ScheduleFlex by Shiftboard vs Starboard Suite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ScheduleFlex by Shiftboard
Access and manage your work schedule from anywhere. Receive real-time notifications about changes and easily handle shift swaps, time-off requests, and clocking in/out. Designed for both team members and managers to streamline workforce management.
- View scheduled shifts
- Clock in and out
- Pick-up or trade shifts
- Manage availability
- Request time-off
- View team schedules
- See clocked-in employees
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Welcome to the Shiftboard ScheduleFlex mobile app. With our user-friendly mobile app, you can access your work schedule on the go, stay updated with real-time notifications, and manage your shifts with ease. Plus, our instant notification features keep you informed about any changes to your schedule, ensuring you’re always in the loop. To get started, simply download the ScheduleFlex app and log in using your ScheduleFlex credentials. Please note that you must have an active ScheduleFlex subscription to use the app. If you have trouble logging in, please make sure you’ve downloaded the correct app. For Team Members · View your scheduled shifts · Clock in and out · Pick-up open shifts or trade shifts · Manage your availability · Request time-off For Managers · See all the people on your team · View team member availability · See who is scheduled to work · See who is clocked in
Starboard Suite
Manage all your business bookings, from online to walk-up, in one place. This system also handles employee scheduling, check-ins, waivers, and e-marketing. Seamlessly process in-person payments with integrated terminals.
- Unified booking management
- Employee scheduling
- Electronic check-ins
- Liability waivers
- E-marketing tools
- Integrated payment processing
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Starboard Suite is a reservation and ticketing system that allows you to capture mobile, online, phone and walk-up bookings, and manage them together from a single dashboard. More than just reservations — our suite of tools allows you to manage nearly every aspect of your business, with support for employee scheduling, electronic check-ins, liability waivers, and e-marketing. This app also has native integration with Stripe Terminal and Square, for seamless in-person payment processing. ---- This app requires a log-in. Only registered users with Starboard Suite accounts are authorized to use it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Starboard Suite at 100% against ScheduleFlex by Shiftboard's 26%. Starboard Suite also leads on monetization model (free vs subscription) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). ScheduleFlex by Shiftboard's advantage is ratings volume (16K vs 2) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Starboard Suite holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ScheduleFlex by Shiftboard has 16K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of ScheduleFlex by Shiftboard's written reviews are positive against 100% of Starboard Suite's.
ScheduleFlex by Shiftboard ships an update monthly, Starboard Suite every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ScheduleFlex by Shiftboard | Starboard Suite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (16K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shiftboard, Inc. | D3 Studios, Inc. |
Customer experience
ScheduleFlex by Shiftboard
Starboard Suite
Bugs and requests
ScheduleFlex by Shiftboard
Reported bugs
3 issues- Password reset emails not being sent
- Shifts not showing up accurately
- Inability to log in or view schedule
Requested features
5 requests- Show shift duration and total weekly hours
- Allow editing of shifts after scheduling
- Integrate with payroll systems
- Provide monthly calendar view
- Improve notification system
Starboard Suite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ScheduleFlex by Shiftboard
No in-app purchases
Starboard Suite
No in-app purchases
Questions
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