athenaCapture vs MD Shift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
athenaCapture
Easily add image documentation to your athenaNet workflows directly from your smartphone or tablet. Securely capture patient photos, insurance cards, and encounter-specific images without storing them insecurely on your device.
- Image documentation capture
- Encounter embedded image capture
- Patient photo capture
- Insurance card capture
- Secure image transfer
- Direct integration with athenaNet
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The athenaCapture mobile app and its supporting athenaNet workflows provide a simple, secure way for users to add image documentation into athenaNet via smartphone or tablet device. Supported workflows currently include: - Simple image documentation capture - Encounter embedded image documentation capture - Patient photo capture - Insurance card capture Images pass directly from the point of capture — athenaCapture — to athenaNet, and are never stored unsecured, e.g., in a device camera roll, a memory card inserted into a camera, etc., without manual intermediate steps.
MD Shift
This app streamlines hospital on-call scheduling for both institutions and medical professionals. Hospitals can manage coverage, set rates, and track savings, while doctors can find and claim shifts, manage their schedules, and maintain their profiles.
- Fill on-call coverage
- Find open shifts
- Manage call schedules
- Track savings
- Approve doctors and hospitals
- Maintain doctor profiles
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MD Shift helps hospitals fill on-call coverage and helps doctors find shifts without the usual email craziness. Hospitals • See fill rate, open nights, and pending approvals in one place • Set locked proprietary rates or Smart Algo escalation with a clear floor • Approve doctors and hospitals before they cover • Track savings you can audit Doctors • Claim open shifts with rates you can trust • Manage assigned call, trades, and availability • Keep credentials and NPI verification in one profile MD Shift is a scheduling tool — not emergency dispatch. Use your hospital’s normal channels for clinical emergencies. Support: https://mdshift.net/support/ Privacy: https://mdshift.net/privacypolicy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MD Shift at 100% against athenaCapture's 30%. MD Shift also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.9) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). athenaCapture's advantage is ratings volume (50 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MD Shift holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: athenaCapture has 50 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of athenaCapture's written reviews are positive against 100% of MD Shift's.
athenaCapture ships an update monthly, MD Shift weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | athenaCapture | MD Shift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (50 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | athenahealth | Edward Dunn |
Customer experience
athenaCapture
MD Shift
In-app purchases
athenaCapture
No in-app purchases
MD Shift
No in-app purchases









