Comparison

ShiftIt vs Schedule Auto

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

Head to head
About

ShiftIt

This app simplifies managing irregular work schedules with a visual calendar. Easily label, color-code, and add notes to your shifts. It also includes public holiday support and multiple language options.

Highlights
  • Scrollable monthly calendar
  • Label and color-code shifts
  • Add notes to any day
  • Public holiday support
  • Multiple language options
  • Light and dark mode
Features
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ShiftIt is your free shift planner and work rota – no subscription, no account, and it works offline. With backup & restore, your shifts move with you to a new phone. Set your shift rhythm once and ShiftIt fills in your calendar automatically — see your whole month at a glance and tap any day to adjust it. KEY FEATURES • Shift rhythm: define your rotation and a start date, and ShiftIt projects it across every month. • Monthly calendar: scroll through the months and mark or edit shift days in seconds. • Bulk edit: press and hold to select several days, then fill them with one shift at once. • Quick entry: smart suggestions remember the shifts you use most. • Notes & colors: add a note or a color to any day to keep track of the details. • Shift reminders: get a heads-up before your next shift, and choose which shifts you want to be reminded about. • Backup & restore: save your shifts, notes and settings to a file and bring them back any time. • Holidays in Germany: public holidays and school holidays for every federal state. • 16 languages: English, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian. Whether you work rotating shifts, nights or an irregular rota, ShiftIt keeps your schedule clear and under control. Got an idea or found a bug? Use the built-in feedback — your message reaches the developer directly, and replies come back right inside the app.

About

Schedule Auto

Features
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Spent your Sunday building next month's roster? Never again. Schedule Auto builds a balanced Day/Evening/Night/Off schedule for your entire team in seconds. You set the rules, members submit their preferences, the app does the rest. Built for shift managers everywhere: nursing teams, factories, call centers, hotels, security, and any team running a 3-shift rotation. The real headache isn't the shifts — it's juggling night fairness, back-to-back coverage, requested days off, and individual preferences all at once. Without dropping coverage on a single day. HOW IT WORKS 1. Create a room. Set year, month, team size, and weekday/weekend staffing. 2. Share the 4-digit code. Members join and enter their own shift preferences and off-day requests. 3. Tap Generate. A balanced roster appears in seconds, ready to export as Excel. Under a minute to set up. No account required. CORE FEATURES Roster Generation A full month of Day/Evening/Night/Off shifts, balanced for coverage and fairness. Regenerate anytime the rules change. Preference Collection Members submit their own preferences and off-day requests through the room. No chasing, no spreadsheet forwarding. Excel Export One tap to download. Send it to your team by email, chat, or print — wherever your team lives. PRO FEATURES Upgrade to Pro for deeper control: - Unlimited roster generations per room - Night shift cap per member - Shift separation rules (keep two members off the same shift) - Extra off-day allocation - Weekday/Weekend staffing split PRIVACY FIRST - No account, no login - No personal data beyond what a solve needs - Room data lives on your device and on our scheduling server only for the duration of a solve - No tracking, no ads, no third-party analytics Schedule Auto provides scheduling suggestions based on your inputs and your team's preferences. It is not a substitute for professional labor compliance review or legal guidance. Always review the final roster before publishing. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ShiftIt4 screens
Schedule Auto3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ShiftIt at none against Schedule Auto's 1. Schedule Auto's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Schedule Auto sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. ShiftIt asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
ShiftIt versus Schedule Auto: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShiftItSchedule Auto
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperViktor LeongardJUHWAN PARK

In-app purchases

None

ShiftIt

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Schedule Auto

Subscriptions1
  • Subscription — Full Access7 Days trial$4.991 Month

Questions

Is ShiftIt free?
ShiftIt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Schedule Auto free?
Schedule Auto is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ShiftIt or Schedule Auto have ads?
Neither ShiftIt nor Schedule Auto shows ads.

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