Comparison

Shift Calendar vs GROUPS Calendar

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Customizable shift work
  • Automatic cycle scheduling
  • Calendar notes
  • Clear shift display
Features
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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

About

GROUPS Calendar

Features
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The best application for all those people who want to keep track of their tasks, schedules and appointments, having the possibility of sharing the content in real time with other users or with all the devices of the same user. Ideal for shift workers, families, couples or those who need to know the agenda of their relatives, friends or workmates. CALENDARS / SYNCHRONIZATION / SUBSCRIBERS - Log in with your email and enjoy self-saving in the cloud (forget about back-ups). - Share your calendar with whoever you want and give them the possibility to edit it in real time or to keep it as a spectator of your events. - Add notes associated to a calendar. - Reorder your calendars. EASY USE - Modify your calendar in two ways: (1) Quick mode or paint: Select an event from the drop-down list and click on the days to paint them with that event (2) Multiple Selection Mode: Select one or several days and perform actions in the selected range of days (add event, delete, repeat, copy, cut, paste events and / or notes) - Event menu: you can see all events of that calendar, create new ones, edit, reorder or hide them. EVENTS - Add all the events you want in the same day. - You can create all the events you need and configure them in a modular way. - Modify their appearance. - Add descriptions, images, audios and variable text to the event - Set your earnings and control your work time - Add your workday, salary and rest time and keep an exhaustive control of your schedules - Create alarms associated with that event (for that day or for the previous day). - Add customizable and recursive icons associated with a date. - Use the Birthday function and don't forget any of them NOTES - Create notes in each day and add reminders with alarms. Do not forget about appointments or important events again - Include images and audios in your notes - Mark notes as important - Use the notes, events and icons Searcher to find them easily TOP FUNCTIONS - Export your calendar from "Groups - Work & Family calendar" to Google Calendar. - Add national holidays directly from Google Calendar - See the summary of the next 30 days. - Compare different calendars: select the calendars and the month you want to compare. - Share your calendars easily with your friends as an image or PDF through WhatsApp, email, Telegram ... - Statistics: specific section where you can see the basic income, extra time paid, accumulated time, extra income and total income. Perfect to take a quick and clear control of all your earnings - Holidays: mark a day as a holiday and you can also choose to repeat it every year. FEATURED FEATURES - Easy to use. - Clear interface. - Customizable. - Different payment accounts that adapt to your needs - Fast and personalized user service - Social networks, enjoy explanatory videos, information about new updates and more visual content by joining our "Groups - Work & Family calendar" community. SUPPORT OUR WORK We are a very small team of people who make a great effort to develop "Groups - Work & Family calendar". If you like this application, you can help us continue improving and adding new features. By upgrading "Groups - Work & Family calendar" you will not only get a lot of professional premium features but also greatly support the continuous development of the app.

Screenshots

Shift Calendar4 screens
GROUPS Calendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: GROUPS Calendar at none against Shift Calendar's shown. GROUPS Calendar also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months). Shift Calendar's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Shift Calendar sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and GROUPS Calendar sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shift Calendar ships an update every 3 months, GROUPS Calendar every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Shift Calendar versus GROUPS Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShift CalendarGROUPS Calendar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (144 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews51.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings144 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer章健 杨Luis Alberto Reyes Halaby

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Shift Calendar

One-time4
  • Calendar Notes$0.99
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Pro Version$0.99
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  • Add User$0.99
12 purchases

GROUPS Calendar

One-time12
  • Component: Alarms Silencer$0.99
  • Component: Variable text$0.99
  • Component: Variable Schedule$0.99
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  • Component: Audio$1.99
  • Platinum account$1.99
  • Component: Images$2.99
  • Gold Account$2.99
  • Platinum Account$3.99
  • Silver account$4.99
  • Platinum account$6.99
  • Donation$9.99
  • Donation$19.99

Questions

Is Shift Calendar free?
Shift Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GROUPS Calendar free?
GROUPS Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Shift Calendar or GROUPS Calendar have ads?
Shift Calendar shows ads; GROUPS Calendar does not.
Which is updated more often, Shift Calendar or GROUPS Calendar?
Shift Calendar ships an update every 3 months, and GROUPS Calendar every 5 days. Most recently, Shift Calendar was updated on September 25, 2026 and GROUPS Calendar on September 21, 2026.

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