Head to head

RemoteNurse vs SimpleNursing

In 2025, 47.3% of first-time internationally educated candidates passed the NCLEX-RN, against 86.7% of first-time US-educated candidates. Repeat internationally educated candidates passed at 30.5%, so a second attempt is materially harder. Here is what SimpleNursing publishes, with sources and dates.

SimpleNursing is a video product with a question bank attached; we are a question bank with no video at all. If lectures are how you learn, that settles it in their favour and you can stop reading. If you have already sat through the lectures once, the rest of this page is the comparison that matters.

Facts last checked 15 September 2026

What do NCLEX pass rates show for international nurses?

In 2025, first-time internationally educated candidates passed the NCLEX-RN at 47.3%, against 86.7% for first-time US-educated candidates.
source · read 15 September 2026
Of first-time internationally educated candidates educated in the Philippines, 22,793 sat the NCLEX-RN in 2025 and 10,433 passed, a rate of 45.8%.
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Repeat internationally educated candidates passed at 30.5% in 2025, so a second attempt is materially harder than a first.
source · read 15 September 2026

What does SimpleNursing cost and include?

SimpleNursing

A nursing-school and NCLEX subscription built around animated lecture videos, study guides and a large question bank.

Publishes 4,500+ NCLEX-RN questions including 1,400+ in next generation formats, mapped to the 2026 NCLEX-RN Test Plan client-needs categories and the Clinical Judgment Measurement Model.
Their own claim · source · read 15 September 2026
Their NCLEX-RN prices are $60 a month, or $139 once for a 90-day pass. A Full Journey Pass is $312 once and covers nursing school and NCLEX-RN together.
source · read 15 September 2026
The Full Journey Pass includes 24 months of access and states that access is extended at no extra cost until you pass.
source · read 15 September 2026
Their two live pricing pages do not match. One publishes a 60-day NCLEX-RN tier at $104 and puts the bank at 4,000 questions; the other lists no 60-day tier at all and puts the bank at 4,500+. We are not quoting a single figure for either.
source · read 15 September 2026
The free trial is five days with no credit card required.
source · read 15 September 2026
Runs a page for internationally educated nurses. Its own copy names no country, and does not mention the Philippines, Filipino nurses, CGFNS or VisaScreen. Australia and Nigeria appear only inside testimonials.
source · read 15 September 2026
That page publishes no price and no support hours, so a nurse reading it from outside the US learns neither what it costs nor when anyone would answer her.
source · read 15 September 2026

What we could not verify

Which bank size is current. Their own pages say 4,000 and 4,500+ on the same day, and we have no way to tell which is the live number.
Whether the 60-day tier is still sold. It is on one pricing page and missing from the other, which we read within minutes of each other.

How does RemoteNurse differ?

Every flashcard names the page it came from, and states a number only where that page states it. A build check reads all 140 and fails if one asserts a figure its cited source does not contain.
The question bank covers the eight client-needs categories in the 2026 RN plan. Our fixed 100-question practice forms include three six-item case studies; the NCLEX itself is variable-length CAT, so the forms are not full exam simulations.
We publish no pass rate, because we have no outcome data. A pass rate from a company's own students who finished its own programme is not a rate you can apply to yourself.
The licensure tracker covers the part before the exam: credentials evaluation, board application, the Authorization to Test, scheduling. It holds what your own board told you rather than restating rules that differ by board.
The account does not stop at the exam. The same login carries the medical-VA course, a job board, a resume maker and interview rehearsal, because passing the NCLEX and being hired are two different problems.

Who should not choose RemoteNurse?

Video lectures are how you study. Theirs are the product and we have none.
You want access that continues until you pass. Their Full Journey Pass is $312 once and offers exactly that.
You want the largest bank. They publish 4,500+ including 1,400+ next generation items.

Common questions

What do NCLEX pass rates show for international nurses?

In 2025, first-time internationally educated candidates passed the NCLEX-RN at 47.3%, against 86.7% for first-time US-educated candidates.

What does SimpleNursing cost and include?

SimpleNursing: A nursing-school and NCLEX subscription built around animated lecture videos, study guides and a large question bank. Their NCLEX-RN prices are $60 a month, or $139 once for a 90-day pass. A Full Journey Pass is $312 once and covers nursing school and NCLEX-RN together.

Who should not choose RemoteNurse?

Video lectures are how you study. Theirs are the product and we have none. You want access that continues until you pass. Their Full Journey Pass is $312 once and offers exactly that. You want the largest bank. They publish 4,500+ including 1,400+ next generation items.