Comparison

Shiftify 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

Shiftify

This app helps individuals with irregular work schedules accurately track their earnings. It calculates wages, overtime, and unpaid breaks, providing detailed payroll reports. The app offers visual organization of shifts and syncs with other calendars.

Highlights
  • Wage tracking
  • Shift scheduling
  • Overtime calculation
  • Payroll reports
  • Color-coded shifts
  • Calendar sync
  • Multi-device sync
Features
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EARN EVERY DIME YOU'RE OWED Shiftify is an easy-to-use shift planning calendar that accurately tracks your wages by adding up hourly earnings, overtime, and unpaid breaks. It's perfect for anyone with irregular shifts or freelance work. EASILY TRACK YOUR WAGES • Create an unlimited number of jobs, shifts and rotations for free • Visually organize shifts using intuitive color-coding • Add up hours worked and pay earned with nano-accuracy • Calculate overtime wages, extra pays and unpaid breaks • Easily and quickly calculate your net pay REPORTS AND TRACKING • Detailed payroll report • Export your payroll report and shift calendar in printable PDF format • View charts of hours and shifts worked ADDITIONAL FEATURES • View your monthly and weekly schedule with a handy Today widget • Sync with Apple's built-in Calendar • Multi-device sync • Password lock with Face ID & Touch ID • Automatic backup • Alarm Clock

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

Shiftify4 screens
GROUPS Calendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: GROUPS Calendar at none against Shiftify's shown. GROUPS Calendar also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Shiftify sells 3 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

Shiftify ships an update every 6 days, GROUPS Calendar every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Shiftify versus GROUPS Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShiftifyGROUPS Calendar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (457 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings457 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size174 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBohee SimLuis Alberto Reyes Halaby

Bugs and requests

Shiftify

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Calendar always defaults to January
  • Calendar not fitting properly on screen
  • Inability to search for job locations

Requested features

5 requests
  • Repeat/recurring shift feature
  • Ability to edit shift times without creating new shift
  • Overtime pay calculations
  • Widget support
  • Dark mode option

GROUPS Calendar

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Shiftify

One-time3
  • SHIFTIFY PRO$4.99
  • SHIFTIFY PRO$5.99
  • SHIFTIFY PRO$8.99
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 Shiftify free?
Shiftify 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 Shiftify or GROUPS Calendar have ads?
Shiftify shows ads; GROUPS Calendar does not.
Which is updated more often, Shiftify or GROUPS Calendar?
Shiftify ships an update every 6 days, and GROUPS Calendar every 5 days. Most recently, Shiftify was updated on September 22, 2026 and GROUPS Calendar on September 21, 2026.

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