ScrubMate vs NurseGate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ScrubMate
This app provides nursing students with quick study tools for various scenarios, from daily refreshers to exam preparation. It includes drug information, vital signs, calculators, practice quizzes, and clinical checklists. An AI study builder and personalized review sessions enhance learning.
- Drug cards with nursing considerations
- Vitals and normal ranges
- Dosage and IV drip calculators
- NCLEX-style quiz trainer
- AI study builder
- Clinical checklists and log
- Rapid response simulator
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ScrubMate is a study companion for nursing students. It's built for the in-between moments — the bus ride before clinical, the half hour before a sim lab, the night before an exam — when you need a quick refresher and not another textbook. References • Drug cards with plain-language nursing considerations • Vitals and normal ranges by age group (neonatal, peds, adult, OB, geriatric) • Acronyms and definitions for the alphabet soup of nursing Calculators • Dosage calc with weight-based dosing and IV drip rates, step by step • Quick converters for lb/kg and g/mg/mcg Practice • Quiz trainer with NCLEX-style multiple choice • Study cards you can flip through between classes • Matching practice to pair concepts, drugs, and definitions • Clinical scenarios with decisions and outcomes • Rapid response simulator for timed prioritization • Finals review to group your weakest topics and drill them in one session On the floor • Checklists for assessments, med pass, SBAR, and clinical prep • Clinical log to track days, skills, and what you learned • Stress check-ins so you have a record of how you're holding up Study help • Scrubby answers your questions about labs, meds, and concepts • AI study builder turns your own notes into quizzes and flashcards ScrubMate Pro A monthly or yearly subscription unlocks clinical scenarios, the rapid response simulator, matching across all topics, the AI study builder, and the iMessage quiz game so you can play NCLEX questions with classmates. New Pro features get added as we ship them. Subscriptions renew unless cancelled 24 hours before the period ends, and you can manage them in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. A note on use ScrubMate is for studying. It is not a clinical reference and is not a substitute for your instructors, your textbooks, or your judgment at the bedside. Do not use ScrubMate as a source of medical orders or as a substitute for clinical judgment. Terms of Use: https://scrubmate.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://scrubmate.app/privacy
NurseGate
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Practice for the ATI TEAS exam with questions that hold up. Most prep apps in this category are judged on one thing by the people who use them: whether the questions are right. NurseGate is built around that. Every question is written in-house and carries its source. Maths and chemistry answers are re-computed by machine before they ship. Biology and anatomy questions point back to the chapter of the open textbook they came from. Reading questions always ship the passage they refer to — if the passage cannot be shown, the question does not run. ◆ WHAT YOU GET ◆ Practice by section or take a mixed quiz weighted like the real exam ◆ Immediate feedback with a full explanation on every question ◆ The source of every answer, in the app, on the same screen ◆ A timed, full-length exam simulator ◆ Review every answer: all, correct, incorrect, or saved ◆ Section and topic analytics that always show the fraction behind the percentage ◆ Missed-question and saved-question quizzes ◆ Flashcards over the questions you got wrong — free, and they never touch your score ◆ Questions that move up a band as your accuracy does ◆ A day streak, counted once per day you actually answer something ◆ A question you have already seen will not come back until the pool runs out ◆ Report a bad question in one tap, from inside the question ◆ EXAM COVERAGE ◆ Reading: Key Ideas and Details ◆ Reading: Craft and Structure ◆ Reading: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas ◆ Math: Numbers and Algebra ◆ Math: Measurement and Data ◆ Science: Human Anatomy and Physiology ◆ Science: Biology ◆ Science: Chemistry ◆ Science: Scientific Reasoning ◆ English and Language Usage: Conventions of Standard English ◆ English and Language Usage: Knowledge of Language ◆ English and Language Usage: Using Language and Vocabulary to Express Ideas in Writing ◆ HOW THE CONTENT IS MADE Questions are original. We do not use recalled exam items, question dumps, or anything copied from a real test. Source material is drawn from openly licensed textbooks (OpenStax, CC BY 4.0) and public-domain texts, and each question records which of them it came from. ◆ SUBSCRIPTION A subscription unlocks the full question bank (no daily limit) and the full-length timed exam simulator. Everything else — practice quizzes, missed-question and saved-question decks, flashcards, the analytics, and the source shown under every answer — is free. The plan, the renewal date and the amount are shown on the purchase screen before you confirm, and you can cancel from inside the app or from your Apple Account settings. DISCLAIMER ATI(R) and TEAS(R) are registered trademarks of Assessment Technologies Institute, LLC. NurseGate is an independent study resource. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Assessment Technologies Institute, LLC or any testing organisation or exam administrator. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are used here for identification only. ◆ TERMS AND PRIVACY Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/ra2lab.io/ra2lab-privacy-policy/home
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: NurseGate at 13.0 against ScrubMate's 26.1. 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. ScrubMate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and NurseGate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | ScrubMate | NurseGate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ILLAOIDR TECHNOLOGIES LLC | RA2 Lab |
In-app purchases
ScrubMate
- ScrubMate Pro – Monthly$1.991 Month
- ScrubMate Pro – Yearly$17.991 Year
NurseGate
- Premium Monthly$19.991 Month
- Premium Annual7 Days trial$99.991 Year









