Photon Mobile vs CareTime
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Photon Mobile
This app connects healthcare practices with on-call specialists for real-time communication. It facilitates secure sharing of medical information, including images and test results, to improve patient care and outcomes.
- Real-time on-call specialist connection
- Proprietary messaging platform
- Secure medical information sharing
- Patient care improvement
- Access to ER notes and test results
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For you and your healthcare practice, Photon is three things: 1. It's a technology company that connects hospitals to on-call specialists in real time. 2. It's a communications company delivering a proprietary messaging platform that improves patient care and outcomes. 3. It's a package of secure medical information, such as images, ER notes, and test results, that is shared through the Photon system.
CareTime
This app enables caregivers to clock in and out for services, document patient care, and verify task completion. It also allows for viewing schedules and reviewing worked hours, streamlining home care operations.
- Clock in/out (EVV)
- Document care activities
- Verify care plan tasks
- View schedules
- Review hours worked
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CareTime empowers caregivers of home care agencies and self-direction programs to clock in and out (EVV), document care, verify care plan tasks, view schedules and review hours worked.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Photon Mobile at 80% against CareTime's 10%. Photon Mobile also leads on rating (3.8 vs 2.2). CareTime's advantage is ratings volume (63 vs 8) and iOS requirement (8.0 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Photon Mobile holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CareTime has 63 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Photon Mobile's written reviews are positive against 10% of CareTime's.
Photon Mobile ships an update every 2 months, CareTime every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 6, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Photon Mobile | CareTime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (8 ratings) — better | 2.2 (63 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 10.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 63 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Photon Medical Communications, LLC | Jared Schneider |
Customer experience
Photon Mobile
CareTime
In-app purchases
Photon Mobile
No in-app purchases
CareTime
No in-app purchases
