Comparison
Surgical case log apps, named and compared.
A surgical resident usually weighs the ACGME's own app, a spreadsheet or EMR report, and apps such as Capnolog, UNIRA, and RVU Edge. This page compares them from each app's own listing, including the rows Capnolog loses.
Where Capnolog fits
Capnolog logs neurosurgery today: each case by CPT code, counted against every ACGME defined category as you log it. General surgery, orthopaedics, and the other surgical specialties are in build, each with a page describing what is being built.
Why neurosurgery residents choose Capnolog
Five differences, each one checkable against the other apps' own pages, which are linked further down.
Built by a current resident, across specialties.
Capnolog is built by a current resident who files an ACGME case log too. Anesthesiology came first and neurological surgery second; general surgery and orthopaedics are in build, each counted against its own ACGME categories.
Credited the way the ACGME's report counts the case.
Every defined category carries two bars, primary surgeon and lead plus senior, kept apart from the moment you log. That is how the ACGME's own minimum report prints them.
Search the way you say the case.
Type “L4-5 TLIF”, say “crani for tumor”, or enter the bare code, and the matching CPT codes come to you. The code you pick is the one the ACGME counts.
Every defined category, cranial to critical care.
Each case counts against the ACGME's neurosurgery categories the moment you log it. UNIRA's listing describes per-CPT exports for boards and the ACGME, not progress against the categories.
Logging costs nothing.
Logging and export in Capnolog are free. UNIRA's resident plan is $4.99 a month and needs program verification. RVU Edge is $0.99 a month or $19.99 once, after a free first month.
Side by side
| Capability | CapnologA phone logger that counts neurosurgery cases against the ACGME's defined categories. Free to log and export. | ACGME Case LogsThe system of record, on the web and in the ACGME's own app. What you enter there is submitted. | UNIRAAn iPhone app for surgeons: case logging, operative notes, and case prep. $4.99 a month for verified residents. | RVU EdgeA case and wRVU tracker from medical school to attending. $0.99 a month after a free first month. | A spreadsheet or EMR reportWhatever you build or export, usually on a workstation, and usually later. |
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| Log a case by CPT code from your phone | Yes. Type the operation or the code; the matching CPT codes come to you. | Partly. One case at a time, in its app or on the web, after a sign-in. | Yes. Case logging, with Most Used and Favorites tabs for codes. | Yes. More than 17,000 CPT codes, with 2026 RVU values. | Partly. A row to type or an export to clean, usually later. |
| Counted against the ACGME categories as you log | Yes. Every neurosurgery defined category, with primary and lead plus senior kept apart. | Yes. The categories and minimums are its own. | No. The listing describes per-CPT exports, not category progress. | Yes. ACGME categories for 14 surgical specialties, with progress toward minimums. | No. Formulas you write, and then maintain all year. |
| Fills the ACGME Case Log form | Partly. The Chrome extension fills the neurosurgery form in beta; you check it and press Submit. | Yes. You type each case into it directly. | No. Exports a log for boards and the ACGME; the listing describes no form filling. | Partly. Its site describes a Chrome extension that fills board portal forms. | No. Every case re-keyed by hand. |
| Free for a resident | Partly. Logging and export are free. Form fill is free for your first 50 filed cases, then Premium. | Yes. Nothing for a resident to buy. | No. $4.99 a month for residents, with program verification. | No. $0.99 a month or $19.99 once, after a free first month. | Partly. Often already licensed by your hospital. |
| Covers your surgical specialty | Partly. Two modules ship today (anesthesia and neurosurgery); ten more are in build. | Yes. Every specialty that logs there. | Yes. Built for surgery residents across specialties, per its site. | Yes. ACGME categories for 14 surgical specialties. | Yes. A sheet does not care what you type in it. |
What the marks mean
- Yes
- Partly
- No
The apps on this page, and the others surgeons use
Each fact below is what the app's own listing, site, or policy says. Follow the links and read them yourself.
ACGME Case Logs
The ACGME's own Case Log System, on the web and in the ACGME Case Logs app for iPhone and Android. It is the system of record, so what you enter there is submitted.
Sources: ACGME: Case Log System · App Store: ACGME Case Logs
UNIRA
An iPhone app for surgeons with case logging, operative notes, and case prep. It imports ACS Surgeon Specific Registry exports and spreadsheets, and exports per-CPT breakdowns for boards and the ACGME. The resident plan is $4.99 a month and requires program verification.
Sources: App Store: UNIRA · UNIRA: residents
RVU Edge
A case and wRVU tracker for a whole career. It tracks ACGME case categories for 14 surgical specialties, keeps its data on the device rather than in a cloud, and exports PDF, Excel, and CSV. Its site describes a Chrome extension that fills board portal forms. It costs $0.99 a month or $19.99 once, after a free first month.
Sources: App Store: RVU Edge · RVU Edge: residents
ABOS KSB+
The American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery's app. Orthopaedic residents in participating programs enter their ACGME Case Logs through it, and residents sitting ABOS Part I from July 2026 must take part.
Sources: ABOS: KSB FAQs · App Store: ABOS KSB+
Read from each app's own pages on September 30, 2026. A “no” means the listing does not describe the feature. Apps change, so check before you choose.
What to check before you choose
Whether the credit matches the report
The ACGME prints primary surgeon apart from lead plus senior. Check that an app keeps the two apart from the moment you log.
How a CPT code is found
Check whether you can search by the words you use for an operation, or only by the code you already know.
What happens at the Submit button
The ACGME record is yours to attest to. Ask whether an app fills the form, exports a file, or presses Submit itself.
What it costs once the trial ends
Check what logging, filing, and export each cost after any trial, and whether a resident price needs proof of training.
Where it lives after graduation
Ask where the record sits once your training account closes, who holds the backup, and what it costs to keep reading it.
Where Capnolog stands
- Phones only, no web appAvailable
Capnolog runs on iPhone and Android, from one codebase. There is no web app. The iPhone app is on the App Store; Android is a signed build we send.
- Logging and export are freeAvailable
Every category, every published minimum, and the whole capture flow cost nothing. Export is a CSV, where your specialty module supports it.
- The layers on top are PremiumAvailable
Case planning, notes, and templates beyond the free allowance, ACGME Case Log form fill, and calendar schedule import are Premium. Premium is a subscription in the app; the pricing page has the figure.
- The form fill runs in ChromeAvailable
The extension runs in Chrome and Edge, on a computer, one case at a time. It fills the fields and stops there; you review every one and press Submit.
Capnolog is on the App Store.
Free to log. iOS 17 or later. Android is by invite for now.
Free to log. iOS 17 or later.