SHIFTAR vs GROUPS Calendar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SHIFTAR
Easily manage your work shifts and personal appointments in one intuitive calendar. Quickly input shift details, track your earnings, and sync with your existing iCloud calendar. Premium features include widgets, data backup, and advanced color customization.
- Quick shift entry with pre-set buttons
- Automatic salary calculation
- iCloud Calendar synchronization
- Daily/weekly schedule widgets
- Automatic data backup
- Expanded color coding options
- Ad-free experience
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There's no more need to walk around with a shift schedule table. This single app lets you manage both your shift work and private schedules. SHIFTAR is committed to offering an easy-to-understand app that anybody can use with ease. There are absolutely no complicated actions. Using the app is intuitive for anyone, as easily as entering a schedule on a paper calendar with a pen. ■ Shift entry features Filling in shift information, item by item, into a calendar is a big job. Using SHIFTAR's shift entry features, you just touch the buttons labeled with early shift, late shift, day shift, night shift, and other shift schedule information. Just like that, you can fill in your calendar with shift schedule information as quickly as a whole month's shifts in just 30 seconds. ■ Salary calculation How much will you get on your next payday? How much salary have you earned through today? SHIFTAR will let you know. Knowing the amount of your next paycheck may let you increase your shifts, decrease your shifts to have fun, or determine your budget for presents. Your running total of salary through the current date is updated every day. Seeing the amount rise day by day may boost your motivation! ■ Sync iCloud Calendar Do you have schedules entered into other calendar apps? SHIFTAR supports iPhone's standard calendar (iCloud Calendar). No settings at all are required to migrate data. You can get started right away. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ◇◆ SHIFTAR Premium ◆◇ ■ Widgets Our new widget allows you to quickly check your daily / weekly schedule without having to launch the app. ■ Back up important data The app's data will be automatically backed up. You will always be able to revert to the last saved data when you encounter an issue. No need to worry even if: • your smartphone suddenly dies! • your data suddenly disappears! • you delete the app by mistake! • you get a new smartphone. ■ Add bonus colors You will be able to choose from a much wider variety of colors that you can set for your events. Enjoy a more colorful and convenient calendar screen with more colors for color coding. Great for you if: • you have many shift patterns and are running out of colors... • you are worried that you may run out of colors in the future... • you want to use your favorite colors ■ Remove ads Once you remove ads, you will have more space on the screen to display more events per day, and it will be easier to tap the menu button. No more distraction on the screen means that you will be able to focus on what you are doing, and the UI of SHIFTAR will perform at its best. <Period> SHIFTAR Premium is an auto-renewing subscription. It is available for yearly periods. It is automatically updated on a yearly basis, counting from the application date. <Free trial> You will get one free trial per iTunes account when you first use it. Your remaining trial period will expire if you cancel SHIFTAR Premium during your free trial period. <Automatic updates> SHIFTAR Premium will be automatically billed to your iTunes account within 24 hours prior to expiration. If you wish to cancel, please cancel the automatic updates in your iTunes account settings. <Privacy Policy> https://ozumah256.wixsite.com/leaderbike-policy <Terms of Use> https://ozumah256.wixsite.com/leaderbike-use - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SHIFTAR believes in valuing the voice of every user. SHIFTAR will work to offer ongoing updates to make the app more convenient and easier to use for all. We look forward to your feedback. (Menu in the app > Other > Comments and requests) # When we're tired, we get power from everyone's positive reviews - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
GROUPS Calendar
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: GROUPS Calendar at none against SHIFTAR's shown. GROUPS Calendar also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. SHIFTAR sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and GROUPS Calendar sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SHIFTAR ships an update monthly, GROUPS Calendar every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SHIFTAR | GROUPS Calendar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (572 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 76.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 572 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 132 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kosuke Hamada | Luis Alberto Reyes Halaby |
Bugs and requests
SHIFTAR
Reported bugs
7 issues- Complete data loss after app updates
- Random deletion of calendar entries
- App crashes on launch
- Unable to access app after update
- Sync failures across devices
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- Do not track button not clickable
- Calendar blocking causing data loss
Requested features
12 requests- Date search function for quick navigation
- App icon with current date display
- Partner/family sharing system
- Multiple user schedule management
- Weekly pay period option
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- Saturday/Sunday separate rate settings
- Special holiday rate customization
- Weekly hours calculation
- MacBook/desktop application
- Brighter and bolder color options
- Calendar sync with iOS Calendar
- Alarm/reminder for special dates
GROUPS Calendar
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SHIFTAR
- SHIFTAR Premium monthly$1.991 Month
- Premium monthly with trial7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- SHIFTAR Premium7 Days trial$1.991 Month
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- SHIFTAR Premium14 Days trial$1.991 Month
- SHIFTAR Premium1 Month trial$1.991 Month
- SHIFTAR Premium3 Months trial$1.991 Month
- SHIFTAR Premium14 Days trial$8.991 Year
- SHIFTAR Premium annual$8.991 Year
- Premium annual with trial7 Days trial$8.991 Year
- Premium annual with trial7 Days trial$16.491 Year
- SHIFTAR Premium annual$16.491 Year
GROUPS Calendar
- 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 SHIFTAR free?
Is GROUPS Calendar free?
Do SHIFTAR or GROUPS Calendar have ads?
Which is updated more often, SHIFTAR or GROUPS Calendar?
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