Comparison

GetWell Rounds+ vs CareAware Connect Messenger

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

Head to head
About

GetWell Rounds+

This app helps healthcare providers streamline data collection for quality improvement, patient safety, and enhanced patient experience. It offers real-time surveys, customizable reports, and trending dashboards to target improvement efforts effectively across various care points.

Highlights
  • Real-time data collection
  • Reporting and trending
  • Patient rounding tools
  • Quality audit support
  • Safety checklist functionality
  • Customizable dashboards
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Rounds+ is a real-time data collection, reporting and trending system specifically designed to help healthcare providers hard-wire best practices, decrease provider documentation time and improve quality, safety and the patient experience. With an easy-to-implement and easy-to-use interface, healthcare systems can greatly improve data collection efforts such as patient rounding, quality audits and safety checklists. Rounds+’s real-time surveys, data collection forms, service recovery alerts, and customizable reports and trending dashboards equip care teams with immediate, actionable data to target improvement efforts in real-time. With more than 100 different use cases, Rounds+ can positively impact all points of care throughout the health system. Rounds+ can operate as a stand-alone system or can integrate with EHR/EMR.

About

CareAware Connect Messenger

This app facilitates secure communication and collaboration for clinical teams. It unifies voice, text, and alerts on a single device, simplifying care delivery and improving workflow efficiency. It connects users with colleagues and provides notifications from medical devices and EHR systems.

Highlights
  • Secure text messaging
  • Care team collaboration
  • Unit and service directory
  • Caregiver availability search
  • Medical device alerts
  • EHR notifications
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CareAware Connect Messenger for iPhone supports clinical mobility by providing secure communication, simplifying care-team collaboration, and supporting effective alert management. With a focus on workflow that supports voice communication, text messaging and alerting on a single device, CareAware Connect Messenger unifies clinical communications across roles and venues. CareAware Connect Messenger facilitates care team communication and collaboration: • Quickly text message colleagues within your team, or across your organization • Engage care team members via a robust unit and service-based directory • Search the enterprise directory to determine caregiver availability and identify favorites • Receive alerts and notifications from medical devices, nurse call systems, and Electronic Health Record (EHR) CareAware Connect Messenger enables secure, clinical communication within a single platform. IMPORTANT: CareAware Connect Messenger requires your organization to have a valid license and be on Cerner Millennium 2012.01 or higher. If you are unsure about the availability of CareAware Connect Messenger at your organization, please contact your IT department or your Cerner representative. For technical assistance, please contact 1-800-927-1024.

Screenshots

GetWell Rounds+4 screens
CareAware Connect Messenger3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: GetWell Rounds+ at 4.8 against CareAware Connect Messenger's 3.0. GetWell Rounds+ also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). CareAware Connect Messenger's advantage is ratings volume (25 vs 6). 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

GetWell Rounds+ holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 25 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GetWell Rounds+ ships an update every 5 weeks, CareAware Connect Messenger every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
GetWell Rounds+ versus CareAware Connect Messenger: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGetWell Rounds+CareAware Connect Messenger
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6 ratings) — better3.0 (25 ratings)
Positive reviews—6.3% of reviews
Number of ratings625 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB25 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperGetWellNetwork, Inc.Cerner Corporation

Customer experience

GetWell Rounds+

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CareAware Connect Messenger

All ratings25 ratings
Positive36.0%
Neutral24.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive6.3%
Neutral50.0%
Negative43.8%

In-app purchases

None

GetWell Rounds+

No in-app purchases

None

CareAware Connect Messenger

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GetWell Rounds+ free?
GetWell Rounds+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CareAware Connect Messenger free?
CareAware Connect Messenger is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GetWell Rounds+ or CareAware Connect Messenger?
GetWell Rounds+ is rated higher. GetWell Rounds+ averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while CareAware Connect Messenger averages 3.0 from 25 ratings.
Do GetWell Rounds+ or CareAware Connect Messenger have ads?
Neither GetWell Rounds+ nor CareAware Connect Messenger shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GetWell Rounds+ or CareAware Connect Messenger?
GetWell Rounds+ ships an update every 5 weeks, and CareAware Connect Messenger every 3 months. Most recently, GetWell Rounds+ was updated on November 4, 2026 and CareAware Connect Messenger on November 6, 2026.

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