Comparison

Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) vs TapShift

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

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About

Work Shift Calendar (Shifter)

Organize your work schedule, track income, and manage appointments with customizable shifts and reminders. Features include daily, weekly, and monthly views, income statistics, and calendar export. Stay on top of your day with this comprehensive tool for shift workers.

Highlights
  • Customizable shift creation
  • Income and overtime tracking
  • Shift-specific alarms
  • Daily notes with reminders
  • Desktop widgets
  • Monthly and annual calendar views
  • Calendar export and import
Features
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This app is designed for shift workers and people who need to organize their day to day basis and thus not to miss any appointments. You can carry out an exhaustive control of your working day and your income quick and easily thanks to our statistics system. SHIFTS - Create fully configurable shifts. - Add your workday, with option to include split shift and rest time. Keep track of your schedules. - Enter your income, overtime and early exit. Set up earnings and control working time easily. - Create alarms associated with that shift (for that day or for the previous day) and customize its sound. - Paint up to two shifts per day. - Import your shifts from one calendar to another. - Add icons associated with a date. NOTES - Create notes on each day and add reminders with alarms. Don't ever forget important appointments or notes. - Customize the sound of alarms. - Include images in your notes. WIDGETS - Create a widget for your desktop and view your calendar even without opening the app. - Choose between weekly and monthly Widget. TOP FUNCTIONS - Enjoy the Monthly and Annual View (which allows you to see all months of the year just by sliding the screen, as well as Annual Statistics). - Export your calendar to Google calendar. - Add national holidays directly from Google Calendar. - Control working time and earnings by selecting a range of dates in the Statistics section. - View upcoming notes at a glance. - Compare different calendars. - Share your calendar (monthly, annual view or comparison of calendars) with your friends via WhatsApp, email, Telegram... - Create backups easily. - Set up to ten different calendars. - Import other calendars simply. - Use the icon search to find them quickly. EASY TO 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) Edit Mode: Select one or more days and perform actions in the selected day range (repeat, copy, cut, paste, delete or assign shifts). - Shifts menu: you can see all the shifts of that calendar, create new ones, edit, reorder or import them. FEATURED FEATURES - Easy to use. - Clear interface. - Customizable. - PRO version that unlocks great advantages. - Tutorial with the basic functions of the app and help section (FAQs). - Fast and personalized customer service. - Social networks: enjoy explanatory videos, information about new updates and more visual content by joining our Shifter community. SUPPORT OUR WORK We are a very small team of people who make a great effort to develop Shifter. If you like this app, you can help us improving it and continue adding new features. Buying PRO version not only activates all its advantages, but also greatly support the continuous development of the app. FACEBOOK & INSTAGRAM: @ShifterCalendar

About

TapShift

Streamline employee scheduling and payroll with this app. Easily create color-coded shifts, manage staff, and automate wage calculations. Export schedules and add notes for efficient workplace management.

Highlights
  • Calendar-style shift scheduling
  • Multi-workplace management
  • Automated payroll calculation
  • Staff and shift template management
  • Shift export to PDF/JPEG
  • Note function for memos
Features
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TapShift is a shift scheduling app for store managers, small teams, and hourly workplaces. Create staff rosters, manage employees, check required staffing, review coverage gaps, and calculate payroll from your iPhone. Still building schedules with paper or spreadsheets? Need to know whether each role has enough people? Tired of calculating work hours and wages by hand? TapShift brings everyday shift management into one simple mobile workflow. 【KEY FEATURES】 ■ Calendar-Style Shift Scheduling Create shifts with a tap. Assign saved shift templates to staff and dates, then review the whole month in a color-coded calendar. Timeline views also make it easier to see how many people are working at the same time. ■ Group Management Organize staff by role or team, such as floor, kitchen, delivery, reception, or any group that matches your workplace. Review work hours and labor cost by group to understand staffing balance. ■ Required Staffing & Coverage Analysis Set required staffing by day or schedule pattern. Compare planned shifts against required staffing to find shortages and surplus before the schedule is shared. ■ Staff Management Register staff names, hourly rates, and display colors. Hourly rates are used for automatic payroll calculation, making monthly summaries easier to review. ■ Reusable Shift Templates Save common shifts such as morning, evening, full day, or day off. Add start and end times to calculate work hours automatically. ■ Monthly Summary & Payroll Review total work hours, payroll, transportation costs, and summaries by staff or group. Useful for checking monthly labor cost, commute-related costs, and staffing trends. ■ Shift Copy & Auto-Fill Copy past shift patterns to a new period or auto-fill recurring weekly schedules. Reduce repetitive work when building monthly rosters. ■ Multi-Workplace Management Switch between workplaces and manage each schedule separately. Keep staff, shifts, and summaries organized by location or project. ■ Export & Share Export shift schedules as PDF or JPEG images. Print them for the workplace or share them with staff through email and messaging apps. ■ Notes Add monthly notes and date-specific notes for busy days, events, deadlines, or operational reminders. 【IDEAL FOR】 • Restaurant, cafe, convenience store, and retail managers • Teams scheduling part-time or hourly workers • Workplaces that need role-based staffing coverage • Managers moving from paper or spreadsheets to mobile scheduling • Small businesses that want easier payroll calculation • Multi-site teams and project-based workplaces 【BENEFITS】 • Manage rosters, staff, required staffing, and payroll in one app • See shifts clearly with a color-coded monthly calendar • Check labor cost and work hours by staff or group • Find staffing shortages and surplus more easily • Store data on your device without cloud sync 【PRICING】 ■ Free Version • Up to 50 shift entries • Up to 3 staff members • Core features included ■ Premium Version • Unlimited shift entries • Unlimited staff members • Ad-free • 2-month free trial included Download TapShift and make shift scheduling easier.

Screenshots

Work Shift Calendar (Shifter)4 screens
TapShift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) at 92% against TapShift's 15%. Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (2.4K vs 3). TapShift's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and TapShift sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) has 2.4K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Work Shift Calendar (Shifter)'s written reviews are positive against 15% of TapShift's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) ships an update every 6 weeks, TapShift every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) versus TapShift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWork Shift Calendar (Shifter)TapShift
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.4K ratings) — better4.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews91.9% of reviews — better15.4% of reviews
Number of ratings2.4K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuis Alberto Reyes HalabyKazumasa Shimomura

Customer experience

Work Shift Calendar (Shifter)

All ratings2,384 ratings
Positive96.5%
Neutral2.6%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews592 reviews
Positive91.9%
Neutral4.1%
Negative4.1%

TapShift

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive15.4%
Neutral7.7%
Negative76.9%

Bugs and requests

Work Shift Calendar (Shifter)

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes after recent update
  • Alarms not working properly on some devices
  • Calendar not displaying correct dates/days

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to share schedules with others
  • Improve syncing and backup capabilities
  • Introduce a widget option for iOS devices
  • Allow more than 2 shifts to be added per day

TapShift

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Work Shift Calendar (Shifter)

One-time11
  • Donation$0.99
  • Donation$1.99
  • Donation$2.99
Show 8 more
  • Donation$3.99
  • PRO Version$4.99
  • Donation$4.99
  • Donation$5.99
  • Donation$6.99
  • Donation$7.99
  • Donation$8.99
  • Donation$9.99
2 purchases

TapShift

Subscriptions2
  • 定額サブスクリプション1 Month trial$5.991 Month
  • 定額サブスクリプション(年間)1 Month trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) free?
Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TapShift free?
TapShift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) or TapShift?
Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) is rated higher. Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.4K ratings, while TapShift averages 4.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) or TapShift have ads?
Both Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) and TapShift show ads.
Which is updated more often, Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) or TapShift?
Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) ships an update every 6 weeks, and TapShift every 3 days. Most recently, Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) was updated on September 26, 2026 and TapShift on September 10, 2026.

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