Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) vs Turnify
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Turnify
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Turnify is the shift calendar designed for nurses and healthcare workers. Paint your shifts by tapping days, apply rotation patterns in one tap and have your roster ready in seconds. Share your calendar with family and colleagues in real time so they always know when you work. KEY FEATURES: - Paint mode: tap days to assign shifts instantly - Multiple shifts per day: for split schedules or when covering part of a colleague's shift - Rotation patterns: anti-stress, classic, 24h on-call and custom - 10 beautiful color palettes for your roster - Custom shifts: create your own with name, icon, color and schedule - Customizable base shift colors: change the color of Morning, Evening, Night and the rest, and it stays even when switching palettes - Multiple calendars: hospital, private clinic, your partner's - Live sharing: your family and colleagues see your shifts updated instantly - Shift swaps: track when you swap shifts with colleagues, mark whether you gave or received them, and see your balance of who owes what - Leave day manager: configure your vacation, personal days and discretionary days, enable tracking on any shift and monitor with progress bars - Statistics: hours worked, nights, estimated income - Widgets: small, medium and large for your home screen - Live Activities: current shift on lock screen and Dynamic Island - Text and voice notes per day - Export: PDF, image, Google Calendar, iCloud, .ics file - Import from Shifter, Supershift or any other app - Compare calendars: find common days off with your partner - Automatic iCloud sync across devices - Dark mode TURNIFY PRO: Unlock exclusive palettes, multiple calendars, full statistics, leave day manager, shift swap tracking and Google Calendar export. One-time payment of $9.99 or $2.99/year subscription. No ads. Built by a nurse's partner who was tired of her shift calendar app. Turnify is the app she wanted. Suggestions? Write us: soporte.turnify@gmail.com Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://cenadros.github.io/turnify-site/privacy-policy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Turnify at none against Work Shift Calendar (Shifter)'s shown. Turnify also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks). Work Shift Calendar (Shifter)'s advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). 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. Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Turnify sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) ships an update every 6 weeks, Turnify every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) | Turnify |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.6K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 91.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.6K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Luis Alberto Reyes Halaby | Alejandro Sanchez |
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
Turnify
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Work Shift Calendar (Shifter)
- Donation$0.99
- Donation$1.99
- Donation$2.99
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- 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
Turnify
- Turnify PRO14 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Turnify PRO$39.99
Questions
Is Work Shift Calendar (Shifter) free?
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