Comparison

SpeedyAudit vs CareAscend

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

Head to head
About

SpeedyAudit

This app simplifies the process of auditing hand hygiene, personal protective equipment (PPE), and additional precautions. It offers a user-friendly interface for capturing observations and generating real-time reports directly on your mobile device. Different versions cater to various needs, from basic data export to advanced web portal integration for comprehensive analysis.

Highlights
  • Capture hand hygiene observations
  • Record PPE compliance
  • Create custom professions and locations
  • Generate real-time reports
  • Export data via CSV (Lite version)
  • Web portal integration (Pro/LTC versions)
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SpeedyAudit™ allows you to capture hand hygiene compliance, additional precautions and personal protective equipment compliance with your iPhone, iPod or iPad in a fun and engaging interface. Collect a speedy audit with our user friendly tool. There are three versions of SpeedyAudit™: Lite, Pro, and LTC. All versions allow you to: * Capture observations using 4 or 5 moments of hand hygiene or in / out standards * Create custom professions * Create custom locations * Independently capture additional precautions and personal protective equipment (PPE) compliance * View simple, real-time reports on your mobile device With SpeedyAudit™ Lite, you can easily send a CSV version of your data to your email account for further data analysis. SpeedyAudit™ Pro and LTC will link your data with a centralized web portal that allows you options to view and aggregate information from several different professions, locations, and auditors; create more detailed reports; conduct advanced analytics and set smart targets. *New* PRO users can enter historical data However you observe people wash; iscrub; or clean your hands, give SpeedyAudit a try! Download the App now or visit www.speedyaudit.com to learn more! SpeedyAudit™ and “Fuzzy Guy” character are trademarks of HandyMetrics Corporation.

About

CareAscend

This app provides SNF leaders with an overview of facility ratings and medical director task management. It offers tools to analyze data, enhance outcomes, and streamline communication for medical directors and administrators.

Highlights
  • Facility 5-star rating overview
  • Geolocation map of facilities
  • Medical director task tracking
  • Data analysis for quality measures
  • Secure communication platform
  • Event scheduling and reminders
  • Task reporting on-the-go
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My SNFs: CareAscend provides an overview of all of your facilities 5-star ratings and their geolocation on a color-coded map. My MDs: This unique feature provides unprecedented ability to any company leaders such as the Chief Medical Officer, regional medical directors and operational leaders to keep an eye on overall medical director tasks at the company, region or at a facility level. CareAscend provides user-friendly tools to review, slice/ dice and analyze data to understand correlations between facility quality measures and the role of the medical director. CareAscend empowers company leaders to guide facility leaders and medical directors to prioritize various tasks to enhance outcomes. For example, a facility that is struggling with high prevalence of antipsychotic medications, the CareAscend can help facilitate medical director’s focus on staff education for a given quarter. Medical Director Tasks: The program assures that physician leaders, their administrators and other team members are aligned in regards to facility key needs and focus on agreed upon medical director tasks. This approach provides ongoing learning to medical directors about their administrative roles in their facilities and organizations. AMDA (https://paltc.org), Society of Post-acute Medicine and Long-term Care Medicine validates the key tasks medical directors should be performing in alignment with the Code of Federal Regulations. Task Reporting: The CareAscend application platform simplifies the process of logging medical director administrative tasks on-the go. All tasks are communicated to the facility administrator and other assigned supervisors before they are finalized. Traditionally, medical directors have to rely on clunky paper-based processes to log their tasks. CareAscend provides the luxury of reporting tasks as they are being performed, after they are performed or even scheduling future tasks with timely reminders. A live tally of tasks keeps medical director and other team members aware of the number of hours performed for the given month so that remaining hours can be planned and utilized for the prioritized areas. The available tasks are in compliance with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid guidance around the medical director role and have been validated by AMDA (www.paltc.org), the Society of Post-acute Care and Long-term Care Medicine. Communication Platform: CareAscend offers a secure digital platform for prompt communications between facility/ organization administrators, medical director leaders and other assigned team members. It also connects company chief medical officer and other regional directors with team members. All communications are archived for future reference or quality assurance purposes. Event Scheduling: CareAscend includes a calendar so that all team members are able to schedule administrative events and assure that all members are notified of upcoming meetings e.g. quality assurance, infections committee, educational activities, etc. Performance Dashboard: CareAscend allows users to review the performance of their facility/ organizations and compare it to other competitors. The chief medical officers and regional leaders are able to review and compare the task performance of all of their team members across their company. You can compare the tasks performed by 5-star rating facility MDs and also can see which tasks your MDs are performing more. Professional Development: The CareAscend platform makes it simple for physicians to receive notifications for upcoming educational events offered by AMDA, the Society of Post-acute and Long-term Care Members (www.paltc.org) and other professional associations. Physician leaders are able to review their attended events and accumulated educational credits.

Screenshots

SpeedyAudit2 screens
CareAscend4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CareAscend at 4.6 against SpeedyAudit's 3.8. CareAscend also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (91 vs 9). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CareAscend holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CareAscend has 91 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SpeedyAudit ships an update every 4 months, CareAscend every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SpeedyAudit versus CareAscend: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeedyAuditCareAscend
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (9 ratings)4.6 (91 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings991 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB182 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHandyMetrics CorporationMavenSphere Inc.

Customer experience

SpeedyAudit

All ratings9 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

CareAscend

All ratings91 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral2.2%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SpeedyAudit

No in-app purchases

None

CareAscend

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SpeedyAudit free?
SpeedyAudit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CareAscend free?
CareAscend is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SpeedyAudit or CareAscend?
CareAscend is rated higher. SpeedyAudit averages 3.8 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while CareAscend averages 4.6 from 91 ratings.
Do SpeedyAudit or CareAscend have ads?
Neither SpeedyAudit nor CareAscend shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SpeedyAudit or CareAscend?
SpeedyAudit ships an update every 4 months, and CareAscend every 3 weeks. Most recently, SpeedyAudit was updated on October 8, 2026 and CareAscend on October 3, 2026.

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