ShiftPro vs NurseCalcs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShiftPro
Manage your complex work schedule with ease. This app offers a customizable shift calendar, holiday tracking, and detailed notes. Upgrade for advanced features like shift swaps and multiple profiles.
- Customizable shift configuration
- Holiday tracking
- Shift detail notes
- Shift swaps (Premium)
- Multiple profiles (Premium)
- Overtime tracking (Premium)
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Take control of your shift schedule. ShiftCal Pro makes complex rotating schedules easy to understand. Built for firefighters, EMS, paramedics, police, nurses, and other shift workers, it helps you quickly see when you work, when you’re off, and plan your life ahead. KNOW WHEN YOU WORK Stop counting days to figure out your next shift. Set up your rotation once and ShiftCal Pro projects your schedule months or years ahead. Supports 24/48, Kelly, Pitman, 12-hour, and virtually any custom repeating rotation. PLAN YOUR LIFE Quickly see your workdays and days off so you can plan vacations, appointments, family time, holidays, and other commitments with confidence. KEEP EVERYTHING TOGETHER Keep track of vacation, ADOs, pay days, on-call days, overtime, holidays, and other important details right alongside your shifts. Add notes to individual days so important information is there when you need it. KEEP SHIFT SWAPS STRAIGHT Record shift trades and see how they affect the schedule you’re actually working. Keep track of who you traded with and the details of each swap. SHARE YOUR SCHEDULE Share your schedule with family, friends, or coworkers. Export by month or year using PDF, CSV, or text formats. MANAGE MULTIPLE SCHEDULES Create separate profiles for different jobs, schedules, or family members. Each profile maintains its own rotation, teams, colors, and schedule information. MADE FOR SHIFT WORK Customize your teams, rotation, and colors to match the way you work. Your core schedule works offline, so it’s available whenever you need it. START FREE Create and use a basic single-profile shift calendar at no charge. ShiftCal Pro Premium adds multiple profiles across your devices, shift swaps, overtime tracking, schedule exports, additional customization, and future Premium enhancements. Premium is available with an annual subscription and includes a 14-day free trial for new subscribers. YOUR SHIFTS. YOUR TIME. YOUR LIFE. Whether you're working 24-hour shifts, rotating 12s, or a completely custom schedule, ShiftCal Pro makes it easy to answer the questions that matter: When do I work? When am I free? Spend less time figuring out your schedule and more time planning your life.
NurseCalcs
This utility app helps nurses perform essential unit conversions for medication dosages. It quickly calculates the correct amount of medication to draw based on patient weight and available concentration.
- Unit conversions for nursing
- Calculate medication dosage
- Based on mg per kg
- Uses mg/ml concentration
- Quick calculations
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A calculator for nursing unit conversions. Quickly calculate now much to draw based on mg per kg patient weight and mg/ml of medicine.
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Verdict
ShiftPro and NurseCalcs both sit at 4.1 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of NurseCalcs's written reviews are positive against 11% of ShiftPro's. NurseCalcs also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. ShiftPro sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year. NurseCalcs asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for ShiftPro against 4.0 for NurseCalcs. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 4 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 11% of ShiftPro's written reviews are positive against 100% of NurseCalcs's.
ShiftPro ships an update every 2 weeks, NurseCalcs every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShiftPro | NurseCalcs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (7 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 11.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gil Estes | James Crate |
Customer experience
ShiftPro
NurseCalcs
In-app purchases
ShiftPro
- Unlimited Access14 Days trial$4.991 Year
NurseCalcs
No in-app purchases
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