Nedap Ons for Android

Nedap Ons is a communication app by Nedap Healthcare that lets care professionals exchange messages with their team, team leader or individual colleagues from wherever they happen to be working. It targets a specific problem in community-based care: many providers spend most of their day alone at remote locations, away from an office, and staying in sync with a distributed team is hard when there is no shared desk or notice board to check. The app closes that gap by putting messaging, planning, colleague availability and client information in the same place. Messages can be addressed to a single colleague, the entire team or a team leader, so reaching the right person does not require knowing who is on shift. Notifications keep the user informed about incoming messages, which matters when a quick reply changes the course of a visit. The app is free, contains no advertising and no in-app purchases, and is rated for a general audience. It has been available since June 2023 and requires Android 9 or newer, with a download size of 54 MB.

Key features

• Send messages to one colleague, a whole team or a team leader, so the right recipients are reached without extra coordination
• Receive notifications for incoming colleague messages to stay current on what matters to the team
• Access your own planning from the phone while working away from a fixed location
• Check the availability of colleagues to see who is reachable at a given moment
• View important client information alongside team communication in the same app
• Free to use, with no advertising and no in-app purchases
• Runs on Android 9 and above and installs from a 54 MB download

How to install

1. Tap the download button on this page to get the APK file.
2. When Android asks, allow your browser or file manager to install apps; this is the "Install unknown apps" setting.
3. Open the downloaded APK file once the transfer finishes.
4. Tap Install and wait for the 54 MB package to be processed.
5. Open the app; your device needs Android 9 or a newer version to run it.

What's new

The latest update to Nedap Ons focuses on bug fixes and performance optimizations. The current version is 3.10.1, released on April 11, 2026. This release builds on the app's core purpose: secure, direct messaging for care teams, including access to planning, colleague availability, and client information. The app requires Android 9 or higher and occupies 54 MB.

This app is aimed at healthcare providers who work mostly alone from remote neighbourhood locations and need to stay in contact with a wider team. It fits organisations where a team leader, several colleagues and shared client information all matter during the working day. An experienced user comparing alternatives should treat it as a workflow tool rather than a general-purpose messenger: if your daily coordination happens inside a care team with its own planning and client records, the combination of messaging, availability and planning in one place is the point. Anyone looking for a personal chat app or for messaging outside a care setting will find it narrower than expected.

Check the permission list during setup and grant only what your role actually needs; identity and contacts access are not required for reading notifications. Because notifications drive the quick-reply workflow, make sure they are not silenced by a battery-saving profile. If you are evaluating the app for a team, agree on how messages are addressed, since sending to one person, a team or a team leader are distinct choices that affect who responds.

Nedap Ons concentrates on a real gap in community care: keeping a dispersed team reachable and informed without a shared office. It is free, ad-free and compact, but its usefulness rests on the team around you adopting it as well.