Medirota vs Padlock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Medirota
Access your department's live work schedule and leave calendar from any location. View personal and departmental rotas, filter by activity or person, and easily contact colleagues. Request to work open shifts and message administrators directly.
- Live rota access
- Personal leave diary
- Rota filtering by activity/person
- Departmental on-call rotas
- Direct colleague contact
- Shift bidding
- Admin messaging
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Medirota allows you to view your department's rota, manage your leave, process extra claims, respond to offers for additional work, create exception reports and more - all from within a convenient app that can be accessed while on the go. The app provides an always-up-to-date view of both your own roster and leave, as well giving you easy access to view colleagueβs rosters and how best to contact them if needed. Other built-in messaging allows you to message rota coordinators directly from within the app, or to receive notifications about changes to your rota, updates on leave, or offers for additional work. An easy-to-use calendar subscription feature also allows you to directly import events from Medirota onto a personal calendar, or to share with friends, family or colleagues via a simple link. A variety of departmental or organisational processes can be handled from within the app, including managing extra claims for additional work delivered on your rota - from initial assignment through to payment. For resident doctors, you can also create new Exception reports, as well as displaying any reports that you have already created. Medirota is used across the NHS and beyond as a trusted single source of truth for roster and leave management, and has been designed specifically with the needs of medical and dental staff in mind. If you have any further queries, would like to provide feedback, or require any additional help then please call us on +44 (0)20 7631 1555 or email us at support@rotamap.net.
Padlock
This app locks distracting applications on your iPhone by requiring a physical device to be tapped against your phone. Once locked, apps remain inaccessible until the physical device is tapped again to unlock them.
- Lock distracting apps
- Physical device integration
- App access control
- Phone distraction management
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Padlock will change the relationship you have with your phone. Tap it against your iPhone, stash the Padlock somewhere that's out of the way, and your distracting apps are locked up. If you need to unlock them, retrieve the padlock and tap it again. To use this app, a physical Padlock device is required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Padlock at 87% against Medirota's 0%. Padlock also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Medirota's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Medirota ships an update every 3 months, Padlock every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Medirota | Padlock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 86.7% of reviews β better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free β better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rotamap Ltd | Padlock Focus Technologies LTD |
Customer experience
Medirota
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In-app purchases
Medirota
No in-app purchases
Padlock
No in-app purchases









