Comparison

Epic Rover vs Strongline

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

Head to head
About

Epic Rover

This app provides authorized clinical users of Epic's electronic health record with secure mobile access to patient data and clinical tools. It enables features like medication administration, vital sign recording, and patient list management directly on an iPhone.

Highlights
  • Clinical review
  • Patient list management
  • Medication administration
  • Specimen collection
  • Vitals recording
  • I/O tracking
Features
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With Rover, authorized clinical users of Epic’s electronic health record have secure access to tools for clinical review, patient list management, medication administration, specimen collection, vitals, and I/O right on their iPhone. Your organization needs to have licensed Rover and be using Epic 2010 or a later version. The specific features available depend on decisions made by your organization. If you have questions about whether you can use Rover or a specific feature, contact the administrative or IT staff at your organization.

About

Strongline

This app provides a discreet way for hospital staff to signal for help. It delivers critical alerts to nearby colleagues and security, enabling rapid response to potentially dangerous situations. Designed for silent background operation, it ensures staff can confidently engage with patients.

Highlights
  • Discreetly signal for help
  • Receive critical alerts
  • Silent background operation
  • Zero-touch interface
  • Critical system message alerts
  • Cloud-based system integration
Features
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Strongline for iOS is part of the state-of-the-art Strongline Staff Safety system. Hospitals can deploy the Strongline Staff Safety system to give their nursing and care provider staff an inconspicuous and discreet way to signal for help whenever they need. When someone signals for help, Strongline will deliver a notification to other nearby staff and/or central security so they can help to deescalate or disarm a situation that could be dangerous or even life-threatening. The Strongline Staff System is a cloud-based system consisting of all hardware and software in a self-contained solution that can be deployed and fully operational within days across even the largest hospitals. This solution was co-developed with one of the leading hospitals in the country, Jefferson Health based in Philadelphia, PA. It has been deployed across the hospital and has transformed how confidently and safely staff engage with their patients. Strongline for iOS provides a simple way for staff members to be notified when a nearby colleague signals for help. This app offers a zero touch interface designed to work on dedicated or pooled phones. Once installed, this application will work silently in the background and require no interaction by the user. This app has been approved by Apple to deliver alerts as critical system messages, meaning that alerts will generate a clearly audible sound even if the hardware volume switch is turned off or if the speaker volume has been turned down, ensuring that you will not miss an opportunity to help if a coworker is in trouble. For more information about Strongline or the whole Strongline Staff Safety System, visit http://strongline.com.

Screenshots

Epic Rover3 screens
Strongline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Strongline at 5.0 against Epic Rover's 3.2. Strongline also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Epic Rover's advantage is ratings volume (88 vs 2). 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

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

Strongline holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Epic Rover has 88 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Epic Rover versus Strongline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEpic RoverStrongline
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (88 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings88 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size626 MB4 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperEpicCanopy Works, Inc

Customer experience

Epic Rover

All ratings88 ratings
Positive48.9%
Neutral15.9%
Negative35.2%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral28.6%
Negative71.4%

Strongline

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Epic Rover

No in-app purchases

None

Strongline

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Epic Rover free?
Epic Rover is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Strongline free?
Strongline is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Epic Rover or Strongline?
Strongline is rated higher. Epic Rover averages 3.2 out of 5 from 88 ratings, while Strongline averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Epic Rover or Strongline have ads?
Neither Epic Rover nor Strongline shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Epic Rover or Strongline?
Epic Rover ships an update every 3 weeks, and Strongline every 3 weeks. Most recently, Epic Rover was updated on October 14, 2026 and Strongline on September 29, 2026.

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