OnShift Mobile vs Inovalon WFM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OnShift Mobile
Manage your work schedule, communicate with colleagues, and handle shift requests on the go. This app allows employees to view their schedule, respond to messages, and request time off. Schedulers can manage call-offs and communicate with staff efficiently.
- View schedule anytime, anywhere
- Receive and reply to messages
- Manage open shift notifications
- Request shifts, fill-ins, and time off
- Set communication preferences
- Manage call-offs
- Contact staff via Employee Directory
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OnShift Customers: Manage your schedule anytime, anywhere with OnShift’s easy-to-use mobile app. Employees: Access and manage your schedule anytime. - View your schedule anytime, anywhere - Receive and reply to messages & open shift notifications - Request shifts, fill-ins & time off - Set communication preferences - View reward and performance history (OnShift Engage Customers Only) Schedulers: Quickly manage call-offs on-the-go! - Remove and log called-off employees - Send messages to available and qualified staff - Contact staff members directly using the app’s Employee Directory NOTE: The OnShift mobile app is available to all OnShift customers. Please contact support@onshift.com with any questions.
Inovalon WFM
This cloud-based staff scheduling and Human Capital Management software helps healthcare organizations reduce labor costs, decrease employee turnover, and increase scheduling efficiency. It offers tools for online scheduling, managing open shifts, and ensuring appropriate staffing levels.
- Online staff scheduling
- Dynamic schedule viewing
- Patient flow oversight
- Open shift management
- Automated staffing level visibility
- Rules-based schedule filling
- Team scheduling
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The Inovalon Schedule Management application, previously known as ShiftHound, is the leader in cloud-based staff scheduling and Human Capital Management software. Healthcare organizations across the country use Inovalon Schedule Management to reduce labor costs by preventing overtime, decreasing employee turnover, and increasing scheduling efficiency, communication, and compliance to right-staffing ratios/HPPD/$PPD. Using Inovalon Schedule Management, management and employees gain back valuable time to do what they do best – provide quality care. Customers choose Inovalon Schedule Management because of its extremely simple to use interface, quick implementation time, and proven ability to deliver immediate ROI thorough cost savings, increased efficiencies, and better quality of life for their managers and staff. The Inovalon Schedule Management tools include: Online Staff Scheduling - Online point-and-click-scheduling, schedule by template for staff working set, repeatable shifts week after week, and last-minute availability. PowerScheduler - Managers can dynamically view schedules in one-week, two-week, four-week or six-week formats, with additional customizable display options related to needs, staffing levels and the entire schedule. Important decision-making information down to the employee level is displayed and can be sorted on one screen. SupervisorView - Supervisors can easily oversee patient flow and redirect and allocate resources across their organization using SupervisorView. Staffing and census for each care area is displayed on a single screen giving supervisors instant understanding of staffing and bed availability house wide. Open Shift Management - With the use of OSM, you can engage your staff in a positive way to tackle the challenge of scheduling your unit and facility together with your staff collaboratively. They request open shifts that they are qualified for and managers can approve, or decline based on important information such as overtime and seniority. xPPD/HPPD Staffing - xPPD/HPPD scheduling is simple with a tool that automates the process and gives you immediate visibility to your staffing levels (under or over the target) given any census or anticipated census for all job types on your unit. AutoScheduler - A rules-based tool that provides managers with the ability to fill holes in the schedule quickly and fairly, meeting staffing level requirements. The AutoScheduler can create balanced schedules and includes rules for shift assignment that can be defined by employee availability and seniority. TeamScheduler - Certain organizations or departments often work as teams or pods and scheduling, tracking, and managing these groups can be very difficult with spreadsheets or outdated scheduling systems. TeamScheduler alleviates the difficulty and time required to schedule teams and streamlines the day-to-day adjustments. Credentialer® - Credentialer is fully integrated with the Inovalon Schedule Management online scheduling application, and gives all concerned parties in the organization the ability to track credentials and related data for all staff members, including certifications, licenses, etc. – and includes the ability to upload documents and receive alerts for expirations. Integration Engine - Making sure that data is in sync and seamlessly shared between HR, Scheduling, and Time & Attendance systems allows your managers and staff to focus on their jobs-at-hand instead of double entering and constantly updating the same data across systems.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Inovalon WFM at 4.7 against OnShift Mobile's 1.5. Inovalon WFM also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 5%) and ratings volume (20K vs 295). OnShift Mobile's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and iOS requirement (12.2 vs 15.6). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Inovalon WFM holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Inovalon WFM has 20K ratings behind it against 295, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 5% of OnShift Mobile's written reviews are positive against 33% of Inovalon WFM's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OnShift Mobile | Inovalon WFM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (295 ratings) | 4.7 (20K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 4.6% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 295 | 20K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OnShift, Inc. | Shifthound, Inc. |
Customer experience
OnShift Mobile
Inovalon WFM
User reviews
OnShift Mobile
From 295 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 💡 Convenient for scheduling
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
- 🔍 Unreliable connectivity
- ⏱️ Slow performance
- 🔒 Login and password issues
- 💸 Wallet/pay issues
Inovalon WFM
From 20K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Helpful app
- 👍 Convenient schedule access
- 👍 Shift swapping feature
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and loading issues
- 🐛 Unreliable performance
- 👎 Lack of communication about schedule changes
Bugs and requests
OnShift Mobile
Reported bugs
4 issues- Constant log-outs and login issues
- Scheduling information not always accurate
- Wallet/pay feature frequently not working
- App freezes and crashes often
Requested features
5 requests- Improve stability and reliability
- Add fingerprint/biometric login
- Enhance scheduling and shift management features
- Integrate with external calendars
- Improve wallet/pay functionality
Inovalon WFM
Reported bugs
3 issues- App not loading or freezing
- Issues after iOS 14 update
- Inconsistent behavior (cleared vs approved shifts)
Requested features
3 requests- Virtual schedule on computer
- Notification for schedule changes
- Ability to contact support
In-app purchases
OnShift Mobile
No in-app purchases
Inovalon WFM
No in-app purchases
Questions
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