Comparison

Join vs Soffia

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

Head to head
About

Join

This app facilitates secure communication and collaboration among healthcare professionals. It allows for the sharing of patient information, high-resolution medical images, and diagnostic data, integrating with hospital IT systems to streamline care delivery.

Highlights
  • Secure patient information sharing
  • DICOM image viewer
  • Integration with PACS and EMR
  • 1-on-1 and group chatting
  • Live streaming video from clinical areas
  • Anonymity processing for patient data
Features
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Join is the hub for healthcare professionals and providers. It simplifies communication and collaboration between clinicians and healthcare providers through its secure and compliant patient information sharing technology. Join also enables clinicians to view high-resolution CT/MRI images via a DICOM viewer anywhere, reducing the need for them to switch between sites and helping speed up care delivery without sacrificing quality. Join easily integrates into internal IT systems such as PACS and EMR*, enabling users to view and share EHR information*, various diagnostic images, laboratory data*, and prescriptions*. * This feature is optional and currently limited to a few specific EMRs Join is also certified as a software medical device by PMDA (Japan), FDA (United States), CE (European Economic Area), and ANVISA (Brazil). Functions: - Connect to internal systems in hospitals such as PACS - Support private 1 on 1 chatting and group chatting - Use as medical cooperation tool between hospitals - Send and receive DICOM images in a chat, within a hospital, and between hospitals - Watch live streaming video from ICU, operation rooms, and patients’ room Security: - Anonymity processing for patients' personal information by gateway server - Encrypting chat data which was saved on device - Encrypting by using VPN connection between Inner-hospital system and Cloud - TLS/SSL encryption between devices and Cloud - Preventing unauthorized access by requiring passcode at application startup - Non-downloadable medical images (clearing cache each time) - ISMS (ISO27001) certified Note - Continued use of GPS running in the background can decrease battery life.

About

Soffia

This app connects healthcare professionals, offering tools for managing schedules, finding job opportunities, and networking. It aims to simplify daily routines and keep users updated on the healthcare market.

Highlights
  • Healthcare professional networking
  • Schedule management for teams
  • Individual shift tracking
  • Job posting and searching
  • Real-time market updates
Features
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Soffia | Gestão de Escalas, Plantões e Rotina da Saúde Chega de planilhas espalhadas, grupos de WhatsApp desorganizados, retrabalho e erros operacionais. A Soffia é a parceira do plantão. A plataforma criada para simplificar a rotina da saúde e conectar tecnologia com quem faz a saúde acontecer todos os dias. Junte-se aos +170 mil profissionais da saúde que já utilizam a Soffia no dia a dia e estão presentes em mais de 2.000 unidades de saúde em todo o Brasil. Organize escalas, gerencie plantões, acompanhe equipes, encontre oportunidades de trabalho, tenha mais previsibilidade financeira e conecte toda a sua rotina em um só lugar. O que você encontra na Soffia: # Gestão de escalas e plantões sem planilhas Crie escalas individuais e em grupo, organize plantões, centralize informações e reduza erros operacionais com mais praticidade, controle e segurança. # Trocas de plantão organizadas e oficializadas Menos falhas de comunicação. Mais segurança operacional. Tudo registrado, centralizado e acessível em um único lugar. # Gestão inteligente para hospitais, cooperativas e empresas da saúde Controle presença com biometria facial e geolocalização, acompanhe equipes em tempo real, gere relatórios e tenha mais eficiência operacional. # Relatórios automáticos e indicadores inteligentes Visualize horas, produtividade, valores e informações organizadas por plantonista e setor. Transforme fechamentos operacionais demorados em processos mais rápidos, seguros e eficientes. # Vagas e oportunidades na saúde Encontre vagas alinhadas ao seu perfil, divulgue oportunidades de trabalho e conecte profissionais e instituições de saúde em um só lugar. # Rede profissional da saúde Fortaleça sua carreira, mantenha seu perfil profissional atualizado, construa conexões e faça parte de uma comunidade que cresce todos os dias. # Soffia Ads Divulgue serviços, produtos e oportunidades dentro do ecossistema Soffia e alcance profissionais da saúde com mais precisão, segmentação e resultados. # Soffia Financeiro Antecipe recebíveis, organize sua vida financeira e tenha acesso a check-up financeiro, seguros, consórcios e soluções criadas para quem vive a rotina intensa dos plantões. # Soffia Premium Receba notificações importantes, visualize vagas com antecedência, integre seus plantões ao Google Agenda e tenha ainda mais organização, praticidade e previsibilidade na sua rotina. # Mais controle. Menos erros. Mais eficiência. A Soffia conecta escalas, plantões, operações, relatórios, oportunidades, financeiro e profissionais da saúde em uma única plataforma. Seja você plantonista, gestor de escala, hospital, cooperativa ou empresa da saúde — a Soffia conecta toda a sua operação em um só lugar. Baixe agora e crie sua conta grátis!

Screenshots

Join4 screens
Soffia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Soffia at 4.6 against Join's 3.9. Soffia also leads on review sentiment (66% vs 25%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, 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

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

Soffia holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Join's written reviews are positive against 66% of Soffia's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Join ships an update monthly, Soffia fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Join versus Soffia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJoinSoffia
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (9 ratings)4.6 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews66.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings912 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size179 MB83 MB
Age rating+17+4
DeveloperAllm Inc.Plantao Ativo Ltda

Customer experience

Join

All ratings9 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral22.2%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative62.5%

Soffia

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive66.0%
Neutral5.7%
Negative28.3%

In-app purchases

None

Join

No in-app purchases

None

Soffia

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Join free?
Join is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Soffia free?
Soffia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Join or Soffia?
Soffia is rated higher. Join averages 3.9 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Soffia averages 4.6 from 12 ratings.
Do Join or Soffia have ads?
Neither Join nor Soffia shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Join or Soffia?
Join ships an update monthly, and Soffia fortnightly. Most recently, Join was updated on October 8, 2026 and Soffia on October 13, 2026.

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