Shiftify vs Shift Calendar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Wage tracking
- Shift scheduling
- Overtime calculation
- Payroll reports
- Color-coded shifts
- Calendar sync
- Multi-device sync
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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
Shift Calendar
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This is an intelligent scheduling tool designed for frontline and shift workers. It supports customized settings for generating cycle shifts, reminders based on work schedules, and a sleek and attractive desktop widget. It also supports multi-person shift schedules, shift schedule sharing, and shift statistics to make your scheduling more simple and convenient. 「Calendar Scheduling」 The main interface is based on a monthly calendar view, which clearly displays lunar and holiday information. Click on a date to easily add today's shifts. Default shifts include day shift, night shift, rest, morning shift, mid-shift, and night shift. You can freely add/modify/delete shifts, and each shift can be customized with shift color, work start and end times, and rest times. Supports left and right swipe to switch between months, and you can also quickly jump to custom years and months. Note: Supports setting multiple shifts for a single day. 「Cycle Shifts」 You can set regular cycle shifts based on your needs, with a default cycle of 1 year that can be set to 3 years. Note: Cycle shifts also support setting multiple shifts for a single day. 「Shift Alarm」 Thoughtful shift alarms that can set multiple alarms for different shifts. Alarm reminder methods include local calendar reminders, alarm clock reminders, and WeChat reminders. Note: You can set alarms based on work start/end times, with a service that can be advanced or delayed by xx minutes. 「Widget」 Supports displaying today/tomorrow's shifts, weekly view, and monthly view widgets. Note: Widgets support different light/dark display styles. 「Other Features」 Data Sync: After logging in to your account, you can enjoy cloud synchronization. You no longer have to worry about losing your data; Multi-person shift schedule: Supports adding multi-person shift schedules, clearly displaying the scheduling for multiple people on a given day; Shift schedule sharing: Supports sharing a month's shift schedule with WeChat friends; Shift statistics: Supports shift count statistics, shift duration statistics, and daily duration statistics. "Intelligent scheduling, happy life!" Welcome doctors, nurses, workers, bankers, security personnel, and friends from other industries to experience and use this tool.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Shift Calendar at none against Shiftify's shown. Shift Calendar also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). Shiftify's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). 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. Shiftify sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Shift Calendar sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Shiftify ships an update every 6 days, Shift Calendar every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shiftify | Shift Calendar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (457 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 94.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 457 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 174 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bohee Sim | Shanghai Fengcong Technology Co., Ltd. |
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
Shift Calendar
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shiftify
- SHIFTIFY PRO$4.99
- SHIFTIFY PRO$5.99
- SHIFTIFY PRO$8.99
Shift Calendar
- Premium VIP 1 Month$0.99
- Premium VIP 3 Month$2.99
- Premium VIP 12 Month$5.99
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- Premium VIP Lifetime$9.99









