Comparison

Nextech vs Dean's App

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

Head to head
About

Nextech

Access and manage patient information from your iPhone or iPad. View daily schedules, review charts, and document patient notes efficiently on the go. This mobile EHR enhances clinical workflow with anytime, anywhere access.

Highlights
  • Mobile EHR access
  • View daily patient schedules
  • Manage to-dos
  • Review charts
  • Access patient chart notes
  • Document with confidence
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Nextech’s iOS application offers an unparalleled mobile EHR experience. Anytime, anywhere access from your iPhone or iPad device adds an additional layer of mobility and efficiency to your clinical routine. At a glance, users can view patients for the day, manage to-dos and go over charts in need of attention. Users can also thumb through patient chart notes and review important information in a convenient, easily consumable format. With Nextech’s iOS app, you can document with confidence, knowing it has the technological backbone of one of the most widely used specialty-specific EHRs in the industry.

About

Dean's App

This app provides extensive supplementary material for a surgical textbook on Rhinoplasty. It offers photos, videos, articles, an online forum, and lectures from experts. Access requires a serial code from the purchased book.

Highlights
  • Supplementary photos and videos
  • In-depth expert articles
  • Online forum for discussion
  • Wikirhinopedia with surgeon articles
  • Video and photo archive
  • Rhinocast lectures
Features
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Dean’s App is an electronic extension of the surgical textbook Structure Rhinoplasty: Lessons Learned Over 30 Years. Through Dean’s App, customers who have already purchased the book will have access to a large amount of additional material such as photos, videos, and in-depth articles written by experts on Rhinoplasty. After downloading Dean’s App for IOS, users will be able to choose between a premium (Dean's App Premium) and basic version (Dean's App Basic) of the app. While both plans include extensive additional material, the premium version, for only $9.99 a month, will allow for features including but not limited to the following: All 14 chapters of Dean’s Apps references An online forum where users can create and respond to topics created by other users related to Rhinoplasty. An online Wikipedia (Wikirhinopedia) which contains articles written by practicing surgeons of Rhinoplasty from all over the world. An extensive video and photo archive. A Rhinocast section containing lectures given from all over the world. Get connected with others interested in Rhinoplasty as well as access to resources that will help strengthen your personal knowledge and skill. Instead of simply reading a textbook by itself, why not get as much out of it as possible? For anyone seriously interested in learning about Rhinoplasty as well as improving their own skillset, Dean’s App is a must. In order to get started, you will have to have purchased Structure Rhinoplasty: Lessons Learned Over 30 Years. The book includes a serial code inside the front cover which will allow you to unlock Dean’s App. Get started today! Links: - privacy policy: http://deansapp.surgery/privacy - terms of use: http://deansapp.surgery/terms_of_use

Screenshots

Nextech3 screens
Dean's App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dean's App at 78% against Nextech's 20%. Dean's App also leads on rating (3.8 vs 2.7) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.6). Nextech's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dean's App sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Nextech asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dean's App holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nextech has 83 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Nextech's written reviews are positive against 78% of Dean's App's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nextech ships an update every 5 weeks, Dean's App every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Nextech versus Dean's App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNextechDean's App
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (83 ratings)3.8 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews19.6% of reviews77.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings83 — better13
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.69.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size162 MB56 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperNexTech Systems, Inc.Dean Toriumi

Customer experience

Nextech

All ratings83 ratings
Positive32.5%
Neutral14.5%
Negative53.0%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive19.6%
Neutral23.9%
Negative56.5%

Dean's App

All ratings13 ratings
Positive69.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative23.1%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%

Bugs and requests

Nextech

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • Cannot scroll after acknowledgment
  • Mac version logs out constantly
  • Mobile version is limiting
  • Cannot move tab on iPad
  • Unable to see scanned documents on iPad
Show 13 more
  • App won't open/enter credentials
  • Photos upload with error
  • Photos taken from phone/iPad do not save
  • Unable to see patient photos
  • System has problem after problem
  • Cannot add new patient
  • Cannot make an appointment
  • Cannot chart or send RX via phone
  • EMNs cannot be created/edited from app
  • Screen stays blurred out after logging out
  • Cannot view chart notes on iPhone
  • Cannot find patient info on iPhone
  • Schedule visualization unwieldy for multiple providers

Requested features

15 requests
  • Add ability to add/edit appointments
  • Add Face ID/fingerprint login
  • Improve mobile app functionality (iPhone/iPad)
  • Add grammar check
  • Allow writing notes on mobile
Show 10 more
  • Improve photo management
  • Add ability to add new patient
  • Add ability to make appointments
  • Improve schedule visualization
  • Add financial information viewing
  • Improve word processor
  • Allow moving tabs on iPad
  • Allow charting on mobile
  • Bring medical history forward
  • Alert patient to update medical history

Dean's App

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Nextech

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Dean's App

Subscriptions1
  • Dean's App Premium Monthly$9.991 Month

Questions

Is Nextech free?
Nextech is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dean's App free?
Dean's App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Nextech or Dean's App?
Dean's App is rated higher. Nextech averages 2.7 out of 5 from 83 ratings, while Dean's App averages 3.8 from 13 ratings.
Do Nextech or Dean's App have ads?
Neither Nextech nor Dean's App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nextech or Dean's App?
Nextech ships an update every 5 weeks, and Dean's App every 2 months. Most recently, Nextech was updated on October 19, 2026 and Dean's App on October 10, 2026.

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