Comparison

Dienstag vs Simple Rota Maker

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

Head to head
About

Dienstag

Easily create and share professional shift schedules for your team. This app offers a panoramic view of workdays, vacations, and days off, with clear role allocation and personal icons for each team member. It's ideal for businesses with shift work, providing a continuous overview of who is working when and where.

Highlights
  • Intuitive shift entry and modification
  • Panoramic view of workdays, vacations, and days off
  • Rapid distribution of schedules
  • Multi-location scheduling
  • Clear role allocation
  • Transfer schedules to Apple/Google Calendar
Features
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We love good rosters! Heads up for all team managers!  Shift scheduling with the iPad™ can be so easy. Create and share beautiful shift plans with your team members in no time.  Your team members will have all work times and the information they need right at their fingertips.  ------------------------------ Dienstag 2 App advantages ------------------------------ Intuitive surgery: Enter shifts and team members and make changes in no time. Panoramic view: Manage your team's work days, vacation scheduling, workload and days off. Rapid distribution: Distribute team schedules and assignment scheduling information right from the app.  • Continuous overview: Who, with whom and when? • Easy to schedule shifts and to create team schedules • Multi-location feature: Create schedules for multiple locations or departments • Manage your team's work days, vacation scheduling and days off • Evaluate tasks and absences in a simple overview interface • Clear role allocation: Assign your team members their respective roles • Personal icons: Link a custom image to each person • Distribute team schedules and assignment scheduling information right to your team members • Shift schedules can be issued in different layouts • Easily anticipate staff shortages with the Absences Overview • You can also transfer shift schedules to an Apple™ or Google Calendar™ • Use Dienstag App 2 in portrait or landscape format ---------------------------------- Very flexible application domains  ---------------------------------- Dienstag 2 App perfectly fits to smaller shops or businesses using shift work or task work such as: • Food service • restaurants • Healthcare and personal care • hospitality • Skilled crafts and trades • Gas stations • retail • drugstores • Fire departments • industry • Non-profit organizations • Industrial cleaning • bakeries • Machine and plant engineering • Transport/logistics • Guard/security services • agencies • Radio/TV • Personnel management • agriculture • pharmaceuticals • Childcare centers • GYM Use Dienstag 2 App also for your own career planning! We love good rosters! With a lot of passion and commitment we work on the further development of our app. Now and in the future. We are happy about every positive evaluation in the Appstore. • Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account as soon as you confirm your purchase. • You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal from your Account Settings after the purchase. • Your subscription will renew automatically, unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • The cost of renewal will be charged to your account in the 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. • When canceling a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the current subscription will not be refunded. Terms and Conditions https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Simple Rota Maker

This app helps you create and manage work schedules and personal appointments. It can automatically generate rolling rota patterns for multiple workers and includes a task manager for to-do lists and audio notes. Share schedules easily with dynamic links.

Highlights
  • Automatic rolling rota generation
  • Manual schedule creation
  • Integrated task manager
  • Audio note recording
  • Shareable dynamic links
  • Export rotas to spreadsheets
  • Worker availability settings
Features
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Automatically generate rolling rota patterns—perfect for scheduling multiple workers over an indefinite period. Easily create your schedule or manual rotas with a few taps—ideal for managing your work shifts, personal schedules, appointments, or customizing worker rota patterns. A powerful yet simple task manager. Organize your to-do lists alongside your work shifts to stay super productive & on top of your schedule. In a hurry? Quickly record an audio note to replay anytime. Seamlessly create tasks, assign them to workers, & share dynamic links that open the task directly on their devices, automatically saving a copy for easy access and tracking. The simplest tool to customize your work shifts, personal schedules, appointments, & timetables—or create & share rolling rotas to roster multiple workers into hourly or daily shifts, complete with a built-in task manager. -For an automated rolling shift pattern, simply enter: • The names & number of workers • Optional worker availability or exclusion dates: Specify dates when workers must work or must be away, & the app will include or exclude them as needed Done! The app generates: • A beautiful monthly calendar for 24-hour or once-a-day shifts. • A sleek weekly calendar for shifts lasting 1-23 hours. Key Features: • Ensures workers receive an equal number of shifts. • Allows multiple workers per shift. • Lets you set a daily shift end time with ease. • Handles complex rolling block patterns like ‘n’ days on ‘n’ days off seamlessly. -Export rotas to spreadsheet apps like Excel -View detailed rota breakdowns, including the number of weekdays, weekends, & hours each worker is scheduled to work, along with additional worker statistics. -Easily edit the rota to adjust shifts, give workers more or fewer shifts, or modify must-work & away dates with ease. -Take full control & create your custom rota manually in just three easy taps. -For your personal work shifts, schedules, appointments, or timetables: • Simply enter shift or schedule names, select a date range, & populate the calendar with just a tap! • View 1-3 shifts per day in a clean, easy-to-read calendar format. • annotate your custom calendar with powerful notes that expand when you tap on a date. Share dynamic links to allow coworkers to view & edit the rota. Each time a link is opened, a duplicate “.share” version of your rota is created, which can be edited & shared back & forth. From these links, workers can: • Open the rota on their device. • Download their specific shifts. • Add shifts to their device calendar. • Set shift reminders. • Download the rota as a spreadsheet. -Annotate the rota with notes that follows & updates with the dynamic link to your rota. -Enhance your notes with powerful formatting options, including headings, bold, italics, underline, & a variety of font colours. - Stay organised & in control with your all-in-one task manager—perfect for creating to-do lists, shopping lists, & assigning tasks to coworkers. Whether you’re managing personal goals or team projects, it’s the simple way to keep everything on track. -Export your rota, schedule, or shifts seamlessly to your Calendar app for effortless integration and accessibility. -Set reminders for shifts or schedules & receive notifications to stay informed when a work shift is approaching. -Access your rota & tasks from any device—your task lists & rosters are securely saved to your profile for seamless access anytime. -Long-press the name of your rota or tasks to pin them to the top of your list for quick access. -Save & rename multiple versions of your rota & tasks for easy organization & reference, with an archive page to store & access old tasks & rosters. -Save your rota as an image or print it directly for easy sharing and reference. -Start your day with daily motivational quotes delivered directly to your profile. -Enjoy an integrated games page to unwind, relax, & recharge with a variety of fun games. Need help? Email us!

Screenshots

Simple Rota Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Dienstag at none against Simple Rota Maker's shown. Dienstag also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks) and review sentiment (33% vs 23%). Simple Rota Maker's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dienstag sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Simple Rota Maker sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.0 for Dienstag against 3.0 for Simple Rota Maker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of Dienstag's written reviews are positive against 23% of Simple Rota Maker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dienstag ships an update weekly, Simple Rota Maker every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Dienstag versus Simple Rota Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDienstagSimple Rota Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews — better23.1% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.2 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndre EislebeMembers of Us Limited

Customer experience

Dienstag

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral11.1%
Negative55.6%

Simple Rota Maker

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive23.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative76.9%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Dienstag

Subscriptions3
  • Starter$2.991 Month
  • Standard$14.996 Months
  • Business$26.991 Year
5 purchases

Simple Rota Maker

One-time5
  • Monday to Saturday Rota$2.99
  • Saturday To Sunday Rota$2.99
  • Simple Rota Maker Ad Free$3.99
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  • Customise day of week roster$4.99
  • Rolling Block Scheduler$9.99

Questions

Is Dienstag free?
Dienstag is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Rota Maker free?
Simple Rota Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dienstag or Simple Rota Maker?
Dienstag and Simple Rota Maker are both rated 3.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Dienstag or Simple Rota Maker have ads?
Simple Rota Maker shows ads; Dienstag does not.
Which is updated more often, Dienstag or Simple Rota Maker?
Dienstag ships an update weekly, and Simple Rota Maker every 2 weeks. Most recently, Dienstag was updated on November 2, 2026 and Simple Rota Maker on November 3, 2026.

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