Search on Shift vs JournalFeed
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Search on Shift
This medical reference app consolidates emergency medicine resources into a single, searchable platform. Quickly access websites, notes, and curated educational content for efficient learning and on-shift reference. It helps track your progress across various medical materials.
- Unified search for EM websites and notes
- Curated learning recommendations (podcasts, articles)
- Learning progress tracking
- Customizable website selection
- Upload and edit personal notes (CSV, Anki, textbooks)
- Flashcards for board exam prep
- Dark mode
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Everything Emergency Medicine in one app. Quickly reference your favorite website resources and your own notes with one search. It's like a browser for Emergency Medicine! The app is designed for EM residents, attending physicians, and medical students. It can be helpful for other specialties as well! SEARCH SMARTER - Type "chest tube" and you will immediately see the best video procedure guide, websites, notes, and other results from popular resources in Emergency Medicine - Type "stroke" and the NIHSS will appear - Type "distal radius" and a fracture guide with splinting tips will appear SIMPLIFIED LEARNING RECOMMENDATIONS - We reviewed all of the content out there so you don't have to get overwhelmed by it all! - It's easy! Go to work, use the app as a reference on shift, then pick a podcast to learn more on your way home! - We also help you track your learning across all of the educational material available to EM residents. FEATURES - Search across popular websites such as: WikEM, Life in the Fastlane, EMRAP Corependium, EMCrit, UpToDate, DynaMed, JournalFeed, and more - Recommended podcasts and articles for education off shift - Track your learning progress across all your resources in Emergency Medicine - Select your preferred websites - Improved layouts for better viewing - Handpicked images, videos, and procedure guides depending on your search term - Upload your own notes from a CSV file - Upload your own notes from Anki - Upload your own textbook - Edit your own notes within the app - Add notes within the app - Backup your notes for use outside of the app - Sync your notes across iOS devices - Flashcards for board exam prep and ITE prep - Dark mode PRICING - Free trial (introductory offer) then a monthly or yearly subscription - This includes access to all the features listed above - Download the app to start your free trial or purchase a subscription
JournalFeed
This app delivers curated medical education summaries from PubMed, focusing on Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, and POCUS. It provides quick, simple summaries with push notifications for the latest articles. A subscription is required for full content access and CME credits.
- Curated medical article summaries
- Push notifications for new articles
- Covers Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, PEM, POCUS
- Full content access with subscription
- CME credit claiming
- Video content access
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The JournalFeed app brings the best medical education to your iPhone! 1 million new articles are listed on PubMed each year...it's overwhelming. JournalFeed finds the articles that matter and Spoon Feeds them to you. Now, with push notifications - the Spoon Feed just got easier! We cover Emergency Medicine primarily and also Critical Care, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, and Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS). Quick, simple summaries… delivered. You can view content, but you need a JournalFeed subscription to see it all. On the app, you can view all written posts, and MAX or PREMIUM subscribers can watch all the videos and claim CME credits right from the app. Don't miss any new articles. Allow push notifications to see summaries of the latest articles that will change your practice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: JournalFeed at none against Search on Shift's 2. Search on Shift's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 10 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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. Search on Shift sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. JournalFeed asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Search on Shift against 5.0 for JournalFeed. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively.
Search on Shift ships an update every 4 weeks, JournalFeed every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Search on Shift | JournalFeed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Made by Nick LLC | JournalFeed, LLC |
Customer experience
Search on Shift
JournalFeed
In-app purchases
Search on Shift
- Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$99.991 Year
JournalFeed
No in-app purchases
