Surgeonal(Surgical Logbook) vs OpNotes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Surgeonal(Surgical Logbook)
This app helps surgeons and students log surgical activities for professional growth. It offers real-time cloud syncing and autosuggestions for logging details. The app prioritizes data anonymity and does not collect patient-specific information.
- Surgery logging for surgeons and students
- Real-time cloud syncing across devices
- Autosuggestions for procedure details
- Specialty-specific logging options
- Data anonymity with no patient-specific data
- Analytics and report generation
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Surgeonal is a surgery logging App aimed at helping Surgeons and Surgery students keep a record of their surgical activities for academic and professional growth. It is cloud-based and automatically syncs data across all user's devices in real-time. Surgeonal covers several specialties but keeps the options open by letting the user choose an 'Other' specialty option that is generic. However, the users' provision of their specialty helps them get a better experience by getting autosuggestions on the surgery logging form fields such as the procedure name, category, approach, and techniques. An autocompletion suggestion based on the user's entered text. It is important to note that the Surgeonal App does not collect any patient-specific data including but not limited to (name, address, age(exact age), date of birth, National Identity number,medical history, Race, Nationality, profession, marital status, etc). The surgery logging form contains the following fields and collects the corresponding data. -Procedure Date -Procedure Category -Procedure Name -Procedure Approach -Surgical Techniques -Patient age (in a range of not less than 10 years to promote data anonymity) -Gender -diagnosis -Anesthesia -Role(involvement) -Components. -Venue (for surgeon's reference) -Reference(surgeon's notes) The Surgeonal App is a freemium App that lets the users get limited access to the App functionalities for free such as logging 10 Procedures, getting access to all the analytics offered by the App, viewing the logbook, and generating reports. The pro access is available on three offers which are monthly, bi-annually, and annually. Pro users can log unlimited procedures. All users can update their details such as name and specialty and can delete their data with us by going to the settings and tapping on the delete account button and following the instructions to complete their account deletion steps. This process is instantaneous and irreversible. Subscription details: Name: Monthly Length: A month Price: 2.99USD ------------------- Name:6 months Length: 6months Price: 14.99USD ------------------- Name: Yearly Length: 1 Year Price: 24.99USD **IMPORTANT TO NOTE** Payments and Renewal: -Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. -Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. -You can manage or turn off auto-renew in your Account settings at any time after purchase -No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active period. See our terms and Conditions of use here https://surgeonal-landing-page.web.app/terms_conditions.html and our Privacy policy here https://surgeonal-landing-page.web.app/legals.html
OpNotes
This app helps surgical residents document their operative training with evolving case notes, technique libraries, and progress analytics. It provides a comprehensive journal for personal training, not for patient care.
- Detailed operative case documentation
- Case minimum tracking
- Techniques library
- Attending profiles
- Dashboard analytics
- Cross-device sync
- PDF case export
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Your surgical journey companion. OpNotes™ helps you build a comprehensive, evolving record of your operative journey. Rather than static notes, OpNotes is meant to evolve with each case making the next one clearer, sharper, and more intentional. KEY FEATURES: • Detailed case documentation with operative notes • Case tracking • OpNotes feed to celebrate your colleagues • Attending profiles and summaries • Dashboard analytics and progress visualization • Cross-device sync via secure cloud storage • Export cases as PDF backups DISCLAIMER: OpNotes is intended for personal surgical tracking only. It is not intended for patient care, diagnosis, or treatment decisions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OpNotes at 5.0 against Surgeonal(Surgical Logbook)'s 4.1. OpNotes also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Surgeonal(Surgical Logbook)'s advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Surgeonal(Surgical Logbook) sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. OpNotes asks for nothing beyond the download.
OpNotes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Surgeonal(Surgical Logbook)'s written reviews are positive against 100% of OpNotes's.
Surgeonal(Surgical Logbook) ships an update every 8 days, OpNotes every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Surgeonal(Surgical Logbook) | OpNotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | jabir Khalif | Christian Cullen |
Customer experience
Surgeonal(Surgical Logbook)
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In-app purchases
Surgeonal(Surgical Logbook)
- Monthly$3.991 Month
- 6 months$19.996 Months
- Yearly$39.991 Year
OpNotes
No in-app purchases
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