Comparison

Pocket ICU vs SEMICYUC

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

SEMICYUC

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SEMICYUC in the palm of your hand: Spanish Society of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine and Coronary Units (SEMICYUC) new mobile app. Members can interact through the app with the society office secretaries, workgroup coordinators, and workgroup members. Members also can know firsthand about the different training and scientific offers that SEMICYUC makes available to the entire community of intensivists. Installing it is the best way to instantly access everything related to current news and services in the specialty of Intensive Care Medicine, vote in electoral processes, manage membership of workgroups and transversal groups (UCI Without Borders, SEMICYUC Joven, etc.), and access the articles of the journal Medicina Intensiva, among other functionalities.

Screenshots

Pocket ICU4 screens
SEMICYUC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SEMICYUC at none against Pocket ICU's 3. SEMICYUC also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 9 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pocket ICU sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. SEMICYUC asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pocket ICU ships an update every 9 months, SEMICYUC every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pocket ICU versus SEMICYUC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket ICUSEMICYUC
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (317 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings317 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB25 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperUnbound Medicine, Inc.Estrategias Soluciones Medios y Consulting SL

Bugs and requests

Pocket ICU

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • No information loads after purchase
  • Issues with download/access

SEMICYUC

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pocket ICU

One-time2
  • Pocket ICU2 variants$69.99
  • Pocket ICU 2023$69.99
None

SEMICYUC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket ICU free?
Pocket ICU is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SEMICYUC free?
SEMICYUC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pocket ICU or SEMICYUC have ads?
Neither Pocket ICU nor SEMICYUC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pocket ICU or SEMICYUC?
Pocket ICU ships an update every 9 months, and SEMICYUC every 2 weeks. Most recently, Pocket ICU was updated on October 26, 2026 and SEMICYUC on October 7, 2026.

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