Comparison

Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) vs Shift Work Calendar & Schedule

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

Shift Work Calendar & Schedule

Organize your work and personal life with this calendar app designed for shift workers. Easily plan your days off, track income, and manage complex schedules. Supports multiple calendars for different jobs or colleagues.

Highlights
  • Create custom and preset shift patterns
  • Track income and hourly rates
  • Manage multiple job calendars
  • Input personal events and vacations
  • Analyze working hours and earnings
  • Compare schedules with coworkers
  • Backup and restore calendars
Features
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Shift Work Calendar Planner is a free calendar app for shift workers or for people who want to organise their work and everyday life. The simple and concise interface of the application allows you quickly display a schedule of any complexity. You can plan your off days with ease and keep track of your ever-changing schedule. It is especially beneficial for firefighters, nurses, linemen, deputy sheriffs, and other professionals who have a constantly changing schedule. You can create as many calendars as you want and use them for different jobs or to track coworkers' schedules. This app offers its own list of preset work shift patterns that you can immediately use. If your shift work doesn’t fall into any of those patterns, you can set a custom shift pattern and use it, or adjust and edit preconfigured ones. The app is not only for work schedule roster, you can input your vacations, personal events, gym, holidays, etc. The app also has a date search feature that lets you check if you’re supposed to be working on a particular day in the future, or compare calendars with coworkers. Shifts : Create or use preset, fully configurable shifts. Enter your income, hourly rate, working time. Customise it with different colours and icons. Type a note for a shift or change its description. Put as many shifts on any date as you need. Use preset shift patterns to add shifts quickly for longer periods. Multiple Calendars : Create multiple Jobs/Calendars. Create job schedules for multiple people. Compare them on one page, date by date. Backup and restore your calendars. Personalize your calendar with multiple color palettes, icons and themes. Analytics: Track your working hours, shifts, personal events and money earned. Select a period to see your income for each week, month or year. Working goals and custom periods are under development. If you have any suggestions or questions, or you do not understand how to make your custom pattern, or you want to correct or add a translation for this app, send me an email please - 4thfloorapps.help@gmail.com Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Work Shift Calendar (Shifter)4 screens
Shift Work Calendar & Schedule4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) at 90% against Shift Work Calendar & Schedule's 47%. Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and ratings volume (2.6K vs 378). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 10 one-off in-app purchases and Shift Work Calendar & Schedule sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 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 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) has 2.6K ratings behind it against 378, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Work Shift Calendar (Shifter)'s written reviews are positive against 47% of Shift Work Calendar & Schedule's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) ships an update every 6 weeks, Shift Work Calendar & Schedule every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) versus Shift Work Calendar & Schedule: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWork Shift Calendar (Shifter)Shift Work Calendar & Schedule
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.6K ratings) — better4.6 (378 ratings)
Positive reviews90.1% of reviews — better46.8% of reviews
Number of ratings2.6K — better378
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuis Alberto Reyes Halaby4TH FLOOR APPS SIA

Customer experience

Work Shift Calendar (Shifter)

All ratings2,384 ratings
Positive96.5%
Neutral2.6%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews1,806 reviews
Positive90.1%
Neutral4.3%
Negative5.6%

Shift Work Calendar & Schedule

All ratings378 ratings
Positive89.9%
Neutral2.6%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews141 reviews
Positive46.8%
Neutral14.9%
Negative38.3%

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

Shift Work Calendar & Schedule

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Work Shift Calendar (Shifter)

One-time10
  • Donation$0.99
  • Donation$1.99
  • Donation$3.99
Show 7 more
  • PRO Version$4.99
  • Donation$4.99
  • Donation$5.99
  • Donation$6.99
  • Donation$7.99
  • Donation$8.99
  • Donation$9.99
9 purchases

Shift Work Calendar & Schedule

Subscriptions8
  • 1 Month of Shift Work Calendar7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Shift Work Calendar Premium7 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • 1 Month of Shift Work Calendar7 Days trial$2.991 Month
Show 5 more
  • 3 Months Shift Work Schedule7 Days trial$5.993 Months
  • 1 Year of Shift Work Calendar7 Days trial$11.991 Year
  • 1 Year of Shift Work Calendar$11.991 Year
  • 1 Year of Shift Work Calendar14 Days trial$11.991 Year
  • 1 Year of Shift Work Calendar7 Days trial$22.991 Year
One-time1
  • Shift Work Lifetime Premium$12.99

Questions

Is Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) free?
Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shift Work Calendar & Schedule free?
Shift Work Calendar & Schedule is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) or Shift Work Calendar & Schedule?
Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) is rated higher. Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.6K ratings, while Shift Work Calendar & Schedule averages 4.6 from 378 ratings.
Do Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) or Shift Work Calendar & Schedule have ads?
Both Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) and Shift Work Calendar & Schedule show ads.
Which is updated more often, Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) or Shift Work Calendar & Schedule?
Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) ships an update every 6 weeks, and Shift Work Calendar & Schedule every 3 weeks. Most recently, Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) was updated on November 12, 2026 and Shift Work Calendar & Schedule on November 11, 2026.

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