TigerConnect vs HCS eMR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TigerConnect
This app unifies clinical communication and collaboration for healthcare organizations. It delivers real-time clinical data at the point of care, integrating with EHRs and other systems to streamline workflows and improve patient outcomes. It is reliable, secure, and HITRUST-certified.
- Clinical communication and collaboration
- Real-time clinical data delivery
- EHR and system integration
- Secure and reliable messaging
- HITRUST-certified platform
- Streamlined workflows
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TigerConnect is a leader in clinical communication and collaboration, helping unify communications and streamline workflows by delivering real-time, clinical data at the point of care to drive positive outcomes for patients and greater productivity and profitability for healthcare organizations. TigerConnect Clinical Collaboration is built upon our TIGERTEXT market-defining secure messaging application and is part of our complete care orchestration platform that spans provider scheduling, operator console, smart room, alarm management, and many additional solutions — enabling hospitals to unlock siloed data, ease clinician burden, and accelerate care delivery while rationalizing their technology portfolio. To learn more, visit tigerconnect.com/clinicalcollaboration. TigerConnect is reliable, secure, and HITRUST-certified, ensuring consistent communication across your health system at all times. TigerConnect integrates with clinical systems including EHRs, nurse call, staff and physician scheduling, patient monitors and more to accelerate workflows for improved productivity, throughput and patient outcomes. Having trouble? Contact us at https://tigerconnect.com/about/contact-us/#tab-contactsupport ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TigerConnect is currently certified to work in the U.S. and Canada. While users in other countries may download and access the app for free, the TigerConnect user experience may be inconsistent outside the U.S. and Canada.
HCS eMR
This HIPAA-compliant mobile application provides access to patient charts, medication records, and safety checks for healthcare professionals. It allows for charting, medication history queries, and image capture, extending the functionality of the desktop version.
- Access patient charts
- Perform safety checks and rounding
- Chart via eMAR
- Medication history queries
- Capture patient images
- Documented responses
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HCS eMR is the mobile version of HCS Clinicals. HCS eMR is a HIPAA Compliant, Meaningful User Certified eMR that serves the Behavioral, Acute, LTAC and Correctional markets. HCS eMR enables HCS Clinicals modules for the iPhone and iPad. With HCS eMR, the user will be able to access the patients chart, perform safety checks and rounding, access and chart via the eMAR, perform medication history queries, capture patient images and provide documented responses. HCS eMR can be used in any hospital that is licensed and operating the full version of HCS Clinicals version 8 or above.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TigerConnect at 37% against HCS eMR's 0%. TigerConnect also leads on ratings volume (569 vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). HCS eMR's advantage is rating (3.0 vs 2.7) and iOS requirement (11.2 vs 18.0). 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.
HCS eMR holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TigerConnect has 569 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 37% of TigerConnect's written reviews are positive against 0% of HCS eMR's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
TigerConnect ships an update every 3 weeks, HCS eMR every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TigerConnect | HCS eMR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (569 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 569 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #143 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 11.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 256 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TigerConnect, Inc. | Health Care Systems, Inc. |
Customer experience
TigerConnect
HCS eMR
In-app purchases
TigerConnect
No in-app purchases
HCS eMR
No in-app purchases
