Comparison

Scheduler vs CopApp Shift Calendar Schedule

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

Head to head
About

Scheduler

Easily visualize and manage your rotating work shifts for up to six years in advance. Ideal for public service employees, it handles common and custom schedules, vacation time, and even overlays a partner's schedule for better family planning.

Highlights
  • Visualize schedule for six years
  • Supports custom and common shift patterns
  • Tracks vacation and sick time
  • Records and formats shift trades
  • Overlays partner's schedule
  • Logs events with date, time, and location
  • 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

CopApp Shift Calendar Schedule

Manage repeating and rotating shift schedules with a simple calendar. Customize your schedule, add notes, and highlight important days. Pro features offer advanced customization and sharing options.

Highlights
  • Repeating shift schedule management
  • Customizable rotation days
  • Add notes and highlight colors
  • Light and dark themes
  • Import/export schedule (Pro)
  • Share schedule (Pro)
  • Load schedule templates
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Simple Calendar App for Repeating Shift Schedules & adding notes/highlight colors for any day. Choose from Light or Dark themes, and customize to your schedule. Upgrade for Pro Features like adding notes and reminders, highlight colors for any day, import/export schedule, share schedule, and more! For anyone that has a rotating/repeating shift schedule -- Calendar/Schedule app, for example if police officers wish to view which squads work together and which squads have days off. Tap Settings-->Set Rotation Days to change schedules - supports any combination of custom text.. For instance, supports 3 squads, with repeating schedules of: • 5 days on, 2 days off, then 5 days on, 3 days off • 4 days on, then 2 days off • ... or make your own schedule, like: On, On, On, Off, Off, Off or AA,BB,CC,DD Tap on Edit button for any day to flip the screen and Add Notes for any day or highlight it a color for important dates. Tap on Set Rotation Days to customize the days to rotate (add, remove, move days around) to make the schedule exactly match your own. Load templates to download a predefined schedules so you don't need to enter it manually. You can also enter a 4 digit code to instantly set up your schedule. ** If your schedule is similar to one of the templates, you can edit it to make it like your own. If you want to add your schedule to the list, just email support with your schedule name and the text (ie: On,On,On,On,Off,Off -- or A,A,B,B,C,C -- or D,D,D,-,-,-,N,N,N,N, etc...) ** Please contact support before leaving any negative reviews, we can almost always help. Automatically highlight a color for text string for the calendar by setting it one time in settings. Choose up to 3 different colors/string combos. Feel free to contact support if you have any questions or issues: myprojectxinc@gmail.com

Screenshots

Scheduler4 screens
CopApp Shift Calendar Schedule4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CopApp Shift Calendar Schedule at Free against Scheduler's $7.99. CopApp Shift Calendar Schedule also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (2.9K vs 75). Scheduler's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). On review sentiment, 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

CopApp Shift Calendar Schedule is free to download; Scheduler costs $7.99 up front. CopApp Shift Calendar Schedule sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Scheduler asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CopApp Shift Calendar Schedule holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CopApp Shift Calendar Schedule has 2.9K ratings behind it against 75, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of Scheduler's written reviews are positive against 73% of CopApp Shift Calendar Schedule's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scheduler ships an update every 9 days, CopApp Shift Calendar Schedule every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Scheduler versus CopApp Shift Calendar Schedule: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSchedulerCopApp Shift Calendar Schedule
Price$7.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (75 ratings)4.9 (2.9K ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.9% of reviews — better72.7% of reviews
Number of ratings752.9K — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Buddy System, LLCMyProjectX, Inc.

Customer experience

Scheduler

All ratings74 ratings
Positive67.6%
Neutral6.8%
Negative25.7%
Written reviews171 reviews
Positive78.9%
Neutral6.4%
Negative14.6%

CopApp Shift Calendar Schedule

All ratings2,756 ratings
Positive97.6%
Neutral1.3%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews77 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral10.4%
Negative16.9%

User reviews

Scheduler

From 75 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Outstanding app for shift workers
  • 👍 Highly customizable and flexible
  • 📆 Excellent for planning schedules years in advance
  • 💰 Worth every penny
  • 🤝 Great customer support

Room to improve

  • 🕰️ Steep learning curve
  • 🔀 Issues with repeating events and schedules
  • 🔄 Problems with updates causing data loss
  • 💤 Outdated UI and appearance

CopApp Shift Calendar Schedule

From 2.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Excellent scheduling tool
  • 💡 Customizable schedules
  • ⭐ Great app for law enforcement
  • 🔒 Trusted by many officers

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Scheduling issues (days off randomly changed)
  • 🔍 Needs more features/updates
  • 🔀 Difficulty navigating the app
  • 💻 Compatibility issues with newer devices

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

CopApp Shift Calendar Schedule

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes on launch
  • Text highlighting not working
  • 2021 dates displayed incorrectly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Sync with Google/Apple calendars
  • More color options for scheduling
  • Notification/reminder feature
  • Ability to share schedules with family
  • Integration with other productivity tools

In-app purchases

None

Scheduler

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

CopApp Shift Calendar Schedule

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Annual Premium7 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time2
  • Upgrade to Pro$4.99
  • Lifetime Premium$24.99

Questions

Is Scheduler free?
Scheduler costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CopApp Shift Calendar Schedule free?
CopApp Shift Calendar Schedule is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Scheduler or CopApp Shift Calendar Schedule?
CopApp Shift Calendar Schedule is rated higher. Scheduler averages 3.9 out of 5 from 75 ratings, while CopApp Shift Calendar Schedule averages 4.9 from 2.9K ratings.
Do Scheduler or CopApp Shift Calendar Schedule have ads?
Neither Scheduler nor CopApp Shift Calendar Schedule shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scheduler or CopApp Shift Calendar Schedule?
Scheduler ships an update every 9 days, and CopApp Shift Calendar Schedule every 2 months. Most recently, Scheduler was updated on October 21, 2026 and CopApp Shift Calendar Schedule on October 22, 2026.

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