Patchwork Health vs pod connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Patchwork Health
This app streamlines the process of finding and booking flexible work for healthcare professionals. It helps users manage their shifts, track payments, and store important documents, reducing administrative hassle.
- Join multiple staff banks
- Automated timesheets and payment tracking
- Instant shift booking
- Shift notifications
- Shift planner
- Document management
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We're former healthcare workers who've experienced the hassle around booking locum work and anxieties around getting paid. The hassle stops here. Stop drowning in emails, waiting for responses and automatically track what you’ve worked vs. what you’ve been paid. **Join the thousands of clinicians already using Patchwork Health.** What you can expect: 1. **Join multiple organisations** In just a few minutes, build your profile & join multiple Staff Banks. **2. Paid right, every time** Automatically keep track of what you've worked and when you've been paid with Patchwork Timesheets, all on your phone. 3. **Zero Hassle** End the endless back and forth with HR. Fewer emails, fewer calls, and more control. Book shifts instantly, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 4. **Get first dibs** Patchwork sends you notifications for shifts that match your skillset, so you can book them first. 5. **Keep track of shifts** Use the Patchwork Planner to keep track of upcoming, applied & urgent shifts. 6. **Safe, Up-to-date documents** Keep all your documents safe, in one place and be notified when they expire.
pod connect
Manage your home or office phone services from anywhere. Join audio and video conferences, make and receive calls using your landline number, and seamlessly move calls between devices. Enjoy features like voicemail alerts, message playback, and call handling control.
- Join audio and video conferences
- Make and receive calls with landline number
- Move calls between devices
- Add video to calls
- Voicemail alerts and message playback
- Transcribed voice messages
- Sync contacts across devices
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pod connect - For customers of the unified communications platform "Pod". Powered by Metaswitch, a Microsoft Company. IMPORTANT: FULL TELEPHONY FUNCTIONALITY IS ONLY AVAILABLE AS DIRECTED BY YOUR TELEPHONE SERVICE PROVIDER ***** With Pod connect, you can take control of your home or office telephony services from anywhere. FEATURES • Pod Meetings: Join audio and video conferences that you are invited to • Make and receive calls over 5G/WiFi/LTE/3G using your landline number • Move calls between your landline, mobile and tablet devices, without hanging up • Add video to your calls • Make calls from any phone using your landline caller ID • Receive new voicemail alerts • Playback voice and video messages and view faxes • View transcribed voice messages • Control how incoming calls are handled • Sync your pod contacts across devices NOTE: Your service provider may not offer all features listed or may require you to pay additional subscription charges to access certain features. Contact your service provider for information. Pod connect also requires 3G/4G/5G or WiFi access. Use of these services may incur additional charges.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: pod connect at 100% against Patchwork Health's 42%. Patchwork Health's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 4 months). 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.
Patchwork Health ships an update every 8 days, pod connect every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Patchwork Health | pod connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 42.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 256 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LocumTap Ltd | 24 Seven Cloud Communications Limited |
Customer experience
Patchwork Health
pod connect
Bugs and requests
Patchwork Health
Reported bugs
27 issues- App keeps crashing
- Unable to open app
- Filter button doesn't work
- App not working, showing error while logging in
- Constant popups demanding a review
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- No notifications received
- App is slow and constantly freezing
- Can't log in through the app
- App won't load despite updating
- Doesn't do notifications
- App doesn't display in iPhone notifications settings
- Shifts booked and worked have not shown in the app
- App cannot be used as it keeps crashing after update
- App doesn't send notifications of new shifts
- App auto deletes filters
- Timesheets/payroll bit doesn't load up
- New update is extremely difficult to use, freezing or crashing
- Deleted all previous payslips
- Unable to upload avatar/photo
- App crashes all the time, can't look for or sign off shifts
- So slow that you cannot even load it
- New update is very slow, especially calendar
- New update doesn't show day of the week for shifts
- Laggy, takes time to load shifts, sometimes crashes
- Doesn't accurately state when the next shift is
- App stopped working for weeks
- Keeps crashing, too fragile
Requested features
4 requests- Allow practitioners to erase lists without admin
- Function to automatically send shifts for approval
- Make filters permanent or saveable
- Bring back rates per hour display
pod connect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Patchwork Health
No in-app purchases
pod connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Patchwork Health free?
Is pod connect free?
Do Patchwork Health or pod connect have ads?
Which is updated more often, Patchwork Health or pod connect?
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