Netsmart iCare vs Practitioner Engagement
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.
Practitioner Engagement
Access patient medical history and information on the go with this tool for physicians and nurse practitioners. Securely view charts, review results, and provide e-signatures for orders to improve communication and decision-making in senior care.
- View patient medical history
- Provide e-Signatures for orders
- Access notification stream for patient changes
- Complete monthly order reviews
- Review lab and radiology results
- Mobile access to patient charts
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The PointClickCare Practitioner Engagement application provides physicians and nurse practitioners with anytime, anywhere access to information on long-term care patients in their care. Using your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, you can securely and conveniently view your patient's medical history, leveraging access to the PointClickCare EHR platform, to help you make better decisions and improve overall communications with senior care homes. Key benefits include: - Provide e-Signatures for telephone and verbal orders, sign once for multiple patients - Keep up to date on important patient changes with the notification stream - Complete monthly order reviews - Review laboratory, radiology, and vitals results - Sign or create controlled substance orders (requires token device for 2 factor authentication) - Mobile access to patient charts for faster responses - Create notes or add follow-ups
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Practitioner Engagement at 3.2 against Netsmart iCare's 2.3. Practitioner Engagement also leads on review sentiment (24% vs 0%) and ratings volume (29 vs 3). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Practitioner Engagement holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Practitioner Engagement has 29 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Netsmart iCare's written reviews are positive against 24% of Practitioner Engagement's.
Netsmart iCare ships an update every 4 months, Practitioner Engagement every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Netsmart iCare | Practitioner Engagement |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 3.2 (29 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 23.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 29 — better |
| 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 | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HealthMEDX | PointClickCare |
Customer experience
Netsmart iCare
Practitioner Engagement
In-app purchases
Netsmart iCare
No in-app purchases
Practitioner Engagement
No in-app purchases
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