Comparison

UWorld Nursing vs RN Brain

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

Head to head
About

UWorld Nursing

Prepare for your nursing exams with exam-style practice questions and detailed rationales. This app offers NCLEX-style CAT exams, an automated study planner, and high-yield review videos to enhance your learning. Track your performance and build clinical reasoning skills for success.

Highlights
  • Exam-style practice questions
  • Industry-leading rationales
  • NCLEX-style CAT exams
  • Automated study planner
  • High-yield review videos
  • Performance tracking
  • Active learning tools
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Discover a better way to pass your nursing exams. The UWorld Nursing app connects your digital course features to your mobile device for a seamless study experience. Visit nursing.uworld.com to begin your NCLEX-RN®, NCLEX-PN®, clinical med math, or FNP prep — free trials available! Why UWorld? Because we give you a proven path to success. More than 1.4 million students have prepared with our resources, which include: - Exam-style practice questions - The industry’s best rationales - NCLEX-style CAT exams - An automated study planner - High-yield review videos - Detailed performance tracking - Realistic self-assessments - Active learning study tools Study whenever and wherever you want, with complete access to every exam topic. With UWorld, you can have confidence knowing that a talented team of practicing nurses is on your side. Build your clinical reasoning skills, improve your patient care, and become the best nurse you can be.

About

RN Brain

This app provides structured, nursing-focused explanations of complex clinical topics. It's designed to help nurses and students quickly grasp information on subjects like sepsis, medications, and electrolyte imbalances, organizing it for efficient patient care.

Highlights
  • Structured clinical topic breakdowns
  • Instant clear explanations
  • Nursing-focused organization
  • Searchable by clinical topic
  • Designed for bedside, ICU, ER nurses
  • Supports nursing students
Features
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RN Brain helps nurses and nursing students quickly understand complex clinical topics through structured nursing-focused breakdowns. Instead of searching through multiple resources, simply type a topic like sepsis, ARDS, ventilator settings, medications, electrolyte imbalances, or DKA, and RN Brain instantly generates a clear explanation organized for nurses. Designed for bedside nurses, ICU nurses, ER nurses, and nursing students, RN Brain organizes information the way clinicians think during patient care.

Screenshots

UWorld Nursing4 screens
RN Brain4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RN Brain at none against UWorld Nursing's 14. RN Brain also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). UWorld Nursing's advantage is ratings volume (2.1K vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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. UWorld Nursing sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. RN Brain asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RN Brain holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UWorld Nursing has 2.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
UWorld Nursing versus RN Brain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUWorld NursingRN Brain
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.1K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.1K — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size220 MB20 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperUWorld LLCRN Brain LLC

Customer experience

UWorld Nursing

All ratings2,113 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral2.0%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews122 reviews
Positive73.8%
Neutral5.7%
Negative20.5%

RN Brain

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

14 purchases

UWorld Nursing

One-time14
  • Clinical Med Math 180 days$55.99
  • Clinical Med Math 360 days$89.99
  • NCLEX-PN 30 days with NGN$184.99
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  • NCLEX-RN 30 days with NGN$198.99
  • NCLEX-PN 60 days with NGN$229.99
  • NCLEX-RN 60 days with NGN$249.99
  • NCLEX-PN 90 days with NGN$279.99
  • NCLEX-PN 180 days with NGN$329.99
  • NCLEX-RN 90 days with NGN$329.99
  • NCLEX-PN 360 days with NGN$399.99
  • NCLEX-RN 180 days with NGN$479.99
  • NCLEX-PN 730 days with NGN$499.99
  • NCLEX-RN 360 days with NGN$559.99
  • NCLEX-RN 730 days with NGN$699.99
None

RN Brain

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is UWorld Nursing free?
UWorld Nursing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RN Brain free?
RN Brain is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, UWorld Nursing or RN Brain?
RN Brain is rated higher. UWorld Nursing averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.1K ratings, while RN Brain averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do UWorld Nursing or RN Brain have ads?
Neither UWorld Nursing nor RN Brain shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UWorld Nursing or RN Brain?
UWorld Nursing ships an update monthly, and RN Brain monthly. Most recently, UWorld Nursing was updated on October 25, 2026 and RN Brain on September 28, 2026.

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