Shift Calendar vs Work Hours pro
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 Hours pro
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Work Hours Tracker helps you easily track and calculate your working hours. Main features: • Track daily working hours • Automatic weekly and monthly summaries • Overtime calculation • Simple and clean interface • Export work hours • Dark mode design Perfect for employees, freelancers and anyone who wants to keep track of their work time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Work Hours pro at none against Shift Calendar's shown. Work Hours pro also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). Shift Calendar's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.6). 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
Both are free to download. Shift Calendar sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Work Hours pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Shift Calendar ships an update every 3 months, Work Hours pro weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shift Calendar | Work Hours pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (146 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 51.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 146 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 章健 杨 | Pal Palushi |
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 Hours pro
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 Hours pro
- Work Hours Pro$2.99
