Comparison

Hourly 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

Hourly

Track time spent on tasks with a to-do list and focus timer. Generate reports for employers, monitor daily and monthly productivity, and identify time-wasting activities to improve efficiency.

Highlights
  • Task-based time tracking
  • To-do list creation
  • Productivity monitoring
  • Customizable reports
  • Time analysis
  • Deadline setting assistance
Features
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Hourly gives you power to: • Create a to-do list of tasks and count time spent on every task. • Use the list of your results to make reports for employers if you work for hourly rate. • Watch how productive your work was during a day and a month. • See all the tasks left to be done. • Measure how long different activities take, so next time you’ll know what deadlines to set. • Find out what jobs take unreasonable amounts of time, so you can delegate them, for instance. • Detect and get rid of time parasites. !!! Is Hourly helpful? Your feedback is more invigorating for us than a sound of an alarm clock in the morning. Got questions or feel lack of some features? Feel free to contact us at support@hourly-app.com. We speak English and Russian.

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

Hourly4 screens
Shift Work Calendar & Schedule4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hourly at 88% against Shift Work Calendar & Schedule's 47%. Hourly also leads on ads (none vs shown). Shift Work Calendar & Schedule's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hourly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 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

Shift Work Calendar & Schedule holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shift Work Calendar & Schedule has 304 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of Hourly's written reviews are positive against 47% of Shift Work Calendar & Schedule's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hourly ships an update every 4 months, Shift Work Calendar & Schedule monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Hourly versus Shift Work Calendar & Schedule: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHourlyShift Work Calendar & Schedule
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (11 ratings)4.6 (304 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.4% of reviews — better46.8% of reviews
Number of ratings11304 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEvgeniy Rtishchev4TH FLOOR APPS SIA

Customer experience

Hourly

All ratings11 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral9.1%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive88.4%
Neutral4.7%
Negative7.0%

Shift Work Calendar & Schedule

All ratings304 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral2.6%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews141 reviews
Positive46.8%
Neutral14.9%
Negative38.3%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Hourly

Subscriptions2
  • HourlyPro Monthly$1.491 Month
  • HourlyPro Yearly$13.991 Year
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
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  • 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 Hourly free?
Hourly 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, Hourly or Shift Work Calendar & Schedule?
Shift Work Calendar & Schedule is rated higher. Hourly averages 4.1 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Shift Work Calendar & Schedule averages 4.6 from 304 ratings.
Do Hourly or Shift Work Calendar & Schedule have ads?
Shift Work Calendar & Schedule shows ads; Hourly does not.
Which is updated more often, Hourly or Shift Work Calendar & Schedule?
Hourly ships an update every 4 months, and Shift Work Calendar & Schedule monthly. Most recently, Hourly was updated on June 10, 2026 and Shift Work Calendar & Schedule on September 21, 2026.

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