Weekly Planner vs Shift Calendar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Weekly Planner
Organize your life with a simple, visual weekly planner. Easily add appointments, to-do lists, and recurring events. Enjoy a minimalist approach to tracking tasks and priorities, similar to a paper planner but digital.
- Visual weekly calendar
- To-do list creation
- Add appointments and tasks
- Recurring event scheduling
- Notes section
- Task completion checkmarks
- Past and future event review
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Get organized with our simple Weekly Planner. Plan your life a week at a time and turn the page to schedule the following week. Add appointments, to-do lists, tasks, and recurring events. Miss the ease of paper planners and calendars? You’ll love this digital version. We created Weekly Planner - Diary, Notes for people frustrated by visiting multiple screens to write down an appointment or task. It’s for individuals who don’t have the time or want to add endless details about each task or appointment. They need an effortless way to see and record to-dos and events. Open Weekly Planner and you’ll immediately see the current week. You can instantly add items to your Calendar or go to your Notes page with one tap on the Notes icon. When you finish a task, add a check. Weekly Planner allows you to record events weeks and years in advance. You can also review your past events. If you prefer a focused, minimalist approach to organizing your life and work, Weekly Planner - Diary, Notes app is for you. Don’t search for paper refills for your old planner! Learn to use Weekly Planner today and easily track your tasks, appointments, goals, and priorities. Get started You can start with a FREE version or with a 7-day free trial of Weekly Planner's PRO version. After 7 days, you can purchase the PRO version for $5.99, if you wish. Use it for a lifetime with no monthly or annual subscription fees. Or use the FREE version as long as you like. The purchase screen will always show you the difference between FREE and PRO. PRO Features Optional password lock protection Synchronize Weekly Planner with iCloud, Google Cloud, and other devices Save manually or automatically Save versions for printing in customizable PDFs Create recurring events happening daily, weekly, monthly, or annually Create recurring events on exact dates-keep track of birthdays and anniversaries Search events and entries Copy, paste, and move entries Customization options available in PRO settings Set Sunday, Monday or any other day as the first day of the week Select a one-day, two-day, four-day, or weekly view Select from your choice of app icons Select a page design Select font size and color Additional designs are available as in-app purchases. Contact us for help or support or to share suggestions for improving Weekly Planner at appweeklyplanner@gmail.com. Standard Apple LICENSED APPLICATION END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT applies to this app: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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: Weekly Planner at 4.7 against Shift Calendar's 4.2. Weekly Planner also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (15K vs 144). Shift Calendar's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Weekly Planner sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Shift Calendar sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Weekly Planner holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Weekly Planner has 15K ratings behind it against 144, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Weekly Planner's written reviews are positive against 51% of Shift Calendar's.
Weekly Planner ships an update every 3 weeks, Shift Calendar every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Weekly Planner | Shift Calendar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (15K ratings) — better | 4.2 (144 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.2% of reviews — better | 51.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15K — better | 144 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.7 GB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Digital Legal Tech | 章健 杨 |
Customer experience
Weekly Planner
Shift Calendar
Bugs and requests
Weekly Planner
Reported bugs
3 issues- Recurring events sometimes disappear or duplicate
- Occasional data loss or entries not saving properly
- Syncing issues between devices
Requested features
6 requests- Add recurring events with end dates
- Implement a calendar view and search function
- Provide automatic iCloud/cloud sync between devices
- Include a checkbox or strikethrough option for completed tasks
- Allow custom text colors for different event types
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- Support for Apple Pencil and handwriting input
Shift Calendar
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Weekly Planner
- PREMIUM 1 month3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- PREMIUM 1 year7 Days trial$11.991 Year
- Textures (lifetime)$1.99
- Holiday designs (lifetime)2 variants$1.99
- 3D Shapes (lifetime)$1.99
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- Gradients (lifetime)$1.99
- Art Lines (lifetime)$1.99
- Weekly Planner PRO (lifetime)$6.99
- PREMIUM for PRO (lifetime)$11.99
- PREMIUM (lifetime)$23.99
Shift Calendar
- Calendar Notes$0.99
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Pro Version$0.99
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- Add User$0.99
Questions
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