Comparison

RNotes® vs Nurse's Fast Facts

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

Nurse's Fast Facts

Features
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"Try before you buy"-Download the FREE App,which includes sample content. In-App purchase required to unlock all content. Nurse's Fast Facts: Your Quick Source for Core Clinical Content, 3rd Ed. provides mobile healthcare practitioners with the latest in trusted clinical information for more accurate, confident and informed decision-making at point-of-care. Nurse's Fast Facts is a compilation of all of those hard-to-remember procedures, calculations, lab values, and interactions in a quickly accessible PDA reference. This essential reference offers the most important but difficult to remember clinical information for nine nursing content areas as well as age-specific guidelines for assessing health problems and interpreting lab values. Get speedy access to information by specialty, and the many charts, graphs and illustrations. Topics include: * Medical-Surgical * Gerontological Care * Maternal-Infant * Pediatric * Mental Health * Emergency and Critical Care * Long-Term Care * Home Health Care * Nutrition With Skyscape's patent pending smARTlink™ technology, RNFastFacts3™ can easily cross-index with other clinical and drug prescription products from Skyscape to provide a powerful and integrated source of clinical information that you can carry with you wherever you go! Content licensed from printed ISBN 10: 803611617 Content licensed from printed ISBN 13: 978-0803611610 If you have any questions or comments,email us any time:customersupport@skyscape.com or call 508-299-3000 Privacy Policy-https://www.skyscape.com/terms-of-service/privacypolicy.aspx Terms & Conditions-https://www.skyscape.com/terms-of-service/licenseagreement.aspx Author(s): Brenda Walters Holloway, RN, MSN, CFNP Publisher: F. A. Davis Company

Screenshots

RNotes®4 screens
Nurse's Fast Facts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: RNotes® at none against Nurse's Fast Facts's shown. Nurse's Fast Facts's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. RNotes® sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Nurse's Fast Facts sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RNotes® ships an update every 7 months, Nurse's Fast Facts every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
RNotes® versus Nurse's Fast Facts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRNotes®Nurse's Fast Facts
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (41 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings41 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB151 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperUnbound Medicine, Inc.Skyscape Medpresso Inc

In-app purchases

3 purchases

RNotes®

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

Nurse's Fast Facts

One-time1
  • Nurse's Fast Facts$37.95

Questions

Is RNotes® free?
RNotes® is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nurse's Fast Facts free?
Nurse's Fast Facts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do RNotes® or Nurse's Fast Facts have ads?
Nurse's Fast Facts shows ads; RNotes® does not.
Which is updated more often, RNotes® or Nurse's Fast Facts?
RNotes® ships an update every 7 months, and Nurse's Fast Facts every 4 months. Most recently, RNotes® was updated on October 11, 2026 and Nurse's Fast Facts on October 7, 2026.

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