Backline+ vs MedHub
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Backline+
This HIPAA-compliant platform offers real-time collaboration and workflow automation for healthcare professionals. It centralizes communications and provides virtual patient rooms to enhance care team coordination and improve efficiency.
- Real-time collaboration
- Workflow automation
- Secure messaging
- HIPAA-compliant
- Virtual patient rooms
- Centralized communications
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Intelligent Workflow Management & Collaboration for Healthcare Professionals Backline+ is a cloud-based platform delivering real-time collaboration, workflow automation and secure messaging for the healthcare industry. Designed for healthcare professionals, Backline+'s HIPAA-compliant clinical collaboration platform intuitively mirrors the workflow, collaboration and communication needs of clinicians and administrative staff and delivers them in one, easy-to-use integrated experience. Deployed in healthcare systems across the US, Backline+ has become a platform of choice for hospitals and health systems wanting to go beyond secure messaging and embrace the efficiencies that come with real-time collaboration and workflow automation. • Designed by healthcare professionals for healthcare professionals • Centralizes all communications in one HIPAA-compliant hub • Virtual patient rooms for ultimate care team collaboration With the Backline+ platform, you can: • Increase Profitability • Improve Productivity • Increase Clinician and Patient Satisfaction • Decrease Re-admittance Rates
MedHub
Manage your medical training tasks efficiently from your mobile device. View schedules, complete evaluations, submit work hours, and log procedures. This app requires an existing MedHub account for trainees and faculty.
- View calendar and schedule
- Complete and send evaluations
- Submit work hours
- Log procedures
- Access performance summaries
- Institutional Single Sign-On
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View Calendar, Complete Evaluations, Submit Work Hours and Log Procedures on the go. *This app is a companion to MedHub solutions for existing trainee and faculty users* Extend the benefits of MedHub to your iPhone while you’re on the go! Simply download now and login with your existing account to start completing tasks. Features Include: • Access with institutional Single Sign-On credentials • View Calendar, Conferences and Schedule information • Send and complete Evaluations • Access Evaluation summaries and performance progression • Submit Work Hours and view weekly compliance summaries • Log Procedures and review requirements progress • Procedure Verification for Faculty & Residents • Receive helpful reminders and push notifications • Use iOS dictation to submit Evaluation feedback User Requirements: • Valid MedHub trainee or faculty user account Additional features that will simplify trainee and faculty tasks are in currently in development and scheduled for release in 2020, including: • Messaging • Program Resources
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MedHub at 4.7 against Backline+'s 2.5. MedHub also leads on ratings volume (5K vs 34). Backline+'s advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MedHub holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MedHub has 5K ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 25% of Backline+'s written reviews are positive against 18% of MedHub's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Backline+ ships an update monthly, MedHub every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backline+ | MedHub |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (34 ratings) | 4.7 (5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better | 17.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 34 | 5K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Diagnotes Inc | MedHub |
Customer experience
Backline+
MedHub
Bugs and requests
Backline+
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
MedHub
Reported bugs
4 issues- Cannot key in working hours after update
- Hours entered disappear after submission
- Procedure logging errors
- Evaluations not working properly
Requested features
4 requests- View evaluations
- Ability to log conference attendance hours
- Save default locations and supervisor names
- Batch procedure logging
In-app purchases
Backline+
No in-app purchases
MedHub
No in-app purchases
