Spok Mobile vs Listrunner by Commure
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spok Mobile
This app facilitates critical messaging and alerting for professionals in healthcare, government, and public safety. It enables secure communication for urgent situations, with some features requiring a subscription to a supported system.
- Critical messaging
- Alerting
- Healthcare communication
- Government communication
- Public safety communication
- Secure messaging
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Spok Mobile™ is a critical messaging / alerting application for use in healthcare, government, and public safety environments. Some functionality requires a subscription / connection to a supported Spok system.
Listrunner by Commure
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Listrunner is the new and improved secure collaboration platform for clinicians. Use Listrunner with your team and you’re not only increasing transparency and visibility, you’re helping your team deliver the best care. "Listrunner is the best product I've seen that effectively addresses the needs of these clinicians, using modern design and technology approaches that make it easy to use and understand, right out of the box. It is the kind of innovation that will help us finally begin to extract real value from the digital revolution in healthcare." -Robert M. Wachter, MD Department of Medicine, UCSF * New Highly Requested Features Single Sign-On, Data Integration, Labs Column, Admin User Roles and more for our Connect Users! * User Access Controls Easily update, control and moderate user access to keep your organization secure. Listrunner continues to provide the same features which made Listrunner Legacy a powerhouse of collaborative clinical technology. * Safe and Easy Sign-out Your sign-out updated by the whole team throughout the day making your handoff fast and complete. * Smarter Rounding Faster and more effective rounds with a shared plan and task list. * On-Time & Coordinated Discharges Everyone is on the same page so nothing falls through the cracks. * Print your lists Format the printed list - select lists, page orientation, font size, even which columns to print. * Robust Offline Mode Works even when you lose connection. Updates are stored and synced automatically when you reconnect. Dead zones are not an issue. * Design your perfect patient list Fully customizable lists. Design your patient lists with as many fields as you need - without any help from IT. * Photo support Upload unlimited photos to your patient list (jpg, png and gif support) * More Than a Checkbox Tasks let the whole team know who is doing what, by when - making responsibilities and next steps clear. * Personalized Notifications Stay ahead of updates - select the lists you want to track and how you want to be notified. * A Shared Patient List That Teams Love and IT Trusts Listrunner keeps PHI encrypted and separate from your personal data and cloud services.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Listrunner by Commure at 9.3 against Spok Mobile's 13.0. 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.
Spok Mobile ships an update every 3 months, Listrunner by Commure every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and August 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spok Mobile | Listrunner by Commure |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (103 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 10.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 103 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Spok, Inc. | Commure |
Bugs and requests
Spok Mobile
Reported bugs
24 issues- App crashes on startup or when opening messages
- Push notifications fail to deliver unless app is open
- Audio settings revert to high volume automatically
- Status switcher disappeared after iOS updates
- Alerts continue after message is opened
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- Messages arrive hours or days late
- Null messages received with no information
- App logs out unexpectedly
- Badges show unread pages but app won't load them
- Registration errors during setup
- Login timeouts and unresponsive authentication
- Dark mode makes text unreadable
- Incompatible with iOS low battery mode
- Phone number links require multiple taps to work
- App breaks with iOS updates
- Messages disappear from history quickly
- Confirm receipt system broken on iOS
- App freezes during update process
- Incompatible with VPN connections
- CarPlay compatibility issues
- Notifications don't work with Focus mode enabled
- Message body doesn't display in notifications
- Slow app startup and message loading
- Pages received out of order or with wrong timestamps
Requested features
20 requests- Apple Watch support with message preview
- Customizable alert tones and volume control
- Ability to mute/silence pager independently from phone
- Copy and paste functionality within messages
- Search function for messages
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- Better message threading and group messaging
- On-call directory integration
- Character count display before sending
- Repeat notification alerts until acknowledged
- Message preview in notifications and lock screen
- Delete all messages button
- Better dark mode support
- Improved Focus mode integration
- Vibrate-only alert option
- Custom ringtone selection from iTunes store
- Message templates/canned responses
- Improved favorites list
- Better message history retention
- Multimedia support expansion
- One-time alert option instead of multiple alerts
Listrunner by Commure
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Spok Mobile
No in-app purchases
Listrunner by Commure
No in-app purchases







