Comparison

Vocera Collaboration Suite vs QuantumChat

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

Head to head
About

Vocera Collaboration Suite

This enterprise-class application facilitates secure, HIPAA-compliant voice and text communication for healthcare teams. It enables instant connections, real-time situational awareness, and integration with clinical systems to improve patient care and staff productivity.

Highlights
  • Secure messaging and voice calls
  • Integration with clinical systems
  • Real-time situational awareness
  • Support for shared and personal devices
  • Auditable delivery and response reporting
  • Presence and availability indicators
  • Secure content delivery
Features
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Enterprise-class clinical communications including secure messaging Vocera Collaboration Suite is the industry’s leading enterprise-class, HIPAA compliance enabling voice and secure texting smartphone application that allows you to call by name, group, or broadcast, and integrates with more than 140 clinical systems. Providing real-time situational awareness and actionable patient data to inform clinical decisions, care team members can easily communicate and collaborate, improving the experience of the patient and caregiver. This solution creates a seamless user experience, combining the unique calling, texting, alerting and content distribution capabilities of Vocera into one, secure and easy-to-use mobile application. Instantly connecting care teams inside or outside the healthcare facility improves staff productivity, patient safety and the overall care experience. Vocera offers a choice of end-user devices to ensure the continuous flow of critical communication. For those clinicians who rely on smart devices, Vocera Collaboration Suite offers the convenience of voice technology with the security to text critical data, and the functionality to integrate with key clinical alerts and alarms systems. Key Features: Vocera Collaboration Suite • Support for shared and personal devices to match BYOD policies • Functionality inside or outside the facility over Wi-Fi or cellular networks • Provides secure and auditable delivery and response reporting for alerts and texts • Allows care team members to reach the right person or group at the right time via Active Directory authentication • See and interact with Vocera contacts across multiple sites and manage personal favorites lists of users, groups, and global address book entries • Presence and availability indicators • Management of critical alarms and messages delivery through on-call scheduling • Deliver content such as videos, audio files, documents, spreadsheets, and images securely to devices to ensure critical information is at everyone’s fingertips • Permission based access to patient data and care teams with optional access to waveforms and vital signs through integration • Eases user transition between the smartphone application and the Vocera Badge when hands-free communication is needed Vocera System Requirements • Vocera Messaging license • Vocera System software 5.8 (compatible with version 5.3 and higher) • Vocera Secure Messaging software 5.8 (compatible with version 5.3 and higher) • Vocera Engage software 5.5 for patient data access • Vocera Care Team Sync software 2.5.0 for care team data access • Vocera SIP Telephony Gateway • Vocera Client Gateway • A Vocera user profile

About

QuantumChat

Features
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QuantumChat puts customers in direct contact with Spectrum Medical products, clinical and technical specialists located globally. Ask a question anytime, anywhere, and get a response back straight away. Share pictures, videos or even start a live video chat with a product expert using your mobile device. Each user is given a dedicated login and grouped within your clinical team. Follow or respond to questions asked by fellow team members. Access via the app, our knowledge-based libraries such as documents, manuals, software release notes, and various troubleshooting help tips. QuantumChat makes troubleshooting and resolving issues easy and fast. QuantumChat supports multiple languages.

Screenshots

Vocera Collaboration Suite4 screens
QuantumChat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Vocera Collaboration Suite at 16.0 against QuantumChat's 18.6. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vocera Collaboration Suite ships an update every 2 months, QuantumChat monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Vocera Collaboration Suite versus QuantumChat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVocera Collaboration SuiteQuantumChat
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.7 (78 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews4.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings78 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB68 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperVocera CommunicationsQuantumChat

Bugs and requests

Vocera Collaboration Suite

Reported bugs

121 issues
  • App quits 9 out of 10 times when opening notifications
  • Notifications are a hit or miss
  • Customization is nonexistent
  • Relentless reminder to turn on Bluetooth
  • Cannot mute messages
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  • Cannot find chats that are hidden
  • App should not ask more than once for location sharing
  • Unusable for calls due to static
  • Crashes every other time on sign-on
  • No way to set Home Screen to send a text
  • No way to default to all contacts and not just favorites
  • No way to set 'all patients' and not just 'my patients'
  • No function/aspect works smoothly
  • Finding a contact is hard
  • Message doesn't pop up until phone is opened
  • Call button defaults to Vocera instead of regular phone call
  • Cannot change PIN within the app
  • Requires location to be on always for calls
  • Randomly crashes
  • Takes up a fairly large amount of memory
  • Worst app of the 2000s (in 2025)
  • Call function never works
  • Misses urgent messages all the time
  • Adds so much stress to job
  • Very high background battery drain
  • Clunky at best, crashes regularly
  • Not all that user friendly
  • Works so poorly people thought I wasn’t picking up my phone
  • User unfriendly
  • Horrible App for iPhone Pro Max
  • Removes me from on-call status for no reason and without notice
  • Crash repeat crash, every other time app gets active
  • Multiple glitches with iOS make frequent use frustrating
  • Calls are almost always 'missed'
  • Screen responsiveness is delayed
  • Awful for busy ICU providers
  • App automatically drops calls
  • Doesn't deliver messages well over cell signals
  • Requires WiFi designated just for Vocera
  • Issues when on other WiFi (even at hospital)
  • Foreseeable poor outcomes due to connection issues
  • Too many ways for communication to fail
  • Uncontrolled variables impacting connection
  • Some calls only work device to device
  • Some calls only work on-network to off-network
  • Professionally accept high rate of communication failure as a norm
  • Horrible for Emergencies
  • Doesn't work over 70% of the time for STEMI calls
  • Logs you out if the app (and doesn’t give you a warning)
  • Miss EMERGENCY calls
  • Delayed messages
  • App Disconnects & Reconnects for Calls
  • Disconnects and then 10 seconds later reconnects
  • Not very helpful in emergency situations
  • V3.8 no longer activates speaker on incoming calls
  • Makes it impossible to hear when people call you
  • Since iOS 14, keeps disconnecting
  • Hard to be available if calls don't connect
  • Nukes battery
  • Drains battery, constant background activity
  • Bluetooth device battery drain
  • Randomly missing calls throughout the day
  • Even when off the private network with cellular turned off
  • Still drains the battery over 75% background usage
  • Makes no difference when background app refresh is off
  • Intolerable battery drain
  • Drains battery even when forced turn off app and on airplane mode
  • Sound configurations don’t work
  • Random 'phantom' banner notifications
  • Worst alarm sounds even when ALL notifications are set to OFF
  • Phone is on SILENT plus phone is on DO NOT DISTURB
  • Halved my battery life
  • Doesn’t have an API for integrating third party messaging
  • Isn’t formatted to fit iPhone X
  • Notifications routinely missed and delayed
  • Customer service is incompetent at best and rude on average
  • Battery usage by this app has gone through the roof
  • Responsible for 63% of battery usage in past 24hrs
  • Does not show its message on the iPhone lock screen
  • Needs an 'acknowledge' button with a distinct sound
  • Spaces must be entered when sending texts to a specific room
  • Scrolling down past other numbers to find the correct one
  • When using a template, cannot stay on that screen after clicking send
  • Eliminates camera use
  • Causing my contacts to freeze
  • Have to use Siri or go through text messages to make phone calls
  • Keeps sending all of my vocera calls straight to voicemail
  • Last update was terrible
  • Last version is usable, this version is garbage
  • Company is finding a replacement program to get rid of Vocera
  • App was never updated for the 4.7/5.5 inch screens
  • Doesn’t support the iPhone X screen
  • Has only worked once for me
  • Crashes the camera
  • Audio goes on/off
  • Breaks all audio on the phone
  • Pauses whatever you are listening too, without rhyme or reason
  • Depletes my battery quickly
  • Persistent with this app from iOS 9- iOS 11
  • Continues to crash my camera
  • Makes me need to exit the app
  • Forget to reopen it, so I miss a bunch of calls
  • Other folks with this app are having the same issue
  • Podcasts Don't Get Interrupted Anymore (positive bug fix)
  • Latest version horrible battery drain
  • Using >50% of battery per day with just a few messages
  • Update killing battery
  • Using 30% of battery in last 24 hours with 1 message received and none sent
  • Fills my recent call list
  • Pauses my audio after a few minutes
  • Have to remember to exit out of the app before I listen to audio
  • Causes podcasts to pause every few minutes
  • Deleting the app corrects the problem
  • Interupts all audio
  • Causes it to pause every few minutes
  • Extreamly annoying
  • Interferes with iphone sound
  • Podcasts and audiobooks stop after 1-2 minutes when this app is installed
  • Bug was reproduced and reported to Vocera
  • Six months later without a fix
  • Causes severe battery drain even when the app is closed

Requested features

41 requests
  • Turn off Bluetooth reminder
  • Ability to mute messages
  • Ability to find hidden chats
  • Set Home Screen defaults
  • Default to all contacts
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  • Default to all patients
  • Change PIN within the app
  • Option to not require location always
  • Improve UI to match modern iOS
  • Uniform cross-communication between app, device, and desktop
  • Clear messages from Apple Watch
  • Acknowledge button with distinct sound
  • Stay on template screen after sending
  • Fix camera and audio crashes
  • Fix audio interference with other apps
  • Fix battery drain issues
  • Allow camera use
  • Improve contact integration
  • Fix call forwarding to voicemail
  • Update for modern screen sizes
  • Fix audio pausing for podcasts/audiobooks
  • Add API for third-party messaging integration
  • Improve notification delivery
  • Improve customer service
  • Fix spaces required for room texts
  • Improve number scrolling
  • Fix speaker activation on incoming calls
  • Improve reliability on cellular networks
  • Allow newlines/paragraphs in text messages
  • Allow disabling Bluetooth prompts
  • Improve touch function for sign-in/groups
  • Make emergent calls go through reliably
  • Fix random banner notifications
  • Improve alarm sound configurations
  • Allow users to be on other WiFi networks
  • Improve app responsiveness
  • Allow users to see messages on lock screen after identification
  • Fix app disconnecting/reconnecting during calls
  • Allow users to not be removed from on-call status
  • Improve voice recognition
  • Make app compatible with iOS upgrades

QuantumChat

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Vocera Collaboration Suite

No in-app purchases

None

QuantumChat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vocera Collaboration Suite free?
Vocera Collaboration Suite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is QuantumChat free?
QuantumChat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vocera Collaboration Suite or QuantumChat have ads?
Neither Vocera Collaboration Suite nor QuantumChat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vocera Collaboration Suite or QuantumChat?
Vocera Collaboration Suite ships an update every 2 months, and QuantumChat monthly. Most recently, Vocera Collaboration Suite was updated on November 6, 2026 and QuantumChat on November 3, 2026.

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