Comparison

TaskRN vs NurseBrain® Synapse

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

Head to head
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

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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)
Features
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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.

Screenshots

TaskRN4 screens
NurseBrain® Synapse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: NurseBrain® Synapse at weekly against TaskRN's every 2 months. NurseBrain® Synapse also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 67%) and ratings volume (31 vs 10). TaskRN's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TaskRN sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for TaskRN against 4.1 for NurseBrain® Synapse. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 31 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of TaskRN's written reviews are positive against 85% of NurseBrain® Synapse's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TaskRN ships an update every 2 months, NurseBrain® Synapse weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
TaskRN versus NurseBrain® Synapse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTaskRNNurseBrain® Synapse
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (10 ratings) — better4.1 (31 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews85.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1031 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB146 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperIntuitive RN LLCNursebrain LLC

Customer experience

TaskRN

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

NurseBrain® Synapse

All ratings31 ratings
Positive77.4%
Neutral3.2%
Negative19.4%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive85.1%
Neutral2.1%
Negative12.8%

Bugs and requests

TaskRN

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

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
3 purchases

NurseBrain® Synapse

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Premium Access7 Days trial$29.991 Month
  • Quarterly Student Access$29.993 Months
  • Yearly Premium Access7 Days trial$149.991 Year

Questions

Is TaskRN free?
TaskRN is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NurseBrain® Synapse free?
NurseBrain® Synapse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TaskRN or NurseBrain® Synapse?
TaskRN is rated higher. TaskRN averages 4.2 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while NurseBrain® Synapse averages 4.1 from 31 ratings.
Do TaskRN or NurseBrain® Synapse have ads?
Neither TaskRN nor NurseBrain® Synapse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TaskRN or NurseBrain® Synapse?
TaskRN ships an update every 2 months, and NurseBrain® Synapse weekly. Most recently, TaskRN was updated on September 8, 2026 and NurseBrain® Synapse on September 29, 2026.

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