Nurse.com vs NurseBrain® Synapse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nurse.com
Connect with a dedicated online community for nurses. Share experiences, build professional connections, and discover local opportunities. This app helps nurses organize their professional lives and reignite their passion for the field.
- Share and discover moments with stories
- Chat and connect with exclusive nurse community
- Sort connections by location and interests
- Browse, meet, and match with people and groups
- Create meetup groups and connect with local nurses
- Find professional opportunities in forums
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Whether you’re between shifts, at home, or on the commute, Nurse.com helps you manage your nursing career in one place. Earn CE, track your license and credentials, build your skills, find your next role, and connect with nurses who get it. With Nurse.com, you can: LEARN ANYWHERE, ANYTIME — Access the largest library of accredited CE courses and state renewal packages anytime, anywhere with our memberships – no laptop required. NEVER MISS A RENEWAL — Get reminders before your license is due and keep your credentials up to date without the last-minute scramble. STAY ORGANIZED — Securely store CE records, work history, job applications, licenses, and career documents in one spot. FIND YOUR NEXT ROLE — Search and apply for jobs that match your specialty, schedule, and goals. FIND YOUR PEOPLE — Join our community to share your thoughts, swap advice, and remind yourself that you’re not the only one juggling it all. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
NurseBrain® Synapse
This app digitizes nursing report sheets, allowing nurses to manage their entire shift from a single, connected platform. It helps organize patient information, tasks, and notes, facilitating confident handoffs and efficient documentation.
- Customizable digital brain sheets
- Real-time shift tracking
- Organized patient handoff views
- Voice and quick entry documentation
- Generate progress notes and care plans
- Cross-device compatibility (phone, watch)
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Less rewriting. More time for your patients. Nurses already rely on a report sheet or brain sheet to stay organized. NurseBrain® Synapse takes that same workflow and turns it into something you can use throughout your shift, so the information you capture once keeps working for you at report, at the bedside, and at handoff. Instead of juggling paper, memory, and the EHR, everything stays connected in one place. WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH NURSEBRAIN SYNAPSE Your brain sheet. Your workflow. Build a brain sheet around the details you actually track. Choose a template for your unit, customize the fields and layout, use it digitally during your shift, or export a clean PDF when you want paper. Stay organized throughout your shift Keep patients, tasks, notes, and handoffs together. See what needs attention now, what is done, and what is coming up next, without relying on memory. Give report without starting from scratch Each patient has a clear, organized view with SBAR, notes, and updates. Everything is already structured, so you are not scrambling when it is time to give report. Capture information as you go Use voice or quick entry to record updates during your shift. No need to remember everything later. Turn your shift into usable notes The information you already captured can be turned into progress notes and care plans, ready to copy into your charting. Share a handoff without retyping Hand off a patient to another NurseBrain Synapse user by QR code. Works the way nurses actually work You are constantly switching between patients, report sheets, and the EHR. NurseBrain Synapse is designed to fit into that reality. Use it at the workstation, on your phone during rounds, or on your watch for quick updates. Built for real nursing shifts Bedside nurses, travel nurses, charge and resource nurses, and nursing students. Secure and nurse-built NurseBrain Synapse is HIPAA-compliant and designed with patient privacy in mind. Built by nurses, based on real workflows, not theory. Free trial, then one subscription Free to download. The Brain Sheet Builder is free to use. Everything else is included in one subscription, and you can start with a free trial. Plans, prices, and trial details are shown in the app before you subscribe. Use fictional examples while you explore. Before adding real patient information, follow your organization's policies. Replace your report sheet and bring structure, clarity, and confidence back to your shift.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Nurse.com at 4.6 against NurseBrain® Synapse's 4.1. Nurse.com also leads on chart position (#196 vs unranked) and ratings volume (142 vs 31). NurseBrain® Synapse's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and review sentiment (85% vs 77%). 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
Both are free to download. Nurse.com sells 25 in-app purchases, starting at $49.99 per year and NurseBrain® Synapse sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Nurse.com holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 142 and 31 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 77% of Nurse.com's written reviews are positive against 85% of NurseBrain® Synapse's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Nurse.com ships an update every 5 weeks, NurseBrain® Synapse weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nurse.com | NurseBrain® Synapse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (142 ratings) — better | 4.1 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.9% of reviews | 85.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 142 — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #196 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 146 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Relias | Nursebrain LLC |
Customer experience
Nurse.com
NurseBrain® Synapse
Bugs and requests
Nurse.com
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
NurseBrain® Synapse
Reported bugs
7 issues- App won't let users sign up and make an account
- Cannot log in after signing up
- App glitches and won't load
- Cannot edit active patient list
- Patient list duplicates entries
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- Desktop version not functioning
- Nursing AI feature returns errors
Requested features
4 requests- Include more specialties, specifically for outpatients
- Add a 'Return' button for new lines in text fields
- Ability to time medications
- 24-hour clock option
In-app purchases
Nurse.com
- Standard$49.991 Year
- Premium$149.991 Year
- Tiny Bag$0.99
- Small Bag$4.99
- Wisconsin State CE Requirements$17.99
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- West Virginia State CE Requirements$17.99
- Wyoming State CE Requirements$17.99
- Penn State CE Requirements$17.99
- Colorado State CE Requirements$17.99
- DC State CE Requirements$17.99
- Connecticut State CE Requirements$17.99
- Delaware State CE Requirements$17.99
- Big Bag$29.99
- NC State CE Requirements$35.99
- Ohio State CE Requirements$35.99
- California State CE Requirements$35.99
- Texas State CE Requirements$35.99
- West Virginia State CE Requirements$35.99
- Wyoming State CE Requirements$35.99
- Penn State CE Requirements$35.99
- DC State CE Requirements$35.99
- Alabama State CE Requirements$35.99
- Connecticut State CE Requirements$35.99
- Delaware State CE Requirements$35.99
- Large Bag$129.99
NurseBrain® Synapse
- Monthly Premium Access7 Days trial$29.991 Month
- Quarterly Student Access$29.993 Months
- Yearly Premium Access7 Days trial$149.991 Year
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