CareBeam vs Refractive Foundations
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CareBeam
This AI-powered medical scribe listens to patient conversations and automatically generates structured clinical notes, code suggestions, and after-visit summaries. It helps healthcare professionals save time on documentation by transcribing natural speech into accurate, organized records.
- AI-powered transcription
- Automated clinical note generation
- ICD & CPT code suggestions
- Instant after-visit summaries
- Customizable templates
- Diagnostic insight generation
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CareBeam is your AI-powered medical scribe, built to save hours on clinical documentation every week. Just talk naturally during patient visits — CareBeam listens, transcribes, and turns the conversation into clean, structured clinical notes in seconds. ScribeAI helps you: - Automatically generate accurate clinical notes - Get ICD & CPT code suggestions - Instantly create after-visit summaries - Customize templates to fit your workflow - Generate diagnostic insights based on patient conversations
Refractive Foundations
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Refractive Foundations at daily against CareBeam's weekly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CareBeam ships an update weekly, Refractive Foundations daily. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CareBeam | Refractive Foundations |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | ScribeAI Inc | Gurpal Virdi |
In-app purchases
CareBeam
No in-app purchases
Refractive Foundations
No in-app purchases
Questions
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