HCA Inspire vs ShiftWizard (New)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HCA Inspire
This app facilitates communication among healthcare colleagues through social media-style feeds. It also provides access to work schedules, allowing for shift management and time-off requests. Users can engage with content, receive important updates, and track professional achievements.
- Social media-like feed for communication
- Post text, photos, and videos
- Schedule viewing and management
- Shift swapping and time-off requests
- Notifications for updates
- Professional achievement badges
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HCA Inspire enables HCA Healthcare colleagues to communicate through social media-like feeds and receive important unit, facility, division, and enterprise communication. Colleagues with a My Scheduler Web profile can also access their schedules through the HCA Inspire mobile app. Choose from one of three account types that exist in HCA Inspire: Nurse, PCT, or LPN Facility Staff Division & Corporate User HCA Inspire Features Defined: Feed & posting capabilities: interact with colleagues through a social media-like feed. Capabilities include: posting (text, photos, video), giving recognitions, liking and commenting Notifications: receive notifications for activity within the HCA Inspire app, including for scheduling where applicable Schedule: My Scheduler integration, including the ability to view your schedule, self-schedule, request open needs and time off, swap shifts, and view the department calendar Badges: grouped into five different categories to help celebrate accomplishments: education and certifications, leadership roles, excellency, HCA Programs and competency HCA Healthcare Today blog: comprised of original content about the company Download HCA Inspire, and see what inspires you. For more information on accessing HCA Inspire, please visit our app support URL.
ShiftWizard (New)
This app simplifies healthcare scheduling, empowering staff with features like PTO requests, self-scheduling, and shift swapping. It enhances communication and ensures the right staff are available, fostering a thriving work environment.
- View schedules
- Request PTO
- Self-schedule
- Swap shifts
- Fill open shifts
- Communicate with leadership
- Message colleagues
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Increase efficiency, improve visibility, and enhance communications Engage and empower your staff with ShiftWizard™ by HealthStream®. ShiftWizard offers a seamless solution to simplify scheduling processes, increase staff efficiency, improve visibility, and enhance communication across your organization. With a range of innovative features and a user-friendly interface, ShiftWizard empowers you to have the right staff in the right place at the right time to create a workplace where your people flourish, and care thrives. Designed to meet the intricate needs of the healthcare sector, ShiftWizard is your key to increased efficiency, improved visibility, and enhanced communication. This user-friendly app empowers healthcare professionals to: • Effortlessly view their schedules • Request paid time off (PTO) • Self-schedule • Swap shifts • Fill open shifts • Communicate with leadership • Message colleagues • And much more Discover how ShiftWizard can transform your healthcare organization by visiting healthstream.com/shiftwizard. To access the ShiftWizard app, your healthcare organization must use the ShiftWizard platform.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ShiftWizard (New) at 4.7 against HCA Inspire's 1.6. ShiftWizard (New) also leads on ratings volume (4.1K vs 822) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, 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.
ShiftWizard (New) holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShiftWizard (New) has 4.1K ratings behind it against 822, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 6% of HCA Inspire's written reviews are positive against 13% of ShiftWizard (New)'s.
HCA Inspire ships an update every 2 weeks, ShiftWizard (New) fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HCA Inspire | ShiftWizard (New) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (822 ratings) | 4.7 (4.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 5.7% of reviews | 12.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 822 | 4.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | HCA Healthcare, Inc. | HealthStream, Inc |
Customer experience
HCA Inspire
ShiftWizard (New)
Bugs and requests
HCA Inspire
Reported bugs
3 issues- Schedule not loading or showing incorrect information
- App crashing on launch or during use
- Login issues preventing access to the app
Requested features
4 requests- Integrate with calendar app
- Improve schedule visibility and clarity
- Allow viewing of all department schedules
- Streamline shift swapping and PTO requests
ShiftWizard (New)
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HCA Inspire
No in-app purchases
ShiftWizard (New)
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is HCA Inspire free?
Is ShiftWizard (New) free?
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