Comparison

Shift vs Daybird

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

Head to head
About

Shift

This app helps shift workers manage their schedules with intelligent alarms and customizable calendar views. It displays upcoming shifts, public holidays, and lunar calendar information, with a home screen widget for quick access.

Highlights
  • Intelligent shift alarms
  • Customizable shift schedules
  • Shared shift calendars
  • Home screen widget
  • Public holiday display
  • Lunar calendar integration
Features
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Shift / EasySchedule — a focused scheduling notebook for everyone who works in rotations. WHY SHIFT • Cycles & templates — pre-built 3-shift, 4-shift, custom cycles you can apply to a whole month in one tap. • Whole-month coverage — pick a cycle, and the calendar fills itself; no more day-by-day setting. • Shift-aware alarms — alarms follow your shift, span midnight, and ring with multiple before/after reminders. • Hours, at a glance — daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly totals in one screen. WHO IT'S FOR Nurses, factory operators, police, firefighters, transit drivers, hotel staff, security, healthcare workers — anyone who works to a rota. PRO MEMBERSHIP (lifetime purchase or subscription) • Data export (Excel / CSV) and timesheet reports • Ad-free, distraction-free experience • Family Sharing for up to 5 members • All current Pro features and future additions LANGUAGES English · 简体中文 · Português (Brasil) · Español (LatAm) · 日本語 Stop fighting your calendar. Let Shift do the rota. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://easyshift.pages.dev/en/privacy

About

Daybird

Features
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Daybird turns every date that matters into a clean countdown — or a days-since counter — and puts it right on your home screen widget. WHY DAYBIRD • The widget is the point: your nearest day shows on the home screen, tap to open. • Automatic: future dates count down, past dates count up, and today shows "It's today" — there is no mode to pick. • Yearly repeat: birthdays and anniversaries roll forward to the next occurrence automatically, with Feb 29 handled correctly. • Clean and personal: a Material 3 design, with an emoji and a color for every event. • Pin what matters: pinned days sort to the top and drive the widget. PRIVACY, FOR REAL • Fully on-device — every event stays on your phone. • No network: the app requests no network permission, so "nothing leaves your phone" is something you can verify. • No account, no ads, no tracking. PRICING Free for up to 5 days. A one-time purchase unlocks Pro: unlimited days and all theme colors. No subscription, no hidden fees. Put the days that matter where you will actually see them.

Screenshots

Shift4 screens
Daybird4 screens

Verdict

The call

Shift and Daybird are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year and Daybird sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Shift versus Daybird: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShiftDaybird
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer亚娟 秦tao wen

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Shift

Subscriptions1
  • Pro(Annual)7 Days trial$1.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium (Lifetime)$3.99
1 purchases

Daybird

One-time1
  • Daybird Pro$1.99

Questions

Is Shift free?
Shift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Daybird free?
Daybird is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Shift or Daybird have ads?
Neither Shift nor Daybird shows ads.

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