Comparison

Cerner Message Center vs Diagnotes | Patients

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

Head to head
About

Cerner Message Center

This app facilitates secure messaging workflows for physicians, allowing them to view, compose, reply, and forward messages. It also enables cosigning orders and endorsing results, providing essential EHR access outside of traditional clinic settings.

Highlights
  • View messages, reminders, consults, receipts, sent items, and trash
  • Compose, reply, and forward phone messages
  • Cosign orders
  • Endorse results
  • Secure EHR access
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PowerChart Touch Message Center for iPad and iPhone supports fast, easy and smart messaging workflows for the physician including: • Ability to view messages, reminders, consults, receipts, sent items and trash • Ability to compose, reply, and forward phone messages • Ability to cosign orders and endorse results PowerChart Touch Message Center also provides secure access for physicians needing access to the EHR outside of clinic walls. IMPORTANT: PowerChart Touch Message Center requires your organization to have a valid license and be on release 2012.01 or higher. If you are unsure about the availability of PowerChart Touch Message Center at your organization, please contact your IT department or your Cerner representative.

About

Diagnotes | Patients

This app provides a secure channel for patients and caregivers to communicate directly with healthcare providers. It facilitates care coordination and management through features like video calls, image sharing, and text messaging, potentially reducing the need for in-person appointments.

Highlights
  • Secure patient-provider communication
  • Video, image, and text messaging
  • Care coordination for self or loved ones
  • Manage chronic conditions
  • Prescription refill requests
  • Telehealth virtual check-ins
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Diagnotes® connects patients or caregivers with their healthcare providers, creating a secure and direct line of communication via any mobile device. With Diagnotes®, you can coordinate and manage care for yourself or a loved one in the most efficient way possible. With tools such as video, image uploading, and text, many medical questions or concerns can be answered via Diagnotes® instead of needing to schedule an appointment. Topics that can be addressed via Diagnotes® include but are not limited to: • Follow up after a hospital stay • Managing chronic conditions • Wound care • Pain management • Pre and post-natal care • Prescription refill requests • Behavioral health therapy • Telehealth or virtual check-ins Ask your provider for login details, and take control of your healthcare communication.

Screenshots

Cerner Message Center2 screens
Diagnotes | Patients4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Diagnotes | Patients at 5.0 against Cerner Message Center's 3.0. Diagnotes | Patients also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.4). Cerner Message Center's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Diagnotes | Patients holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cerner Message Center has 27 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cerner Message Center ships an update every 2 months, Diagnotes | Patients every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Cerner Message Center versus Diagnotes | Patients: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCerner Message CenterDiagnotes | Patients
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (27 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.411.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB66 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCerner CorporationDiagnotes Inc

Customer experience

Cerner Message Center

All ratings27 ratings
Positive37.0%
Neutral18.5%
Negative44.4%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative87.5%

Diagnotes | Patients

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

In-app purchases

None

Cerner Message Center

No in-app purchases

None

Diagnotes | Patients

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cerner Message Center free?
Cerner Message Center is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Diagnotes | Patients free?
Diagnotes | Patients is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cerner Message Center or Diagnotes | Patients?
Diagnotes | Patients is rated higher. Cerner Message Center averages 3.0 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Diagnotes | Patients averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Cerner Message Center or Diagnotes | Patients have ads?
Neither Cerner Message Center nor Diagnotes | Patients shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cerner Message Center or Diagnotes | Patients?
Cerner Message Center ships an update every 2 months, and Diagnotes | Patients every 3 months. Most recently, Cerner Message Center was updated on October 23, 2026 and Diagnotes | Patients on October 24, 2026.

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