WaveMark vs PAR Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WaveMark
This app enhances healthcare supply chain management by leveraging RFID, cloud, and mobile technologies. It aims to improve patient safety, regulatory compliance, and the economics of healthcare operations.
- Real-time supply chain innovation
- RFID, cloud, and mobile integration
- Enhanced patient safety
- Improved regulatory compliance
- Optimized healthcare economics
- Smart cabinet solutions
- Mobile app for suppliers
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Cardinal Health™ WaveMark™ is a clinical supply chain intelligence platform that helps hospitals and health systems bring greater visibility, control, and confidence to clinical inventory operations. Founded in 2003, and part of Cardinal Health, WaveMark serves the people working behind the scenes of care. Through data capture hardware, intelligence software, and partnership services, the WaveMark team supports the full Clinical Supply Chain path from product registration and point-of-use capture to analytics, predictive insight, and action. WaveMark™ Mobile Hospital app connects seamlessly with WaveMark™ Solutions, enabling efficient inventory management and daily task execution using handheld devices across the health system.
PAR Mobile
Configure and maintain your weight-based inventory management system with this iOS app. It provides mobile access to the tools and features found in the desktop administration software for on-premises PAR installations.
- Configure PAR Bins system
- Maintain PAR Bins system
- Mobile access to admin tools
- Weight-based inventory management
- Compatible with on-premises PAR
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The PAR Mobile app is compatible only with on-premises PAR installations. This PAR Mobile iOS app is not compatible with PAR Cloud software. Use PAR Mobile to configure and maintain your PAR Bins weight-based inventory management system. This iOS app offers mobile access to the tools and features available in the desktop versions of our administration software. © Copyright 2020 PAR Excellence Systems, Inc. PAR Excellence® is a Registered Trademark of PAR Excellence Systems, Inc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WaveMark at 4.6 against PAR Mobile's 3.8. WaveMark also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 14 months). PAR Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
WaveMark holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 4 respectively.
WaveMark ships an update every 2 months, PAR Mobile every 14 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | WaveMark | PAR Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (10 ratings) — better | 3.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WaveMark Inc. | PAR Excellence Systems, Inc. |
Customer experience
WaveMark
PAR Mobile
In-app purchases
WaveMark
No in-app purchases
PAR Mobile
No in-app purchases
