Netsmart iCare vs MacPractice Clipboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Netsmart iCare
This medical portal app allows physicians to manage patient care for home and long-term care settings. It integrates with electronic health records, enabling document review, electronic signatures, and secure communication with clinical staff. The application is HIPAA compliant and available for Apple mobile devices.
- Patient document review
- Electronic signature capability
- Integrated patient charts
- Secure communication with staff
- HIPAA compliant
- Integration with Netsmart Vision
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iCare from Netsmart is a portal application designed for physicians caring for home care or long-term care patients. iCare is integrated with Netsmart’s industry-leading myUnity application, a full featured electronic health record for home care and long-term care providers. iCare enables physicians to better coordinate care with Netsmart myUnity customers. iCare provides physicians the ability to review and electronically sign key patient documents, such as the 485 and verbal order confirmations. In addition, a comprehensive chart for home care or long-term care patients is fully integrated. Physicians may also use iCare for secure communication with home care and long-term care clinical staff. iCare is fully HIPAA compliant and is available for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, free of charge.
MacPractice Clipboard
This medical app offers a HIPAA-compliant patient registration and data entry solution for practices using MacPractice desktop software. It streamlines check-in with a familiar interface, allowing for health history, chief complaints, and electronic signatures, while reducing paper usage.
- HIPAA-compliant patient registration
- Electronic signatures
- Health and social history collection
- Chief complaint capture
- Photo registration
- Paperless office solution
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MacPractice Clipboard for iPad employs a familiar, intuitive interface based on traditional paper check-in forms to provide a secure, HIPAA-compliant registration process for patients and streamlined data entry for MacPractice MD, DDS, DC, and 20/20 users. **Requires MacPractice Gen 18** - Patient registration with photo - Health and social history - Chief complaint - HIPAA release with electronic signature - Save money and time on printed forms, filing and storage! Go paperless! - Impress your patients with the latest technology! Note: This App is intended for use by medical offices. In order to use the Clipboard App with your practice's data, you must have the MacPractice MD, DDS, DC, or 20/20 desktop application. About MacPractice: MacPractice is a client-centric practice management and clinical software development firm, comprised of highly experienced and caring individuals, dedicated to the development and support of best-of-class Apple software, hardware and associated services for physicians, dentists, chiropractors and eye care professionals.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MacPractice Clipboard at 3.0 against Netsmart iCare's 2.3. Netsmart iCare's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). 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.
MacPractice Clipboard holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.
Netsmart iCare ships an update every 4 months, MacPractice Clipboard every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Netsmart iCare | MacPractice Clipboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HealthMEDX | MacPractice, Inc. |
Customer experience
Netsmart iCare
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In-app purchases
Netsmart iCare
No in-app purchases
MacPractice Clipboard
No in-app purchases
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