Comparison

Working Hours 4b vs Shift Work Calendar & Schedule

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

Head to head
About

Working Hours 4b

Easily track and calculate your work hours, including regular time, overtime, breaks, bonuses, and expenses. Generate reports and view statistics for monthly, weekly, or custom periods. Supports multiple work profiles and cloud synchronization.

Highlights
  • Log regular and extra hours
  • Track paid/unpaid breaks
  • Record bonuses and expenses
  • Monthly, weekly, and custom period calculations
  • Calendar view with detailed intervals
  • Work profiles for different schedules
  • Data export (TXT, CSV, PDF)
  • Cloud and device synchronization
Features
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Tired of tracking your work hours on paper and wrestling with a calculator at the end of the month? Working Hours 4b takes care of it for you — a complete, easy-to-use time-tracking app built for employees, freelancers, and anyone who needs to keep accurate records of their working hours and earnings. TRACK EVERY DETAIL Log your work hours with a simple, intuitive interface. Each entry can include: • Regular hours • Extra time: early entry and overtime • Breaks (paid or unpaid) • Bonuses, expenses and meal vouchers, sorted into categories (Car, Food, Fuel, Hotel, Parking, and more) • Custom tags to label and filter your history any way you like • A custom icon, note, and photo attachment (e.g. receipts) CALCULATE YOUR EARNINGS Instantly see how much you've earned — monthly, weekly, biweekly/fortnightly (14 or 15 days), annually, or over any custom date range. SMART CALENDAR Enter, edit, and review your work intervals directly from the calendar. View each month's details broken down by hours and earnings: • Regular hours • Extra: early entry and overtime • Paid and unpaid breaks • Bonuses and expenses • Total hours and earnings Use the Paid/Unpaid indicator to track which intervals have already been paid — so you never miss a payment again. Work intervals can span up to 48 hours, giving you full flexibility to log day shifts, night shifts, and everything in between. TRAVEL & MILEAGE Log travel separately from your shifts and let the app calculate your earnings automatically, by cost-per-hour or cost-per-distance (km/mi). WORK BANK Don't want to cash out your extra hours right away? Store them in your personal Work Bank and convert them back into paid time — or paid time off — whenever you need it. WORKING PROFILES Do many of your shifts follow the same pattern, with only small variations? Save reusable working profiles, name them however you like (e.g. Monday, Tuesday, Night shift, Day shift), and apply them to any date in seconds. Profiles aren't set in stone — edit or adjust them at any time, even while adding a new interval. HOLIDAYS & LEAVE Add holidays and sick leave to your calendar and keep a running count at any time. STATISTICS & EXPORT Review your statistics for any custom date range, then export your data as Plain Text, CSV or PDF and share it however you like. Visualize your earnings and hours with clear graphs — annual totals month by month, and monthly totals day by day. REMINDERS Never forget to log your hours. Set a reminder time and choose the days of the week — Working Hours 4b will notify you right on schedule. MULTIPLE JOBS & CLIENTS Working more than one job, or managing several clients? Add multiple jobs, each with its own color and notes, so every entry stands out at a glance on your calendar. MADE TO FIT YOU Set your preferred currency, hours format, minute-rounding rule, and which day your week starts on — the whole app adapts to how you work. Available in over 50 languages. CLOUD & DEVICE SYNC Your data is securely saved to the cloud using your chosen sign-in method, and kept in sync across all your devices in real time. This app offers optional in-app purchases: • Remove Ads — disable ads throughout the app • Multiple Jobs — unlock the ability to add more than one job COMMUNITY & SUPPORT Found a bug or have an idea for a new feature? Join the community: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/working.hours.4b X: https://x.com/workingHours4b Or reach out directly via the Contact section in the app's settings. Terms and conditions: https://workinghours4b.com/terms-and-conditions

About

Shift Work Calendar & Schedule

Organize your work and personal life with this calendar app designed for shift workers. Easily plan your days off, track income, and manage complex schedules. Supports multiple calendars for different jobs or colleagues.

Highlights
  • Create custom and preset shift patterns
  • Track income and hourly rates
  • Manage multiple job calendars
  • Input personal events and vacations
  • Analyze working hours and earnings
  • Compare schedules with coworkers
  • Backup and restore calendars
Features
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Shift Work Calendar Planner is a free calendar app for shift workers or for people who want to organise their work and everyday life. The simple and concise interface of the application allows you quickly display a schedule of any complexity. You can plan your off days with ease and keep track of your ever-changing schedule. It is especially beneficial for firefighters, nurses, linemen, deputy sheriffs, and other professionals who have a constantly changing schedule. You can create as many calendars as you want and use them for different jobs or to track coworkers' schedules. This app offers its own list of preset work shift patterns that you can immediately use. If your shift work doesn’t fall into any of those patterns, you can set a custom shift pattern and use it, or adjust and edit preconfigured ones. The app is not only for work schedule roster, you can input your vacations, personal events, gym, holidays, etc. The app also has a date search feature that lets you check if you’re supposed to be working on a particular day in the future, or compare calendars with coworkers. Shifts : Create or use preset, fully configurable shifts. Enter your income, hourly rate, working time. Customise it with different colours and icons. Type a note for a shift or change its description. Put as many shifts on any date as you need. Use preset shift patterns to add shifts quickly for longer periods. Multiple Calendars : Create multiple Jobs/Calendars. Create job schedules for multiple people. Compare them on one page, date by date. Backup and restore your calendars. Personalize your calendar with multiple color palettes, icons and themes. Analytics: Track your working hours, shifts, personal events and money earned. Select a period to see your income for each week, month or year. Working goals and custom periods are under development. If you have any suggestions or questions, or you do not understand how to make your custom pattern, or you want to correct or add a translation for this app, send me an email please - 4thfloorapps.help@gmail.com Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Working Hours 4b4 screens
Shift Work Calendar & Schedule4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Working Hours 4b at every 9 days against Shift Work Calendar & Schedule's every 3 weeks. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Working Hours 4b sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Shift Work Calendar & Schedule sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. 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 — 4.7 for Working Hours 4b against 4.6 for Shift Work Calendar & Schedule. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 359 and 363 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 53% of Working Hours 4b's written reviews are positive against 47% of Shift Work Calendar & Schedule's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Working Hours 4b ships an update every 9 days, Shift Work Calendar & Schedule every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Working Hours 4b versus Shift Work Calendar & Schedule: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorking Hours 4bShift Work Calendar & Schedule
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (359 ratings) — better4.6 (363 ratings)
Positive reviews52.6% of reviews — better46.8% of reviews
Number of ratings359363 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size139 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSorin-George Budescu4TH FLOOR APPS SIA

Customer experience

Working Hours 4b

All ratings358 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral4.5%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews152 reviews
Positive52.6%
Neutral11.8%
Negative35.5%

Shift Work Calendar & Schedule

All ratings363 ratings
Positive89.8%
Neutral2.5%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews141 reviews
Positive46.8%
Neutral14.9%
Negative38.3%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Working Hours 4b

Subscriptions7
  • Premium Month$0.991 Month
  • Premium Month2 variants$1.991 Month
  • Premium Media Month$2.991 Month
Show 4 more
  • Premium Year$6.991 Year
  • Premium Year$11.991 Year
  • Premium Year$17.991 Year
  • Premium Media Year$22.991 Year
One-time2
  • Multiple Jobs$2.99
  • Ads Remove$5.99
9 purchases

Shift Work Calendar & Schedule

Subscriptions8
  • 1 Month of Shift Work Calendar7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Shift Work Calendar Premium7 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • 1 Month of Shift Work Calendar7 Days trial$2.991 Month
Show 5 more
  • 3 Months Shift Work Schedule7 Days trial$5.993 Months
  • 1 Year of Shift Work Calendar7 Days trial$11.991 Year
  • 1 Year of Shift Work Calendar$11.991 Year
  • 1 Year of Shift Work Calendar14 Days trial$11.991 Year
  • 1 Year of Shift Work Calendar7 Days trial$22.991 Year
One-time1
  • Shift Work Lifetime Premium$12.99

Questions

Is Working Hours 4b free?
Working Hours 4b is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shift Work Calendar & Schedule free?
Shift Work Calendar & Schedule is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Working Hours 4b or Shift Work Calendar & Schedule?
Working Hours 4b is rated higher. Working Hours 4b averages 4.7 out of 5 from 359 ratings, while Shift Work Calendar & Schedule averages 4.6 from 363 ratings.
Do Working Hours 4b or Shift Work Calendar & Schedule have ads?
Both Working Hours 4b and Shift Work Calendar & Schedule show ads.
Which is updated more often, Working Hours 4b or Shift Work Calendar & Schedule?
Working Hours 4b ships an update every 9 days, and Shift Work Calendar & Schedule every 3 weeks. Most recently, Working Hours 4b was updated on October 26, 2026 and Shift Work Calendar & Schedule on October 25, 2026.

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