Comparison

Sked vs Shift Calendar

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Sked

Manage your work shifts, track hours and pay, and view your monthly schedule at a glance. This app handles multiple jobs, overtime, and holiday pay, and allows for easy shift creation and sharing. It also syncs with native calendars and offers Apple Watch alerts.

Highlights
  • Work shift management
  • Hours and pay tracking
  • Monthly schedule overview
  • Multiple job support
  • Overtime and holiday pay calculation
  • Shift sharing and syncing
  • Calendar integration and alerts
Features
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Meet Sked - Your new work schedule manager. Sked gives you total control over your work schedule. It adds your work shifts in seconds. It tracks your hours worked and pay earned. It shows you your monthly schedule at a single glance. It can handle many jobs. It can manage overtime and holiday pay. You can create invoices for hours worked in Sked. And it can add your most common shifts with just a single tap. In fact, there isn’t much that Sked can’t do. Sked has powerful sharing features. You can sync your schedule to your iPhone or iPad’s native calendar, which will give you Apple Watch alerts. You can share just your work day, or entire months of your schedule with friends. And best of all - you can directly sync schedules with close friends and family in the app, so you can always see when everyone is working. Does your schedule involve rotating shifts? No problem. Sked’s robust scheduling features can handle shift addition for certain days of the week. Sked can also add shifts every certain number of days. Sked can add little notes to your calendar as well, to remind you of the most important things. Oh - and of course Sked will alert you when you need to get ready for work. With Sked, your work life just got easier. Subscription pricing and terms: Sked offers three auto-renewing subscription options: $2.99 per week $6.99 per month $29.99 per year These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. Your Sked subscription will automatically renew at the end of each term and your credit card will be charged through your iTunes account. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your iTunes account settings but refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. Read more about our terms and conditions here: Terms of Use: http://picshiftapps.com/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: http://picshiftapps.com/privacy-policy/

About

Shift Calendar

This calendar app is designed for shift workers, offering automatic calculation of time off for work cycles. It also includes additional tools specifically for managing shift-related schedules.

Highlights
  • Shift worker focus
  • Automatic time off calculation
  • Work cycle scheduling
  • Shift-related tools
Read full description

Shift Calendar is a calendar app that focuses on shift workers, and it can automatically calculate the time off for a work cycle. And some other shift-related tools are provided.

Screenshots

Sked4 screens
Shift Calendar2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Shift Calendar at 5.0 against Sked's 3.7. Shift Calendar also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). Sked's advantage is ratings volume (164 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sked sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Shift Calendar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shift Calendar holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sked has 164 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sked ships an update every 2 months, Shift Calendar monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sked versus Shift Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkedShift Calendar
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (164 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings164 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOwen Schick晨 房

Customer experience

Sked

All ratings164 ratings
Positive63.4%
Neutral17.1%
Negative19.5%
Written reviews151 reviews
Positive50.3%
Neutral20.5%
Negative29.1%

Shift Calendar

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Sked

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App freezes and becomes unresponsive
  • Subscription not recognized even after purchase
  • Shifts and notes randomly deleted

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to delete shifts
  • Improve syncing with other calendars
  • Add currency options beyond just USD
  • Introduce dark mode and customization options

Shift Calendar

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Sked

Subscriptions4
  • 1 Week of Sked Plus3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • 1 Month of Sked Plus3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • 6 Months of Sked Plus$6.996 Months
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  • 1 Year of Sked Plus3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • 1 Month of Sked Plus$1.99
  • 6 Months of Sked Plus$4.99
  • 1 Year of Sked Plus$7.99
1 purchases

Shift Calendar

One-time1
  • Shift Calendar Premium$9.99

Questions

Is Sked free?
Sked is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shift Calendar free?
Shift Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sked or Shift Calendar?
Shift Calendar is rated higher. Sked averages 3.7 out of 5 from 164 ratings, while Shift Calendar averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Sked or Shift Calendar have ads?
Neither Sked nor Shift Calendar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sked or Shift Calendar?
Sked ships an update every 2 months, and Shift Calendar monthly. Most recently, Sked was updated on September 20, 2026 and Shift Calendar on June 4, 2026.

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