Comparison

Shift Work Calendar vs ShiftDeck

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

ShiftDeck

Features
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ShiftDeck is a shift planner for people on rotating rotas: ambulance, police, fire, nursing, doctors, transport, manufacturing, offshore. Set your pattern once. Whether it repeats every 4 days or every 12 weeks, ShiftDeck fills your calendar for years ahead. Tap any day to change it, add overtime, a note, who you were on with, or mark yourself off sick, without touching the pattern underneath. KNOW YOUR SHIFTS • Month view and agenda, months ahead • Reminders the evening before and before each shift, on your phone, no account needed • Heads-ups when a rota breaks the rules, like an early after a night PLAN YOUR LIFE • Free time: add a partner's, a friend's or a housemate's rota and see the days and evenings you are all free • A web page and calendar link for family, showing shift names only • Home-screen widgets: your next shift, or the week ahead KEEP YOUR RECORDS • CPD tallies you define, counted per shift, with presets for ambulance, police, fire and rescue, nursing and doctors, and a CSV export for your portfolio • Sickness and exposure log with watch windows • A quick wellbeing check after a shift, just for you PRIVATE BY DESIGN Notes, colleagues, CPD and wellbeing never leave your phone. Only shift names and times are ever shared, and only when you choose to. SHIFTDECK PLUS The rota, reminders, wellbeing and CPD are free. Plus adds account sync across phones, the web page and calendar link, sharing and Free time, and CPD export. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel in your account settings. Privacy policy: https://shiftdeck.app/privacy Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Shift Work Calendar4 screens
ShiftDeck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ShiftDeck at none against Shift Work Calendar's shown. ShiftDeck also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Shift Work Calendar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ShiftDeck sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shift Work Calendar ships an update every 5 weeks, ShiftDeck every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Shift Work Calendar versus ShiftDeck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShift Work CalendarShiftDeck
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB34 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperShwoca Technologies LtdFully Coded Solutions Limited

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Shift Work Calendar

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
2 purchases

ShiftDeck

Subscriptions2
  • Plus, monthly$2.991 Month
  • Plus, yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Shift Work Calendar free?
Shift Work Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShiftDeck free?
ShiftDeck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Shift Work Calendar or ShiftDeck have ads?
Shift Work Calendar shows ads; ShiftDeck does not.
Which is updated more often, Shift Work Calendar or ShiftDeck?
Shift Work Calendar ships an update every 5 weeks, and ShiftDeck every 4 days. Most recently, Shift Work Calendar was updated on October 10, 2026 and ShiftDeck on October 9, 2026.

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