Comparison

DeepScribe vs shiftMD for iPad

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

Head to head
About

DeepScribe

This AI-powered medical scribe transforms patient conversations into detailed, specialty-specific clinical notes. It integrates with your EHR, learns your documentation style, and significantly reduces chart closure time, allowing more focus on patient care.

Highlights
  • Ambient AI medical scribe
  • Specialty-specific clinical notes
  • EHR integration
  • Learns user's documentation style
  • Reduces chart closure time
  • Works on desktop and iPhone
Features
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DeepScribe is the leading ambient AI medical scribe for specialty and chronic care. Turn patient conversations into complete, specialty-specific clinical notes that sync seamlessly with your EHR, so you can spend less time documenting and more time with patients. CAPTURE EVERY ENCOUNTER WITH EASE: - Select the patient from your schedule - Record the visit - Review the note in your EHR - Sign off BUILT FOR COMPLEX SPECIALTIES: DeepScribe understands specialty nuance, terminology, and longitudinal context. Notes reflect the full clinical picture and surface key insights exactly when you need them. WORKS WHERE YOU WORK: DeepScribe works on desktop and iPhone, so documentation can keep moving between visits, during rounds, or anywhere your day takes you. AI THAT ADAPTS TO YOU: Your notes look and sound like you from day one, and then get better with every edit. - Learns your style, structure, and phrasing from past notes - Adjusts automatically based on visit type and patient context - Absorbs every edit and applies it to future notes - Fine-tune customization rules using plain language, no support tickets needed INTEGRATES WITH YOUR EHR: DeepScribe integrates with both leading EHRs and specialty-specific platforms, so documentation flows where it's needed with less friction. PROVEN RESULTS: - 99.92% note approval rating - 85% clinical adoption - 1.6 minute average chart closure time

About

shiftMD for iPad

Features
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The shiftMD Community App is your shiftMD companion app. The shiftMD Community App can be used as a personal device or can be set to community mode. When in community mode, the shiftMD Community App can be used as a centralized location for staff to go to when sending out product recommendations. To install and activate the shiftMD Community App, you must already have a shiftMD account and have the shiftMD app installed on your mobile device.

Screenshots

DeepScribe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: DeepScribe at 3 against shiftMD for iPad's 1. shiftMD for iPad's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
DeepScribe versus shiftMD for iPad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeepScribeshiftMD for iPad
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (39 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings39 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB28 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperDeepScribeshiftMD LLC

In-app purchases

None

DeepScribe

No in-app purchases

None

shiftMD for iPad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DeepScribe free?
DeepScribe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is shiftMD for iPad free?
shiftMD for iPad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DeepScribe or shiftMD for iPad have ads?
Neither DeepScribe nor shiftMD for iPad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DeepScribe or shiftMD for iPad?
DeepScribe ships an update every 3 weeks, and shiftMD for iPad every 3 weeks. Most recently, DeepScribe was updated on October 13, 2026 and shiftMD for iPad on October 3, 2026.

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