Comparison

Shift Admin vs Sampson Scribe

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Shift Admin

Manage your clinical schedule and shifts on the go. Easily view your calendar, request shift pickups, submit trades, and track offers. The app allows for clocking in/out, submitting custom hours, and communicating with colleagues.

Highlights
  • View schedule on main calendar
  • Request shift pick-ups and trades
  • Track current shift offers
  • Review daily schedules for all providers
  • View shift stats and data
  • Submit custom hours
  • Clock-in/Clock-out
  • Communicate with users via email/text
Features
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With the Shift Admin app, we are putting the power of our world-class, award-winning software into the palm of your hand. Our new app features a fast-paced, user-friendly design that perfectly compliments the fast-paced and ever-changing lifestyle of today’s clinicians. With this app, you can... Quickly and easily view your schedule on the main calendar screen Request shift pick-ups, submit trades and keep track of your current shift offers Review specific days to view which shifts you have scheduled for that day, as well shifts for other scheduled providers Review at-a-glance shift stats and other data Submit custom hours Clock-in/Clock-out directly from the app Communicate with other users via email and text Additional features of the main Shift Admin desktop platform will soon be added to future versions of the app. Until then, leverage the market’s #1 healthcare provider scheduling platform with more ease on your mobile device today. It’s about time!

About

Sampson Scribe

This AI-powered medical scribe is designed for emergency medicine physicians. It listens to patient encounters and automatically generates comprehensive documentation, including MDMs and discharge instructions in multiple languages. The app also helps prevent undercoding by identifying critical care time and coding opportunities.

Highlights
  • AI-powered medical documentation
  • Automatic MDM generation
  • Multi-language discharge instructions
  • Critical care time capture
  • Multi-patient board management
  • HIPAA-compliant infrastructure
Features
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Sampson is an ambient medical scribe built specifically for emergency medicine — not a scribe built for primary care with an EM template slapped on it, but designed from the ground up for how ED physicians actually work. Sampson generates complete documentation-including MDMs that read like they were written by a seasoned attending with all the time in the world to write the perfect note. Sampson also automatically generates DC instructions, with the patients native language auto-detected, complete with visit summary, return precautions, and follow up instructions, as soon as discharge is detected. Explore advanced features, like multi-patient mode, attestation mode-Sampson even automatically captures missed critical care time and generates CCT addendums specific to that particular case, so no more downcoding. BUILT FOR THE ED - Literally built by ER Physicians working shifts just like you. No corporate backing, no shady private equity owners. - Notes generated in real time, ready to paste into your EMR - Multi-patient board management — track name, chief complaint, and room number across your whole shift - Record first, fill in patient details later — Sampson won't stop you for incomplete patient info DISCHARGE IN ANY LANGUAGE When an interpreter is used during the encounter, Sampson automatically detects the language and generates discharge instructions in both English and the patient's language — no extra steps, no separate translation workflow. Currently supports Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese, and Tagalog. BUILT-IN BILLING INTELLIGENCE Sampson captures the documentation you forgot to dictate. Critical Care Time flags, CoPA, data, and risk coding notes are surfaced automatically so you stop undercoding without thinking about it. HIPAA-COMPLIANT INFRASTRUCTURE Built on AWS with end-to-end encryption, CloudTrail audit logging, and a no-retention audio policy. Audio auto deletes at 48 hrs, notes auto delete at 14 days. Your patients' data is protected. YOUR DATA IS SAFE Sampson will NEVER use your data to train our models on, unless you specifically give us permission to do so. Withholding permission to use your data does not affect your ability to use Sampson in any way, shape or form, and never will.

Screenshots

Shift Admin4 screens
Sampson Scribe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sampson Scribe at 5.0 against Shift Admin's 3.3. Sampson Scribe also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Shift Admin's advantage is ratings volume (71 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sampson Scribe holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shift Admin has 71 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shift Admin ships an update every 2 months, Sampson Scribe weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Shift Admin versus Sampson Scribe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShift AdminSampson Scribe
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (71 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews35.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings71 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB12 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperQGenda, LLCSampson Scribe LLC

Customer experience

Shift Admin

All ratings71 ratings
Positive52.1%
Neutral11.3%
Negative36.6%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive35.3%
Neutral17.6%
Negative47.1%

Sampson Scribe

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Shift Admin

No in-app purchases

None

Sampson Scribe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shift Admin free?
Shift Admin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sampson Scribe free?
Sampson Scribe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Shift Admin or Sampson Scribe?
Sampson Scribe is rated higher. Shift Admin averages 3.3 out of 5 from 71 ratings, while Sampson Scribe averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Shift Admin or Sampson Scribe have ads?
Neither Shift Admin nor Sampson Scribe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shift Admin or Sampson Scribe?
Shift Admin ships an update every 2 months, and Sampson Scribe weekly. Most recently, Shift Admin was updated on September 29, 2026 and Sampson Scribe on September 19, 2026.

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