Comparison

Bedside Coach vs Hello Bedside

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

Head to head
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

About

Hello Bedside

Practice real-time clinical judgment and communication skills with an AI patient. This app offers voice-based scenarios for nursing students, covering various specialties and NCLEX preparation. Get personalized feedback on your reasoning and communication from an experienced nurse.

Highlights
  • AI patient interaction
  • Voice-based clinical scenarios
  • Real-time feedback on reasoning
  • NCLEX preparation
  • Multiple nursing specialties
  • SBAR and hard conversation practice
Features
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Most nursing students know the content. They freeze when they're standing at the bedside. Bedside is where you practice that part. You speak out loud. An AI patient answers. When the session ends, you get feedback on your clinical reasoning and how you communicated. There is no multiple choice and no answer key, only a conversation and an honest review of it. FOR CLINICAL ROTATIONS 90 voice-based scenarios cover med-surg, pediatrics, mental health, labor and delivery, maternity, critical care, emergency, substance use, end-of-life, families, and community health. Pick your rotation and run the conversation until it feels natural. Each scenario opens with a patient card: name, age, chief complaint. From there you ask questions, give instructions, and talk through what you think is happening and what you would do next. The patient responds the way a real one would, including when you ask badly. Difficulty runs from 1 (your first week on the floor) to 5 (critical emergencies and ethical dilemmas). Move up when you're ready. FOR NCLEX PREP The Next Gen NCLEX tests clinical judgment, not just recall. 14 NCLEX scenarios put you in situations like early sepsis and competing patient priorities, and you talk through your reasoning out loud. The AI scores it against the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model, the framework behind the exam. If you've done thousands of practice questions and still feel underprepared, this is the gap. You need reps thinking out loud, not more rationales. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick a scenario by rotation, specialty, or difficulty. 2. Talk to the AI patient out loud. 3. Explain your clinical decisions as you make them. 4. Get specific feedback on your judgment and communication as soon as the session ends. BUILT BY A NURSE Every scenario and rubric was written by Dr. Stacie Dee, DNP, PMHNP-BC. 11 years in emergency medicine. Faculty at Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing. The feedback you get is what a clinical instructor actually looks for. One-time purchase. No auto-renewal. Access ends automatically. Bedside is an educational tool and does not provide medical advice. Not affiliated with or endorsed by NCSBN. NCLEX is a registered trademark of NCSBN.

Screenshots

Bedside Coach4 screens
Hello Bedside4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Hello Bedside at every 2 days against Bedside Coach's every 2 weeks. Hello Bedside also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 27.0). Bedside Coach's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Hello Bedside sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Bedside Coach against 5.0 for Hello Bedside. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bedside Coach has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bedside Coach ships an update every 2 weeks, Hello Bedside every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bedside Coach versus Hello Bedside: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBedside CoachHello Bedside
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS27.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size647 MB38 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperBrandon DominguezMBAApps

Customer experience

Bedside Coach

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Hello Bedside

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bedside Coach

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

Hello Bedside

One-time3
  • 1 Clinical Simulation$1.99
  • Rotation Pass$19.99
  • NCLEX Pass$34.99

Questions

Is Bedside Coach free?
Bedside Coach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hello Bedside free?
Hello Bedside is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bedside Coach or Hello Bedside?
Bedside Coach and Hello Bedside are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Bedside Coach or Hello Bedside have ads?
Neither Bedside Coach nor Hello Bedside shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bedside Coach or Hello Bedside?
Bedside Coach ships an update every 2 weeks, and Hello Bedside every 2 days. Most recently, Bedside Coach was updated on October 7, 2026 and Hello Bedside on October 5, 2026.

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