The AHA ACLS app is the American Heart Association's (AHA) officially endorsed digital health solution to assist clinicians in running codes and delivering bedside ACLS care with actual patients. The app was developed by Harvard-trained physicians, in collaboration with the AHA, to help fellow physicians, nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and EMTs deliver the highest level of advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) at the point-of-care. It began as a project to assist clinicians within Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital—and then expanded to have a global scope after significant positive impact was demonstrated. Importantly, real-time feedback from our clinician users continuously drives improvements in app design, features, and function so that you will have the best experience providing life-saving care at the bedside.
The AHA ACLS app is the only one to have all content vetted by both the AHA science team and practicing Harvard-affiliated physicians. It also features the latest 2025 release of AHA recommendations for ACLS.
We owe it to our patients to use the best digital health tools to give them the highest chance of surviving acute life-threatening cardiac illnesses. To this end, we have developed a low cost, intuitive, and rigorously vetted mobile app to assist clinicians— including in all stages of training—and enhance ACLS care at the bedside.
Features:
- Intuitive design to rapidly access 4 ACLS algorithms (i.e. cardiac arrest, tachycardia with pulse, bradycardia with pulse, and post cardiac arrest care)
- Includes all recently released 2025 ACLS content including drug therapy and dosing, reversible causes, etc.
- Easy-to-read timers and ability to log rounds of CPR, epinephrine, and defibrillations
- Button within cardiac arrest algorithm that allows for rapid transition to post cardiac arrest care pathway once patient achieves ROSC
- All content rigorously vetted by AHA science team and practicing Harvard-affiliated physicians
We continue to iterate based on real-time clinician feedback, so that you will have the best experience providing life-saving care at the bedside.
AHA ACLS offers an auto-renewing annual subscription at $3.99/year with a 3-day free trial. You will have unlimited access to all content while you maintain an active subscription.
Payment will be charged to the credit card connected to your Apple ID Account when you confirm the initial subscription purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You may manage your subscription and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after the purchase. Any unused portion of the free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription.
You can read more about our terms and conditions in the app.
Been using this for sometime and really like all the new features to make it that much easier to run codes
THE PERFECT TOOL FOR DOCTORS
disazdoc
I’m a practicing emergency physician. This is what I’ve been waiting for: an accurate, easy to use app for running codes and going through ACLS at the patient’s bedside. It also has the Harvard and American Heart Association seal of approval, so I know I can trust what I’m using. Every emergency medicine doctor’s dream come true.There are way too many sketchy, unreliable, unwieldy—and sometimes dangerous—apps on the App Store that are advertised for running codes or going through the ACLS algorithms. I would know, because I have downloaded over half a dozen ACLS apps, all of which I have deleted because they were not practical to use at the bedside. Doctors need tools they can 100% trust, especially when it comes to saving a life—this is it!
It’s a great app, but…
OB2See
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).
Subscription based model is a bad option
Conaanaa
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).
Developer Response
Dear Conaanaa, Thank you for this feedback. We are continually re-evaluating different subscription options to maximize the value we offer our users. We will take your perspective into consideration. Sincerely, The AHA ACLS Team
- 2025 AHA ACLS algorithms and content fully integrated
- “Notes” section in the Cardiac Arrest Code Runner to record important non-PHI info
- Downloadable events log for quick review and documentation
- Intubation logging to track advanced airway placement and timing
- Auto-start CPR timer triggered by the Cardiac Arrest “Start” button
- Improvements in offline access
Version 3.0.0
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Information
Seller
Massachusetts General Hospital
Size
58.8 MB
Category
Medical
Compatibility
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
