Shift Calendar vs Work Schedule App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shift Calendar
Easily manage your work schedule with this app designed for shift workers. Customize your shifts, generate schedules automatically, and add important notes to your calendar.
- Customizable shift work
- Automatic cycle scheduling
- Calendar notes
- Clear shift display
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Shift Calendar is designed for people who do shift works. It's easy to manage your job and work time - you can customize your shift work - Cycle scheduling, automatic generation of shift work for each day - Calendar notes, write important notes for each day - Shift works display in calendar clearly
Work Schedule App
Organize your tasks and work with this efficient to-do list and scheduler. Set reminders and receive push notifications to stay on track with your daily tasks and projects.
- Create to-do lists
- Checklist functionality
- Set work reminders
- Push notifications
- Task management
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Work Schedule App is a simple app for bigger problems. It’s an efficient to do list, work scheduler, a reminder, a checklist and a task manager that helps you to organize your tasks more efficiently. FEATURES: - Create a to-do list. - Checklist for your tasks. - Set reminders for your works. - Push notifications on a scheduled date. - Task manager for your work. PRIVACY POLICY: https://sites.google.com/view/appnap-privacy-policy TERMS OF USE: https://sites.google.com/view/appnap-terms-of-use CONTACT US: https://fb.me/workscheduleapp We are consistently working to make our products better for you. If you have any feedback or suggestions, feel free to write us an email at info@appnap.io. You can also support us by leaving a review about the app on the App Store.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Work Schedule App at none against Shift Calendar's 4. Work Schedule App also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). Shift Calendar's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Shift Calendar sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Work Schedule App asks for nothing beyond the download.
Work Schedule App holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 144 and 57 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Shift Calendar's written reviews are positive against 60% of Work Schedule App's.
Shift Calendar ships an update every 3 months, Work Schedule App weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shift Calendar | Work Schedule App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (144 ratings) | 4.4 (57 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.5% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 144 — better | 57 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 章健 杨 | Appnap Technologies Limited |
Customer experience
Shift Calendar
Work Schedule App
Bugs and requests
Shift Calendar
Reported bugs
8 issues- One year old records are missing
- Calendar does not always show the correct day
- Data not included in backups
- Recurring shifts require manual setup even in paid version
- Full-length ads for multiple date additions
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- Forced to watch ads to close
- No option for 'no' for premium purchase prompts
- Inability to write to the next day
Requested features
18 requests- Add hourly payment tracking
- Add advance payment tracking
- Add black theme (dark mode)
- Increase character limit for shift names
- Expand emoji usage for shifts
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- Add ability to select multiple days for one entry (iOS)
- Add save and restore feature (e.g., Dropbox)
- Add widget support
- Add option for military time or normal time
- Add ability to add additional users
- Add reminders for shifts
- Sync to iOS calendar
- Add ability to delete users
- Add ability to delete incorrectly added user shifts
- Add ability to write to the next day
- Add statistics for hours worked
- Add support for shift cycles longer than 31 days
- Add ability to share schedule with family members
Work Schedule App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shift Calendar
- Calendar Notes$0.99
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Pro Version$0.99
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- Add User$0.99
Work Schedule App
No in-app purchases
