Comparison

Shift Wage Planer vs DotDay

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

Head to head
About

Shift Wage Planer

This app helps users plan their work shifts and accurately calculate their wages, including overtime and allowances. It features a comprehensive calendar, customizable rules for calculations, and expense tracking. A trial version is available for testing before purchasing the full application.

Highlights
  • Personalized shift planning
  • Precise salary calculations
  • Overtime and shift allowance tracking
  • Expense and income management
  • User and event management
  • Customizable shift rules
  • Monthly calendar print
Features
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This program includes personalized shift planning utilities, such as the possibility to check if overtime hours are worth the effort. The application contains all the important functions of a shift planner. It offers precise salary calculations, shift allowance, a work hours/overtime account, travel expenses, user management, events calendar, flexible surfaces and support. The salary calculation function allows the user to have a rundown of their working hours, thus avoiding any income cuts and allowing every employee a precise estimation of the monthly wage. The 30-days trial version is available with full function in the Playstore. Please try it before acquiring the full application, since your data will stay even when you switch from the trial to the full version. The app offers specifically the following utilities: -Complete shift calendar -Holidays of respective states (you can add your own holidays) -Separate settings for workdays and off days -Selection of two shifts per day (i.e. main + second job, double shifts, work and vacation) -Two different widgets -Shift alarm, automatic (customizable) -Flexible shift settings -Whole month calendar print -Flashing notifications Calculations: -Shift, day and month rules/norms for flexible accounting -Shift supplements -Overtime supplements -Timetable -Expenses -Income for vacations, Christmas and/or bonuses -These subjects is adjustable for each shift -Taxes and social expenses -Explanations of each function -Create reports -Calculating commissions Flexible creation of rules/norms: -Monthly: Parking tickets, company pension, capital-effective capacity, periodic or singular -Daily: lunch money, transport costs -Hourly: presence bonus, bonus payments Itinerary: -Add all appointments and choose between different fonts and background colors -Templates for appointments -More utilities yet to come User manager: -Layout settings Extras: -More details in the shift calendar -Statistics -Finances In case you require more preferences, need explanations or have questions/problems, please contact us: Support@davfla.de or use the in-App support function. We guarantee to answer as soon as possible. Feel free to type your comments and complaints in the comment section, or send them as an Email. Negative ratings will not help us fix any problems/bugs in the app, so we kindly ask you to elaborate your complaints and we will be doing our best to maintain the program.

About

DotDay

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See your month at a glance. Color-coded dots use each of the Calendar’s color scheme. Scroll the same screen to read every event, grouped by day. Tap a day to jump there. Long-press to add one. Swipe to the next month. Create and edit events and reminders without leaving the app. Type a name to fill the title from Contacts. Choose which calendars appear. Pick a default list for reminders. Your data lives in Apple Calendar, Reminders, and iCloud. No accounts. No clutter. Just your month.

Screenshots

Shift Wage Planer4 screens
DotDay1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DotDay at none against Shift Wage Planer's 1. DotDay also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Shift Wage Planer's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Shift Wage Planer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DotDay asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shift Wage Planer ships an update every 2 months, DotDay every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 5 level
Shift Wage Planer versus DotDay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShift Wage PlanerDotDay
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews50.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS12.0 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size16 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid IllmerWilliam Keene

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Shift Wage Planer

One-time1
  • Full Version$2.99
None

DotDay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shift Wage Planer free?
Shift Wage Planer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DotDay free?
DotDay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Shift Wage Planer or DotDay have ads?
Neither Shift Wage Planer nor DotDay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shift Wage Planer or DotDay?
Shift Wage Planer ships an update every 2 months, and DotDay every 3 weeks. Most recently, Shift Wage Planer was updated on September 17, 2026 and DotDay on September 22, 2026.

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