PRNPool vs OpenShift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PRNPool
This platform connects healthcare facilities directly with professionals for PRN shift needs. It allows professionals to view, accept, decline, or counter shifts, and check in upon arrival. Facilities can efficiently fill urgent staffing requirements.
- Automated PRN shift connection
- Shift review and management
- Direct facility-to-professional communication
- Shift check-in functionality
- Customizable notification preferences
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PRNPool is an automated staffing platform that connects healthcare management straight to professionals - eliminating third party interaction. Through online services and mobile applications, utilizing email, texts, and/or notifications, PRNPool.com enables healthcare facilities to contact a pool of healthcare professionals to fill PRN shift needs. The PRNPool mobile application allows professionals to review shifts, control contact options, and accept, decline, or counter on available shifts. If accepted for a shift, also allows the professional to check in, so PRNPool is notified that they are at the assignment. Features include: Shift Listing (single and multiple shift needs) showing skill, equipment, date, hours, and the rate for open, pending, and confirmed shifts. Detail screen showing skill, equipment, rate, date, hours, facility size, dress code, certifications, registrations, workload, and other pertinent information for the shift selected. Final Detail screen showing above, plus actual address of facility and who to report to at the facility. Also on the final detail screen is the “Check In” feature, which notifies PRNPool you have reached the assignment. Settings Menu allows user to toggle notifications, emails, and texts on or off based on the user’s preferences. *Registration and online resume are still maintained online at PRNPool.com.
OpenShift
Find and accept available work shifts easily. Earn money and get paid directly through the app. A new way to manage your work schedule and income.
- Pick up shifts
- Earn money
- Get paid
- Manage work schedule
- New income opportunities
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Introducing the OpenShift app a completely new way to pick up shifts, earn money and get paid.
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Verdict
PRNPool and OpenShift both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of OpenShift's written reviews are positive against 33% of PRNPool's. PRNPool's advantage is ratings volume (103 vs 21). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
OpenShift holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 103 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of PRNPool's written reviews are positive against 100% of OpenShift's.
PRNPool ships an update every 3 weeks, OpenShift every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on June 20, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PRNPool | OpenShift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (103 ratings) | 4.8 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 103 — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 152 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Medical Contracting Services, Inc. | Open Shift LLC |
Customer experience
PRNPool
OpenShift
In-app purchases
PRNPool
No in-app purchases
OpenShift
No in-app purchases
