Acorn Scanner vs NBIR Device Tracking
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Acorn Scanner
This app allows users to upload files to a healthcare credentialing system. It serves as a mobile extension for managing important documents within the healthcare credentialing platform.
- File uploading
- Healthcare credentialing system integration
- Mobile document management
- Secure file transfer
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Download app from the Healthcare credentialing solutions website, and use the app to upload file to Healthcare credentialing solutions system.
NBIR Device Tracking
This HIPAA-compliant app facilitates device tracking for breast implant manufacturers, enabling physicians to meet federal requirements. It utilizes OCR technology to scan patient forms and device barcodes, securely submitting the data to the NBIR for post-market surveillance.
- HIPAA-compliant data capture
- Device tracking for breast implants
- OCR scanning of patient forms
- Barcode scanning for device data
- Secure data submission to NBIR
- Fulfills federal manufacturer requirements
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The NBIR Device Tracking App is a HIPAA-compliant app that can be used to quickly capture data that is required for the purposes of device tracking – a federally-mandated requirement of manufacturers of breast implants. This means physicians can simultaneously fulfill their device tracking requirements for Allergan, Mentor and Sientra by participating in the NBIR. The app uses OCR technology to scan and capture data from patient demographic forms and breast implant device barcodes. Captured data is securely packaged in a case report form and submitted to NBIR. The NBIR is a collaboration between The Plastic Surgery Foundation, the FDA, and breast implant device manufacturers for the purpose of strengthening the post-market surveillance infrastructure for current and future breast implant devices. For more information, please visit thepsf.org/NBIR
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NBIR Device Tracking at 3.4 against Acorn Scanner's 1.0. NBIR Device Tracking also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NBIR Device Tracking holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NBIR Device Tracking has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on July 6, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Acorn Scanner | NBIR Device Tracking |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.4 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Acorn Credentialing Solutions Inc. | American Society of Plastic Surgeons |
Customer experience
Acorn Scanner
NBIR Device Tracking
In-app purchases
Acorn Scanner
No in-app purchases
NBIR Device Tracking
No in-app purchases
