This Week vs Schichter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
This Week
Organize your entire week with a clear, at-a-glance view of your schedule. This planner focuses on essential features to keep you on track, allowing you to manage tasks, set reminders, and easily rearrange your to-dos. Incomplete tasks automatically roll over, and future tasks can be stored for later.
- Weekly view of all 7 days
- Task completion with checkmarks
- Custom alarm notifications
- Automatic task rollover
- Store future tasks
- Drag and drop task rearrangement
- Home screen widget
- Dark mode support
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Plan your week ahead with This Week. This Week is a weekly planner that helps you organize your schedule for the entire week at a glance. See what needs to be done today, tomorrow, and beyond. This Week keeps everything simple and focused. No bloated features — just what you need to stay on track. [Key Features] - Weekly view with all 7 days displayed at once - Task completion with checkmarks - Set reminders with custom alarm notifications - As the day passes, incomplete tasks automatically carry over to the next day - Store future tasks in the "For Later" repository - Drag and drop or use the quick-move button to rearrange tasks - Home screen widget to see today's tasks at a glance - Dark mode support - Minimal, distraction-free design
Schichter
Easily create, customize, and manage your work shifts with this intuitive calendar app. Plan your days, track hours, and sync with your existing calendar. Offers features like shift swapping, vacation management, and detailed reports.
- Customizable shift creation
- Shift swapping and time-off management
- Calendar integration
- Widgets and Apple Watch support
- Dark mode and weather forecast
- Data backup and sync
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You want to know when you’re working – and when you’re off. Schichter is your shift calendar for that: on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Early, late, nights or rotating shifts: you build the roster the way you actually work, swap duties and log vacation. Your hours stay in view. Whether you work in healthcare, emergency services, production or hospitality – when the roster changes, your plan stays clear. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Build your shift plan Create templates and turn them into your calendar. When the roster changes, you adjust it in a few taps. • Make it yours Colors, notes and breaks per shift type, so you see what’s next at a glance. • Stay flexible Swap shifts, log vacation and manage time off without losing the overview. • Review hours and time off Working hours, vacation days and more in clear summaries. Period presets, export as CSV or as a PDF report. • Connect your iOS Calendar Add shifts to the system calendar so appointments and duties sit together. Optionally export all shifts as an .ics file (including notes and work location). • Widgets and Apple Watch Your plan on the Home Screen or your wrist – without opening the app. • iPad In landscape, calendar on the left and day details on the right. In portrait, more room for both. • Weather and Dark Mode Weather for your shifts – tap for details, hourly and daily forecast. Plus a comfortable dark appearance. • iCloud (optional In-App Purchase) Backup and sync across all your devices, if you want it. • Data backup Automatic backups on this device – including right after an update, even if iCloud is off. Manual backups in iCloud Drive (Schichter > Backups) stay if you delete the app. • PDF calendar Export your calendar as PDF (current year plus the next two years) – optionally to iCloud Drive, including sharing. The Drive setting applies on all your devices. You can reach me in English and German – questions and ideas are welcome. Schichter is for you if you work shifts and want work and free time easier to plan together.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: This Week at Free against Schichter's $5.99. This Week also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (12 vs 4). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
This Week is free to download; Schichter costs $5.99 up front. This Week sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Schichter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
This Week holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 90% of This Week's written reviews are positive against 92% of Schichter's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
This Week ships an update every 3 weeks, Schichter every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | This Week | Schichter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (12 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews | 92.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hoh Rim Choi | Martin Schulze |
Customer experience
This Week
Schichter
In-app purchases
This Week
- This Week Premium$1.99
Schichter
- iCloud$1.99









