Comparison

RotaPal vs TaskRN

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

Head to head
About

RotaPal

Manage healthcare schedules, create work plans, and swap shifts in real-time. Connect with colleagues and find local locum work. Built for efficiency and accountability.

Highlights
  • Build rotas and work plans
  • Swap shifts with colleagues
  • Plan leave
  • Find local locum work
  • Real-time updates
  • Connect with colleagues
Features
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RotaPal is an innovative rota management application that enables you to build rotas, create work plans, swap shifts, plan leave, pick up local locum work and connect with your colleagues - all in realtime and from the palm of your hand. Build via our web app and manage via your mobile app. Saving time, and enhancing accountability.

About

TaskRN

This app helps nurses manage their patient care tasks efficiently. It allows for creating reminders, receiving automated notifications, and organizing patient information to improve charting accuracy and reduce stress during shifts.

Highlights
  • Patient care reminders
  • Automated push notifications
  • Task prioritization
  • Patient list management
  • Accurate charting reference
  • HIPAA compliant
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FREE 2-WEEK ACCESS – Create unlimited patient care reminders and receive automated push notifications before the task is due. Stay on task and group your cares with ease. **Designed for CNAs, nursing students, new graduates (BSN, LPN, RN), and experienced nurses. **Trusted by hundreds of nurses across the country. **Extremely easy & effective to use. **HIPAA compliant! Hospital and clinic computers lock you down. Manage your tasks and group your cares as you move freely around your clinical location. Completed tasks are stored so you can reference them in your patient charting. ABOUT TASKRN We know you want to regain control of your shift. In order to do that, you need a reliable tool that helps you prioritize your patient cares. The problem is, there is never enough time to get everything done. This makes you feel stressed, scatterbrained, and unsure of what to do first. We believe you shouldn’t be focused on tasks alone, but instead, focused on providing the best care possible for your patients. We understand it’s paralyzing when you lose your paper brain, which is why we worked with hundreds of nurses to develop a digital tool that organizes your tasks, reminds you when things are due, and allows you to focus on your patients. Here's how it’s done: 1. Download taskRN 2. Plan your work 3. Work your plan 4. Go home on time So, download taskRN today and go from your tasks controlling you, to you controlling your tasks. FEATURES taskRN will keep you on track as you complete your shift. Schedule tasks with ease and sort them to prioritize patient cares. • Add, Delete, Edit Patients – change your patient list as your shift evolves. • Scheduled, PRN, and Departmental Tasks – create single event, repeatable, or departmental specific tasks. • Push Notification Reminders – automatically receive reminders at 60 minutes and 15 minutes prior to the task due time. • Prioritize Tasks – multiple sorting options allow users to prioritize what tasks should be completed first. • Accurate Charting – reference your completed tasks list to improve the accuracy of your charting. **ALL NURSES, click the developer section under this description for a link to the plusRN app. NexGen Clinical Education Privacy Policy: https://www.nexgenclinicaleducation.com/privacy-policy NexGen Clinical Education Terms of Use: https://www.nexgenclinicaleducation.com/terms-of-use-apple

Screenshots

RotaPal4 screens
TaskRN4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RotaPal at none against TaskRN's 3. TaskRN's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, review sentiment 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. TaskRN sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. RotaPal asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RotaPal ships an update every 4 months, TaskRN every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
RotaPal versus TaskRN: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRotaPalTaskRN
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.2 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—10 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB58 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperOsteoblast LtdIntuitive RN LLC

Customer experience

RotaPal

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

TaskRN

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

RotaPal

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

TaskRN

Subscriptions3
  • full access to ClockWise RN14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription14 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is RotaPal free?
RotaPal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TaskRN free?
TaskRN is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do RotaPal or TaskRN have ads?
RotaPal shows ads; TaskRN does not.
Which is updated more often, RotaPal or TaskRN?
RotaPal ships an update every 4 months, and TaskRN every 2 months. Most recently, RotaPal was updated on June 1, 2026 and TaskRN on September 8, 2026.

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