MDRounds vs SMARTLINK™ Observation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MDRounds
This app streamlines healthcare facility inspections for various rounding solutions. It offers checklists for passing or failing critical elements, with options to document failures via camera and notes. Inspection results synchronize to cloud databases for monitoring and management.
- Inspection checklists
- Document failures with camera and notes
- Cloud synchronization of results
- Environment of Care (EOC) Tours
- Zone Maintenance
- Clinical and Infection Prevention rounding
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The ‘MDRounds’ app from Advanced Technologies Group, Inc. offers clients an intuitive interface to conduct inspections related to their healthcare facility’s various rounding solutions like Environment of Care (EOC) Tours, Zone Maintenance, Clinical and Infection Prevention. The app provides an inspection checklist—allowing users to pass or fail critical elements of various Rounds—as well as options for which to further document failed items via camera and notation features. The app also allows for synchronization of inspection results to ATG databases, providing clients with cloud-based monitoring and management of inspections and necessary follow-up actions.
SMARTLINK™ Observation
This system enables electronic collection and collation of hand hygiene and personal protective equipment metrics. Observers can customize data collection for their facility, including locations, job roles, and hand hygiene protocols. It provides immediate feedback and performance results.
- Electronic data collection
- Hand hygiene metrics
- PPE observation
- Customizable facility settings
- Immediate feedback
- Performance results
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Standardized Data Collection with Immediate Feedback and Performance Results The PURELL SMARTLINK™ Observation System is a mobile application and accompanying web-based software that facilitates the electronic collection and collation of hand hygiene and personal protective equipment metrics. Observers use the Observation app to collect the HH and PPE observations. Customizable for your facility: • Names of locations monitored • Names of job roles observed • Choose from In/Out, 5 Moments and 4 Moments hand hygiene protocols • Configurable notes section For more information on the PURELL SMARTLINK™ Observation System, call 800-321-9647 or email smartlink@gojo.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SMARTLINK™ Observation at 5.0 against MDRounds's 4.4. SMARTLINK™ Observation also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SMARTLINK™ Observation holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 3 respectively.
MDRounds ships an update every 2 months, SMARTLINK™ Observation every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MDRounds | SMARTLINK™ Observation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Advanced Technologies Group, inc. | GOJO Industries, Inc. |
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MDRounds
SMARTLINK™ Observation
In-app purchases
MDRounds
No in-app purchases
SMARTLINK™ Observation
No in-app purchases
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