Comparison

Bedside vs Nurse Shift

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

Head to head
About

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.

About

Nurse Shift

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Nurse Shift helps nursing students, new graduates, and working nurses practice clinical judgment through interactive nursing case studies. Work through 40+ patient scenarios across cardiac, neuro, respiratory, sepsis, trauma, maternal, pediatrics, and renal-endocrine care. Each case asks you to recognize deterioration, prioritize the next step, and respond before the room gets louder. WHY NURSE SHIFT • Practice realistic bedside decisions in focused nursing case studies • Train prioritization, escalation, reassessment, and patient safety thinking • Review branching outcomes, consequences, and concise debriefs • Build pattern recognition across high-risk specialties • Repeat cases to improve speed, accuracy, and confidence DESIGNED FOR CLINICAL JUDGMENT PRACTICE Each scenario is built as a short, replayable bedside drill. You will assess symptoms, vital signs, labs, and changes in condition, then decide what to do next. Strong choices stabilize the patient. Delayed or unsafe choices change the outcome and the lesson. FREE AND PREMIUM ACCESS Start with free cases. A weekly or yearly auto-renewable subscription unlocks the full case library. Subscriptions can be managed or canceled in your Apple ID settings, and previous purchases can be restored in the app. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ IMPORTANT Nurse Shift is for education and simulation only. It is not a medical device and does not provide patient-specific medical advice. It does not replace clinical training, professional judgment, institutional policy, supervision, or local protocols.

Screenshots

Bedside4 screens
Nurse Shift4 screens

Verdict

The call

Bedside and Nurse Shift are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Nurse Shift sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Bedside versus Nurse Shift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBedsideNurse Shift
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB39 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperMBAAppsBurak AYTAN

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Bedside

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

Nurse Shift

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Pro$3.997 Days
  • Yearly Pro$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Bedside free?
Bedside is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nurse Shift free?
Nurse Shift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bedside or Nurse Shift have ads?
Neither Bedside nor Nurse Shift shows ads.

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