RNotes® vs Nursing Guide App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RNotes®
This clinical reference app provides nurses and students with quick access to essential medical information, including guidelines, procedures, and exam preparation tools. It features full-color images, charts, and customizable notes to enhance patient care and learning.
- Quick-reference clinical nursing information
- Updated AHA guidelines
- Full-color images and charts
- NCLEX exam topic indicators
- Step-by-step procedures and assessment guidance
- Customizable notes and highlights
- Nursing alerts for critical safety information
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** The essential clinical companion for nurses and students ** ABOUT RNOTES® RNotes is a quick-reference application that puts the latest clinically-focused nursing information at your fingertips, helping you improve patient care. Find answers fast by browsing or searching, then review clinical findings, collaborative management, and quick-read information along with full-color images and charts. The latest edition also helps students prepare for the NCLEX examinations by noting topics that are covered on the exam. FEATURES • Answers to the questions faced in clinical rotations • Updated AHA guidelines • Full-color images and figures • NCLEX icons indicating topics found on licensure exam • Step-by-step procedures and enhanced physical assessment guidance • Details for interpreting ECG, lab values, priority interventions, and more • Convenient tables and charts for finding information quickly • Ability to make custom notes and highlights within entries • Nursing alerts highlighting critical safety information • “Favorites” for bookmarking important topics Author: Ehren Myers Publisher: F.A. Davis Powered by: Unbound Medicine Unbound Privacy Policy: www.unboundmedicine.com/privacy Unbound Terms of Use: https://www.unboundmedicine.com/end_user_license_agreement
Nursing Guide App
This application provides nurses and students with essential information for their careers and studies. It offers mnemonics, articles, and tips to aid in remembering key concepts and advancing in the nursing field.
- Mnemonics for remembering nursing fundamentals
- Articles for career advancement
- Tips and quotes for nurses
- Information for students and professionals
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Giving nurses and nursing students around the world a tool that will help them in their career and studies, the NursingGuide app was created to share basic to complex information about the nursing field. The NursingGuide features include: • Mnemonics - helpful aides for nursing students and professional nurses in remembering fundamentals essential to their academics and duty • Articles – write ups that are useful for the nursing career • Tips and quotes Download this free app now.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Nursing Guide App at 100% against RNotes®'s 0%. Nursing Guide App also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). RNotes®'s advantage is rating (4.5 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (41 vs 1). 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. RNotes® sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Nursing Guide App sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
RNotes® holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RNotes® has 41 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of RNotes®'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Nursing Guide App's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
RNotes® ships an update every 7 months, Nursing Guide App every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RNotes® | Nursing Guide App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (41 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Unbound Medicine, Inc. | QX Information Technology Corp. |
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RNotes®
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In-app purchases
RNotes®
- RNotes® 4th Edition$29.99
- RNotes® 5th Edition$29.99
- RNotes$29.99
Nursing Guide App
- Upgrade account to premium$1.99
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