Comparison

Scrubook vs OpNotes

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

Head to head
About

Scrubook

Features
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Scrubook: Your Surgical Logbook Reimagined Scrubook is the essential logbook for every surgeon, resident, and trainee. Ditch the paper and spreadsheets. Scrubook gives you a secure, efficient platform to log every case, track finances, and generate professional reports instantly—right from your iPhone or iPad. Lightning-Fast Case Logging Designed for the speed of the OR, Scrubook makes logging a procedure take just seconds: Intelligent Pickers: Quickly select the Hospital and Procedure from your pre-defined master lists. Auto-Fill Charges: Procedures can store a default charge, which instantly populates the charges field, saving you manual entry time. Flexible Data Capture: Easily log the date, charges, payment status, and optional patient details (Name, Age, Diagnosis, and Notes). Media Ready: Securely attach Pre-op and Post-op images directly from your photo library to enrich your log. Intuitive Financial Tracking Keep a real-time, accurate overview of your professional earnings and outstanding payments. Clear Financial Summary: The Records tab provides immediate totals for your Total Charges, Total Records, and the crucial Total Unpaid amount. Payment Status: Automatically flags each case as 'Paid', 'Partial', or 'Pending' based on the amount recorded. One-Tap Payment: Easily Mark as Paid from the detail view. The app handles the calculation, setting the amount paid equal to the charge. Organize, Search, and Report Turn thousands of cases into organized, accreditation-ready documentation with minimal effort. Flexible Grouping: Instantly switch your view to group records by Month, Hospital, or Procedure. Powerful Filtering: Filter your entire log by Hospital and Payment Status (All, Pending, Paid) to focus on specific data sets. Universal Search: Use the dedicated Search tab to find any case instantly by patient name, hospital, procedure name, or diagnosis. Professional Export: Generate and share official documentation directly from the app: Export as CSV: Create a clear, universal spreadsheet file for detailed analysis in Excel or other programs. Export as PDF: Generate a cleanly formatted report suitable for submission. Privacy Control: Toggle to include or exclude optional patient details in your final export file. Security and Privacy Scrubook is designed with the highest respect for professional privacy. Private iCloud Sync: Your data is stored securely using Apple's Core Data and syncs only to your private iCloud account using NSPersistentCloudKitContainer, ensuring it's available across your Apple devices and kept private and encrypted. Local Data Control: No third-party servers. Your logbook is a local-first application, putting you in complete control of your data. Get started in moments with the clean, guided onboarding flow. Download Scrubook and simplify your surgical life today. Features at a Glance Quick-entry form with auto-suggestions. Track charges, amount paid, and amount due. In-app summary dashboard for total charges and unpaid balance. Group, sort, and filter records instantly. Secure iCloud synchronization. PDF and CSV export options. Image attachment for pre/post-op photos. Manage custom lists of Hospitals and Procedures. Full Core Data performance and reliability.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Detailed operative case documentation
  • Case minimum tracking
  • Techniques library
  • Attending profiles
  • Dashboard analytics
  • Cross-device sync
  • PDF case export
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Scrubook4 screens
OpNotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Scrubook at every 2 weeks against OpNotes's every 2 months. OpNotes's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scrubook ships an update every 2 weeks, OpNotes every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 19, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Scrubook versus OpNotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScrubookOpNotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB21 MB
Age rating17+17+
Developeravneet sandhuChristian Cullen

In-app purchases

None

Scrubook

No in-app purchases

None

OpNotes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scrubook free?
Scrubook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OpNotes free?
OpNotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Scrubook or OpNotes have ads?
Neither Scrubook nor OpNotes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scrubook or OpNotes?
Scrubook ships an update every 2 weeks, and OpNotes every 2 months. Most recently, Scrubook was updated on September 19, 2026 and OpNotes on September 19, 2026.

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