EM vs Shift Admin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EM
Access a comprehensive suite of medical education resources, including audio podcasts, HD videos, board review courses, and literature summaries. This platform offers content for emergency medicine, urgent care, and primary care professionals, aiming to be a one-stop shop for career-long learning.
- Audio podcasts for emergency, urgent, and primary care
- HD procedure videos with expert commentary
- Board review courses for various medical professionals
- LLSA exam preparation
- Summarized medical literature reviews
- Comprehensive primary care audio series
- Urgent care educational products
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Join 65,000 of your colleagues and subscribe to the #1 online medical education platform in the world. Gone are the days when you had to buy multiple products from different vendors. With EM:RAP you gain access to everything you will ever need throughout your career, all for one low price. Because what you do matters! AUDIO PODCASTS Our emergency medicine, urgent care, and primary care audio programs have something for everyone. Just starting out? Our Comprehensive Core Curriculum (C3) has you covered for all of the most common presentations to the Emergency Department and Urgent Care. More of a seasoned vet? There is a reason our flagship EM:RAP podcast is the #1 EM audio program: it is full of cutting-edge updates from the specialty’s leading voices. Looking to expand your Urgent Care knowledge? UC Max has you covered! HD VIDEOS Can’t remember exactly how to execute that tricky procedure? Have no fear, our HD video section is filled with expertly-shot procedure videos and expert commentary. We also regularly host live shows to cover topics of interest. Additionally, we are building a robust library of video courses and lectures so you visual learners can deep dive into specific topics of interest. BOARD REVIEW Our Crunch Time audio product is a comprehensive board review course for MDs, RNs, PAs, NPs, and students of all types. We even have separate versions for both Emergency Medicine and Family Medicine! LIFELONG LEARNING AND SELF-ASSESSMENT (LLSA) Our reviews of LLSA papers cut straight to the chase. Listen to the audio and take the attached quiz, and you’ll be ready to ace the ABEM LLSA exam! LITERATURE REVIEWS Our Emergency Medical Abstracts team analyzes over 600 papers each month, so you don’t have to! And we dissect and summarize the best of these abstracts so you have the very best-available information for your practice. PRIMARY CARE Right on Prime is our comprehensive monthly audio series for the generalist. Primary care, urgent care, low-risk obstetrics, pediatrics, rural, remote and international medicine, paper reviews, and much more! URGENT CARE UC Maximus has revolutionized Urgent Care education. Your membership unlocks exclusive access to a comprehensive suite of UC educational products. ABOUT EM:RAP For twenty years, Emergency Medicine: Reviews and Perspectives (EM:RAP) has provided the EM community with the highest-quality medical education resources. Now the leaders in the field, the name EM:RAP has become synonymous with EM education. EM:RAP’s UC Maximus platform will do the same for Urgent Care. Our goal is to provide you with a one-stop for all your educational needs. With your EM:RAP subscription you gain access to everything you will ever need throughout your career, all for one low price.
Shift Admin
Manage your clinical schedule and shifts on the go. Easily view your calendar, request shift pickups, submit trades, and track offers. The app allows for clocking in/out, submitting custom hours, and communicating with colleagues.
- View schedule on main calendar
- Request shift pick-ups and trades
- Track current shift offers
- Review daily schedules for all providers
- View shift stats and data
- Submit custom hours
- Clock-in/Clock-out
- Communicate with users via email/text
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With the Shift Admin app, we are putting the power of our world-class, award-winning software into the palm of your hand. Our new app features a fast-paced, user-friendly design that perfectly compliments the fast-paced and ever-changing lifestyle of today’s clinicians. With this app, you can... Quickly and easily view your schedule on the main calendar screen Request shift pick-ups, submit trades and keep track of your current shift offers Review specific days to view which shifts you have scheduled for that day, as well shifts for other scheduled providers Review at-a-glance shift stats and other data Submit custom hours Clock-in/Clock-out directly from the app Communicate with other users via email and text Additional features of the main Shift Admin desktop platform will soon be added to future versions of the app. Until then, leverage the market’s #1 healthcare provider scheduling platform with more ease on your mobile device today. It’s about time!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: EM at 4.8 against Shift Admin's 3.3. EM also leads on ratings volume (4.3K vs 71). Shift Admin's advantage is monetization model (free vs subscription). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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.
EM holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EM has 4.3K ratings behind it against 71, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 35% and 35% positive.
EM ships an update every 6 weeks, Shift Admin every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EM | Shift Admin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4.3K ratings) — better | 3.3 (71 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 34.7% of reviews | 35.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.3K — better | 71 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | EM:RAP, Inc. | QGenda, LLC |
Customer experience
EM
Shift Admin
Bugs and requests
EM
Reported bugs
5 issues- Download function doesn't work
- Downloads Still Don't Work
- Downloads do not work
- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
Requested features
8 requests- Need ipad version
- Needs CarPlay compatibility
- CME needs to be in the app
- Ability to continue playing what was most recently played by default upon opening the app
- Skip forward/backward 15 seconds button on media display
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- CarPlay!!!
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
Shift Admin
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
EM
No in-app purchases
Shift Admin
No in-app purchases









