PEPID® vs Basic Emergency Care
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PEPID®
Provides healthcare professionals with essential tools for patient care, including a vast drug database, medical calculators, and visual aids. Content is regularly updated and clinically independent, offering reliable information for various medical roles.
- Largest drug database
- Medical calculators
- High-res pill photos
- Clinical illustrations
- Regularly updated information
- Independent clinical content
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PEPID gives healthcare professionals all the tools they need to treat patients at the scene, en route and/or by the bedside. With just a few taps, access the largest drug database on the market, medical calculators, high-res pill photos, illustrations, and much more! -- Updated regularly, so you can be sure you have the most current information available -- Independent clinical content from 12 leading healthcare associations, including the American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians and the Family Physicians Inquiries Network -- Suites available for physicians, nurses, students, residents, pharmacists, EMTs and paramedics, and more Have questions, issues or feedback? Contact us at support@pepid.com.
Basic Emergency Care
This app guides users through resuscitation skills learned in a medical course. It features a chatbot for progression and a search function to find information on managing specific conditions.
- Resuscitation skill guidance
- Chatbot for progression
- Condition management search
- BEC course integration
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The ABCDE app is designed to help guide you through the resuscitation skills you have learned from the Basic Emergency Care (BEC) course. Progress through the pathway with a chatbot, search for specific conditions and how to manage them.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PEPID® at 45% against Basic Emergency Care's 0%. PEPID® also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (2.9K vs 5). Basic Emergency Care's advantage is iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PEPID® holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PEPID® has 2.9K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of PEPID®'s written reviews are positive against 0% of Basic Emergency Care's.
PEPID® ships an update every 5 weeks, Basic Emergency Care every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 30, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PEPID® | Basic Emergency Care |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.9K ratings) — better | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 45.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.9K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | PEPID, LLC | University of California at San Francisco |
Customer experience
PEPID®
Basic Emergency Care
Bugs and requests
PEPID®
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes on login or launch
- Content fails to download
- Incompatible with newer iOS versions
Requested features
4 requests- Improved search functionality
- More calculators and tools
- Automatic content updates
- Ability to use on multiple devices with single subscription
Basic Emergency Care
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PEPID®
No in-app purchases
Basic Emergency Care
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is PEPID® free?
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