Zenshifts vs MHR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Zenshifts
Easily schedule staff, manage attendance, and communicate work schedules instantly via text, email, and web notifications. Approve timesheets, view employee details, and allow staff to submit unavailability.
- Schedule staff and manage attendance
- Instant schedule notifications (SMS, email, web)
- Approve timesheets
- View staff details and schedules
- Create last-minute shift changes
- Employees view rosters and submit unavailability
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Zenshifts is the simplest way to schedule, manage attendance, and communicate with your staff from your mobile device and PC. Notify your staff instantly about their work schedule via text, email, and web notifications. 1. Schedule staff, approve timesheets and view staff details 2. View employee schedules and create last minute shifts changes that are communicated to staff via SMS, email and notiifcations 3. Approve timesheets. View scheduled hours against time clock or employee submitted times. 4. Employees can easily view their roster, no more missed shifts. 5. Employees can submit when they are unavailable.
MHR
This app offers a mobile HR self-service solution for employees and managers. It allows for intuitive and quick lodging and approval of leave, training, and timesheet requests, with access to payroll information like payslips and expenses from anywhere.
- Employee and manager HR self-service
- Leave request and approval
- Training request and approval
- Timesheet request and approval
- Access to payroll information
- View payslips and expenses
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The ichris mobile HR self-service app provides an easy to use interface enabling employees and managers to access key data. Lodging and approval of leave, training and timesheet requests is intuitive and quick, providing access to HR processes from anywhere at any time. Employees can access payroll information including payslips, timesheets and expenses.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Zenshifts at 8.0 against MHR's 12.5. On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Zenshifts | MHR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 10.0% of reviews โ better | 3.2% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 โ better | 12.5 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 172 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zenshifts Holdings Pty Ltd | Frontier Software Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Zenshifts
MHR
In-app purchases
Zenshifts
No in-app purchases
MHR
No in-app purchases





