Comparison

RNotes® vs Nursing Skills & Procedures

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
Read full description

** 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

About

Nursing Skills & Procedures

Access over 80 step-by-step nursing skills with full-color photos and rationales. This pocket guide provides evidence-based practice information for safe and effective patient care, ideal for clinical rotations and quick reference.

Highlights
  • 80+ step-by-step nursing skills
  • Full-color photos and rationales
  • Evidence-based practice information
  • A-to-Z organization
  • Unexpected outcomes and interventions
  • Safety alerts
  • Documentation guidelines
Features
Read full description

"Try before you buy" - Download the FREE App, which includes sample content. An in-App purchase is required to unlock all content. Potter & Perry’s Pocket Guide to Nursing Skills & Procedures, is a concise, pocket-sized study too, having 80+ nursing skills with step-by-step instructions with full-color photos and rationales to explain specific techniques. Evidence-based practice information to practice safely and effectively. Put essential nursing skills and procedures at your fingertips! Based on Potter & Perry's bestselling textbook Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, this pocket guideprovides quick access to 83 key nursing skills in a convenient, A-to-Z format. Step-by-step instructions include full-color photos plus rationales explaining why and how to use specific techniques, and also suggest nursing interventions for potential complications. The app is an ideal companion during clinical rotations. Reflecting the latest in evidence-based practice, this study tool and clinical reference helps you perform core nursing skills safely and effectively. NEW TO THIS EDITION - NEW! Skills are added and all skills throughout are updated to match the latest evidence-based practice, guidelines, and standards — ensuring safe, effective performance of skills. KEY FEATURES - Authoritative content is based on and matches Perry, Potter, Ostendorf & Laplante’s Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, 10th Edition, making this book ideal as a quick, handy skills reference for information in the core text. - A-to-Z organization of skills makes it easy to find information quickly, with each skill beginning on a new page. - Clear, step-by-step instructions include the purpose for performing each skill, guidelines to help in delegating tasks to assistive personnel, lists of required equipment, and full-color photographs and drawings. - Concise two-column format for skills includes rationales for each step, providing the "what" and the "why" for performing the steps of each skill. - Unexpected Outcomes / Related Interventions provide troubleshooting information for common problems that may develop when performing a skill and also recommend appropriate actions. - Safety Alerts within the skills highlight important information for patient safety and effective performance of the skill. - Special Considerations address teaching, home care settings, and pediatric and geriatric patients, describing the risks or accommodations needed when caring for patients in these populations. - Gloving logo within the skills steps identifies circumstances in which clean gloves should be worn or gloves should be changed before proceeding to the next step of the skill. - Documentation guidelines provide bulleted lists of what should be reported and recorded in the patient records. Content licensed from printed ISBN 10: 0323870767 & ISBN 13: 9780323870764 SUBSCRIPTION : Please choose an auto renewable subscription plan to receive content access & continuous updates. Your subscription automatically renews as per your plan, so you always have the latest content. Yearly auto-renewing payments-$49.99 Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Subscription may be managed by the user & auto-renewal can be disabled at any time by going to your device “Settings” and tapping “iTunes & App Store”. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable. If you have any questions or comments, email us any time: customersupport@skyscape.com or call 508-299-30000 Privacy Policy-https://www.skyscape.com/terms-of-service/privacypolicy.aspx Terms and Conditions-https://www.skyscape.com/terms-of-service/licenseagreement.aspx Author(s): Patricia A. Potter, Anne G. Perry Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences Company

Screenshots

RNotes®4 screens
Nursing Skills & Procedures4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Nursing Skills & Procedures at 50% against RNotes®'s 0%. Nursing Skills & Procedures also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). RNotes®'s advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. RNotes® sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Nursing Skills & Procedures sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $49.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nursing Skills & Procedures holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 41 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of RNotes®'s written reviews are positive against 50% of Nursing Skills & Procedures's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RNotes® ships an update every 7 months, Nursing Skills & Procedures every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
RNotes® versus Nursing Skills & Procedures: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRNotes®Nursing Skills & Procedures
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (41 ratings)5.0 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings41 — better19
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB48 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperUnbound Medicine, Inc.Skyscape Medpresso Inc

Customer experience

RNotes®

All ratings41 ratings
Positive85.4%
Neutral4.9%
Negative9.8%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Nursing Skills & Procedures

All ratings19 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

RNotes®

One-time3
  • RNotes® 4th Edition$29.99
  • RNotes® 5th Edition$29.99
  • RNotes$29.99
2 purchases

Nursing Skills & Procedures

Subscriptions1
  • Nursing Skills & Proce 1/Y sub$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Mosby Nursing Skills Procedure$47.99

Questions

Is RNotes® free?
RNotes® is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nursing Skills & Procedures free?
Nursing Skills & Procedures is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RNotes® or Nursing Skills & Procedures?
Nursing Skills & Procedures is rated higher. RNotes® averages 4.5 out of 5 from 41 ratings, while Nursing Skills & Procedures averages 5.0 from 19 ratings.
Do RNotes® or Nursing Skills & Procedures have ads?
Nursing Skills & Procedures shows ads; RNotes® does not.
Which is updated more often, RNotes® or Nursing Skills & Procedures?
RNotes® ships an update every 7 months, and Nursing Skills & Procedures every 4 months. Most recently, RNotes® was updated on October 22, 2026 and Nursing Skills & Procedures on October 1, 2026.

Other comparisons