Comparison

RNotes® vs Nursing Constellation Plus+

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
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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

About

Nursing Constellation Plus+

This app integrates seven essential mobile nursing references, offering comprehensive information on drugs, diseases, lab tests, and procedures. It provides clinical decision support for nurses and students at the bedside, in class, or during simulations.

Highlights
  • 7 integrated nursing references
  • Drug guide with 5,000+ medications
  • Disease and disorder information
  • Laboratory and diagnostic test details
  • Medical calculator
  • Medical news updates
Features
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Nursing Constellation Plus™ includes 7 essential mobile nursing references in one integrated clinical solution. With these premier titles Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses, Diseases and Disorders, Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, Davis's Comprehensive Handbook of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests with Nursing Implications, RNotes - Nurses Clinical Pocket Guide, Medical Calculator and NurseBeats - Medical News, nurses and nursing students will have all the information they need on over 5,000 drugs, plus information on diseases, lab tests, procedures as well as nursing implications. Use in class, simulation or at the bedside as a consult to practice confidently. • Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses – updated regularly with dosing, drug interaction, contraindication and patient education on over 5,000 medications. Plus 700+ built-in dosage calculators. 1200+ Audio pronunciations. • Davis's Comprehensive Handbook of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests - Everything you need to know to understand how tests work, interpret their results, and provide quality patient care pre-test, intra-test, and post-test. • Davis's Diseases and Disorders: A Nursing Therapeutics Manual: 240+ diseases & disorders. Primary nursing diagnoses with outcomes & interventions. Patient teaching checklists. • Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary: 75,000 definitions. 1,200 color images. 30,000+ audio pronunciations. 100 videos. Patient Care Statements & patient teaching requirements. • RNotes®: Nurse's Clinical Pocket Guide: Quick reference for practical nursing & patient safety information. Get the decision support you need with the Nursing Constellation Plus— valued at $258 now for just $179.99. That’s over 30% off the regular price of 7 essential mobile nursing references if purchased separately.

Screenshots

RNotes®4 screens
Nursing Constellation Plus+4 screens

Verdict

The call

RNotes® and Nursing Constellation Plus+ both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Nursing Constellation Plus+'s written reviews are positive against 0% of RNotes®'s. Nursing Constellation Plus+ also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). RNotes®'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 7 months vs every 20 months). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. RNotes® sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Nursing Constellation Plus+ sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for RNotes® against 4.6 for Nursing Constellation Plus+. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 41 and 9 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of RNotes®'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Nursing Constellation Plus+'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RNotes® ships an update every 7 months, Nursing Constellation Plus+ every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
RNotes® versus Nursing Constellation Plus+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRNotes®Nursing Constellation Plus+
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (41 ratings)4.6 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings41 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 7 months — betterEvery 20 months
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
Size13 MB42 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 Constellation Plus+

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

RNotes®

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

Nursing Constellation Plus+

One-time11
  • ICD10-Clinical Modification 25$1.99
  • ICD10-Clinical Modification 24$1.99
  • Skyscape Clinical Calc PLUS$24.99
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  • RNotes® Nurse's Pkt Guide Ed.6$29.99
  • Taber's Dictionary - ed.25$38.99
  • Taber's Dictionary - ed.24$38.99
  • Davis DrugGuide-Nurses 24 ed19$47.99
  • HBK of Laboratory & Dx Tests$54.99
  • HBK of Laboratory and Dx Tests$54.99
  • Diseases and Disorders FADavis$59.99
  • Nursing Constellation Plus$179.99

Questions

Is RNotes® free?
RNotes® is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nursing Constellation Plus+ free?
Nursing Constellation Plus+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RNotes® or Nursing Constellation Plus+?
Nursing Constellation Plus+ is rated higher. RNotes® averages 4.5 out of 5 from 41 ratings, while Nursing Constellation Plus+ averages 4.6 from 9 ratings.
Do RNotes® or Nursing Constellation Plus+ have ads?
Nursing Constellation Plus+ shows ads; RNotes® does not.
Which is updated more often, RNotes® or Nursing Constellation Plus+?
RNotes® ships an update every 7 months, and Nursing Constellation Plus+ every 20 months. Most recently, RNotes® was updated on September 27, 2026 and Nursing Constellation Plus+ on October 2, 2026.

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