Comparison

Practitioner Engagement vs LTC SOM Regs

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

LTC SOM Regs

Easily access and navigate federal long-term care nursing home regulations. This app organizes complex regulations by topic and offers a powerful search function for quick retrieval of information. It's designed for healthcare professionals and surveyors who need to understand federal guidelines.

Highlights
  • Access federal long-term care regulations
  • Organized regulations by topic
  • Easy-to-use search function
  • Offline access (airplane mode)
  • Updated with new regulations
  • Searchable FTags
Features
Currently charting
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Navigating Federal Long Term Care Nursing Home Regulations has never been so easy! RegPro LTC SOM Regs takes the confusion and frustration out of the Long Term Care State Operations Manual (SOM) by allowing you to access the tag you want to see, when you want to see it with a simple touch! This is the current draft version just published by CMS with all of the newly revised regulations and interpretive guidelines. Changes will be made as the final document is released. Features • It is updated with new regulation updates as they are published by CMS and reorganized per CMS specifications as needed • Large FTags such as F323, F329 and F441 are organized by topic so that you can easily get to the part of the tag you want to see. • Easy to use search function • Works in airplane mode • Powerful tool for all nursing home staff, including Administrators, Nursing Directors, Medical providers, Medical Directors, Regional and Corporate Support Staff, and anyone else who needs to know and understand the Federal Nursing Home Regulations. • Great for all State and Federal surveyors too! • You no longer have to scroll through a 800+ page PDF Contact Information Developer name: Markail & Associates, LTD Email: markail.associates@gmail.com

Screenshots

Practitioner Engagement4 screens
LTC SOM Regs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: LTC SOM Regs at 69% against Practitioner Engagement's 24%. LTC SOM Regs also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.2) and chart position (#163 vs unranked). Practitioner Engagement's advantage is price (Free vs $39.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 6). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads 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

Practitioner Engagement is free to download; LTC SOM Regs costs $39.99 up front. LTC SOM Regs sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Practitioner Engagement asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LTC SOM Regs holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Practitioner Engagement's written reviews are positive against 69% of LTC SOM Regs's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Practitioner Engagement ships an update every 3 months, LTC SOM Regs every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Practitioner Engagement versus LTC SOM Regs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPractitioner EngagementLTC SOM Regs
PriceFree — better$39.99
Rating3.2 (29 ratings)4.5 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.8% of reviews69.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings29 — better13
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#163 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB30 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPointClickCareMarKail & Associates Limited

Customer experience

Practitioner Engagement

All ratings28 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral10.7%
Negative46.4%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive23.8%
Neutral23.8%
Negative52.4%

LTC SOM Regs

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral15.4%
Negative15.4%

In-app purchases

None

Practitioner Engagement

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

LTC SOM Regs

One-time6
  • CMS Update 2020Free
  • March 2019 Appendix Q Updates$1.99
  • Emergency Prep$4.99
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  • CMS Update Oct 24 2022$4.99
  • CMS Update March 2025$4.99
  • Appendix Q$4.99

Questions

Is Practitioner Engagement free?
Practitioner Engagement is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LTC SOM Regs free?
LTC SOM Regs costs $39.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Practitioner Engagement or LTC SOM Regs?
LTC SOM Regs is rated higher. Practitioner Engagement averages 3.2 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while LTC SOM Regs averages 4.5 from 13 ratings.
Do Practitioner Engagement or LTC SOM Regs have ads?
Neither Practitioner Engagement nor LTC SOM Regs shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Practitioner Engagement or LTC SOM Regs?
Practitioner Engagement ships an update every 3 months, and LTC SOM Regs every 2 months. Most recently, Practitioner Engagement was updated on October 20, 2026 and LTC SOM Regs on October 24, 2026.

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