Comparison

Practitioner Engagement vs instED

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

Head to head
About

Practitioner Engagement

Access patient medical history and information on the go with this tool for physicians and nurse practitioners. Securely view charts, review results, and provide e-signatures for orders to improve communication and decision-making in senior care.

Highlights
  • View patient medical history
  • Provide e-Signatures for orders
  • Access notification stream for patient changes
  • Complete monthly order reviews
  • Review lab and radiology results
  • Mobile access to patient charts
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The PointClickCare Practitioner Engagement application provides physicians and nurse practitioners with anytime, anywhere access to information on long-term care patients in their care. Using your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, you can securely and conveniently view your patient's medical history, leveraging access to the PointClickCare EHR platform, to help you make better decisions and improve overall communications with senior care homes. Key benefits include: - Provide e-Signatures for telephone and verbal orders, sign once for multiple patients - Keep up to date on important patient changes with the notification stream - Complete monthly order reviews - Review laboratory, radiology, and vitals results - Sign or create controlled substance orders (requires token device for 2 factor authentication) - Mobile access to patient charts for faster responses - Create notes or add follow-ups

About

instED

Features
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instED provides urgent medical care 7 days a week in the comfort of your patient’s home, utilizing a network of specially-trained paramedics to provide high-quality and compassionate care for even the most complex cases. Providing on-demand, in-home urgent care, instED allows patients to avoid unnecessary and avoidable Emergency Department visits and the possible inpatient hospital admissions that can follow. We treat a wide variety of symptoms, including, but not limited to: Acute illnesses - Flu - Fever - Respiratory illnesses - Urinary tract infections - Nausea and vomiting - Diarrhea - Dehydration - Cellulitis - And more Chronic conditions - Congestive heart failure (shortness of breath, fluid retention) - COPD - Anxiety - Depression - Asthma - Migraine headaches - Diabetes (blood sugar control, wound care) - Hypertension - And more Injuries - Falls assessment - Wound care - Burns - And more NOTE: This app is not for emergency use. If you are experiencing a life-threatening medical emergency, call 9-1-1 right away! As a provider, you can use instED’s Provider App to request a visit for your patients. You will have full visibility into the entire workflow of the visit starting from when it is processed by instED’s triage nursing team, to when the paramedic is on their way to see that patient and when the visit has been completed.

Screenshots

Practitioner Engagement4 screens
instED4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: instED at 13.0 against Practitioner Engagement's 16.6. 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Practitioner Engagement ships an update every 3 months, instED every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Practitioner Engagement versus instED: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPractitioner EngagementinstED
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (29 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews23.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings29 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB31 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPointClickCareinsted, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Practitioner Engagement

No in-app purchases

None

instED

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Practitioner Engagement free?
Practitioner Engagement is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is instED free?
instED is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Practitioner Engagement or instED have ads?
Neither Practitioner Engagement nor instED shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Practitioner Engagement or instED?
Practitioner Engagement ships an update every 3 months, and instED every 2 months. Most recently, Practitioner Engagement was updated on October 20, 2026 and instED on October 20, 2026.

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