CLWRota vs Rayyan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CLWRota
Access your department's live schedule and manage your leave directly from your smartphone. View rota information by location or person, and easily contact colleagues. Book and bid for uncovered sessions, and communicate with administrators.
- Live rota access
- Personal rota and leave diary
- Book and manage leave
- View rota by location or person
- Contact colleagues via call link
- Integrated rota mapping
- Bid for uncovered sessions
- Direct messaging with administrators
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Use CLWRota for iPhone to connect to your anaesthetic department's live rota from anywhere. This secure app provides up to date views of your personal rota and leave diary, as well as allowing you to directly book and manage your leave on your smartphone. You can see rota information both by location or person, filtered to the groups of your choice, and see all of the department's on-call rotas. Getting in touch with your colleagues is easy - simply tap the 'Call' link displayed next to their name. Our newly integrated rota mapping service allows you to connect to other departments using Rotamap services, such as Medirota, within your trust - giving a live view of the other people working with you from those departments in those sessions. Uncovered sessions can be offered out by the rota coordinators, and you can request to work these sessions with the new 'Bids' feature. The built-in messaging service allows you to communicate directly with your department rota administrators. If you have difficulty registering for the service, please speak to your department's administration team for assistance. Contact us directly at support@rotamap.net if you want to talk to us about any suggestions or feedback, as the App Store does not allow us to respond to reviews. Please note that the server URL you need is in the format: example.clwrota.com/app
Rayyan
This app streamlines systematic literature reviews for researchers, enabling quick article screening and decision-making on mobile devices. It supports offline work and real-time collaboration, significantly reducing review time.
- Offline article screening
- Real-time collaboration
- Quick inclusion decisions
- Reference labeling
- Article filtering
- Configurable settings
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The Most Advanced Systematic Literature Review App If you conduct research, Rayyan is the app for you. It accelerates systematic literature reviews in support of all types of evidence-based research. Developed by researchers, for researchers, Rayyan offers a quick and easy way to screen articles on the go, and it even works offline! Key Features: - Work online for real-time collaboration. - Download your reviews to work on the go or offline. - Swipe left or right to make inclusion decisions quickly. - Label references by selecting or adding labels. - Filter references with the touch of a button. - Configure and save your settings to work however you like. Save Your Valuable Time, Reduce Your Frustration, and Increase Your Productivity Rayyan is designed to guide you through article screening by enabling quick decisions and label applications on each article. You won’t believe how easy it is to use! Researchers report reducing the time spent on their reviews by 50%-80% or more using Rayyan. Enjoying real-time collaboration with fellow researchers has never been easier. Rayyan records every decision for you. The app even functions when you’re offline, so you can always rely on Rayyan to make the most of your valuable time. We welcome your feedback about the app. You can contact us anytime via email at support@rayyan.ai or on Twitter @rayyanapp. Terms of Use: https://www.rayyan.ai/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://www.rayyan.ai/privacy_policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CLWRota at none against Rayyan's 14. Rayyan's advantage is review sentiment (37% vs 7%) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Rayyan sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. CLWRota asks for nothing beyond the download.
CLWRota ships an update every 3 months, Rayyan every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CLWRota | Rayyan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.8 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.4% of reviews | 37.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Rotamap Ltd | Rayyan Systems, Inc. |
Customer experience
CLWRota
Rayyan
Bugs and requests
CLWRota
Reported bugs
62 issues- App is still bugged
- Not receiving messages
- Notifications work sometimes, not others
- Significant notification issue
- Cannot log in
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- "Stay logged in" option does not work
- Only displays first two theatres
- Does not keep info offline
- Crashes frequently
- Cannot handle rapid scrolling
- Not reliable enough
- Doesn't load rota
- New design no longer displays info
- Colour of rings on rota difficult to discern
- Cannot go past the first page
- Fails to get past start splash screen
- Crashes on opening
- Broken again, doesn't get past initial screen
- Useless, has to log in every few minutes
- Only displays first two theatres, doesn't load others until restarted
- Does not keep info offline
- Crashes frequently, cannot handle rapid scrolling
- Not reliable enough, resorting to web app
- Broken, doesn't load rota anymore
- New design no longer displays info like theatre contact numbers
- Colour of rings on rota difficult to discern
- Completely broken, cannot go past the first page
- Failed, no longer gets past start splash screen
- Avoid update, can't get beyond opening screen
- Crashes on opening "My Rota" tab
- Broken Again, renders it useless, doesn't get past initial screen
- Still crap
- Please make latest version work, used to be fast and reliable
- Used to be ok but not now, tells "not found"
- Still doesn't recognise the server
- Not able to open this in the iPhone 6 and 6 plus
- Not updated for ages, basically unusable
- Have CLW abandoned the app?
- Freezes almost everytime, has to be removed and restarted
- Useless, doesn't work at all with ios 8
- Won't open at all on iPhone 6
- App currently freezes, can't see notes on lists via app
- Not working with the new iPhone 6, crashes every time
- Stopped working with iPhone 6
- NEEDS UPDATING! KEEPS CRASHING, can't get it to work with ios8
- Does not work on any platform, just doesn't load, useless
- Not compatible with up to date iOS updates
- Out of date & doesn't work on iOS 8
- Crashes on my iPhone 5 running iOS 8.1
- Works, just not on iPhone 6, app won't open
- Not working with iOS 8- frozen, will not load
- Crashes when you try to open the app on the iPhone 6
- Not compatible with iPhone 6, app won't even open
- Still working on my iPad (iOS 8) but won't even open on my iPhone
- Not working on iOS 8, was ok before but still not optimised for bigger screens
- Won't open for 3 weeks now since getting the iPhone 6, goes black and self closes
- Needs bug fix, was working fine before downloading IOS 8, but now it does not even open
- Not working on my new iPhone6, crashing before opening
- Keeps freezing and now crashing on iOS 8
- Not working in IPhone 6. Does not work in iOS 8. Keeps crashing without opening.
- App stuck in waiting mode, refused to work after a week
- Useless, keeps saying data providing error despite login being correct
Requested features
18 requests- iCal support
- Sync with personal calendars
- Seamless integration with Google Calendar or iCal
- Personal subscribable iCal
- iOS “Today” widget
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- Show more than one profile/login
- Offline mode for key information
- Push notifications for rota changes
- Optimised for bigger screens
- iPhone 5 compatibility
- Update for current iOS versions
- Fix for iPhone 6/6+ compatibility
- Update for iOS 8 compatibility
- Fix for iOS 7 compatibility
- Fix for iOS 6 compatibility
- Fix for iOS 8 compatibility
- Fix for iOS 8.1 compatibility
- Fix for current iOS updates
Rayyan
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CLWRota
No in-app purchases
Rayyan
- Student Monthly$9.991 Month
- Professional Monthly$14.991 Month
- Student Quarterly$24.993 Months
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- Essential Quarterly$24.993 Months
- Professional Quarterly$39.993 Months
- Advanced Quarterly$39.993 Months
- Student Annual$59.991 Year
- Essential Annual$59.991 Year
- Advanced Quarterly 2 Seats$79.993 Months
- Professional Annual$99.991 Year
- Advanced Annual$99.991 Year
- Advanced Quarterly 4 Seats$159.993 Months
- Advanced Annual 5 Seats$499.991 Year









