Comparison

Shift Work Calendar & Schedule vs Orbit

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

Head to head
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/

About

Orbit

Features
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Orbit is a shift calendar for people who work shifts days and or nights. Plan a month of shifts in seconds, see every hour you work, and know what your next paycheck holds. KNOW YOUR NEXT PAYCHECK Set your base rate once. Orbit adds evening, night, and weekend differentials by the clock, so a shift that crosses midnight pays correctly. Holiday pay is added on the days it applies. SEE EVERY HOUR YOU WORK Reports split your hours into day, evening, and night, weekday and weekend, for any date range. PLAN A MONTH IN SECONDS Tap a shift type, then paint it across the calendar. Add one-off events like trainings, meetings, and classes. WAKE UP ON TIME A real alarm rings before each shift you choose. SEND SHIFTS TO STRIVE Optional one-way sync puts your shifts and work events in your Strive planner. YOUR SCHEDULE STAYS ON YOUR IPHONE No ads, no tracking, no account needed.

Screenshots

Shift Work Calendar & Schedule4 screens
Orbit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Orbit at none against Shift Work Calendar & Schedule's 9. Orbit also leads on ads (none vs shown). Shift Work Calendar & Schedule's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On price 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. Shift Work Calendar & Schedule sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Orbit asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Shift Work Calendar & Schedule versus Orbit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShift Work Calendar & ScheduleOrbit
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (368 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews46.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings368 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer4TH FLOOR APPS SIAWeiss Solutions LLC

In-app purchases

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
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  • 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
None

Orbit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shift Work Calendar & Schedule free?
Shift Work Calendar & Schedule is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Orbit free?
Orbit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Shift Work Calendar & Schedule or Orbit have ads?
Shift Work Calendar & Schedule shows ads; Orbit does not.

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