Comparison

NICU Fluids vs Procedure Log

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

Head to head
About

NICU Fluids

This medical calculator helps healthcare professionals quickly and accurately compute IV fluid rates, glucose infusion rates, and electrolyte levels for neonates. It's designed for nurses, students, and physicians caring for critically ill infants.

Highlights
  • GIR calculator (single or multiple drips)
  • Electrolyte calculator (single or multiple drips)
  • FENa calculator
  • Accurate calculations for neonates
  • Developed by a neonatal-perinatal fellow
Features
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NICU Fluids is a fast, clean set of calculators for clinicians managing intravenous fluids in neonates and children. Three tools, one tap apart. Electrolytes Enter the patient's weight, then add each drip with its dextrose, rate, NaCl, NaAcetate, and K. Results update as you type: GIR in mg/kg/min, total fluids in mL/kg/day, and sodium, chloride, acetate, and potassium in mEq/kg/day. Turn on calcium and magnesium for two more columns with gluconate and sulfate equivalents. Presets follow whichever field you're in, so NS, ½NS, ¼NS, and the acetate strengths are one tap away. Start with a single drip and add up to six. GIR A dedicated glucose infusion rate screen for when that's all you need. Up to eight drips, dextrose presets, and a solver that takes a target GIR and concentration and gives you the mL/hr, with the option to account for drips already running. FENa Enter serum and urine sodium and creatinine to get fractional excretion of sodium, with a plain-language interpretation. Switch between neonate and child/adult thresholds, since term neonates run higher at baseline, and see a reminder about diuretics and preterm variability. Also included -Results rounded to two decimal places, shown in blue so nothing reads as an abnormal flag -Light and dark themes, eight accent colors, fourteen font choices, and adjustable text size -No account, no ads, no data collection. Everything stays on your device. Formulas GIR (mg/kg/min) = Σ (% dextrose × mL/hr) ÷ (6 × weight in kg) Total fluids (mL/kg/day) = Σ mL/hr × 24 ÷ weight in kg Electrolyte (mEq/kg/day) = mEq/L × mL/hr × 24 ÷ 1000 ÷ weight in kg FENa (%) = (UNa × PCr) ÷ (PNa × UCr) × 100 NICU Fluids is a calculation aid for licensed healthcare professionals and does not replace clinical judgment, institutional protocols, or verification of orders.

About

Procedure Log

This app allows healthcare professionals to log and document procedures performed. It offers extensive customization for procedures, diagnoses, and custom fields, with secure local data storage and encrypted PDF/CSV report generation.

Highlights
  • Log procedures performed, assisted, observed, and supervised
  • Document patient details, diagnosis, complications, and notes
  • Attach photos to procedure records
  • Select diagnoses from custom or ICD-10 lists
  • Capture supervisor signatures for attestation
  • Generate password-protected PDF and ZIP CSV reports
  • Customizable lists for procedures, diagnoses, and complications
Currently charting
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View demo videos on the app's website at http://goo.gl/ZRC8gt This app was created for physicians, residents, medical students, and other students in the healthcare fields to keep track of and document procedures performed. The app is highly customizable and useful in all medical specialties. Entries are securely kept in your iOS device and are not sent to any outside server, website or database. Reports are created and saved as a password protected PDF file (encrypted using AES-128) and a CSV (comma-separated values) file that is compressed to a ZIP file (which allows password protection and is encrypted using AES-256) to comply with HIPAA security requirements. The reports can then be emailed, accessed via iTunes and the Files app, sent using AirDrop, or copied to your iCloud Drive or DropBox. CSV files can be imported into a spreadsheet program. One should not rely on this app alone to keep track of their procedures and is advised to frequently backup the files created. Information on backing up and restoring your data is included in the app's Help/Instructions view. FEATURES • Keep a log of the procedures you have performed, assisted in, were 2nd assist in, observed, supervised, and/or interpreted for documentation purposes. • Document the patient's name, ID number, age, date performed, location, supervisor, diagnosis, complications and additional notes with the procedures performed. Also, one can take a photo with your device's camera or import a photo from your photos library from within the app, and include the photo in a record. • Option to select one or multiple diagnoses from a list of either custom diagnoses or ICD-10 diagnoses for any given procedure. • Select multiple procedures performed on a single patient. • Sort by date (ascending or descending), patient name, procedure name, medical specialty, and location/facility. • Capture supervisor's signature to attest that you performed or assisted in the pro­cedure(s) and include the signature ima­ges in your reports. Either obtain the supervisor's signature attestation at the time you create the log entry, or save the entry without the signature and obtain the signature attestation at a later time. • Detailed help/instructions section. CUSTOMIZABLE • List of procedures, favorite diagnoses, and complications are easily customizable (you can add procedures/diagnoses/complications to or delete them from the lists). (ICD-10 diagnoses cannot be edited or deleted.) • Locations and Supervisor's names are saved and can be selected from a picker so you don't have to type them in again when adding another log entry. • Add up to four custom fields in addition to the default fields listed above in Features. REPORTS • Create reports in password protected PDF format and as a CSV file that is password protected in a ZIP format, as well as a password protected backup of your data, that can then be emailed, sent via AirDrop, sent to your iCloud Drive or Dropbox account, or downloaded using iTunes when your iOS device is con­nected to your computer. • Reports can be created for a specific date range, location/facility, and one can specify the primary, secondary and tertiary sort order of the PDF report. BACKUP • In addition to backing up to iCloud and/or iTunes, if you have a DropBox account, you can copy the password protected backup file and reports to DropBox from within the Procedure Log app. • You can also use the Files app to transfer files to your iCloud Drive, Dropbox account, or, if you have a Mac computer, use AirDrop to transfer it to your Mac computer. • You can also email the password protected backup file to yourself. SECURITY • App is password protected and all data is encrypted when you log off the app or the app is no longer the active app. • PDF and CSV reports are encrypted and password protected. • Retrieve your username and password if you have forgotten them; you must first answer several security questions in the "Create User" or the "Edit User" views.

Screenshots

NICU Fluids3 screens
Procedure Log4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: NICU Fluids at Free against Procedure Log's $2.99. NICU Fluids also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 64%). Procedure Log's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 158 months). On 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

NICU Fluids is free to download; Procedure Log costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Procedure Log holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Procedure Log has 354 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of NICU Fluids's written reviews are positive against 64% of Procedure Log's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NICU Fluids ships an update every 158 months, Procedure Log every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
NICU Fluids versus Procedure Log: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNICU FluidsProcedure Log
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.3 (7 ratings)4.8 (354 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better64.3% of reviews
Number of ratings7354 — better
Update frequencyEvery 158 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#124 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB16 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAtlas Software Solutions LLCRobert Kuhnhenn

Customer experience

NICU Fluids

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Procedure Log

All ratings354 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral2.5%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive64.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative35.7%

In-app purchases

None

NICU Fluids

No in-app purchases

None

Procedure Log

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NICU Fluids free?
NICU Fluids is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Procedure Log free?
Procedure Log costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NICU Fluids or Procedure Log?
Procedure Log is rated higher. NICU Fluids averages 4.3 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Procedure Log averages 4.8 from 354 ratings.
Do NICU Fluids or Procedure Log have ads?
Neither NICU Fluids nor Procedure Log shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NICU Fluids or Procedure Log?
NICU Fluids ships an update every 158 months, and Procedure Log every 6 weeks. Most recently, NICU Fluids was updated on September 30, 2026 and Procedure Log on October 13, 2026.

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