Comparison

EMS Pro vs ZOLL Respond

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

ZOLL Respond

This application enables response crews, dispatchers, and medical facilities to view and manage their trips. It provides navigation to pick-up and drop-off locations for existing customers.

Highlights
  • View and respond to trips
  • Navigate to pick-up points
  • Navigate to drop-off points
  • Manage response crew activities
  • Coordinate with dispatchers
  • Connect medical facilities
Features
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ZOLL Respond allows existing ZOLL customers the ability for response crews, dispatchers, and medical facilities to view and respond to their trips and navigate to pick-up and drop-off points.

Screenshots

EMS Pro3 screens
ZOLL Respond1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: EMS Pro at 80% against ZOLL Respond's 0%. EMS Pro also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.4). ZOLL Respond's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (30 vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

EMS Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ZOLL Respond has 30 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of EMS Pro's written reviews are positive against 0% of ZOLL Respond's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EMS Pro ships an update every 3 months, ZOLL Respond every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
EMS Pro versus ZOLL Respond: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEMS ProZOLL Respond
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5 ratings) — better3.4 (30 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings530 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB135 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperLehigh Valley Health NetworkZOLL Data Systems, Inc.

Customer experience

EMS Pro

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

ZOLL Respond

All ratings30 ratings
Positive56.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

EMS Pro

No in-app purchases

None

ZOLL Respond

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EMS Pro free?
EMS Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ZOLL Respond free?
ZOLL Respond is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, EMS Pro or ZOLL Respond?
EMS Pro is rated higher. EMS Pro averages 4.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while ZOLL Respond averages 3.4 from 30 ratings.
Do EMS Pro or ZOLL Respond have ads?
Neither EMS Pro nor ZOLL Respond shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EMS Pro or ZOLL Respond?
EMS Pro ships an update every 3 months, and ZOLL Respond every 5 weeks. Most recently, EMS Pro was updated on October 24, 2026 and ZOLL Respond on October 25, 2026.

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