Careswitch vs MAESTRA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Careswitch
This app equips home care agencies with modern technology to streamline care delivery. It helps caregivers manage schedules, access patient information, and communicate with their team, ensuring efficient and high-quality care.
- Schedule management with notifications
- Electronic Visit Verification (EVV)
- Care plan review
- Task recording
- Team chat for support
- Shift submission
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The best caregiving app for home care agencies. We bundled modern tech and powerful features into one easy-to-use app so caregivers of every skill level are equipped to handle any situation. Ensure caregivers arrive on time and prepared for every visit, with the right information and support they need to focus on providing high-quality care. A simple workflow designed for caregivers. Manage your schedule with timely shift notifications and helpful reminders. Shift directions with location notes help you get to shifts on time and electronically verify your visit (EVV). You can review the care plan, record care tasks, and chat with your team for support, then submit your shift.
MAESTRA
This app helps medical professionals find and manage shifts in their local area. It offers powerful filtering and sorting to match your schedule and allows for instant pay requests.
- Find local medical shifts
- Filter and sort shifts
- Request multiple shifts
- Add availability
- Clock in/out of shifts
- Request instant pay
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Welcome to the new MAESTRA! MAESTRA makes it easy to see ALL shifts in your local area and use powerful filtering & sorting tools to find the shifts that work for YOU. Request multiple shifts for the same time slot, increasing your chances of landing the shifts you want! Use MAESTRA to: • Find more shifts in your area so you can find the shifts that fit your schedule • Add your availability and get matched to shifts that work for YOU • Clock in and out of your shifts • Request instant pay at the touch of a button so you get paid faster
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Careswitch at 4.6 against MAESTRA's 3.3. Careswitch also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months). MAESTRA's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Careswitch holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Careswitch's written reviews are positive against 67% of MAESTRA's.
Careswitch ships an update every 11 days, MAESTRA every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Careswitch | MAESTRA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (14 ratings) — better | 3.3 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Careswitch, Inc. | MAS Medical Staffing, Inc |
Customer experience
Careswitch
MAESTRA
In-app purchases
Careswitch
No in-app purchases
MAESTRA
No in-app purchases
