Comparison

EMS Pro vs PA EMS Protocols

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

Head to head
About

EMS Pro

This medical app provides emergency medical service providers with clinical decision support, calculators, and communication tools. It offers quick access to pre-hospital protocols, drug information, and hospital routing, replacing traditional printed reference materials.

Highlights
  • Pre-hospital protocols (ALS, BLS, CCT, AEMT)
  • Clinical calculators
  • Burn triage tools
  • Drug reference information
  • GPS routing to hospitals
  • Pennsylvania hospital directory
Features
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Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) is proud to offer the EMS PRO app. The app was developed by LVHN's Division of EMS to provide clinical decision support, calculators, and communication tools for EMS providers in the field. EMS PRO is a useful tool while providing patient assessment, treatment, and transport and replaces the traditional printed reference materials that EMTs and Paramedics carry. EMS PRO enables providers to have quick and easy access to: -Pre-hospital ALS, BLS, CCT and AEMT protocols and calculators -Burn triage tools -Drug reference information -GPS integration with your phone for easy routing to Lehigh Valley Health Network hospitals -Listing of Pennsylvania hospitals and addresses

About

PA EMS Protocols

This app provides emergency medical responders in Pennsylvania with the latest protocols and hospital data. It offers fast updates, search functionality, and access to state and regional information, including EMS bulletins and scope of practice.

Highlights
  • Latest protocols and hospital data
  • Fast content updates
  • Search functionality
  • Dark mode for night shifts
  • Access to PA Medic
  • State and regional information
Features
Currently charting
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If you are an Emergency Medical Responder, EMT, AEMT, Paramedic, Critical Care Paramedic, Nurse, student, or other medical professional in Pennsylvania looking for an app with the latest protocols and hospital data, iHarig's protocol app is the app for you! This application hosts the fastest updates, works on all platforms, features dark mode for night shifters, and features searching, quick access to PA Medic right within the app, and important state/regional information beyond just displaying protocols. NEW in this release: offline mode with starred protocols, universal search across all levels, useful tools (timers, calculators, and other conversions), and an automatically tracked recently viewed list. With fast (and sharable) updates to content, resources like EMS information bulletins, regional protocols and pilot forms, scope of practice, med lists, hospital data, and other third-party resources curated by iHarig are right at your fingertips! Note, to use offline mode you must initially download protocols with a live connection. The app will periodically check for updates to resources in the background when a live connection is available. PA Medic Hospital information requires a live internet connection. It is the user's responsibility to ensure they are using the latest version of a protocol at allowed scope of practice with current authorization.

Screenshots

EMS Pro3 screens
PA EMS Protocols4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: EMS Pro at Free against PA EMS Protocols's $4.99. EMS Pro also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 50%). PA EMS Protocols's advantage is chart position (#96 vs unranked). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

EMS Pro is free to download; PA EMS Protocols 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 — 4.6 for EMS Pro against 4.7 for PA EMS Protocols. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 7 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of EMS Pro's written reviews are positive against 50% of PA EMS Protocols's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EMS Pro ships an update every 3 months, PA EMS Protocols every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
EMS Pro versus PA EMS Protocols: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEMS ProPA EMS Protocols
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.6 (5 ratings)4.7 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings57 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#96 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB41 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperLehigh Valley Health NetworkiHarig LLC

Customer experience

EMS Pro

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

PA EMS Protocols

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

EMS Pro

No in-app purchases

None

PA EMS Protocols

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EMS Pro free?
EMS Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PA EMS Protocols free?
PA EMS Protocols costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, EMS Pro or PA EMS Protocols?
PA EMS Protocols is rated higher. EMS Pro averages 4.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while PA EMS Protocols averages 4.7 from 7 ratings.
Do EMS Pro or PA EMS Protocols have ads?
Neither EMS Pro nor PA EMS Protocols shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EMS Pro or PA EMS Protocols?
EMS Pro ships an update every 3 months, and PA EMS Protocols every 4 months. Most recently, EMS Pro was updated on October 9, 2026 and PA EMS Protocols on October 7, 2026.

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