Behind the Knife vs OpNotes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Behind the Knife
This platform offers surgical education with high-yield topics and interviews with field leaders. It provides timely, relevant, and engaging content to help users succeed in their medical studies and careers.
- Surgical education platform
- High-yield educational topics
- Interviews with field leaders
- Timely and relevant content
- Engaging learning experience
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Behind the Knife is the world’s #1 surgical education platform. From high-yield educational topics to interviews with leaders in the field, Behind the Knife delivers the information you need to know. Enjoy timely, relevant, and engaging content designed to help you DOMINATE THE DAY!
OpNotes
This app helps surgical residents document their operative training with evolving case notes, technique libraries, and progress analytics. It provides a comprehensive journal for personal training, not for patient care.
- Detailed operative case documentation
- Case minimum tracking
- Techniques library
- Attending profiles
- Dashboard analytics
- Cross-device sync
- PDF case export
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Your surgical journey companion. OpNotes™ helps you build a comprehensive, evolving record of your operative journey. Rather than static notes, OpNotes is meant to evolve with each case making the next one clearer, sharper, and more intentional. KEY FEATURES: • Detailed case documentation with operative notes • Case tracking • OpNotes feed to celebrate your colleagues • Attending profiles and summaries • Dashboard analytics and progress visualization • Cross-device sync via secure cloud storage • Export cases as PDF backups DISCLAIMER: OpNotes is intended for personal surgical tracking only. It is not intended for patient care, diagnosis, or treatment decisions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OpNotes at 5.0 against Behind the Knife's 4.0. OpNotes also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 58%). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
OpNotes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Behind the Knife's written reviews are positive against 100% of OpNotes's.
Behind the Knife ships an update every 5 weeks, OpNotes every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 19, 2026.
| Parameter | Behind the Knife | OpNotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (19 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 168 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Behind the Knife | Christian Cullen |
Customer experience
Behind the Knife
OpNotes
In-app purchases
Behind the Knife
No in-app purchases
OpNotes
No in-app purchases
