Its $2.99/year subscription fee is worth $$$ to support this app. As a new grad nurse, I was the recorder when a code came in to our ER. It had been some time since I was on the code team, and I had also bought a new phone, so my previous apps were no longer available. I stumbled across this app during the prep and immediately felt reassured. The most updated algorithms were in the palm of my hands. My only suggestion for improvement is that the log reflect the actual time for timekeeping.

Just downloaded this. But I do not see the LVAD algorithm on this. Why was that not included?

Good interface and appreciate it being the most up to date. Overall worth the money, if only because you aren’t as likely to lose your phone as the ACLS paper cards. That said, the code “log” could be more detailed. Other similar apps include “events” where IO/central line access, insulin, PEA, VT, VF, asystole etc can be documented. Codes are chaotic as is - this log should help debriefing and documentation.

Having to pay a subscription fee for the app is already rough, but for one that doesn’t load the info into is insane.

Should be illegal to paywall this

It’s sad that a company as rich as MGB would lock such a simple and life-saving app behind a subscription based paywall. It’s honestly bad PR if anything.

As someone who worked at MGH and is familiar with the AHA I’m not surprised these blood-sucking leeches are trying to monetize a literal emergency resuscitation and code guidance app. These massive, behemoth entities, the absolute gold standard and leaders in healthcare, have this behavior. How could this be? The greed is incredible. Why not give back to society such a minor inexpensively developed thing? Probably funded with donations too. Turns the stomach to consider as an indicator for the state of society.

Greedy app devs want to be paid for algo that is free on AHA website, marks app as “free” but after you download there’s a monthly fee. Deceptive and very bad form considering the purpose of the content.

I used this app some time ago when it was free. Great app, very useful. Is very unfortunate that it is no longer free. I can appreciate the need to now charge a nominal fee, however I have several issues with the implementation. 1) A basic version should be free. As it stands the app is completely unusable outside the 3 day trial without a subscription. At least make the ACLS cards free in the app without nagging prompts for subscriptions. This is an invaluable resource in low resource settings, and charging a fee to access the basic information removes a critical resource. 2) A subscription service is just tacky. When I pay for something, I expect to own it - not the case with a software subscription. I realize SAAS is all the rage right now, but it’s really better to stick with a purchase model. I happily bought the ASCCP app and the subsequently updated version for $9.99 each, but I would never consider a yearly subscription to the same app. Just charge a one-time fee (or a nominal purchase fee and then charge for an upgrade) just like any good software for the last 40 years. 3) You went the subscription route and didn’t enable family sharing. This is the real insult here. Not only did you start charging for a free app. Not only did you decide to charge a subscription rather than let me purchase it. You INTENTIONALLY decided to not let members of the same household share the subscription. Absolutely ridiculous, and a great example of the greed present in corporate medicine today (even in orgs that claim to be nonprofit).

Make it a one time fee instead of taking a “SMALL” amount from millions of people!