Comparison

MathShapesAR vs Bedside Coach

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

Head to head
About

MathShapesAR

Features
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Scan the marker images to view mathematical shapes through the screen in augmented reality! Pick up and move the markers to see the models from all angles, or move your device to change views. Shapes displayed are the Platonic solids and their dual polyhedra. Download and print markers from: https://www.bblabs.tech/MathShapesAR/

About

Bedside Coach

Practice patient care decisions, clinical judgment, and communication through interactive scenarios. Build and share custom teaching cases, and rehearse therapeutic conversations. Features include simulated vital signs, medication review, and IV pump practice.

Highlights
  • Patient scenario simulation
  • Therapeutic communication practice
  • IV pump decision simulation
  • Custom case creation and sharing
  • Guided study sessions
  • Skills and competency assessment
Features
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Practice the decisions and conversations that matter at the bedside. Bedside Coach helps nursing students, educators, and simulation teams practice patient care, clinical judgment, and communication. All features are free, including the full case library, study activities, and custom case creation. WORK THROUGH PATIENT SCENARIOS Monitor simulated vital signs, review patient records, assessments, orders, and medication information, and practice your next steps. Connect what you see in the chart to the decisions you make at the bedside. PRACTICE THE CONVERSATION Rehearse therapeutic communication, including de-escalation, grief, and difficult conversations. Practice simulated telehealth visits with voice or typed responses and optional communication challenges. Choose Notes, Teaching Material, or Transcript in the companion workspace. Keep private notes, drafts, and sharing state while changing panes or available space; sharing starts only when you choose it. Review feedback with excerpts from your responses. PRACTICE IV PUMP DECISIONS Practice simulated programming, stop and resume controls, and alarm response. Within a patient case, compare the explicitly linked order and committed pump settings while distinguishing simulated delivery from charted entries. Missing links and order changes stay visible; comparison does not verify medication or document administration. MAKE A STUDY PLAN Tell Study Buddy what you want to work on and build a guided session. Explore all Trivia modes and follow a patient through six clinical judgment steps in Case Studies, without a daily Case Studies quota. BUILD AND SHARE TEACHING CASES Create custom cases, import supported cases from ChartSlate, and share instructor or student case files. Create a separate QR-locked copy to distribute before class, then share its matching unlock QR or encoded text when you are ready to release it. Imported cases stay available after unlocking. TEACH, OBSERVE, AND ASSESS Use Skills & Competency Assessment for standalone checkoffs and proctored scenarios. Apply faculty rubrics, record observations and prompting, review explicit scores, and preserve signed assessments when creating a reassessment. Save and share local PDF reports. On iPhone and iPad, Debrief Coaching links findings to saved transcript evidence when available, with explicit replay of retained audio and recovery controls for interrupted analysis. PRACTICE ACROSS APPLE DEVICES Use the Apple Watch companion to provide cues to simulated participants and receive case-specific learner alerts. On Apple Vision Pro, arrange spatial monitoring, patient records, and simulated infusion controls around your practice workspace. PRIVATE, ON-DEVICE PRACTICE Supported simulation conversations, speech processing, and coaching run on device. The developer does not receive your cases, recordings, transcripts, or reports. You choose what to export or share; selected external services may have their own network and account requirements. Use fictional or properly deidentified information only. Apple Intelligence features require compatible hardware, Apple Intelligence enabled, and an available on-device model. Availability varies by language and region. iPhone requires iOS 27 or later; iPad requires iPadOS 27 or later; Apple Vision Pro requires visionOS 27 or later. Apple Watch cues and learner alerts require a compatible connected iPhone and watchOS 26 or later. Existing subscribers: free feature access does not cancel an existing subscription or renewal. Review your Apple Account subscriptions through Profile > Existing Subscription Support. For education and simulation only. Not intended for diagnosis, treatment, or real-patient clinical decisions. AI feedback is formative and requires educator review. Privacy Policy: https://www.bedsidecoach.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

MathShapesAR4 screens
Bedside Coach4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MathShapesAR at none against Bedside Coach's 2. MathShapesAR also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 27.0). 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. Bedside Coach sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. MathShapesAR asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MathShapesAR versus Bedside Coach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMathShapesARBedside Coach
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB667 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrandy BenedictBrandon Dominguez

In-app purchases

None

MathShapesAR

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Bedside Coach

Subscriptions2
  • Bedside Coach Pro$4.991 Month
  • Bedside Coach Pro- Yearly$49.991 Year

Questions

Is MathShapesAR free?
MathShapesAR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bedside Coach free?
Bedside Coach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MathShapesAR or Bedside Coach have ads?
Neither MathShapesAR nor Bedside Coach shows ads.

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