Shift Worker

Shift Worker

Shift management made simple

103 ratings
460 reviews
#100 in paid Productivity
🌟 Lifestyle
📊 Productivity
$1.99
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  • Released
  • Updated
  • January 25, 2010
  • October 1, 2026

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Easily enter and view your work schedule with custom shift types, icons, and colors. Quickly add entire months or years of shifts and share them with others. Save your schedule to your device's background for instant access.

✓Custom shift types with icons and colors
✓Quick shift entry for months/years
✓Multiple calendar support
✓Share shifts with others
✓Save schedule to background
✓Personalized notes for dates
✓Timeline view
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What's New in Shift Worker

1.7.3

October 1, 2026

What's new in 1.7.3 • Fixed a crash that could happen when opening a backup file by email. What's new in 1.7.2 • Go to Month now reaches back five years instead of two, so older shifts are easy to find. There's also a new Today button that takes you straight back to the current month. • You can now turn Calendar Sync off without resubscribing. Open the Calendar Sync screen and tap "Turn Off Calendar Sync". The shifts already on your calendar stay exactly as they are. • Tidied up the layout of the Shift Manager, Rotation Manager, Week Pattern and Start of Week screens, and fixed the weeks and days picker being partly cut off when creating a new rotation on taller phones. • Synced shifts no longer show a website address where a location would normally go. • Tell your Friends now has a genuine Share to Facebook option, plus a general Share… button that opens your iPhone's own share sheet. • Feedback & Support, Tell your Friends and Write a Review have a tidier new look, matching the rest of Settings, with modern Facebook, Instagram and X icons. • Fixed Write a Review not doing anything when tapped. • Fixed the links shared by email, text message, backup-by-email, and Tell your Friends • Tidied up the layout of the Shift Manager, Rotation Manager, Week Pattern and Start of Week screens • Fixed a compatibility issue with iOS 15 What's new in 1.7.1 • Notes now show every line. If you wrote a note on more than one line, only the first line appeared below the calendar. All your lines show now. What's new in 1.7.0 Added: • Sync your shifts straight to your calendar. Turn on Calendar Sync (from Settings, or the new shortcut icon on the main screen) and every shift automatically appears in your device's Calendar app, staying up to date on its own whenever a shift changes. No manual re-syncing needed! • Choose exactly which calendar your shifts go to, including a shared or family calendar if you'd rather everyone see your schedule there. • Pick when you want to be reminded - no alert, right at the time of the shift, or anywhere from 5 minutes up to a full week beforehand. • Calendar Sync is a subscription (monthly or yearly) option. Improved: • If you sync to a calendar shared with others, a note now explains they'll see your shift updates too. • Re-syncing no longer rewrites events that haven't actually changed, so anyone else on a shared calendar isn't pinged with "this event changed" notifications for nothing. • Only your current and future shifts get synced. Past history isn't back-filled, but a shift that was already synced stays on your calendar even once its date has passed, instead of quietly disappearing. • Turning sync off now also cleanly removes the shifts it had added to your calendar. Fixed: • Reminders sometimes not showing up at all on newly-added synced shifts. • Reminders occasionally only "sticking" on the last shift when several were synced at once. • Swipe-to-delete not working in Shift Manager. • Bulk Actions rows not responding to taps. • Importing a .swc/.swb backup file skipping the calendar picker. • Sync occasionally reading from the wrong calendar rather than the one you had actively selected. • Bottom toolbar buttons (the calendar and settings icons especially) occasionally not responding to the very first tap.

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Shift Worker Premium Yearly

Automatically add your shifts to your device's calendar

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This app dropped -25 positions in Productivity chart.

Last updated on October 10, 2026.

Events

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Live Calendar Sync

Shifts now sync to your calendar automatically

Oct 3, 2026 — Nov 2, 2026

User reviews

Shift Worker calendar

Update: thank you for your response 27/9 unfortunately the update has not improved matters and I remain unable to open the app it simply crashes. I have used this app for 16 yrs and it is so disappointing that I have now lost so much data. The last time it worked for me was update 1.6.8. or 1.6.6. No issues then. Not working following recent update. Please fix for iPhone. App won’t open!! Been using for years, now I have lost all shifts and notes!!
Update: 1.7.2 has enabled me to use Shiftworker again, thank you for fixing the problem. However all my data has been lost…
But I will use again as it is a brilliant app for people like me who work various shift patterns.
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Getting better already!

Funny how irate you get over something that costs a few pence! Anyway my earlier review was written in a state of panic. I should have reported the problem first.. As the guy who devised the app responded immediately. Turns out that my problem was simply my settings for the clock. Changing to a 24 hour clock sorted the glitch. Mark is working to get it fixed. I did buy another app that functions well but isn't as aesthetically pleasing.
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Editing problem fixed

After iOS 27 update edit button doesn’t work. Fixed now

Please fix the notes display!

I love this app, but the one thing I find very annoying is that I can’t view all of my notes. There is plenty of space to write lots of notes for a shift, and there is also plenty of room underneath the calendar to view them all.

Unfortunately, once a note is saved, it only shows the first line, which is often only the first 5 or 6 words. I find this so frustrating when I have several things happening in one day, as I can’t see everything I have written without going back into Edit Note.

I’ve updated the app to the latest version (1.7.0), and although there is now a bigger notes screen, once the note is saved it still only displays one line.

Please could you allow saved notes to wrap onto multiple lines and use the available space underneath the calendar so that the whole note can be viewed?
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Notes not updating

I have been using this app for about 8 years and it’s literally my life admin! However since upgrading my phone recently, whenever I try and add some more text to an already saved note it will not appear. I have tried deleting the note and adding again with all the text but then the whole note won’t appear. Please help!!
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User experience

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Reported Bugs

4 issues

App crashes when trying to add notes

Bug

Notes disappearing after iOS updates

Bug

Calendar dates/days not displaying correctly

Bug

Inability to export/import schedules

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Requested Features

5 requests

Add ability to view full notes

Feature

Implement iCloud/calendar sync

Feature

Allow multiple shift entries per day

Feature

Add recurring note/reminder features

Feature

Develop Apple Watch app integration

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FAQ

What does the Shift Worker app do?

This app helps people with non-traditional work schedules easily enter and view their upcoming shifts. It allows for the creation of custom shift types with unique icons and colors, making schedules clear at a glance. You can quickly add shifts for extended periods and even share them with others.

How do I create and enter shifts?

You can create custom shift types by combining visually attractive icons with letters or numbers, and assigning them colors. To enter shifts, simply select a shift type and tap on each date it occurs. The app is designed for rapid entry, allowing you to input an entire month's shifts in seconds.

Is this app free to use?

Yes, the Shift Worker app is completely free to use. It does not have any in-app purchases or advertisements, meaning you can enjoy all its features without any cost.

Can I see shifts for friends and family?

Yes, the app allows you to create multiple calendars to view friends' and family members' shifts. You can also send your shifts to others so they can see your schedule at a glance, either as an image or within their own copy of the app.

What are the main benefits of using this app for shift work?

The app simplifies the often frustrating task of managing irregular work schedules. Its visual customization, quick entry features, and ability to share schedules make it easy to stay organized and informed about your work commitments.