Comparison

RCare Mobile vs DS smart

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

Head to head
About

RCare Mobile

Streamline senior housing care with a mobile nurse call system. This app provides caregivers with resident details, call accountability, and direct communication tools. Log daily living activities and pinpoint alert locations for efficient and responsive care.

Highlights
  • Targeted nurse calls
  • Resident information display
  • Call claiming and accountability
  • Voice-to-voice communication
  • Activity of Daily Living logging
  • Advanced locating protocol
Features
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Designed for on-the-go senior housing staff and caregivers, provides a powerful set of tools for your caregivers, making caregiving more efficient and responsive over antiquated pager-based nurse call systems. With RCare Mobile, the nurse call goes out only to the caregivers who are responsible for answering. When receiving the call, staff is informed of not only the room number, but also the resident’s name, their photograph, as well as details about their needs. This way, even if the staff member or the resident are new and have never met, the caregiver is armed with a wealth of information that pager-based systems do not give. - “I Got It” Feature Integrated with your RCare nurse call system, RCare Mobile lets your caregivers claim a call, ensuring accountability. It lets all caregivers to see which calls have been claimed and by whom. It verifies all calls get answered and eliminates duplication of efforts. The alarm stops once it’s claimed, reducing alarm fatigue. - Voice-to-Voice Communication Power The RCare Mobile app puts the communication power of a smart phone in the hands of your caregivers, but without the risks and distractions of personal cell phones. Speak with residents. What is the situation? Reassure them help is on the way. Communicate (text/call) with other caregivers and staff. - Record “Activities of Daily Living” With RCare Mobile, caregivers can log resident visits for helping with ADLs, by checking in and out of the point of care. The RCare system can automatically track the time spent providing specific services. This is helpful for billing and also for staffing and tracking specific resident needs.

About

DS smart

This app facilitates the secure capture and transmission of resident health data from medical devices directly to electronic medical records (EMRs) within Long-Term Care facilities. It streamlines the process for nurses and CNAs to log readings and update patient charts efficiently.

Highlights
  • Capture health data instantly
  • Protect patient information
  • Connect data to EMRs
  • Care automation
  • Log readings from medical devices
  • Seamlessly send data to charts
Features
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Instantly capture, protect and connect health data to an EMR with care automation powered by the patented DS smart® app. This intuitive technology built for Long-Term Care lets nurses or CNAs securely log in, retrieve resident readings from medical devices and seamlessly send them to specific charts within EMRs.

Screenshots

RCare Mobile4 screens
DS smart4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DS smart at 5.0 against RCare Mobile's 4.7. RCare Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

DS smart holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 10 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RCare Mobile ships an update every 6 weeks, DS smart every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
RCare Mobile versus DS smart: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRCare MobileDS smart
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (7 ratings)5.0 (10 ratings) — better
Number of ratings710 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRCareDirect Supply, Inc.

Customer experience

RCare Mobile

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%

DS smart

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

RCare Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

DS smart

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RCare Mobile free?
RCare Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DS smart free?
DS smart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RCare Mobile or DS smart?
DS smart is rated higher. RCare Mobile averages 4.7 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while DS smart averages 5.0 from 10 ratings.
Do RCare Mobile or DS smart have ads?
Neither RCare Mobile nor DS smart shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RCare Mobile or DS smart?
RCare Mobile ships an update every 6 weeks, and DS smart every 5 weeks. Most recently, RCare Mobile was updated on November 2, 2026 and DS smart on November 2, 2026.

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