

About

Elna

This clinical intelligence app provides doctors and nurses with quick, concise answers based on trusted medical sources and guidelines. It's designed for fast decision-making at the point of care, offering glanceable insights to support clinical judgment during busy shifts.

Highlights
  • Instant, glanceable answers
  • Evidence-grounded insights
  • Trusted medical sources
  • Mobile-first design
  • Fast decision-making support
Features
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Elna is a clinical intelligence app built to help doctors and nurses get the right evidence in seconds, right when they need it. Instead of digging through long articles and guidelines or wading through verbose summaries, Elna gives you clear, concise, and glanceable answers designed for real-world clinical work.Each response highlights the essentials, surfaces what matters most, and keeps you moving during consultations, rounds, or on-call shifts.Every answer is built from trusted medical sources and authoritative clinical guidelines, with clear references. Why clinicians choose Elna: - Instant, glanceable answers built for fast decision-making at the point of care. - Actionable, evidence-grounded insights drawn only from reliable, independent clinical sources. - Mobile-first design so high-quality evidence is always within reach: across wards, clinics, or home visits. Elna is built for healthcare professionals who need to make better decisions, faster, while maintaining high standards of safety and evidence quality. It is not intended for patients or for self‑diagnosis and should always be used to support, not replace, clinical judgment.

Screenshots

ESC Pocket Guidelines4 screens
Elna4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ESC Pocket Guidelines at 50% against Elna's 0%. ESC Pocket Guidelines also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and ads (none vs shown). Elna's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ESC Pocket Guidelines holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ESC Pocket Guidelines has 841 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of ESC Pocket Guidelines's written reviews are positive against 0% of Elna's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
ESC Pocket Guidelines versus Elna: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterESC Pocket GuidelinesElna
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (841 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings841 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB21 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperESC - European Society of CardiologyElna

Customer experience

ESC Pocket Guidelines

All ratings841 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral3.2%
Negative46.8%

Elna

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

ESC Pocket Guidelines

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • App crashes on iPad and iPhone devices
  • Login authentication failures
  • White blank page display
  • App crashes when opening pathways
  • Guidelines not appearing in downloaded folder
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  • App incompatible with older iOS versions
  • Slow and sluggish performance
  • Full screen not supported on iPad Mini 6

Requested features

5 requests
  • Update to support iPad Mini 6 resolution
  • Include 2023 ESC Congress updates
  • Remove or make sign-in optional
  • Improve font size and design for better readability
  • Add new guidelines (e.g., 2013 stable angina guidelines)

Elna

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ESC Pocket Guidelines

No in-app purchases

None

Elna

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ESC Pocket Guidelines free?
ESC Pocket Guidelines is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Elna free?
Elna is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ESC Pocket Guidelines or Elna?
ESC Pocket Guidelines is rated higher. ESC Pocket Guidelines averages 4.8 out of 5 from 841 ratings, while Elna averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do ESC Pocket Guidelines or Elna have ads?
Elna shows ads; ESC Pocket Guidelines does not.

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