iShift Calendar vs Shift Calendar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iShift Calendar
This app generates repeating shift calendars based on user-defined shift rules. It allows for the management of multiple shift tables, supporting both personal and enterprise use cases with an integrated database for some enterprise schedules.
- Automatic shift calendar generation
- Input custom shift rules
- Manage multiple shift tables
- Support for personal and enterprise tables
- Built-in enterprise shift table database
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iShift Calendar is a general-purpose shift calendar generator. Features: 1. Input 'shift rule' (e.g.: 22330110 or 33221100), iShift will automatically generate a repeating shift calendar for you. 2. Manage multiple shift tables. 3. Support two types of shift tables: Personal and Enterprise. 4. Build-in database for some enterprise shift tables.
Shift Calendar
Easily manage your work schedule with this app designed for shift workers. Customize your shifts, generate schedules automatically, and add important notes to your calendar.
- Customizable shift work
- Automatic cycle scheduling
- Calendar notes
- Clear shift display
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Shift Calendar is designed for people who do shift works. It's easy to manage your job and work time - you can customize your shift work - Cycle scheduling, automatic generation of shift work for each day - Calendar notes, write important notes for each day - Shift works display in calendar clearly
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: iShift Calendar at 5.0 against Shift Calendar's 4.2. iShift Calendar also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). Shift Calendar's advantage is ratings volume (144 vs 3). On price and device support 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
Both are free to download. Shift Calendar sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. iShift Calendar asks for nothing beyond the download.
iShift Calendar holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shift Calendar has 144 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
iShift Calendar ships an update fortnightly, Shift Calendar every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iShift Calendar | Shift Calendar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.2 (144 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 51.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 144 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sheng-Yi Chang | 章健 杨 |
Customer experience
iShift Calendar
Shift Calendar
Bugs and requests
iShift Calendar
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Shift Calendar
Reported bugs
8 issues- One year old records are missing
- Calendar does not always show the correct day
- Data not included in backups
- Recurring shifts require manual setup even in paid version
- Full-length ads for multiple date additions
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- Forced to watch ads to close
- No option for 'no' for premium purchase prompts
- Inability to write to the next day
Requested features
18 requests- Add hourly payment tracking
- Add advance payment tracking
- Add black theme (dark mode)
- Increase character limit for shift names
- Expand emoji usage for shifts
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- Add ability to select multiple days for one entry (iOS)
- Add save and restore feature (e.g., Dropbox)
- Add widget support
- Add option for military time or normal time
- Add ability to add additional users
- Add reminders for shifts
- Sync to iOS calendar
- Add ability to delete users
- Add ability to delete incorrectly added user shifts
- Add ability to write to the next day
- Add statistics for hours worked
- Add support for shift cycles longer than 31 days
- Add ability to share schedule with family members
In-app purchases
iShift Calendar
No in-app purchases
Shift Calendar
- Calendar Notes$0.99
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Pro Version$0.99
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- Add User$0.99
