Comparison

TaskRN vs RoomWatch

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

RoomWatch

Features
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RoomWatch is the essential rounding companion for nurses, CNAs, and medical providers. When you're managing multiple patients across multiple rooms, nothing should fall through the cracks. Simply add your assigned rooms, set a check-in timer for each one, and let RoomWatch do the rest. Get notified when it's time to round on a patient — so you can focus on care, not the clock. KEY FEATURES • Add and manage multiple rooms at once • Set individual countdown timers per room • Live Activity support — see timers on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island without opening the app • Notifications alert you when a room is due for a check • Clean, fast interface designed for busy clinical environments RoomWatch is built for the pace of real healthcare work — quick to set up at the start of a shift, easy to update as your patient load changes.

Screenshots

TaskRN4 screens
RoomWatch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RoomWatch at none against TaskRN's 3. RoomWatch also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). TaskRN's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. RoomWatch asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TaskRN ships an update every 2 months, RoomWatch weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TaskRN versus RoomWatch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTaskRNRoomWatch
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB6 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperIntuitive RN LLCDelivero Health LLC

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
None

RoomWatch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TaskRN free?
TaskRN is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RoomWatch free?
RoomWatch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TaskRN or RoomWatch have ads?
Neither TaskRN nor RoomWatch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TaskRN or RoomWatch?
TaskRN ships an update every 2 months, and RoomWatch weekly. Most recently, TaskRN was updated on September 8, 2026 and RoomWatch on September 14, 2026.

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