PlanPop vs Shiftwell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PlanPop
This app helps you turn social ideas into real plans with friends. Easily share suggestions, coordinate events, and manage RSVPs on a shared calendar. It's designed to simplify social planning and keep everyone updated.
- Share ideas with friends
- Schedule and coordinate plans
- Manage RSVPs
- Create recurring events
- Shared group calendars
- Add photos and locations to ideas
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One calendar. Everyone's plans. Nothing forgotten. PlanPop is a shared calendar for you and your people. Your partner, your family, your friends, your dog. Add your plans, see theirs, stop double-booking yourself. EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE Work shifts, appointments, pickups, lunch dates. If it's happening, it's on the calendar in a tap. SET IT ONCE Weekly Tuesday dinner? Rent due? Set it and (never) forget it. WE'LL REMIND YOU Reminders before plans, for everyone in your calendar. Less texting, more doing. IDEAS FOR LATER Date nights, trips, someday stuff. Jot them down and move them to the calendar when you're ready. CUTE AS A BUTTON Colorful, simple, and not a gray grid of office sadness. You might actually like opening it. Share your calendar in two taps. Get everyone on the same page.
Shiftwell
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Shiftwell is the shift work planner that protects your sleep, not just your schedule. Built for nurses, first responders, hospitality, factory, logistics, and on-call staff — anyone on rotating, night, or changing shifts. Plan your roster and recover from it, all in one app. Instead of fighting your rota, Shiftwell works with it — mapping your sleep, caffeine, and recovery to your real shifts so you wake up rested. PLAN YOUR SHIFTS - Clean shift calendar — add one-off shifts or save rotation patterns like "2 on, 3 off" - Custom shift types with codes, colors, times, and overtime - Public-holiday tracking and a week-start that matches your country SLEEP & RECOVER SMARTER - Personalized sleep windows and nap timing based on your next shift - Caffeine tracker with a real half-life model — know when to stop drinking coffee - Light-therapy guidance to steer your body clock - Guided breathing and body-scan sessions to decompress TRACK HOW YOU'RE DOING - Quick mood, stress, and fatigue check-ins - Daily habits: hydration, movement, screen cutoff, sleep quality - Commute-safety check: know when you're too tired to drive MADE FOR REAL LIFE - Works offline; syncs across your devices when you sign in - 13 languages and light/dark themes Stop running on empty. Download Shiftwell and build a schedule your body can actually recover from. Subscription details: Shiftwell offers auto-renewable subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://shiftwell.calmon.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PlanPop at none against Shiftwell's 3. PlanPop also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 days). Shiftwell's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price and ads 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. Shiftwell sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. PlanPop asks for nothing beyond the download.
PlanPop ships an update daily, Shiftwell every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PlanPop | Shiftwell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (985 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 89.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 985 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 280 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Moments Technologies Inc. | Authkeep pty ltd |
Bugs and requests
PlanPop
Reported bugs
3 issues- Widgets not working
- Time/date auto-changing issues
- Formatting problems in event chat
Requested features
5 requests- Sync with other calendar apps
- Ability to remove users from shared calendars
- Customizable notification settings
- Widget support
- Export events to phone calendar
Shiftwell
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PlanPop
No in-app purchases
Shiftwell
- Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
- Premium Annual$9.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$44.99









