Rhinogram vs AMSConnect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rhinogram
This HIPAA-compliant messaging app enables healthcare teams to securely communicate with patients and colleagues via SMS, MMS, and encrypted channels. It facilitates efficient conversations, allows for sharing of medical images and documents, and ensures the safe exchange of protected health information.
- HIPAA-compliant messaging
- Secure patient communication
- Internal team chat
- Photo and document sharing
- Message templates
- Customizable automatic messages
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Great healthcare takes great conversation. Enter Rhinogram, the HIPAA-compliant conversation kit. Rhinogram lets healthcare teams text and securely message with patients and teammates. With SMS/MMS, integrated Facebook messaging, and an encrypted channel, Rhinogram powers efficient conversations, and ensures the safe exchange of ePHI in any form. Rhinogram is available on any device, so you, your team, and your patients can converse from anywhere. Rhinogram includes: + Direct texting between patients and healthcare teams + Chat for internal team communications + Built-in HIPAA protections for sharing and storing PHI + Permanent, non-editable conversation records + Message templates for consistency and speed + Connected parties for quick reference + Customizable automatic messages for out-of-office hours + X-ray and photo sharing (.jpg and .png formats) + PDF document sharing Rhinogram keeps healthcare teams HIPAA-compliant. It delights patients, makes care smarter, and brightens everyone's day. So let's make your clinical conversations secure and simple(r).
AMSConnect
This HIPAA-compliant app enables secure text messaging for critical communications. It integrates with specialized devices, offers team messaging, and allows for message forwarding and availability status updates. Access messages on mobile or web with read receipts and advanced sharing options.
- HIPAA compliant secure messaging
- Pager integration for redundancy
- Service team and group messaging
- Critical alert override
- Message forwarding
- Availability status updates
- Mobile and web accessibility
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AMS Connect is a HIPAA compliant mobile application for critical and secure text messaging. Enhancing critical messaging workflows AMS Connect also integrates with American Messaging’s suite of critical messaging devices, providing reliable, secure, and redundant messaging. Key Features: - Send and receive secure text messages in compliance with HIPAA standards. - Pager Integration – Messages arrive on your pager, smartphone or both for redundancy and convenience. - Service Teams – Send a page to a service team or group. Adds backup and redundancy to the traditional “hand-off” or “pass around” pager with easy opt-in and opt-out of on-call pagers at any time. - Silent/Do Not Disturb Override – AMS Connect notifications can override “Silent” and “Do Not Disturb” phone settings when Critical Alerts are “Allowed” by the end-user. - Message Forwarding – Let your colleagues know who is covering you when off-duty and have your messages automatically forwarded to that person. - Availability Status – Set your status to let contacts know if you are available, bust or off duty and view the status of others. - Mobile & Web Accessibility – Access AMS Connect anytime, anywhere with device sync. - Read Receipts – See exactly if, and when your colleagues have read your messages with receipts. - Quick Messages - Quickly send commonly used messages by selecting from a list of pre-populated phrases or create your own. - Voice Notes – Record a voice message and send it securely within a conversation thread. - Photo & File Share – Safely send up to 5 photo and file attachments including PDF, Word, and Excel documents up to 28MB at a time. - Archived Messaging History – Ability to archive single, multiple or all messages (according to your organization’s retention policy). - Searchable Directory – Access a listing of professionals from your organization and message them directly. - Urgent Message – Alert your care team to critical information and events by sending an urgent message with a unique tone. - Critical Group Messaging – Privately and securely message individuals, teams, and other distribution groups. - Secure External Messaging – (enhanced feature) Send a HIPAA secure message or photo to anyone with a mobile phone. Secure external messages are encrypted conversations between an American Messaging user and an external user with a mobile device. No need to sign up and remember usernames and passwords. Just quick, easy secure communication.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rhinogram at 80% against AMSConnect's 18%. Rhinogram also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). AMSConnect's advantage is ratings volume (285 vs 12). 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.
Rhinogram holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AMSConnect has 285 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Rhinogram's written reviews are positive against 18% of AMSConnect's.
Rhinogram ships an update every 6 weeks, AMSConnect monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rhinogram | AMSConnect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (12 ratings) — better | 2.2 (285 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 17.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 285 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Rhinogram, llc | American Messaging, LLC |
Customer experience
Rhinogram
AMSConnect
Bugs and requests
Rhinogram
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
AMSConnect
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inconsistent page delivery
- Unexpected logout and data loss
- Compatibility issues with iOS 16
- Glitches with service team management
Requested features
5 requests- Scheduling and on-call routing
- Apple Watch app integration
- Customizable alert sounds
- Ability to delete messages
- Improved CarPlay support
In-app purchases
Rhinogram
No in-app purchases
AMSConnect
No in-app purchases
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