Pocket ICU vs POTTER Elective
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocket ICU
This app offers concise critical care guidance written by attending physicians. It covers diagnosis, treatment, and management across various subspecialties, including detailed images and decision algorithms. Quickly find information, bookmark entries, and take notes for efficient ICU rounds and consultations.
- Concise guidance by attending physicians
- Diagnosis, treatment, and management details
- Subspecialty coverage
- Detailed images and algorithms
- Statistics and EBM overview
- Pharmacological data and formulas
- Full text search and bookmarking
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New topics address bioweapons, disaster preparedness and critical care challenges of an air-transmissible, pandemic-causing pathogens like COVID-19. POCKET ICU FEATURES • Concise guidance written by attending physicians for everyone in critical care • Entries with diagnosis, treatment, and management details • Coverage of subspecialty areas including pediatric, neuro, cardiac, transplant, burn, and more • Detailed images, figures, and decision support algorithms • Overview of Statistics and Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) • Helpful appendices provide pharmacological data, respiratory formulas, and cardiopulmonary relationships • Advanced Full Text Search helps find topics quickly • “Favorites” for bookmarking important entries • Highlighting and note-taking MORE ABOUT POCKET ICU With content from the highly regarded Pocket Notebook series, Pocket ICU provides users with an essential tool for quickly locating information from every subspecialty area of critical care. Entries have been written by attending physicians and are presented in brief but broad format so anyone in an ICU setting can quickly find answers and save time. This powerful resource can be downloaded to your smartphone and tablet and is great for preparing for rounds or consulting expert recommendations while on the ICU floor. Editors: Gyorgy Frendl, MD, PhD; Avery Tung, MD Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Powered by: Unbound Medicine
POTTER Elective
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POTTER risk estimates are aggregated from high fidelity national data, analyzed using advanced Artificial Intelligence methodologies and thus adapted to the risk factors of the specific patient. This version of POTTER is specific to elective surgery patients.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: POTTER Elective at none against Pocket ICU's 3. POTTER Elective also leads on iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Pocket ICU sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. POTTER Elective asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Pocket ICU | POTTER Elective |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (317 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 64.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 317 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Unbound Medicine, Inc. | Interpretable AI LLC |
Bugs and requests
Pocket ICU
Reported bugs
2 issues- No information loads after purchase
- Issues with download/access
POTTER Elective
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pocket ICU
- Pocket ICU2 variants$69.99
- Pocket ICU 2023$69.99
POTTER Elective
No in-app purchases
Questions
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