ScheduleAnywhere vs HiveMind
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ScheduleAnywhere
This app simplifies employee scheduling and communication, allowing managers to create schedules, manage requests, and instantly notify staff of changes. Employees can view their shifts, submit requests, and stay informed from any mobile device.
- Create work schedules
- Communicate changes instantly
- Manage employee requests
- Access schedules on mobile
- Automate schedule rotation
- Reduce overtime
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ScheduleAnywhere is the easy, affordable and proven way to build work schedules and communicate with your employees. Save time and make your job easier and your employees happier, all while meeting the needs of your business. If you schedule shifts and need to ensure proper staff coverage, ScheduleAnywhere is for you! · Schedule anywhere, any time · Eliminate spreadsheets and paper schedules · Communicate changes instantly · Avoid overstaffing · Ensure proper shift coverage · Rotate schedules automatically · Reduce unnecessary overtime · Save time and money! Mobile Tools for Managers on the Go Don't be tied to your desk. Now you can access and manage staff schedules and employees requests from any mobile device with our free ScheduleAnywhere app or mobile site. See who's scheduled, or not scheduled, and make last-minute changes. Simply repost the schedule to instantly notify affected employees. For managers: · Respond to time-off, cover and swap requests · Find available employees for no-shows · Access daily rosters and staff schedules · Make last-minute changes · Repost schedules to notify employees of shift changes · Fast, easy and convenient! 24/7 Mobile Access for Employees Instantly access your work schedule with our free ScheduleAnywhere app or mobile site. Manage and submit schedule requests from anywhere, anytime. Plus, you'll always know when you're scheduled to work. For employees: · See when you work · View staff schedules · Submit time off, cover and swap requests · Check the status of requests · Never miss a shift!
HiveMind
A private notebook with an AI companion and a social space for sharing notes, photos, and videos with friends. Organize your thoughts, create short films, and communicate via messages and calls. AI features are optional and controllable.
- Private note-taking with dictation and Scribe recordings
- Add photos and videos as shareable Moments
- AI companion for querying saved information
- Create short films (Recollections) with narration
- Organize content in folders
- Share content with custom audiences or friends
- Direct and group messaging with voice/video calls
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HiveMind is a place to think with your own Mind, and with your friends'. MIND Write a thought and send it. Your Mind writes back into the same thought, so the page holds both of you. It remembers what you've written before, finds the thought you're looking for, and keeps your folders in order. HIVE Share a thought with your friends, a list of people or everyone. Follow people to see what they share. Add a thought you like to your Mind: it stays theirs, and you see their edits. Your profile shows a bio, which your Mind can help you write. MESSAGES Text your friends, or their Minds when they let you. Call your friends by voice or video, one to one or in a group. Your own Mind is one long chat that never starts over. ALSO • Write by voice, and your words land where the cursor is. • Add photos, videos and voice memos to any thought. • Make a short film from your photos and videos. • Your thoughts stay private until you share them. AI answers can be wrong. Check important information, and don't treat AI answers as medical, legal or financial advice. Terms of Use: https://joinhivemind.app/legal/terms Privacy Policy: https://joinhivemind.app/legal/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: HiveMind at 100% against ScheduleAnywhere's 11%. HiveMind also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.2) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). ScheduleAnywhere's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ratings volume (50 vs 4). On price 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. HiveMind sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. ScheduleAnywhere asks for nothing beyond the download.
HiveMind holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ScheduleAnywhere has 50 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of ScheduleAnywhere's written reviews are positive against 100% of HiveMind's.
ScheduleAnywhere ships an update every 2 weeks, HiveMind every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ScheduleAnywhere | HiveMind |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (50 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Humanity.com, LLC | Hivemind Research, Inc. |
Customer experience
ScheduleAnywhere
HiveMind
Bugs and requests
ScheduleAnywhere
Reported bugs
26 issues- App won't let me edit anything
- System errors requiring app deletion and reinstallation
- Linking to Google Calendar stops working after a month
- Always logs out
- Cannot see full schedule (vacations, days off, notes)
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- Only lists current day's schedule
- Cannot see coworkers' schedules
- Update makes app unusable
- Overtime hours don't stay on the same day when running into the next day
- App has not been updated for years
- App needs update for iPhone Xs
- App needs better viewing and graphics
- App needs to sync with iPhone calendar
- App needs to be updated for multiple things
- App needs features from website, like requests
- Almost impossible to view requests
- Cannot get past the login screen
- App is read-only
- Impossible to navigate large employee schedules (over 150 employees)
- App messes up every other time
- App is in need of a good upgrade
- App stopped loading, shows a blank white screen
- App is a web shortcut to their mobile version
- App can't remember username and password
- App is worthless, can't log into business scheduling system
- No way to select the database to connect to
Requested features
24 requests- Show all future requests and manager response
- Bring back weekly view option
- Make weekly view an option
- Add features that the website has, like requests
- Update to be compatible with iPhone XS and XS Max
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- Add features to request and review time off
- Show schedule as a month view
- Allow users to stay signed in
- Sync with iPhone calendar
- Sync with personal calendars
- Add monthly view
- Import schedule to calendar
- Add a month view like the full website
- Add notifications for messages or changes
- Add interface for managers
- Add integration with iOS's native calendar or Google calendar
- Add ability to edit schedule
- Add ability to add comments/make changes
- Add text message or email notifications for daily assignments
- Add month view like desktop version
- Add ease in scheduling employees and their daily assignments
- Add ability to save schedule
- Add ability to sync to Google calendar
- Add ability to select database to connect to
HiveMind
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ScheduleAnywhere
No in-app purchases
HiveMind
- HiveMind Basic$5.991 Month
- 1,000 Credits$2.99
- 5,000 Credits$10.99
- 12,000 Credits$19.99
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- 9,000 Credits$19.99
