Comparison

Picmonic Nursing School Study vs ChartSlate

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

Head to head
About

Picmonic Nursing School Study

Master nursing school and board exams with engaging mnemonic videos and practice questions. This app uses research-proven techniques to boost memory retention, helping you learn more effectively and retain information longer. Prepare for NCLEX, NP exams, and various nursing courses with a comprehensive study tool.

Highlights
  • Mnemonic videos
  • Spaced repetition quizzing
  • Thousands of quiz questions
  • NCLEX RN/PN prep
  • Nurse Practitioner exam prep
  • Textbook mappings
  • Daily review quizzes
Features
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Prepare for nursing school and pass your nursing exams with Picmonic! For FREE you can access our most popular Videos, Multiple Choice Quiz Questions, and Daily Quiz with Spaced Repetition for 5 days. Get full unlimited access with an affordable subscription. Ridiculously efficient & effective. Make Studying Fun & Remember More in Less Time with Picmonic, the world’s best mnemonic video & spaced repetition quizzing study tool and app that’s research-proven to increase memory retention 331%! 14,000+ RN quiz & practice questions & 1,200+ entertaining mnemonic videos covering all major topics & subjects. Ditch boring textbook memorization, recall information faster & retain it longer to improve your grades to ace your nursing courses, clinicals & board certification exam with less study time using unforgettable images and stories. • Program Options: Nursing RN, Nursing LPN, Nurse Practitioner **MEDICAL/PA/PT/OT/RX & College students, click “Picmonic Developer” under this description for the Picmonic for Medicine App OR Picmonic for College (Paramedic, Medical Terms, MCAT, Biology, A&P, Psych). • Nursing Topics & Courses: Fundamentals of Nursing, Physiology, Pharmacology, Pathophysiology, Med-Surg, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Anatomy, Critical Care, Peds & more • Body System course organization & prep with the NCLEX Study Guide • Textbook mappings: Elsevier & Lippincott books like Saunders NCLEX, Lewis, Pottery & Perry, Lilley, Lehne, Jarvis, Adams, Taylor, Brunner & Suddarth, Ignatavicius, Wong, Lowdermilk & Ricci! **Nurse Practitioner Students 1,800 NP videos & 21,000 quiz questions for your FNP, ANP, GNP, or A-GNP courses & the AANP or ANCC board exam, you can even follow along with the Fitzgerald or Leik review books! “I am so excited and HAPPY that I passed the ANCC Board examination for FNP!! I definitely feel that using Picmonic was SO HELPFUL to remember many of the facts that I needed to know!” Mary B. @ Chamberlain Nursing **Nursing Students Start memorizing Lab Values. Stop confusing acids & bases. Pass the NCLEX® in 75 questions then go be a great nurse! All the critical info you need to know as a nursing student is turned into 1,000 videos & 10,000 quiz questions preparing you for nursing school, HESI ATI Kaplan exams, and the NCLEX RN or NCLEX PN. “I struggled in my Fundamentals class, then found Picmonic & made a 95 on my fluid and electrolytes exam! My first A ever in nursing school!” Rene S. @ Bevill State Nursing “Pure memorization can be hard, but Picmonic has helped me ACE my pharmacology class in nursing school. 1000x thanks!” Michael B. @ Valencia Nursing Use the tool starting day one to learn nursing smarter. Assigned reading, follow along by textbook chapter watching these cartoon mnemonics to show up to class prepared, then use the Daily Review Quiz that’s better than Quizlet or any pharm flashcards or Mosby flashcards to prep for that HESI or ATI Nursing exam. You’ll remember all the details and stop referencing Nursing Drug Handbooks / Scrub Cheats. Get an NCLEX Qbank quiz question wrong in NCLEX RN Mastery, UWORLD NCLEX, NRSNG, Osmosis or Kaplan NCLEX Qbank? Hop back to Picmonic so it sticks! Our characters become your very own ATI Mentor and bond together to act as your Saunders NCLEX RN review book choir, singing you the sweet answers. Premium Access: Upgrade for all features & content in your area of study. Monthly, semesterly & annual subscriptions are available, prices vary by product & location. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase & any unused portion of a free trial period will then be forfeited. Subscriptions automatically renew & your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, at the original subscription price, unless auto-renew is turned off thru iTunes Account Settings prior to being charged. https://picmonic.com/pages/terms-of-use

About

ChartSlate

This app allows educators and learners to build and practice simulated patient charts and classroom activities. It supports offline work with various medical data and offers guided creation, editing, and secure sharing of patient records and educational cases.

Highlights
  • Build simulated patient charts
  • Create classroom activities
  • Offline access to medical data
  • Guided chart creation and editing
  • Secure case and bundle sharing
  • Medication practice and assignments
  • Faculty scoring and feedback
Features
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Build simulated patient charts and classroom activities for faculty and learners on iPhone and iPad. Work offline with vitals, labs, medications, orders, notes, assessments, and simulated imaging. Use guided creation, edit records, or save patient states. On iPhone Duo, review the source chart beside learner notes when space permits. Keep your editing position as you fold or change layout. Use Done typing to dismiss the keyboard, then save and reopen your draft. Join a Sibyl Sim session by scanning or pasting a Participant invitation. Preview the session before joining. Call the simulation operator while charting. Mute, hang up, or leave while keeping your chart work. Calls need compatible updated apps open on the same approved local network. BUILD CASES AND LESSONS Import printed simulated EHRs from scans, photos, or PDFs. Recognition runs on device. Compare fields with source pages, correct values, and review before saving. Resume unfinished imports later. Arrange charts and activities into ordered Case Bundles with group instructions. Create chart hunts, trends, handoff practice, medication safety, patient teaching, prioritization, and interprofessional rounds. Keep a faculty master and choose Student Safe content for learners. Choose Lock by QR when sharing a case or selected bundle. Distribute the encrypted file first; release its separate QR image or complete code when class begins. Learners review and import after unlocking. Included stages become available together; distribute future stages separately. Anyone with the matching file and code can unlock it. Codes do not verify identity or revoke imported copies. PRACTICE CHARTING AND MEDICATION WORK Start independent attempts, write notes and assessments, sign entries, and add amendments while preserving original work. Exchange submissions, faculty feedback, and revisions through files you choose to share. Create medication assignments with dose occasions, routes, timing, verification, second checks, and reassessment. Practice provides coaching; Assessment does not. Advance the scenario clock, activate faculty-defined findings and order changes, record decisions with evidence, and replay actions and patient responses. Faculty score published rubrics and return feedback. ChartSlate enforces configured exercise requirements; faculty judge clinical reasoning. ChartSlate does not calculate clinical doses or automatically grade clinical appropriateness. SHARE THE RIGHT REPORT Preview a selected signed submission as PDF or accessible HTML, save to Files, and attach it manually to your LMS. Export ChartSlate work files for reopening and revision, or completed faculty medication reviews as CSV for manual mapping. Review each export: narrative and feedback text remains visible. Share Student Safe cases or Full Instructor files. Student exports omit faculty-only fields, printed-source attachments, and recognition records. Compatible SimulationCase exports support Bedside Coach. Nearby High Fidelity Simulation releases new chart findings to connected learners. OPTIONAL ON-DEVICE ASSISTANCE Use an available Apple on-device model for teaching takeaways, teach-back questions, or faculty feedback. Review suggestions before accepting them. Manual tools remain available. Supported iOS and iPadOS 27 devices can recognize and review handwritten teaching notes while retaining original ink. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, advertising, developer analytics, or tracking. Charts and learner work stay on device unless you choose to share them. Calls send live audio to your simulation operator. ChartSlate does not record calls. Optional model assistance runs on device with no cloud model fallback. Your LMS or iCloud Drive may require connectivity. For simulated education only. Do not enter real patient information. ChartSlate is not a medical device and is not intended for clinical care, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, or real patient documentation.

Screenshots

Picmonic Nursing School Study4 screens
ChartSlate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ChartSlate at none against Picmonic Nursing School Study's 10. ChartSlate also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). Picmonic Nursing School Study's advantage is ratings volume (21K vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. Picmonic Nursing School Study sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. ChartSlate asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Picmonic Nursing School Study against 5.0 for ChartSlate. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Picmonic Nursing School Study has 21K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Picmonic Nursing School Study ships an update monthly, ChartSlate every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Picmonic Nursing School Study versus ChartSlate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPicmonic Nursing School StudyChartSlate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (21K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings21K — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB92 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPicmonic - The Visual Learning CommunityBrandon Dominguez

Customer experience

Picmonic Nursing School Study

All ratings21,199 ratings
Positive97.7%
Neutral1.4%
Negative0.9%
Written reviews137 reviews
Positive77.4%
Neutral6.6%
Negative16.1%

ChartSlate

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Picmonic Nursing School Study

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Difficulty starting free trial due to app crashes
  • Incomplete quiz questions or missing content

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more content for veterinary nursing/technician programs
  • Improve quiz question quality and accuracy
  • Offer a one-time purchase option instead of subscription
  • Provide more detailed content coverage for USMLE Step 1 preparation

ChartSlate

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Picmonic Nursing School Study

Subscriptions8
  • Monthly7 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • Monthly7 Days trial2 variants$14.991 Month
  • Premium7 Days trial2 variants$15.991 Month
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  • Monthly7 Days trial$28.991 Month
  • Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Month
  • Semesterly7 Days trial$49.996 Months
  • Yearly7 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Premium7 Days trial$79.991 Year
None

ChartSlate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Picmonic Nursing School Study free?
Picmonic Nursing School Study is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ChartSlate free?
ChartSlate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Picmonic Nursing School Study or ChartSlate?
ChartSlate is rated higher. Picmonic Nursing School Study averages 4.9 out of 5 from 21K ratings, while ChartSlate averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Picmonic Nursing School Study or ChartSlate have ads?
Neither Picmonic Nursing School Study nor ChartSlate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Picmonic Nursing School Study or ChartSlate?
Picmonic Nursing School Study ships an update monthly, and ChartSlate every 2 weeks. Most recently, Picmonic Nursing School Study was updated on November 4, 2026 and ChartSlate on October 31, 2026.

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