Comparison

OnPage vs NurseNotes Mobile

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

OnPage

This app replaces traditional pagers with a secure, HIPAA-compliant clinical communication platform. It ensures critical notifications reach the right person promptly, streamlining incident resolution and team communication with features like alert-until-read and customizable escalation.

Highlights
  • HIPAA-compliant clinical communication
  • Alert-until-read capabilities
  • Dynamic digital schedules
  • Customizable escalation
  • Incident reporting
  • Secure messaging with attachments
  • On-call schedule management
Features
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OnPage is an unparalleled incident notification management and HIPAA-compliant clinical communication platform, revolutionizing how organizations respond to critical situations worldwide. Our cutting-edge technology ensures secure team communication, and that vital notifications reach the right individual promptly, empowering efficient incident resolution. With features such as Alert-Until-Read capabilities, Dynamic Digital Schedules, Customizable Escalation, robust incident Reporting, and Redundancies, OnPage automate the notification process and guarantees that critical alerts are never overlooked. Trusted by enterprises globally, OnPage facilitates seamless secure communication, keeping personnel, vendors, and clients informed during critical events while maintaining unwavering reliability. Our platform surpasses traditional pagers, enabling teams to streamline operations and enhance productivity. Simple, reliable, and secure, OnPage offers a FREE trial to pager app for quick installation, ensuring immediate access to critical alerts. Unlike traditional pagers, OnPage for iPhone offers unparalleled functionalities: - Consolidate all alerts and messages to your iPhone device, eliminating the need for multiple devices. - Receive unlimited push notifications that bypass the mute switch, ensuring no critical alert goes unnoticed. - Securely add text details, image files, voicemails, and document attachments to enhance communication. - View team availability directly on your iPhone device. - View your On-Call duty on your iPhone. - View your team-members on-call duty. - Choose between high or low-priority notification. - Easily respond to open incidents or forward messages to colleagues for collaborative resolution. - Receive mobile alerts that persist for up to 8 hours until acknowledged, ensuring continuous visibility. - Send HIPAA-compliant messages to team members directly from the OnPage pager app, maintaining data security and compliance. - Enjoy global coverage and never miss a critical alert, regardless of location. OnPage's quarterly/yearly subscription features include: - Full access to the OnPage Enterprise web management console for comprehensive control. - Configurable on-call digital schedules to ensure messages reach the right person at the right time. - Performance reports, post-incident data, and audit trails for thorough analysis and improvement. - Contact manager and user permissions for streamlined communication management. - On-call mobile reminders and delay notification schedules for optimized response times. - Escalation policies and failovers to guarantee timely escalation and resolution. - On-call schedule exceptions and responsibility substitutions for flexibility. - Integration with ITSM tools, monitoring systems, healthcare solutions, and more, ensuring seamless workflow integration and scalability. Experience the future of incident alert management and communication with OnPage. Download our pager app for FREE and elevate your incident response capabilities today! *NOTE: Users can request a 7-day Enterprise free trial by visiting https://www.onpage.com/free-trial/ For more information: www.OnPage.com Email: support@OnPagecorp.com Web: https://www.OnPage.com Phone: +1 (781) 916-0040 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/OnPage Twitter: @On_Page

About

NurseNotes Mobile

Control vision screening software remotely from an iPad. Perform near vision tests, select students, and automatically record results. Save data to the cloud and integrate with student information systems.

Highlights
  • Remote control of screening software
  • Perform near vision screenings
  • Select students for testing
  • Automatic result recording
  • Cloud data storage
  • Student information system integration
Features
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DESCRIPTION Remote control your NurseNotes Vision Screening software with the NurseNotes App. Enjoy the freedom to work near the student and still be able to control and see what your students see. Perform near vision screenings right on your iPad. Easily select student to be tested, screen, and auto record the results. It could not be any easier. DO EVEN MORE ON THE CLOUD Save your vision screenings automatically to the cloud. Automatically store your data in your favorite student information system. ITS EASY TO GET STARTED Point your iPad at a QR code on your Mac or Windows laptop and instantly pair the two devices together. WHAT YOU NEED • NurseNotes on your laptop • Free NurseNotes app on your iPad • WiFi connection FROM CANELA SOFTWARE, MAKERS OF 20/20 Vision, NurseNotes, & LiveCloud

Screenshots

OnPage4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: NurseNotes Mobile at 100% against OnPage's 45%. NurseNotes Mobile also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and monetization model (free vs subscription). OnPage's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 2). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NurseNotes Mobile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OnPage has 1.5K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of OnPage's written reviews are positive against 100% of NurseNotes Mobile's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OnPage ships an update every 3 weeks, NurseNotes Mobile every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
OnPage versus NurseNotes Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOnPageNurseNotes Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (1.5K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.5K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size165 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOnPage CorporationCanela

Customer experience

OnPage

All ratings1,335 ratings
Positive80.4%
Neutral3.7%
Negative15.9%
Written reviews80 reviews
Positive45.0%
Neutral7.5%
Negative47.5%

NurseNotes Mobile

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

OnPage

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Phantom paging issues that lock the app
  • Notifications not working reliably
  • App freezing when receiving multiple alerts
  • Voicemail playback causing crashes

Requested features

4 requests
  • Apple Watch app support
  • Ability to mark messages as read/responded
  • Improved battery life and power management
  • Easier account and billing management

NurseNotes Mobile

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

OnPage

No in-app purchases

None

NurseNotes Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OnPage free?
OnPage is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NurseNotes Mobile free?
NurseNotes Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, OnPage or NurseNotes Mobile?
NurseNotes Mobile is rated higher. OnPage averages 4.2 out of 5 from 1.5K ratings, while NurseNotes Mobile averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do OnPage or NurseNotes Mobile have ads?
Neither OnPage nor NurseNotes Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OnPage or NurseNotes Mobile?
OnPage ships an update every 3 weeks, and NurseNotes Mobile every 4 months. Most recently, OnPage was updated on October 24, 2026 and NurseNotes Mobile on October 10, 2026.

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