Comparison

Pulse for school 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

Pulse for school

Features
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Transform your classroom with a fun, house-based point system that motivates students and builds community. Award points for good behavior, track progress across classes and houses, and schedule meaningful mentoring sessions to support every student's growth. Make learning engaging while fostering healthy competition and personal development.

About

Bedside Coach

This app provides realistic patient care simulations for nursing students and professionals. Practice clinical judgment, communication, and prioritization through unfolding cases and voice-first interactions. It covers various nursing specialties and offers coaching feedback.

Highlights
  • Realistic patient care simulations
  • Voice-first interaction
  • Multi-patient management
  • NCLEX-style case studies
  • SBAR handoff practice
  • IV pump and medication workflow simulation
  • Guided reflection and coaching
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 therapeutic communication through interactive learning activities. Work through patient scenarios Monitor simulated vital signs, review patient records, assessments, orders, and medication information, and practice your next steps. Connect the chart to the decisions you make at the bedside. Practice the conversation Explore therapeutic communication scenarios, including de-escalation, grief, and difficult conversations. Review feedback with supporting excerpts from your own responses and suggestions for future practice. Make a study plan Tell Study Buddy what you want to work on and get a plan connecting practice cases, communication scenarios, and Trivia. Continue with case studies and clinical judgment questions to explore the reasoning behind care decisions. Build and share cases With Bedside Coach Pro, create custom cases, import compatible cases from ChartSlate, and export instructor or student case bundles to support your teaching and practice workflows. Practice prioritization Use Shift Commander to work through a patient assignment, choose priorities, and review your decisions as the shift progresses. Bring your simulation to more devices Use the Apple Watch companion to provide live cues to standardized or simulated patients and receive case-specific learner alerts. On Apple Vision Pro, arrange spatial monitoring, patient records, and simulated infusion controls around your practice workspace. Choose how you practice Adjust enhanced readability, reduced motion, larger touch targets, persistent captions, and status text alongside color cues. On-device Apple Intelligence Version 2.0 is updated for iOS 27 and Apple's Foundation Models. Supported conversations, study planning, and feedback use Apple's on-device model when available. Apple Intelligence features require a compatible device, Apple Intelligence enabled, and a downloaded, available model; availability varies by language and region. Start with free practice content. Bedside Coach Pro unlocks additional cases, advanced activities, and custom case creation through an auto-renewing subscription. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. iPhone and iPad require iOS 27 or iPadOS 27. The native Apple Vision Pro app requires visionOS 26.4 or later. Apple Watch live cues and learner alerts require a compatible connected iPhone and watchOS 26 or later. For education and simulation only. Not intended for diagnosis, treatment, or real-patient clinical decisions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.bedsidecoach.app/privacy

Screenshots

Pulse for school3 screens
Bedside Coach4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pulse for school at none against Bedside Coach's 2. Pulse for school also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 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. Pulse for school asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pulse for school versus Bedside Coach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPulse for schoolBedside 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 iOS15.1 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB647 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTillmanns & Peschel GbRBrandon Dominguez

In-app purchases

None

Pulse for school

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Bedside Coach

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

Questions

Is Pulse for school free?
Pulse for school 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 Pulse for school or Bedside Coach have ads?
Neither Pulse for school nor Bedside Coach shows ads.

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