Comparison

FetaLink+ vs shiftMD

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

Head to head
About

FetaLink+

Access patient surveillance information remotely via an iOS device. View comprehensive patient lists, key obstetrical data, and fetal/maternal monitoring waveforms. Review all monitoring data from the current episode, including annotations and vital signs.

Highlights
  • Comprehensive patient list
  • Key obstetrical data display
  • Fetal and maternal monitoring waveforms
  • Review current episode monitoring data
  • View fetal tracing and annotations
  • View medication and IV administration annotations
  • View maternal vital signs
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With FetaLink+, surveillance information that is available at the bedside can be accessed from any location through an iOS mobile device with either cellular or WiFi connectivity, driving efficiency at the point of care. Application functionality: • Provides comprehensive patient list • Displays most recent key obstetrical data, including ruptured membrane, gravida para, and cervical exam • Displays both fetal and maternal monitoring waveform data • Allows Providers to review all monitoring data from the current episode • Fetal tracing can be viewed when user is in the annotation summary view • Ability to view both clinician and device annotations at relevant times on the strip • Ability to view Medication and IV administration annotations on the strip • Ability to view annotations made by the bedside clinician • Ability to view maternal vital signs captured from the fetal monitor FetaLink+ is a diagnostic aid that does not replace the clinician’s judgment concerning interpretation of data or appropriate treatment. FetaLink+ requires that the care organization license and operate infrastructure for use. Please contact your corporate IT or Cerner representative for details or inquiry.

About

shiftMD

This app allows healthcare providers to easily find and recommend therapeutic products to patients, ensuring they receive the correct items. It provides visibility into patient compliance and helps patients save time and money on their prescribed treatments.

Highlights
  • Find therapeutic products
  • Establish therapy duration
  • Send recommendations to patients
  • Track patient compliance
  • Discover new products
  • Receive product alerts
Features
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As a healthcare provider, you are constantly recommending non prescription, therapeutic, first-line products to your patients. You don’t know if they heed that advice and go to the pharmacy or online to purchase what you recommend. With the literally thousands of products online, your patient may not actually purchase the product with the specific ingredients or affects that you as the healthcare provider actually intended. With the shiftMD app, you can easily find the product, establish the duration of therapy and send it directly to your patient. You will have full visibility to ensure your patient’s compliance, as well as full access to learn about the existing products on the platform and alerted when new ones become available. With shiftMD you’ll provide value to your patients by: • Saving them time wasted with pharmacy visits • Saving them time and confusion spent traversing the online retailers • Saving them money since the products you recommend through shiftMD are usually priced better than anywhere • Convenience since the products are discretely shipped to their home for the allotted time designated

Screenshots

FetaLink+4 screens
shiftMD3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: shiftMD at 5.0 against FetaLink+'s 2.6. shiftMD also leads on ratings volume (61 vs 14) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.4). FetaLink+'s advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 8 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

shiftMD holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 61 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FetaLink+ ships an update every 3 months, shiftMD every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and July 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
FetaLink+ versus shiftMD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFetaLink+shiftMD
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (14 ratings)5.0 (61 ratings) — better
Positive reviews12.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings1461 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.414.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB48 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperCerner CorporationshiftMD LLC

Customer experience

FetaLink+

All ratings14 ratings
Positive35.7%
Neutral7.1%
Negative57.1%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive12.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative75.0%

shiftMD

All ratings61 ratings
Positive98.4%
Neutral1.6%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

FetaLink+

No in-app purchases

None

shiftMD

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FetaLink+ free?
FetaLink+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is shiftMD free?
shiftMD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FetaLink+ or shiftMD?
shiftMD is rated higher. FetaLink+ averages 2.6 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while shiftMD averages 5.0 from 61 ratings.
Do FetaLink+ or shiftMD have ads?
Neither FetaLink+ nor shiftMD shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FetaLink+ or shiftMD?
FetaLink+ ships an update every 3 months, and shiftMD every 8 months. Most recently, FetaLink+ was updated on September 18, 2026 and shiftMD on July 5, 2026.

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