Comparison

Pega Plantão vs ShiftSide

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Pega Plantão

This app streamlines the scheduling and management of healthcare professionals' shifts. It allows users to view their schedules, request shift changes, receive alerts, and submit documentation. Coordinators can track activities in real-time and process payments efficiently.

Highlights
  • View shift schedules
  • Request shift exchanges
  • Receive important alerts
  • Register shift attendance
  • Submit required documentation
  • Real-time coordinator tracking
  • Agile payment processing
Features
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O Pega Plantão conecta coordenadores de escala e profissionais da saúde com praticidade. Com o app, você visualiza seus plantões, solicita trocas, recebe alertas importantes e ainda pode registrar a presença no plantão e enviar a documentação solicitada pela empresa. O coordenador acompanha tudo em tempo real e realiza os pagamentos com agilidade. Otimize a rotina do seu grupo com o Pega Plantão. Baixe agora!

About

ShiftSide

Organize your work schedule and track your income across multiple healthcare facilities. This app helps medical professionals manage shifts, payments, and workplace details. Offers premium features for advanced scheduling, payment tracking, and reporting.

Highlights
  • Organize work schedules
  • Track expected and received payments
  • Manage multiple workplaces
  • Set custom shift repeats
  • Generate PDF/CSV reports
  • Income goal setting
  • Calendar integration
Features
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Your shifts organized. Your income in view. Working across several hospitals or clinics means keeping track of schedules, upcoming shifts and payments. ShiftSide brings them together in a personal planner for doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals. ORGANIZE YOUR SCHEDULE • Add shifts with a date, time, duration, workplace and expected amount. • See upcoming shifts and filter by workplace. • Check when overnight shifts end, including shifts that cross midnight. • Get reminders before your shifts. TRACK YOUR PAYMENTS • Separate expected income, outstanding payments and money received. • Review your history by period and workplace. • Open a shift to check its times, details and payments. KEEP YOUR WORKPLACES HANDY • Search for hospitals and clinics by name. • Save addresses and see workplaces on a map. • Set defaults to help fill in your next shifts. DO MORE WITH PREMIUM • Set custom repeats and schedules such as 12 hours on/36 off, 24 on/48 off and 24 on/72 off. • Reuse templates when adding shifts. • Record partial payments and track due dates. • Set a monthly income goal and view your payment forecast. • Explore reports and export information as PDF or CSV. • See upcoming shifts, outstanding payments and your monthly summary in widgets. • Customize reminders and connect your shifts to Calendar. • Follow an ongoing shift with Live Activities on supported devices. YOUR LANGUAGE AND REGION Use English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese or Portuguese from Portugal. Dates, times and number formats follow your device region. Choose BRL, USD, GBP, AUD, ARS or EUR for shift income. Changing currency does not convert recorded amounts. The optional holiday calendar currently covers Brazil. MADE FOR IPHONE AND IPAD An interface designed for quick checks, with dark mode and room for lists and details side by side on iPad. Start free, without creating an account. Your records are stored on your device; optional iCloud features are available with Premium. Premium is optional, and plans, prices and any eligible trial are shown before purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically and can be managed in your App Store account settings. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Pega Plantão4 screens
ShiftSide3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ShiftSide at 100% against Pega Plantão's 46%. ShiftSide also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks). Pega Plantão's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.2 vs 16.1). On price, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ShiftSide sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Pega Plantão asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pega Plantão ships an update every 5 weeks, ShiftSide every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pega Plantão versus ShiftSide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPega PlantãoShiftSide
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (48 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews46.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings48 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.2 — better16.1
Further details — not scored
Size141 MB25 MB
Age rating+4+4
DeveloperVolatilePaulo Menezes

Customer experience

Pega Plantão

All ratings42 ratings
Positive97.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive46.4%
Neutral10.7%
Negative42.9%

ShiftSide

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pega Plantão

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

ShiftSide

Subscriptions2
  • ShiftSide · Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • ShiftSide · Annual14 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Pega Plantão free?
Pega Plantão is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ShiftSide free?
ShiftSide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pega Plantão or ShiftSide have ads?
Neither Pega Plantão nor ShiftSide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pega Plantão or ShiftSide?
Pega Plantão ships an update every 5 weeks, and ShiftSide every 3 days. Most recently, Pega Plantão was updated on November 11, 2026 and ShiftSide on November 3, 2026.

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