# SHIFTR Employee Scheduling — user reviews > 24 indexed App Store user reviews of SHIFTR Employee Scheduling by Specsoft, rated 4.60/5 from 586 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shiftr-employee-scheduling/id1378936197/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shiftr-employee-scheduling/id1378936197.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 483 · 4★ 50 · 3★ 23 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 27 ## What do users think of SHIFTR Employee Scheduling? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 User-friendly and intuitive interface - 🚀 Efficient scheduling and time-saving features - 💬 Excellent customer support and live assistance - 📱 Mobile accessibility for employees - 💡 Innovative shift swap and time-off request features - 📋 Template and copy functionality for schedules - 💰 Good value for pricing ($15/month) - 🔔 Notification system for employees - 📊 Useful for payroll integration **Cons** - 🐛 Calendar navigation issues and bugs - 💳 Misleading free trial to paid conversion - ❌ Limited free version functionality - 📱 Text notification feature missing - 🔐 Login requirement barriers - ⚠️ Inconsistent app performance and reliability **Commonly reported bugs** - Calendar skips to 1970, preventing historical shift review - Blank white screen on login - Login credentials not visible when typing - Schedule fails to load - App lags and crashes - Clock in/clock out functionality broken - Activation emails not sent - Login boxes display issues **Most requested features** - Fix calendar to prevent skipping to 1970 - Add text message notifications - Improve free version capabilities - Simple week-at-a-glance view (Monday-Sunday) - Direct schedule download and text sharing - Enhanced time lock functionality ## Newest reviews (4 of 24) ### 5/5 — Great scheduling app *2019-10-01, version 2.2.2* Works great for our company and excellent customer service ### 5/5 — Total time saver *2019-05-17, version 2.0.8* My employees love being able to access everything from their phones and getting the notifications ### 5/5 — Works well *2019-05-17, version 2.0.8* This app has a lot of shortcuts that help get my schedules done. I can copy a different day or save them as a "template" and just keep loading it each day. That's a super cool feature. ### 5/5 — Time off requests! *2019-05-17, version 2.0.8* I love how this app allows my employees to submit a time off request. When I respond it lets them know if it’s okay or not. So quick and easy. Then if I allow the time off, it reminds me when I make the schedule so I don’t accidentally schedule that person. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Doesnt work as of today *2023-05-31, version 2.5.9* You open it to make a schedule and it asks for a login, thats not a calendar or schedule its a login app. ### 1/5 — Subscription Required *2022-06-02* Requires a subscription through their own website. Not mentioned anywhere except in the app. ### 1/5 — Another useless schedule maker *2022-04-09, version 2.5.9* Why can’t I find an app that simply makes a schedule at a week at a glance . Starting from Monday and ending on Sunday with the employees names on the left side ? That I can download and send via text to my employees ? What ever happened to simplicity? Proving on eve again that pen and paper is still reliable . ### 1/5 — Can’t see anything *2021-08-03, version 2.5.1* I downloaded this app for work, but I had problems with it right from the start. When I logged in, I could not see what I was typing into the login boxes. After trying to sign in, I finally got in, but to my dismay, it opened into a blank white screen. Tried deleting and then redos loading multiple times but nothing seemed to work. Extremely dissatisfied! ### 1/5 — horrible app *2020-06-08, version 2.3.3* they don’t load your schedule, it’s impossible to clock in and clock out. schedule never loads and it lags horribly. ### 1/5 — Fake *2020-02-05, version 2.2.2* No emails sent to continue the activation ### 2/5 — Calendar issues *2026-04-02, version 2.7.2* You need to fix the calendar so it doesn’t skip to 1970. It’s impossible to look back at old shifts. Trying to figure miles for taxes and the app is worthless! Please fix it’s been like this for months!! ### 3/5 — Notifications *2024-07-26, version 2.7.2* Don’t like that it does not send text notifications ### 4/5 — Free version is useless *2025-10-08, version 2.7.2* Seems like a good app but the description of what happens after the free trial period expires is misleading. It’s basically useless after that so if you don’t plan on paying up don’t bother ### 4/5 — Needs to have god functionality for time locks at minimum *2019-12-08, version 2.2.2* Needs to have god functionality for time locks at minimum ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best work related app we use *2026-05-26, version 2.7.2* This is by far our most used and most productive app we use at work. We have around 25 employees. It would take me all day to list all the great features and functions we use with the app and website. The time clock and gps feature to show clock in/out locations is excellent. The schedule, the memo feature, the reports and ability to go back and pull all that data from the past, or for the current payroll works great. Time Off request is super easy. Keeping track of discipline and late employees is super simple. The best part is the support. If you have an issue or just a question, you hit one button and you are talking to a live person who goes out of their way to help. If its something the app doesn’t do, they even look into adding it. I cant say enough positive things about ShiftR. ### 5/5 — Great *2026-01-04, version 2.7.2* Very easy user friendly ### 5/5 — Vas *2025-11-18, version 2.7.2* Best employee scheduling ever so clear and easy to understand ### 5/5 — Great app, great support *2025-10-04, version 2.7.2* I tried a few free apps until I found this one. We have been using the paid version 4+ years now. I LOVE this app. It’s easy to use. If we have had any issues there are real people to help. I don’t know what I would do without it. It’s the best out there in my opinion ### 5/5 — CEO *2025-09-18, version 2.7.2* This is the perfect app for any small business owner who needs to do scheduling and utilize the same for payroll later ### 5/5 — SHIFTR *2024-05-12, version 2.7.2* Awesome app easy to use ### 5/5 — Love this app! *2022-01-07* I studied a get scheduling programs and found them all complicated. I was able to talk to a live person that demonstrated this program and answered my questions. They have great customer service! The app is easy to use and works for all our team ages 17-70. **Developer response:** Thanks for the great review! ### 5/5 — Time saver! *2021-07-30, version 2.5.1* This app so has many well thought out features and they seem to be be adding new stuff all the time! Love shift swaps and time off requests, it saves me tons of time! ### 5/5 — Way better than I hoped for *2020-09-21, version 2.3.3* This is way more than I expected for only $15 a month. I’ve been paying way more than this for years for half the features! Can’t recommend enough. ### 5/5 — President *2020-06-20, version 2.3.3* It has been a life saver on time and scheduling. I wouldn’t want to run my business without it. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-24.*