Comparison

Join vs Little Shift

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
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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

Little Shift

Organize your work schedule and track your income effortlessly. This app replaces manual methods like notepads and calendars, offering a secure and simple way to manage your shifts and earnings in one central location.

Highlights
  • Organize shifts
  • Track earnings
  • Recurring shifts
  • Sync across devices
  • Filter shift list
  • Automatic iCloud backups
  • Customizable shift colors
Features
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Your shifts, your workplaces and what you are owed, all in one place. Real support: a team answers your questions at plantaozinho@gmail.com. Built for healthcare workers who pick up shifts at more than one place: nurses, doctors, residents, technicians, therapists and other clinicians. Replace the notebook and the spreadsheet with a calendar that also keeps track of your pay. SHIFT CALENDAR • Monthly calendar with every shift, each workplace in its own color • Shift templates to add a shift in a few taps • Custom reminders: choose how long before each shift you want to be notified • Home Screen widget with your upcoming shifts PAY TRACKING • Pay for every shift and how much you will receive this month • Payment date for every shift and what is still to come in • Automatic payment dates per workplace: “closes on the 20th, pays on the 28th” and every shift gets the right date (Premium) • Mark shifts as paid one by one, or all shifts of a workplace at once • Import and export your shifts as CSV LITTLE SHIFT PREMIUM • Financial summary with charts of what you earned and what is still to come • Summary by workplace: see how much each place owes you • PDF shift reports per workplace, month or payment cycle • Recurring shifts: plan a whole month at once • Sync with your iPhone calendar • iCloud backup and export • Full history of every month • More colors for your workplaces • No ads Ideas are welcome too: plantaozinho@gmail.com SUBSCRIPTION Premium is available as a monthly or annual subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically for the same period and price unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Privacy Policy: http://bit.ly/plantaozinho-policy-app Terms of Service: http://bit.ly/plantaozinho-terms-service

Screenshots

Join4 screens
Little Shift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Little Shift at 4.9 against Join's 3.9. Little Shift also leads on review sentiment (63% vs 25%) and update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). Join's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Little Shift sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Join asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Little Shift holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Little Shift has 92 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Join's written reviews are positive against 63% of Little Shift's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Join ships an update monthly, Little Shift every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Join versus Little Shift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJoinLittle Shift
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (9 ratings)4.9 (92 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews62.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings992 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size179 MB50 MB
Age rating17++4
DeveloperAllm Inc.DocPocket Tecnologia da Informacao Ltda

Customer experience

Join

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

Little Shift

All ratings92 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews131 reviews
Positive62.6%
Neutral9.9%
Negative27.5%

In-app purchases

None

Join

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Little Shift

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Subscription$3.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial2 variants$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Join free?
Join is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Little Shift free?
Little Shift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Join or Little Shift?
Little Shift is rated higher. Join averages 3.9 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Little Shift averages 4.9 from 92 ratings.
Do Join or Little Shift have ads?
Neither Join nor Little Shift shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Join or Little Shift?
Join ships an update monthly, and Little Shift every 5 days. Most recently, Join was updated on October 24, 2026 and Little Shift on October 29, 2026.

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