# AutoMate: Bills and Shifts — Shift planner & bill calendar > Shift planner & bill calendar (iPhone/iPad app by William Clarke.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/automate-bills-and-shifts/id6761054908 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [William Clarke](https://appshunter.io/developer/1833258224) - Category: Productivity, Finance - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 12+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 17 MB - Languages: American English, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Filipino, Finnish, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese and 11 more - Released: 2026-05-20 - Data updated: 2026-11-09 ## What is AutoMate? Shifts. Bills. Simplified. AutoMate brings your rota, automatic shift alarms and everyday bills into one clear plan. Spend less time remembering what is next and more time getting on with your life. OPTIMIZED FOR IPHONE DUO Unfold a bigger view of your shifts and bills. Calendars adapt to both displays, with navigation at the bottom-right, close to your thumb. The outer display stays in portrait; the inner display supports portrait and landscape. Keep your place when opening or closing your Duo. YOUR ROTA, AT A GLANCE Add shifts and repeating patterns. See duty names, shift types and start/finish times in your calendar. Assign one shift to multiple dates, and switch between your rota and the people you have added. BILLS BEFORE PAYDAY, MADE CLEAR See the unpaid bills due from each bank account and credit card before your next payday. Tap an account for its breakdown or to remove an old payment account without deleting your bills. Open the Bills calendar to see due dates and paid history. Automatic paid-bill notices show the bill names, logos and amounts. PLAN AHEAD FOR BIGGER BILLS Split rent, yearly insurance and other repeating monthly or annual bills across the pay packets available before they are due. Record what you have put aside, see the dated steps, and update your saved amount whenever you need to. Yearly saving is optional: enable Help me save when adding or editing a yearly bill. Savings are recorded separately for each bill's due date. Paid weekly, fortnightly, every four weeks, twice a month or monthly? Set your pay schedule and AutoMate plans around it. Totals use the bills you enter; the app does not connect to your bank, check live balances or pay bills for you. AUTOMATIC SHIFT ALARMS Plan your wake-up, get-ready and leave-by times from your shifts. Enable automatic alarms on supported devices and check the next confirmed alarm. Automatic alarms require iOS/iPadOS 26 or later and permission on each device. SHARE SHIFTS. MAKE PLANS. Share a weekly availability card through WhatsApp, Messages or your device's share sheet. Include shift times if you want. Add someone else's shared rota as a separate calendar and see when your plans line up. IPHONE AND IPAD A clearer Today page, matching calendars, a larger iPad month view and practical guides in Help. Start with your first real shift or bill during setup. No account is required for local planning. Optional Apple or Google sign-in syncs supported planning records through your AutoMate account; use the same account on each device. Manual passphrase-protected file backups are also available. FREE AND PREMIUM Plan unlimited shifts and bills for free, supported by discreet ads. A one-time Premium purchase removes ads and unlocks automatic shift alarms after their preview. UK price: £3.99. The app shows your local App Store price before purchase. The seven-day automatic-alarm preview starts with the first successfully scheduled alarm. It ends automatically and does not itself start a paid subscription. Premium is a one-time purchase with no subscription. Restore Purchases uses the Apple Account that bought Premium; cloud sign-in is separate. Previous customers with a verified, non-refunded paid subscription receive permanent Premium at no extra cost, including after expiry. Free trials alone do not qualify. Existing subscribers can cancel any remaining renewal in Apple’s subscription settings. Previously Avara: Bills & Shifts. Your existing app updates to AutoMate. Privacy Policy: https://will8447.github.io/avara-site/privacy Terms of Use: https://will8447.github.io/avara-site/terms Support: https://will8447.github.io/avara-site/support ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Avara Premium Monthly | $2.99 | per month | | Avara Premium Yearly | $29.99 | per year | **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | AutoMate Premium Lifetime | $3.99 | one-time | ## Is AutoMate safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess AutoMate. ## Is AutoMate legit? AutoMate: Bills and Shifts has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for AutoMate is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.2.2 — 2026-10-27 AutoMate is now optimized for iPhone Duo. • Unfold a larger view of your shift and bill calendars. • Reach navigation at the bottom-right on both displays. • Keep the outer display in portrait, and rotate the inner display when you want more room. • Keep your calendar position, selected dates and shift edits as you open or close your Duo. On other devices, choose right-side navigation in Settings > Appearance > Navigation position. Your existing shifts, bills, savings plans and Premium access carry on as before. ### 1.2.1 — 2026-09-20 Plan ahead for bigger bills, with a clearer picture of what's due before payday. • Split monthly rent and yearly bills such as car insurance across your actual paydays. Supports weekly, fortnightly, four-weekly, twice-monthly and monthly pay. • Yearly savings plans are optional and off by default. Enable Help me save on the bill, or leave it off to pay in full. • Record money put aside, see each dated contribution and carry over existing annual-fund savings for the relevant renewal. • Bank accounts and credit cards now show unpaid bills before the same next payday. • Paid bills stay out of upcoming totals, including after reopening the app. • Tap an account in Money to delete it while keeping your bills and payment history. • Automatic paid-bill notices now show bill names, familiar logos and amounts, with a full list to review. • Removed the old “Falling Behind” and set-aside alerts. • Updated the paid-bill notice and remaining accent colours to match AutoMate’s copper design. • Improved Today and widget totals when the payday window crosses into a new month. Open AutoMate once after updating to refresh your plan and clear the old alerts. ### 1.2.0 — 2026-09-13 Avara is now AutoMate, with a warmer look and a clearer daily plan. • A new name, icon and burnt-orange design. • A cleaner Today page with your next shift and bank bills before payday. • Matching shift and bill calendars, with larger layouts on iPad. • Duty titles, start/finish times and clearer shift colours. • Assign shifts to multiple dates with an always-visible action button. • A simpler Money page for bank bills and credit-card charges. • Optional Apple or Google sign-in for syncing planning records between devices. • Share a weekly availability card or a rota snapshot by link. • Easier first-time setup and practical guides in Help. • Clearer automatic-alarm setup and saving improvements. • Unlimited free planning, supported by discreet ads. • One-time Premium removes ads and unlocks automatic shift alarms. • Previous paying customers receive permanent Premium at no extra cost. • Updated widgets with bank/card totals and clearer shift times. • Safer account sync protects shifts when signing in or restoring a plan. • Redeem official Apple offer codes for Premium in Settings. ### 1.1.3 — 2026-07-15 What's New in this build Automatic Shift Alarms are now available free for the first 7 days, giving new users a chance to experience the feature before deciding whether to upgrade. Improved notifications for Automatic Shift Alarms, making it clearer when your wake-up alarms are already being managed automatically. The app review prompt has been redesigned to appear at more appropriate times after you've had a chance to use the app, making it much less intrusive. Various refinements, localisation improvements and bug fixes to continue improving the overall experience. ### 1.1.2 — 2026-07-12 • Automatic wake-up, get-ready and leave-by alarms based on your shifts • New sleep guidance that adapts to your upcoming shift pattern • New Days Off Together feature to help plan time with your partner, family and friends • Improved bill planning and payday calculations, including support for changing pay dates • Faster, smoother navigation and UI improvements throughout the app • New privacy-focused onboarding experience • General bug fixes, performance improvements and localisation updates ## Apps similar to AutoMate | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [90 Day Goal Planner](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/90-day-goal-planner/id6758035890) | 4.8 (16) | Free | Productivity | | [Bill Organizer & Tracker Plus](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bill-organizer-and-tracker-plus/id6788912799) | 4.5 (15) | Free | Productivity | | [Wallet: Bill Organizer, Budget](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wallet-bill-organizer-budget/id6504926654) | 5.0 (4) | Free | Productivity | | [TaskFire: To-Do List & Planner](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/taskfire-to-do-list-and-planner/id568428364) | 4.3 (1,520) | Free | Productivity | | [Deepting AI Transcribe Summary](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/deepting-ai-transcribe-summary/id6466035697) | 4.7 (163) | Free | Productivity | | [Tally: The Anything Tracker](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tally-the-anything-tracker/id1090990601) | 4.4 (4,114) | Free | Productivity | ## Related topics [automate](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/automate) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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