Comparison

Shift Work Calendar vs Locumo

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

Head to head
About

Shift Work Calendar

Easily plan your work schedule with custom shift patterns, colors, and names. Add events, set reminders, and sync across devices. Protect your schedule with a lock option and undo button.

Highlights
  • Custom shift patterns with colors and names
  • Automatic repeating shifts
  • Add paydays and events
  • Notification reminders
  • Cloud storage and sharing
  • Multiple calendar support
  • Lock and undo options
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Keep track of your life with this Shift Work Calendar, designed to make planning easier for people who work Shifts. Shift Work Calendar allows you to easily build different Shift patterns by choosing your own colours and names which can be speedily added to the calendar and visible at a quick glance. Features: Custom labels can be created with unique colours and names. Custom shift patterns can be created. Shift Patterns can be quickly added to the calendar automatically repeating for years if required. Pay days can be quickly added to the calendar. Events can be added to the calendar to show appointments / meetings etc. Events can have a notification reminder. 2 Labels per date available. Calendars can be stored in the cloud for easy transfer between your devices. Calendars can be shared with friends / family / colleagues using cloud share. Multiple calendars can be stored. Lock option can be enabled to stop accidental changes of the calendar. Undo button allows mistakes to be rectified when adding labels / shifts to the calendar. Email support@shifts.tech for support. Feedback and suggestions are most welcome.

About

Locumo

Features
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Locumo helps UK locum professionals track shifts, mileage, invoices and tax-year records without a messy spreadsheet. Built by a UK optometrist, Locumo is designed for the real admin that comes with locum work: remembering what you worked, what you earned, what you invoiced, who has paid, and what your accountant needs later. Use Locumo to add the clinics or practices you work at, log shifts on a calendar, see monthly earnings, create invoice PDFs, mark payments, track mileage and export accountant-ready reports. Key features: • Shift calendar for locum work • Clinic/practice profiles with rates, hours and invoice details • Quick Add for repeat shifts • Invoice PDF generation • Sent and paid tracking • External billing mode for clinics that handle invoices themselves • Mileage tracking • Monthly and tax-year reports • Accountant Pack export • Offline-first design for poor clinic signal • Web and iPhone access using the same account Locumo is made to keep the boring parts of locum admin a little less boring — calm, tidy and easy to come back to. Whether you work one clinic or several, Locumo keeps your locum records organised, searchable and ready when you need them.

Screenshots

Shift Work Calendar4 screens
Locumo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Locumo at none against Shift Work Calendar's 1. Locumo also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Shift Work Calendar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Locumo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shift Work Calendar ships an update every 5 weeks, Locumo every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Shift Work Calendar versus Locumo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShift Work CalendarLocumo
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShwoca Technologies LtdTELEOP LTD

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Shift Work Calendar

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

Locumo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shift Work Calendar free?
Shift Work Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Locumo free?
Locumo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Shift Work Calendar or Locumo have ads?
Shift Work Calendar shows ads; Locumo does not.
Which is updated more often, Shift Work Calendar or Locumo?
Shift Work Calendar ships an update every 5 weeks, and Locumo every 3 weeks. Most recently, Shift Work Calendar was updated on October 10, 2026 and Locumo on October 7, 2026.

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