Comparison

Scheduler vs TC Mobile

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

Head to head
About

Scheduler

This app helps shift workers visualize their work schedules up to six years in advance. It supports various common shift patterns, allows for custom schedules, and can overlay a partner's schedule for better family planning. It also tracks overtime, vacation, and sick time.

Highlights
  • Visualize schedules up to six years ahead
  • Supports custom and common shift patterns
  • Tracks overtime, vacation, and sick time
  • Overlays partner's schedule
  • Records and formats trade offers
  • Countdown to retirement
Features
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Visualize Your Shift Schedule From Jeff: Please don't put questions or suggestions in a review -- there's no way for me to reply directly to you. Instead. use the in-app email buttons (on the Help tab), or send to sched@buddy.com. If your schedule varies from week to week, keeping track of your working days can be a chore, and it’s often difficult to quickly figure out when you’ll be on-duty weeks or months in the future. Scheduler to the rescue! Designed for public-service employees such as police officers, firefighters and health-care workers — anyone who works an unusual but predictable schedule — Scheduler always shows your schedule for the next six years from “today.” Common shift schedules are built-in, such as the “Berkeley” (a.k.a. “California”), “48-96” and “Dupont,” but you can easily change them or create other repeating schedules covering any number of days. See the screenshots (here and on the web site) for some examples. And there’s even a “Doofus” mode for showing irregular schedules (e.g., health-care workers). If your spouse/partner works a shift schedule, too, you can have that entirely different rotation appear on the calendar with yours. This will help you organize family activities such as vacations and day-care. Features: • Displays your schedule for the next six years, including vacations and holidays. • Perfect for public-service workers such as police officers and firefighters. • Records trades (swaps). Tracks hours earned or owed on a person-by-person basis. • Formats emails for sending out trade offers and approval requests. • Maintains a record of your OT hours. • Tracks your vacation time: automatically computes hours earned and shows weekly balances. Also records and totals sick time. • Logs “events” with date, time and location — you can edit the title, text, and location details when you have time. • Overlays an entirely separate schedule for your spouse/partner to help you coordinate your lives. • Adjustable colors for shifts, vacations, Kelly days, holidays, etc. • Mark special days such as Kellys, paydays, “early” shifts, or training days. • Countdown to retirement. • Extensive Help pages for every feature and screen; indexed. • Includes UK Rota features for London train and bus drivers. Notes: 1. You *can* enter a custom schedule. 2. You *can* set the text that appears on each day. 3. You *can* enter very long rotations. 4. You *can* superimpose text to mark special days on the calendar. 5. You *can* set bi-weekly repeating events (e.g., for paydays) 6. Scheduler is complicated. Please don't give up and leave a bad review -- I can't help you that way. If you have questions or comments, the best way to contact me is by using the in-app email button on the Help screen (2nd best: sched@buddy.com). I reply to all emails immediately (or within a few hours if I'm sleeping or traveling, which isn't often). If you didn't hear from me promptly, it means there was failure in the "Tubes." Please try again to contact me. Attention FDNY (firemen): you'll find my other app, FDNY, more useful for FD New York.

About

TC Mobile

Receive real-time emergency incident information, including location and type, directly on your iPhone. Get updates from your computer-aided dispatch system and easily navigate to incident locations using your preferred mapping app.

Highlights
  • Real-time incident notifications
  • Incident location and type details
  • Unit assignments and comments
  • Navigation integration with mapping apps
  • Progressive incident updates
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TC Mobile brings the insight and control of Tablet Command’s enterprise service to your iPhone. TC Mobile is an iPhone application that delivers Apple Push Notifications and emergency incident information including incident location and type, units assigned and comments from your computer-aided dispatch (CAD). Tap on the address to be routed to the location of the incident via Apple Maps, Google Maps, Waze, or Foreflight Mobile.* Receive up-to-date information from the CAD including progressive comments throughout the incident.* TC Mobile requires Tablet Command’s enterprise incident command service. Tablet Command and TC Mobile can be interfaced with your agency’s computer aided dispatch system and provide instant notifications of incidents to your iPad and iPhone. Contact us to learn how we can provide a reliable and accurate interface to your CAD. support@tabletcommand.com * Accurate location and CAD comments depend on the availability of data CAD integration data available. Location services disclaimer: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Screenshots

Scheduler4 screens
TC Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TC Mobile at Free against Scheduler's $7.99. Scheduler's advantage is review sentiment (79% vs 50%) and chart position (#200 vs unranked). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

TC Mobile is free to download; Scheduler costs $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for Scheduler against 3.8 for TC Mobile. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 75 and 49 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Scheduler's written reviews are positive against 50% of TC Mobile's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scheduler ships an update fortnightly, TC Mobile every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Scheduler versus TC Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSchedulerTC Mobile
Price$7.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (75 ratings) — better3.8 (49 ratings)
Positive reviews78.9% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings75 — better49
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#200 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB199 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Buddy System, LLCTablet Command, Inc

Customer experience

Scheduler

All ratings75 ratings
Positive68.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative25.3%
Written reviews171 reviews
Positive78.9%
Neutral6.4%
Negative14.6%

TC Mobile

All ratings49 ratings
Positive67.3%
Neutral4.1%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral11.1%
Negative38.9%

Bugs and requests

Scheduler

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Events and schedules disappearing after updates
  • Vacation and overtime tracking not working correctly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Drag and drop support for shift swapping
  • List view option for events
  • Ability to use emojis in event titles
  • Removal of unnecessary time zone settings

TC Mobile

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Scheduler

No in-app purchases

None

TC Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scheduler free?
Scheduler costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TC Mobile free?
TC Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Scheduler or TC Mobile?
Scheduler is rated higher. Scheduler averages 3.9 out of 5 from 75 ratings, while TC Mobile averages 3.8 from 49 ratings.
Do Scheduler or TC Mobile have ads?
Neither Scheduler nor TC Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scheduler or TC Mobile?
Scheduler ships an update fortnightly, and TC Mobile every 3 weeks. Most recently, Scheduler was updated on November 10, 2026 and TC Mobile on November 11, 2026.

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