Comparison

ED Rush vs Night Shift

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

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About

ED Rush

Manage a chaotic emergency department, triaging patients, ordering tests, and making critical decisions under pressure. Handle multiple cases simultaneously, from routine to critical, in this engaging simulation game.

Highlights
  • Over 100 clinical cases
  • Order labs and imaging
  • Medication system with consequences
  • Full code simulations
  • Dynamic patient conditions
  • Consultant interruptions
  • Humorous scenarios
Features
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Welcome to ED Rush. The shift just started. Patients are waiting. Labs are pending. Consultants are not answering pages. A patient refuses medication after reading something online. Your coffee is gone. Manage a busy emergency department where priorities change constantly and interruptions never stop. Triage incoming patients, order tests, perform interventions, and make quick decisions while new problems keep arriving. You cannot do everything. You just have to decide what matters most right now. Handle multiple patients at once, run codes when someone crashes, and keep the department moving before things spiral out of control. Some shifts go smoothly. Most do not. DAILY CHALLENGE Four cases a day, fixed for everyone. All four land on the board at once, on a Hard board with the full phone, and the challenge ends when the last one leaves. Who you see first is part of the test. One recorded run a day, practice runs after, a streak to protect, and a share card with your score and four colored squares so you can compare with anyone who played today without spoiling the cases. Plus a tip of the day. STUDENT MODE A slower department for learners. Four patients max, arrivals spaced out, and an attending looking over your shoulder. Get a warning before a harmful order or an unsafe discharge, a nudge when a result sits unread or a patient is getting worse, and a full case review the moment every patient leaves: the diagnosis, the workup it wanted, the traps, and three teaching points to take with you. Done early? Tap NEXT to bring in the next patient. Over 150 cases with teaching content. Scored, never recorded. FEATURES - Over 160 clinical cases spanning chest pain, stroke, trauma, sepsis, pediatrics, psychiatry, and the everyday bread and butter - Daily Challenge: the same four cases for every player, new set every day, with streaks and a share card - Order labs, imaging, and POCUS, then act on what comes back - A medication system with real consequences: the right drug helps, the wrong one has a price - Full code simulations with rhythm checks, RSI, and decisions under a running clock - Dynamic patients whose conditions change while you are busy elsewhere - Consultants with opinions, and a call history in the chart so you can reread what they said - Interruptions that never stop - Custom order sets, as many as you want - A detailed end-of-shift debrief: every patient, every decision, every point - Rare Coffee Rush bonuses that briefly speed up every action - Humor inspired by familiar emergency department moments - Easy to learn. Hard to master. Different every time you play. IMPORTANT NOTICE ED Rush is a fictional entertainment game inspired by healthcare environments. It is not intended to provide medical advice, clinical training, or professional guidance. Scenarios and outcomes are simplified for gameplay, built around common emergency medicine cases rather than strict clinical accuracy. Nothing in Student Mode replaces your preceptors, attendings, or institutional protocols.

About

Night Shift

Practice quick clinical thinking in a fast-paced pixel-style triage game. Manage patients arriving in a busy ER, sending them to the correct departments before the waiting room overflows. Learn from short teaching notes after each decision.

Highlights
  • Patient cases across multiple departments
  • Short teaching notes for learning
  • Fast triage gameplay with scoring
  • Offline play support
  • Multiple language options
Features
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You're on the night shift in a busy ER. Patients arrive one after another — chest pain, stroke symptoms, fever, acute abdomen, and more. Read the complaint and vitals, then send each patient to the right department before the waiting room overflows. Night Shift: ER Triage is a fast pixel-style triage game that helps you practice quick clinical thinking through short patient scenarios. After each decision, you get a short teaching note explaining the key signs, so you can learn as you play. FEATURES • Patient cases across Cardiology, Neurology, Infectious Diseases, and Surgery • Short teaching notes after each decision • Fast triage gameplay with score, combo, lives, and ranks • Full English and Russian language support • Works fully offline — play anywhere • Night Shift Plus: extra patients, Classic+ mode, Hard Shift with modifiers, and personal stats Great for medical and nursing students, healthcare professionals, and anyone who enjoys fast decision games. Night Shift is an educational game. It is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Screenshots

ED Rush4 screens
Night Shift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ED Rush at 100% against Night Shift's 0%. ED Rush also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 days). Night Shift's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, monetization model 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. ED Rush sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Night Shift asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ED Rush ships an update every 3 days, Night Shift every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ED Rush versus Night Shift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterED RushNight Shift
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (51 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings51 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB4 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperJames NapolitanoNikita Bulygin

Customer experience

ED Rush

All ratings51 ratings
Positive98.0%
Neutral2.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Night Shift

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ED Rush

One-time1
  • Unlock the Full Department$11.99
None

Night Shift

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ED Rush free?
ED Rush is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Night Shift free?
Night Shift is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ED Rush or Night Shift have ads?
Neither ED Rush nor Night Shift shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ED Rush or Night Shift?
ED Rush ships an update every 3 days, and Night Shift every 5 days. Most recently, ED Rush was updated on October 28, 2026 and Night Shift on October 28, 2026.

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