MyChart Bedside vs SentactMobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MyChart Bedside
This app provides hospitalized patients and their families access to care team information, clinical data, and health education. It allows for communication with the care team, viewing schedules, and accessing important health documents.
- View treatment team bios
- Access patient education materials
- See inpatient medications and lab results
- Track patient schedule and tasks
- Communicate with care team via chat
- Access discharge planning information
- Share clinical notes
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MyChart Bedside is your portal for engaging with your care while admitted to the hospital. Empower yourself and your family with access to your care team, clinical data, and health education. MyChart Bedside uses your hospital’s medical record system to securely show you information, so check with your care team to see if the system supports it. Access MyChart Bedside in two ways: • Bedside in MyChart Mobile: use the MyChart app to access many Bedside features from your personal iPhone or iPad. • Bedside for tablet: give yourself the complete Bedside experience on an iPad, including features for contributing documentation and communicating with the care team. This application requires a hospital-provided or personal iPad. In both Bedside for tablet and Bedside in MyChart Mobile, you can see: • The treatment team with bios and role descriptions for each person. • Patient education. • Inpatient medications and lab results. • Hospital health issues. • Your patient schedule, including medication times, nursing tasks, surgeries, and more. • Inpatient questionnaires. • Dining menus and ordering options. • Inpatient video visits using Epic video visits. • Your hospital’s apps, websites, and other integrated content. • E-signature forms. (No signature pad needed.) • Bedside chat, for non-urgent messages to the care team. • Shared clinical notes. • Non-urgent requests. • Your options for continuing care post-discharge. • Friends and family access. • Discharge milestones. • Your after visit summary. In addition, in Bedside for tablet, you can use these communication and documentation features: • Personal audio, video, or text notes. Note that what you can see and do within the MyChart Bedside app depends on which features your healthcare organization has enabled and whether they’re using the latest version of Epic software. If you have questions about what’s available, contact your healthcare organization. To learn more about MyChart Bedside, check out this introductory video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNQu_mnFt7s Have feedback about the app? Email us at mychartsupport@epic.com.
SentactMobile
This application helps healthcare organizations enhance patient care, safety, and experience. It enables staff to efficiently complete rounds, identify issues, and implement corrective actions. The app also allows real-time viewing and updating of request tickets to streamline processes.
- Improve quality and safety
- Enhance patient experience
- Efficiently complete rounds
- Identify and perform corrective actions
- View and update request tickets in real-time
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Using SentactMobile, hospitals and healthcare organizations can improve quality, improve safety, and improve the patient experience. The functionality in SentactMobile is designed to work in conjunction with our SentactRounding and SentactOnDemand applications. While in the field, staff can complete rounds more efficiently, as well as identify and perform corrective actions. Our OnDemand features allow users to view and update request tickets in real-time improving processes and productivity.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SentactMobile at 100% against MyChart Bedside's 0%. SentactMobile also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.7) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SentactMobile holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of MyChart Bedside's written reviews are positive against 100% of SentactMobile's.
MyChart Bedside ships an update every 2 months, SentactMobile monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MyChart Bedside | SentactMobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (6 ratings) | 4.6 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Epic | Sentact |
Customer experience
MyChart Bedside
SentactMobile
In-app purchases
MyChart Bedside
No in-app purchases
SentactMobile
No in-app purchases
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