AORN eBooks vs Beyond Clean
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AORN eBooks
Access and read essential perioperative nursing practice guides and curriculum materials. Purchase and download eBooks from the AORN website to enhance your knowledge and skills in patient and staff safety within surgical care.
- Read AORN eBooks
- Access Guidelines for Perioperative Practice
- Study Core Curriculum for RN First Assistant
- Purchase eBooks via AORN website
- Evidence-based practice resources
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The AORN eBooks app is used to for reading the separately purchased AORN eBooks, including the AORN Guidelines for Perioperative Practice eBook and the Core Curriculum for the RN First Assistant eBook. To purchase eBooks, visit the Store on the AORN website at www.aorn.org. For assistance, please contact Experience Services at cs@aorn.org. The Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) defines, supports, and advocates for patient and staff safety through exemplary practice in all phases of perioperative nursing care using evidence-based guidelines, continuing education, and clinical practice resources. Learn more on the AORN website at www.aorn.org.
Beyond Clean
Explore the critical field of sterile processing in healthcare. This app offers insights into the people, processes, and products involved in surgical instrument reprocessing, featuring commentary from industry leaders on current challenges and innovations.
- Industry expert commentary
- Focus on surgical instrument reprocessing
- Mobile playback features
- Customizable playback quality
- Favorite list and continuous playback
- Car mode with larger controls
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Even though their tools and equipment touch nearly every surgical patient in the world, how much do you really know about the people, processes, and products used in the Sterile Processing industry? Beyond Clean offers a creative look into the inner workings of a healthcare industry surrounded by challenges, disrupted by change, and committed to getting it right -- every instrument, every time. The team at Beyond Clean will bring on some of the biggest names in surgical instrument reprocessing and provide commentary on the biggest issues facing Sterile Processing professionals, facilities, administrators, manufacturers, and vendors. Join us every week as we explore the hidden world of one of the most important aspects of safe surgical care. This app includes mobile playback features and content you can’t get anywhere else. Custom controls allow you to control your app experience and modify media and playback quality. Drag and drop in your favorite list and continuous playback settings keep the experience as unique as your mobile habits. This app has a Car mode too! Rotate your phone to display larger playback controls.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Beyond Clean at 50% against AORN eBooks's 0%. Beyond Clean also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (385 vs 14). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Beyond Clean holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Beyond Clean has 385 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of AORN eBooks's written reviews are positive against 50% of Beyond Clean's.
AORN eBooks ships an update every 3 months, Beyond Clean every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AORN eBooks | Beyond Clean |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (14 ratings) | 4.8 (385 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 385 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) | Justin Poulin |
Customer experience
AORN eBooks
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In-app purchases
AORN eBooks
No in-app purchases
Beyond Clean
No in-app purchases
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