AHA ACLS

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!

It was great…before they started charging. Takes some of our ACLS/BLS course fees to keep the app free.

Of all the ways to make a buck in medicine you’re really going to charge money for a simple app that tracks codes? Was advised to download this when I started residency and recently pulled it out on the way to a code, and got prompted to put in my credit card info. Sick.

A small price to pay for excellence in healthcare delivery.

Garbage to have to pay money for this. This stuff is online.

All hospital physicians must be ACLS certified through AHA and the training $$ received from mandatory trainings should go towards funding and maintaining the app. Especially since AHA celebrates $1 billion in revenue in 2021 (largely from donations) and CEO takes home $2.5 million/year. I think an AHA sponsored ACLS app doesn’t seem that big of a stretch…

It’s a very useful app that I used for multiple codes, but now that it’s a subscription based model I am no longer using it. I’ve seen the developers responses that they no longer have funding from their generous philanthropist, which is unfortunate, but it is also unfortunate to be monetizing off sick coding patients who would benefit from their doctors having a useful clinical tool like this. It is only 2.99 a year and I’d probably be more willing to pay for it after I’m no longer a resident - but I’d also suggest that they consider making it a one time payment of $10 or something rather than an endless recurring subscription based fee. For some reason that feels like it would be an easier pill to swallow than a never ending fee that is continually extracting money without you knowing (seems kind of like a parasitic relationship when it could instead be a one time, one and done transaction).

So I get it! You go from a free app to PAYWALL????? No simulators for me UNFORTUNATELY!!! I have been desperate to find a defibrillator app to use where I can simulate rhythms, and have a realistic monitor defibrillator interface. NOT HAPPENING!! This is a surprise cost, you will not see until you dig into the apps. What a COMPLETE SHAME! I wish I would have known about these simulators BEFORE THEY DID THIS!! It’s been said in another rating that the five star ratings are FAKE!! I get it! You scam The living daylights out of us and make these apps look wonderful and FREE, only for us to find the REAL TRUTH! You’re not getting a DIME, from me!