ECG Pro for Doctors vs EchoRef
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ECG Pro for Doctors
This app offers a vast library of interpreted ECG cases to help medical professionals and students enhance their electrocardiogram reading skills. It provides interactive learning tools, detailed interpretations, and integrates with Apple Watch ECG recordings for a comprehensive learning experience.
- Thousands of interpreted ECG cases
- Professional interpretation and measurement
- Browse and search ECG cases by findings
- Dynamic playback of ECG telemetry
- Integration with Apple Watch ECG recordings
- Bookmark and revisit cases
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We designed ECG Pro for Doctors with the goal of making electrocardiogram reading as easy as possible. With thousands of fully interpreted ECG cases, comes a great skillset and confidence in ECG reading. Empower doctors, doctors to-be, and paramedics with high quality ECG cases and full interpretations of each finding, to help gain crucial medical knowledge and ECG reading skills. This ECG App has proved to be very useful for reference on ECG readings. Everything is interwoven beautifully and it reduces the need to look at many different sources. ECG Pro integrates with the Health app now, which enables a feature to replay your own ECG recordings done on your Apple Watch (Only available in ECG enabled regions) The ECG Pro app has proved to be very useful for reference on ECG readings. Everything is interwoven beautifully and it reduces the need to look at many different sources. Over 5m users are using ECG Pro to learn and sharpen electrocardiography knowledge and skills! They are medical students and teachers, primary healthcare providers, physicians, practitioners, and nurses. Join them today to get your ECG knowledge refresh. Medical App Editor's Review: Here is a rich collection of real 12-lead ECG cases you can use to develop your interpretation skills. Each case is identified with a brief description (e.g., "Male 73 y/o, HR 158; Ectopic arrhythmia - atrial tachycardia with intraventricular aberrant conduction..."). Select a case and you can choose either Play mode, which shows you the ECG telemetry as you'd see it on a monitor in real-time, with beeps for heartbeats, or Read mode, which gives you the printed ECG tracing to interpret. You can choose cases by category or search for them by name. You can also bookmark cases and return to them later. For students and practitioners who wish to strengthen their ECG-reading capabilities, this app would seem justified, because ECG Cases gives you an effective way to immerse yourself in a wide range of ECG patterns and interact with them as if these were your own patients. Customer Reviews: "I'm reviewing the app with my father who happens to be a specialist in internal medicine, and we're astonished by this app's capability in helping students like myself understand EKG waves. It's not easy but with the help of this app EKG makes more sense to me." "This is a great App that exemplifies and provides easy training for medical professionals. It is a tool that anyone working in the medical industry should possess." "Great app for keeping your skills sharp and seeing a wide variety of cases" ECG Pro provides: 1) 3500+ abnormal real world 12 lead ECG cases in raw data (In-App-Purchase needed for advanced ones) 2) Each case has professional interpretation and measurement 3) They cover 100+ common ECG findings [Features] 1) Browse ECG cases by findings like "Atrial Flutter", "Escape Rhythm" and more 2) Search for whatever you want to learn, like "Flat T wave" 3) Dynamically play each case in monitoring mode (with beeping sound) 4) Display leads in 12 x 1, 6 x 2, 4 x 3 layout 5) Each case has 12 template views with P / QRS / T waves identified 6) Send cases to your friends, in PDF format For students or interns, you can use the cases as learning resources. For teachers, you can use the cases as teaching resources. [Note] 1) All cases are stored in raw data (sample rate is 500hz), not static images, so you can look into very detailed waves in pixels 2) You should already have basic knowledge of ECG interpretation, and you use the cases to build a solid cardiology foundation [Findings Covered] Atrial Flutter Atrial Fibrillation Ventricular Fibrillation Escape Beat PAC (Premature Atrial Contruction) PAC Bigeminy PAC Trigeminy PVC (Premature Ventricular Contruction) PVC Bigeminy PVC Trigeminy Supraventricular Tachycardia Ventricular Tachycardia Ventricular Escape Rhythm Ventricular Rhythm QT Prolongation Short QT High T ST Elevation
EchoRef
This educational reference app provides comprehensive information on point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), echocardiography, and cardiac measurements. It includes lessons on interventional procedures and hemodynamic calculations for medical professionals.
- Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS)
- Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE)
- Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)
- Cardiac dimensions and valve measurements
- Hemodynamic and ultrasound calculations
- Interventional procedure lessons
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Echocardiography and point-of-care ultrasound organized for the bedside. EchoRef is a comprehensive echocardiography and ultrasound reference for physicians, nurses, advanced practice clinicians, sonographers, medical students, and other healthcare learners. Review TEE, TTE, and POCUS videos, check cardiac measurements and diagnostic criteria, evaluate native and prosthetic valves, and perform commonly used ultrasound and hemodynamic calculations, all in one focused reference. FEATURES • Educational video library covering 2D and 3D TEE, interventional echocardiography, mechanical circulatory support, and clinical cases • POCUS instruction for cardiac, lung, abdominal, vascular, and peripheral nerve block examinations • Cardiac anatomy measurements and reference values for chamber size, ventricular function, diastology, and vascular structures • Native valve assessment for aortic, mitral, tricuspid, and pulmonic stenosis and regurgitation • Prosthetic valve reference for surgical valves, TAVR, and prosthesis evaluation • Ultrasound and hemodynamic calculators for valve area, cardiac output, ventricular function, filling pressures, vascular resistance, shunts, fluid responsiveness, and more • Cardiac equations, hemodynamic reference values, and ultrasound physics • Clinical protocols, focused examination guidance, findings atlas, and reporting documentation • Acquisition guidance, measurement tips, common pitfalls, and related clinical content • Global search, favorites, related links, and personal notes EchoRef connects ultrasound physics, image acquisition, echocardiographic interpretation, and bedside decision-making. Whether you are learning standard views, reviewing an unfamiliar finding, evaluating valve disease, or checking a calculation, the app makes relevant information easy to find. Created by Rishi Kumar, MD, FACC (“RK.MD”), an academic adult cardiothoracic anesthesiologist and cardiovascular ICU intensivist committed to free, open-access medical education. Learn more at https://rk.md EchoRef is intended for educational and informational purposes only. It does not provide medical advice and is not a substitute for professional judgment, diagnosis, or treatment. Clinical findings and calculations must be independently verified and interpreted in the context of the individual patient. Seek guidance from a qualified healthcare professional regarding any medical condition. Do not disregard or delay professional medical advice because of information provided by this app.
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The clearest difference is price: EchoRef at Free against ECG Pro for Doctors's $9.99. EchoRef also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 58%) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). ECG Pro for Doctors's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and chart position (#168 vs unranked). On ads, 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
EchoRef is free to download; ECG Pro for Doctors costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
EchoRef holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EchoRef has 1.4K ratings behind it against 82, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of ECG Pro for Doctors's written reviews are positive against 100% of EchoRef's.
ECG Pro for Doctors ships an update fortnightly, EchoRef every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ECG Pro for Doctors | EchoRef |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (82 ratings) | 4.9 (1.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 82 | 1.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #168 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Heartworks Pty Ltd | Rishi Kumar |
Customer experience
ECG Pro for Doctors
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In-app purchases
ECG Pro for Doctors
No in-app purchases
EchoRef
No in-app purchases
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