Best Nihss Stroke Scale Apps

168+ iOS apps curated and reviewed

4.6 avg rating
17 free apps
Updated May 2026

NIH Stroke Scale Calculator is the household name in nihss stroke scale, but it's far from the only option. We track 168+ alternatives and competitors on iOS — many free, many higher-rated than you'd expect.

Top Picks for Nihss Stroke Scale

NIHSS+#2

NIHSS+ by Apex Innovations LLC

Strong Contender
📚 Education
4.4(8 ratings)
Free
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This app provides a digital learning format for evaluating stroke symptoms based on the established NIHSS scale. It offers guidance for accurate stroke assessment, tips, and support for telestroke situations, intended for educational purposes.

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NIHSS Records
NIHSS Records
NIHSS Records
Stroke Assessment Tools
Free
$4.99 | 100% OFF

This comprehensive stroke assessment toolkit helps neurologists and stroke teams score validated scales, manage patient records, and utilize a stroke timer. It offers smart reminders for follow-ups and professional PDF/CSV export of patient reports.

Score 19 validated stroke scalesManage unified patient recordsStroke Timer with Live Activity
🏥 Medical
(4)
freemium
5
NIH Score & stroke tools
NIH Score & stroke tools
NIH Score & stroke tools
Stroke tools for physicians
$0.99

This medical app provides physicians with essential tools for acute stroke management. It includes calculators for NIHSS, ABCD2, CHA2DS2-VASc, and ASPECTS scores, along with guideline summaries for thrombolysis and thrombectomy. A time manager helps track critical door-to-needle times.

NIHSS calculatorStroke guideline summariesTime manager for door-to-needle
🏥 Medical
(67)
paid
6
NIHSS Calculator
NIHSS Calculator
NIHSS Calculator
NIH Stroke Scale Scoring
$0.99
$1.99 | 50% OFF
🏥 Medical
(0)
7
MDCalc Medical Calculator
MDCalc Medical Calculator
MDCalc Medical Calculator
Clinical Decision Support
Free

This app provides over 900 evidence-based medical calculators, risk scores, and clinical tools for healthcare professionals. It offers offline functionality, expert insights, and CME tracking to support patient care at the bedside. Tools are developed and validated by board-certified physicians.

900+ evidence-based calculatorsOffline functionalityExpert insights and commentary
🏥 Medical
(51K)
free
8
Stroke Certified RN Test Prep
Stroke Certified RN Test Prep
Stroke Certified RN Test Prep
SCRN Critical Care Nurse Q&A
Free

Prepare for your Stroke Care Registered Nurse (SCRN) certification exam with this comprehensive study guide. It offers hundreds of practice questions with detailed explanations, performance tracking, and helpful tips to maximize your score. Covers all essential SCRN exam categories.

425+ practice questions with explanationsDetailed performance trackingExam score maximization tips
🏥 Medical
(621)
free with in-app purchases
9
IV Stroke Thrombolysis
IV Stroke Thrombolysis
IV Stroke Thrombolysis
by Mohan Noone
Free

This medical app assists clinicians at the bedside with acute stroke thrombolysis. It offers tools for patient data entry, checklists, NIH Stroke Scale calculation, dose calculation, and generating shareable reports. It can also function as a Telestroke accessory.

Patient data entry and storageThrombolysis Check ListNIH Stroke Scale Calculator
🏥 Medical
(20)
free with in-app purchases
10
Neuro Toolkit
Neuro Toolkit
Neuro Toolkit
by Kent Ellington
$6.99

This app provides a comprehensive collection of neurology and neurosurgery grading scales and scores, including those for strokes, hemorrhages, and coma assessment. It offers tools for prognosis, calculations, and management, with emailed results for office records. Designed for speed and functionality, it's a valuable resource for medical professionals.

Neurology/Neurosurgery Grading ScalesStroke and TIA ScalesHemorrhage and AVM Scales
🏥 Medical
(16)
paid
11
NeuroBuddy
NeuroBuddy
NeuroBuddy
by Kapil Sachdeva
Free

This medical app provides neurologists and students with essential tools for practice. It includes interactive neurologic scales, a stroke assistant, patient case logging, and drug dosing calculators to streamline clinical workflows.

Interactive neurologic scales (NIHSS)NIHSS e-mailing for documentationtPA assistant with stroke checklist
🏥 Medical
(4)
free
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epocrates: Drug Info & Pill ID
epocrates: Drug Info & Pill ID
epocrates: Drug Info & Pill ID
Dosing, Interactions, & Labs
Free

This clinical reference app empowers healthcare professionals to make safer, faster decisions. It offers comprehensive drug information, interaction checks, pill identification, lab values, and dosing calculators. Access essential clinical tools offline to enhance patient care and workflow efficiency.

Comprehensive Drug ReferenceDrug Interaction CheckerPill Identifier
🏥 Medical
(7.1K)
free with in-app purchases
13
Constant Therapy: Brain+Speech
Constant Therapy: Brain+Speech
Constant Therapy: Brain+Speech
Aphasia, Dementia, Stroke, TBI
Free

This app provides science-based cognitive, language, and speech therapy exercises for individuals recovering from neurological conditions like stroke, TBI, and aphasia. It offers personalized, AI-guided activities to improve memory, communication, attention, and more, accessible anytime and anywhere.

Customized AI-guided therapy exercisesSpeech and cognitive skill-buildingProgress monitoring and reports
💪 Health & Fitness
(3.7K)
free with in-app purchases
14
Destroke
Destroke
Destroke
by Destroke, Inc.
Free

Learn to accurately perform the National Institute of Health stroke scale. This app provides educational content on assessing stroke signs like facial droop, numbness, and speech difficulties at the bedside. Access requires a paid subscription.

Stroke scale performance educationBedside clinical assessment trainingIdentification of stroke signs
📚 Education
(2)
subscription
15
Stroke Brain Clock
Stroke Brain Clock
Stroke Brain Clock
Time is Brain
Free

This educational tool estimates neuron loss, synapse destruction, and accelerated aging per second during a stroke. It aims to improve stroke management metrics for healthcare professionals by providing time-sensitive data.

Estimates neuron loss per secondCalculates synapse destruction per secondMeasures myelinated fiber loss per second
🏥 Medical
(5)
free
16
Stroke
Stroke
Stroke
by DOCTOT
Free

This medical calculator assists stroke specialists and general practitioners in measuring key patient functions. It offers a wizard-style interface for various assessment scales, providing scoring, alerts, and detailed information.

Stroke patient function measurementWizard-style assessment scalesScoring with alerts and advice
🏥 Medical
(5)
free
17
Stroke-Scale
Stroke-Scale
Stroke-Scale
by Hadi Fooladi Talari
Free
🏥 Medical
(0)
18
Stroke Navigator
Stroke Navigator
Stroke Navigator
by Ahmed Koriesh
Free

This app assists physicians in making stroke treatment decisions by guiding them through a wizard-like process. It suggests necessary imaging, identifies potential tPA or thrombectomy candidates, and explains the reasoning. It also covers special tPA situations and includes essential stroke scales and scores.

Wizard-like guidance for treatment stepsImaging recommendationstPA and thrombectomy candidate identification
🏥 Medical
(1)
free
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Hand Exercises Stroke Recovery
Hand Exercises Stroke Recovery
Hand Exercises Stroke Recovery
Exercises for Stroke Recovery
Free
📚 Education
(0)
20
RACE Scale
RACE Scale
RACE Scale
by Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol
Free

This application calculates the RACE scale, a prehospital stroke severity assessment tool. It aids in predicting large vessel occlusions in suspected acute stroke patients, facilitating timely management and transfer during a Stroke Code. The tool is designed for rapid neurological assessment in critical situations where time is of the essence.

Calculates RACE scale for stroke severityPredicts large vessel occlusionAids prehospital neurological assessment
📚 Education
(3)
free