Somnus is the fast, private and beautifully designed case logbook for anaesthetists, surgeons and critical care clinicians.
Log a case in seconds. Search and analyse years of practice in moments. Keep every detail encrypted on your own devices — never on someone else's server.
Your data is never held hostage behind a paywall. Only adding new data requires a subscription; viewing, searching and exporting what you already have is always free. One subscription unlocks iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro.
• Your Data on Your Device
• Works fully offline — no internet required
• Log as little or as much detail as you like
• Use generic patients, or build a relational patient database for deeper analysis
• Smart validation catches inconsistencies (ASA 1 with comorbidities, extreme BMIs, and more)
• Encrypted on device, protected by Face ID, Touch ID or a fallback PIN
• Intelligent relationships: rename an item once and it updates everywhere instantly
• Fully Customisable
• Edit, merge, rename, delete or create any category item to suit your practice
• Add rich text notes (with tappable links) to almost anything
• Build Personal Lists for your own categories and items
• Run multiple Custom Timers per case (e.g. tourniquet time)
• Save Templates so starting a new case is two taps away
• Build Searches to slice and analyse your data in sophisticated ways
• Private, Secure iCloud Sync
• No new accounts or logins — just your existing iCloud
• Apple's iCloud infrastructure only; nothing visible to anyone but you
• Turn it off any time and use your devices independently
• Everything syncs: Templates, Searches, Photos, ID Labels and most Settings
• ID Label (Bradma) & Document Scanning
• The fastest way to add a patient — just scan the label
• All analysis happens on-device, including Medicare number validation (Australia)
• Re-scan returning patients and update their previous cases if details have changed
• Names, dates of birth and other valid fields are detected and filled automatically
• Scan document text straight into case notes
• Clinical Photos
• Capture high-resolution photos directly within Somnus
• Add as many as you need to any case
• Import from or export to your Photo Library at any time
• Export Your Data
• Case Report (PDF) — full patient and case details, notes and photos
• Billing Report (PDF) with automatic fee estimates from the built-in RVG (Australia)
• Summary Report (PDF) for your records, auditing or teaching
• Theatre List (PDF) for a preview and/or efficiency analysis of a day's cases
• Summary Report (CSV) — your data in an open, app-independent format
• Spreadsheet (CSV) for full tabular access
• Data File to share with another Somnus user
• Import Your Data
• Bring in Somnus Data files, Backups or CSV files
• Pre-populate upcoming lists from CSV so booked cases start with a single tap
• Siri & Spotlight
• Create powerful workflows with Siri Shortcuts
• Spotlight indexing (private, on-device) for cases & patients — open with a tap
• Widgets & Live Activities
• Track upcoming & active cases
• Privacy protected if the device is locked
• And much more
• Beautiful, interactive charts
• Enhanced multi-window support with local drag & drop
• Drag cases, photos and charts straight into other apps (as PDFs or Data Files)
• Drag CSV or Data files onto the Dashboard to import
• Real-time case timers and theatre utilisation summaries
• Tappable phone numbers, emails, dates and addresses in notes
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The best case tracker that I've found out there. It's affordable, synchronizes well across my devices and has a lot of customization available. There are a few little annoyances, but because I can't tell if they're just user error instead of actual design issues, I won't bother mentioning them. If you're looking for an inexpensive and user friendly case logging app, this seems to fit the bill.
Developer Response
Thank you for the great review, I appreciate it... however, please get in touch with the little annoyances because the only way I know what annoys my users *specifically* is if they let me know!You can email me directly in the app via Settings -> Help & Support -> Email Support We can see if what annoys you is a bug or just something I've not implemented very well!Cheers, Paul
Finally something that works!
DocteurN
After years of fruitless searching, someone has finally developed a worthwhile app for tracking anesthesia cases. The setup is simple and the use is intuitive. Export a slick case report for credentialing? No problem! This app has saved me hours of formulating the data for tracking case averages. I give it my highest recommendation!
Developer Response
Thank you so much for the wonderful review, I really appreciate it. Let me know if I can do anything to improve things 🤓 Kind regards, Paul
Absolutely the best app for case logs!
Robert Revels (CRNA)
I’ve been using your app for the past 5 years now and highly recommend it to my Nurse Anesthetist colleagues. To only question I have is downloading case logs from a selected time period. Can you tell me how I can download just the last year of case logs instead of the past 5 years of case?
Developer Response
Hi Robert! Thank you very much for the lovely review, I really appreciate it!The easiest way to download a specific day, week, month or year of cases is to select that range on the Dashboard, then either view the Cases by tapping on that line in the section below the Case Cards OR simply tap the export/share button. It will export all those cases for you in one file.You can also create a Search on the All Data screen to specify a precise date range, as well as add other search terms to filter your cases.Get in touch by email if you need further help and I’ll reply as soon as I can. Kind regards, Paul.
Pretty nice interface and functionality …
MacAnes
… and I like it. Occasional crashes when reopening a case from that day that has already been saved. Some random crashes. Happy I bought it. Please keep on the bug fixes. Thanks!
Developer Response
Thank you for the review and feedback, I really appreciate it. If you have time and you find some crashes are easy to reproduce, please get in touch with me via the email in the app and I’ll help get to the bottom of it. Some crashes are sometimes out of my control but most of them (even if rare) are probably my fault! 😬Thanks again. 🙂
Folders, Reimagined
• Create multiple sub-folders to better organise your Templates & Searches
• Customise folder colours with a new colour picker featuring preset swatches
• Choose from hundreds of icons better organised into 15 categories
• Coloured dots on folder rows give you an at-a-glance view of contents
• Duplicate entire folder trees — subfolders, templates, and searches are all deep-copied
• Rename and manage subfolders directly with new swipe actions and context menus
Siri & Shortcuts
• Template chooser now displays the folder path beneath each template name, so identically-named templates in different folders are easy to tell apart
Theatre List Improvements
• Duration estimates are now smarter: when an exact operation combination isn't found, each operation is looked up individually and summed for a more relevant estimate
Version 10.5.2
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Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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