# Nursegrid review (2026): is it worth $5 a month? > Shift scheduling for care teams, tied to a mobile app for nurses Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Nursegrid Manager is a scheduling tool for small care teams such as hospital departments, surgery centers and clinics. Managers build and share schedules, staff pick open shifts and trade shifts, and updates reach the Nursegrid mobile app that nurses use for their calendar. Nursegrid also runs a continuing-education service and a job board. - **Category:** Shift Scheduling - **Made by:** Nursegrid - **Website:** https://nursegrid.com - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you need a time clock, payroll or forecasting, as none is listed. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Nursegrid is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $5 per staff member / month. - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 30-day free trial of Nursegrid Manager. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Nursegrid Manager | $5 per staff member / month | One flat rate for full-time, part-time, PRN and contract staff; the page gives 25 staff as $125 a month. | Read from https://nursegrid.com/for-organizations/nursegrid-manager on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Nursegrid before buying. ## Key features - **Schedule creation and sharing:** Managers set up a worksite, departments and shift types, then build and share schedules from staff preferences and availability. - **Self-scheduling:** Staff can choose shifts and see gaps in the schedule, so open shifts are visible and can be picked up. - **Swaps and giveaways:** Staff trade shifts among themselves, and the manager approves or denies each change. - **Mobile app updates:** Schedule changes are sent in real time to the Nursegrid mobile app that staff use for their calendar. - **All staff types:** Covers full-time, part-time, PRN and contract staff within one schedule. ## Good for - Hospital departments, clinics and surgery centers replacing spreadsheets - Teams of 2 to 250 staff, as the vendor frames it - Nurses who already keep their calendar in the Nursegrid app ## Worth knowing - The vendor describes it for teams of up to about 250 staff; larger organizations are outside what the page covers. - Pricing is per staff member, so the monthly bill follows headcount including PRN and contract staff. - The page lists scheduling and swaps only; it does not mention time clocks, payroll or labor-cost forecasting. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Nursegrid Manager is $5 per staff member a month for scheduling, self-scheduling and swaps, with an app for nurses. It stops at the schedule, with no time clock, payroll or labor-cost forecasting, and the bill grows with headcount. - **Value for money: B.** $5 per staff member a month, one rate for every staff type. That is at the bottom of the category's cheaper quarter, though 25 staff is $125. - **Free plan and trial: D.** A 30-day free trial of Nursegrid Manager is offered; the page doesn't say whether a card is needed. - **Features: C.** Schedule creation and sharing, self-scheduling, swaps and giveaways. The listing says nothing about time clocks, payroll or labor-cost forecasting. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record for the manager side. It has a nurse app on both phones, but you still build the schedule yourself. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web plus iPhone and Android apps for staff. No desktop app and no integrations are listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Nursegrid's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among shift scheduling apps - Nursegrid's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 26 of the 49 other shift scheduling apps we grade, and level with 7. - It stands best on value for money (B, above 38 of 49) and worst on free plan and trial (D, above 23). - Its paid plans start at $5 a month for each person, against a middle price of $16.76 for the category: 8 of the 28 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 3 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/shift-scheduling ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of Nursegrid you could make: calendar. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It costs $60 a year. - You could make: Calendar: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: A rota the whole staff sees on their phones, with swaps and alerts. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## What people say - **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.9 out of 5 from 153,722 ratings in the United States, read Nov 13, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id949731866 **Tags:** Shift scheduling, Calendar ## Alternatives - [Connecteam](https://toolgpa.com/tools/connecteam): Employee app for shifts, time clock, chat and HR, free up to 10 users. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/connecteam-vs-nursegrid) - [When I Work](https://toolgpa.com/tools/when-i-work): Staff scheduling with auto-fill, shift trades and an add-on time clock. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/nursegrid-vs-when-i-work) - [Sling by Toast](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sling): Free shift scheduling for up to 30 users, with paid time clock tiers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/nursegrid-vs-sling) - [OnShift](https://toolgpa.com/tools/onshift): Staff scheduling and hiring software for senior care providers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/nursegrid-vs-onshift) - [Humanity Schedule](https://toolgpa.com/tools/humanity): Employee scheduling with demand forecasting and compliance rules. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/humanity-vs-nursegrid) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://nursegrid.com/for-organizations/nursegrid-manager - https://nursegrid.com/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/nursegrid Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).