Comparison

Pocket ICU vs ACP Audio

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

ACP Audio

Access hundreds of hours of medical education content, including clinical lectures and Q&A sessions from national experts. Listen to audio tracks and playlists on various medical topics, create custom playlists, and download content for offline listening.

Highlights
  • Audio versions of ACP educational products
  • Hundreds of hours of medical content
  • Clinical lectures and Q&A
  • Listen to tracks and playlists
  • Download tracks for offline listening
  • Create favorite track lists
Features
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Expand your clinical knowledge with select audio versions of ACP educational products, such as Internal Medicine Board Review Course Recordings and recordings from ACP’s Internal Medicine Meeting. The ACP Audio app features hundreds of hours of medical education content including clinical lectures and associated Q&A. Listen to tracks and playlists in a variety of topic areas from national experts as they review clinical information and answer targeted questions. You can play audio lectures in any order, create a list of favorite tracks, view your listening history, and download tracks to listen offline. A paid subscription is required to access the content of the app. Privacy Policy: https://www.acponline.org/about-this-site/acp-privacy-policy Terms and Conditions: https://www.acponline.org/about-acp/who-we-are/get-engaged/acp-member-forums/terms-and-conditions

Screenshots

Pocket ICU4 screens
ACP Audio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pocket ICU at 64% against ACP Audio's 0%. Pocket ICU also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (317 vs 8). ACP Audio's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 9 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. ACP Audio asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pocket ICU holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket ICU has 317 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Pocket ICU's written reviews are positive against 0% of ACP Audio's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pocket ICU ships an update every 9 months, ACP Audio every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pocket ICU versus ACP Audio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket ICUACP Audio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (317 ratings) — better3.0 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews64.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings317 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB105 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperUnbound Medicine, Inc.American College of Physicians

Customer experience

Pocket ICU

All ratings317 ratings
Positive90.2%
Neutral2.5%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive64.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative35.7%

ACP Audio

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Pocket ICU

Reported bugs

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

ACP Audio

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

ACP Audio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket ICU free?
Pocket ICU is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ACP Audio free?
ACP Audio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pocket ICU or ACP Audio?
Pocket ICU is rated higher. Pocket ICU averages 4.6 out of 5 from 317 ratings, while ACP Audio averages 3.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Pocket ICU or ACP Audio have ads?
Neither Pocket ICU nor ACP Audio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pocket ICU or ACP Audio?
Pocket ICU ships an update every 9 months, and ACP Audio every 4 months. Most recently, Pocket ICU was updated on October 30, 2026 and ACP Audio on October 21, 2026.

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