Davis Drug Guide For Nurses vs RNotes®
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Davis Drug Guide For Nurses
This comprehensive drug guide provides nurses with essential medical information for safe medication administration. It features thousands of drug monographs, interaction details, and safety alerts, all organized for quick access and enhanced by personalized notes and search functionality.
- Thousands of drug monographs
- Drug-drug and drug-food interactions
- Safety alerts and cautions
- Personalized notes and color-coding
- Fast search functionality
- Bookmarking for quick access
- Audio pronunciations
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The medical information that nurses need - when, where, and how they need it! Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses, Twentieth Edition, always puts safety first, emphasizing the medical information nurses need to know to administer medications competently and safely. Today's most comprehensive nursing drug guide contains well-organized monographs for thousands of generic and trade name drugs reflecting the latest FDA approvals and changes. The TWENTIETH EDITION - Life-saving guidance, at a glance : • Over 5,000 drug monographs covering trade names and generics. • Organized by generic drug names, with an index that includes generic and trade names, classifications, combination drugs, and herbals. • Drug-drug, drug-food, drug-natural product interactions. • Cross-referencing of drugs. • Herbal content. • Pedi, Geri, OB, and Lactation cautions. • IV administration sections. • REMS (Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies). • Pharmacogenomic content. • Canadian-specific content. • Audio pronunciations for drug names. • Appendices and much more! APP FEATURES : • Take personalized notes throughout the app's drug monographs, color code them; even include images. • Search gets you the content you need in a flash. • Bookmarks return you to your most used content with ease. Try before you buy with a 14-day FREE trial. After that it's only $38.99/year for access and continuous content updates. Privacy Policy - https://www.fadavis.com/privacypolicy Terms of Service - https://www.fadavis.com/Termsofuse
RNotes®
This clinical reference app provides nurses and students with quick access to essential medical information, including guidelines, procedures, and exam preparation tools. It features full-color images, charts, and customizable notes to enhance patient care and learning.
- Quick-reference clinical nursing information
- Updated AHA guidelines
- Full-color images and charts
- NCLEX exam topic indicators
- Step-by-step procedures and assessment guidance
- Customizable notes and highlights
- Nursing alerts for critical safety information
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** The essential clinical companion for nurses and students ** ABOUT RNOTES® RNotes is a quick-reference application that puts the latest clinically-focused nursing information at your fingertips, helping you improve patient care. Find answers fast by browsing or searching, then review clinical findings, collaborative management, and quick-read information along with full-color images and charts. The latest edition also helps students prepare for the NCLEX examinations by noting topics that are covered on the exam. FEATURES • Answers to the questions faced in clinical rotations • Updated AHA guidelines • Full-color images and figures • NCLEX icons indicating topics found on licensure exam • Step-by-step procedures and enhanced physical assessment guidance • Details for interpreting ECG, lab values, priority interventions, and more • Convenient tables and charts for finding information quickly • Ability to make custom notes and highlights within entries • Nursing alerts highlighting critical safety information • “Favorites” for bookmarking important topics Author: Ehren Myers Publisher: F.A. Davis Powered by: Unbound Medicine Unbound Privacy Policy: www.unboundmedicine.com/privacy Unbound Terms of Use: https://www.unboundmedicine.com/end_user_license_agreement
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Davis Drug Guide For Nurses at 51% against RNotes®'s 0%. Davis Drug Guide For Nurses also leads on ratings volume (8.7K vs 41) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). RNotes®'s advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Davis Drug Guide For Nurses sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $38.99 per year and RNotes® sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Davis Drug Guide For Nurses holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Davis Drug Guide For Nurses has 8.7K ratings behind it against 41, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Davis Drug Guide For Nurses's written reviews are positive against 0% of RNotes®'s.
Davis Drug Guide For Nurses ships an update every 2 months, RNotes® every 7 months. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Davis Drug Guide For Nurses | RNotes® |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (8.7K ratings) — better | 4.5 (41 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 51.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8.7K — better | 41 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #15 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Atmosphere Apps, Inc. | Unbound Medicine, Inc. |
Customer experience
Davis Drug Guide For Nurses
RNotes®
Bugs and requests
Davis Drug Guide For Nurses
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes on launch
- Restore purchase feature not working
- Incorrect drug information and classifications
- Compatibility issues with newer devices
- Inability to log in to existing accounts
Requested features
5 requests- Offline access to purchased content
- Ability to sort and organize bookmarked medications
- Integration with other medical resources
- Monthly subscription option
- Lifetime purchase option
RNotes®
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Davis Drug Guide For Nurses
- Annual Subscription$38.991 Year
- Annual Subscription14 Days trial$38.991 Year
- 1 year subscription extension$38.99
RNotes®
- RNotes® 4th Edition$29.99
- RNotes® 5th Edition$29.99
- RNotes$29.99
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