REDCap Mobile App vs Medidata Rave RCM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
REDCap Mobile App
Collect data offline for your REDCap projects. Download your project securely, gather information on your device, and sync it back to the server. Supports text, photos, videos, signatures, and audio.
- Offline data collection
- Secure project download
- Multi-user interface
- Support for photos, videos, audio, and signatures
- Activity logging for audit purposes
- Participant data entry restriction
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Collect your REDCap data in an offline environment in the REDCap mobile app, and then sync your data back to your project on a REDCap server. REDCap is a web application, which requires the Internet to be used, but the REDCap mobile app allows for offline data collection for your REDCap projects. You can create your project in REDCap, securely download your project to the REDCap mobile app on your iPad or iPhone, collect data on the device (with or without an Internet connection), and then securely send your data back to your project on a REDCap server. Features • Multi-user interface with secure login that allows each user account to collect data for multiple REDCap projects in the app. • In addition to text and structured data, you can store and transmit photos, videos, signatures, and audio to REDCap. • When collecting data in the app from a participant, for security purposes you can easily restrict access to the rest of the app as they enter their data. • All user activity in the app is logged for audit purposes. The full logging history can be sent to your project on the REDCap server. Who is the REDCap Mobile App for? In order to use the REDCap Mobile App, REDCap must be installed on your institution’s server and must be at version 6.5.0 or higher. The REDCap Mobile App is designed to fit the following scenarios: • A REDCap project that needs data to be collected without any Internet access available. • A REDCap project that needs data to be collected with sporadic Internet access. If mobile devices are desired for use in REDCap data collection, and if WiFi or cellular Internet is amply available, then it is suggested to use the REDCap mobile web view that is available on the REDCap server, which provides real-time access to data. What is REDCap? REDCap is a mature, secure web application for building and managing online surveys and databases, and it is used by hundreds of thousands of users around the world (http://projectredcap.org). Before setting up a REDCap project in the app, you must already have a user account on a REDCap server hosted by a participating REDCap partner institution. If you belong to an institution that does not have REDCap, please visit http://projectredcap.org/participate.php to learn how to get REDCap where you are. What are some limitations of this app? The REDCap mobile app runs in conjunction with the REDCap web application software. You must already have a REDCap user account and project on a REDCap server before being able to download the project to the app. The app cannot function or stand independently without a REDCap server.
Medidata Rave RCM
Securely access and manage regulated content from anywhere. This mobile application offers a streamlined interface for finding, viewing, and approving documents, optimized for on-the-go workflows. It ensures compliance with industry standards for regulated content management.
- Secure content access
- Document search and retrieval
- Document preview and inspection
- Workflow management
- Task approval with Touch ID
- Comment and review functionality
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Quick & easy access to the regulated content you need when you need it. Medidata’s Rave Regulated Content Management (RCM) iOS application allows you to securely access and manage content anytime from anywhere. A streamlined version of the full featured desktop version, the iOS experience has a familiar user interface that’s optimized for mobile screens with the tools you need to manage content & workflows on-the-go. The Rave RCM iOS app is built and managed to the highest standards of validation and security with 21 CFR Part 11 compliance. With Medidata RCM, you can: · Quickly & easily find folders & documents – with an intuitive folder based structure, powerful search and user centric features like Favorites & Recent Documents, finding what you need has never been easier. · View & inspect documents – document previews with watermarks, approver tables and version information. Document Details provides extensive information like Owner, Format, State, etc. · Manage document workflows – approve tasks using the iOS Touch ID feature and provide & review comments as documents go through the workflow lifecycle: from Authorization to Approval.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Medidata Rave RCM at 100% against REDCap Mobile App's 25%. Medidata Rave RCM also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). REDCap Mobile App's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (4 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Medidata Rave RCM holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of REDCap Mobile App's written reviews are positive against 100% of Medidata Rave RCM's.
REDCap Mobile App ships an update every 3 weeks, Medidata Rave RCM every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | REDCap Mobile App | Medidata Rave RCM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Medidata Solutions Worldwide |
Customer experience
REDCap Mobile App
Medidata Rave RCM
In-app purchases
REDCap Mobile App
No in-app purchases
Medidata Rave RCM
No in-app purchases
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