Comparison

ShiftLife Organizer vs Sked

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

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About

ShiftLife Organizer

This app is a specialized calendar designed for shift workers. It helps organize shifts, track hours, calculate pay, and manage various work-related events. Users can plan future schedules, record past work details, and sync with multiple calendar services.

Highlights
  • Organize shifts and work events
  • Record and calculate hours and pay
  • Sync with multiple calendar services
  • Fast shift entry and flexible work patterns
  • Bluetooth sync with colleagues
  • Customizable event types and views
Features
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--TRY SHIFTLIFE TODAY FOR FREE-- ShiftLife Organizer is the calendar application designed specifically for shift workers. - Organize your Shifts. - Record your Hours. - Calculate your Pay. ShiftLife provides a clear and easy display of upcoming shifts, training days, holiday, on-call days and other important events. As well as allowing you to plan your future work & play, ShiftLife also allows you to easily maintain a record of your completed shifts, overtime hours, working locations, hourly pay, total pay, sick days and other details. ShiftLife has a simple easy to use interface for quick intuitive operation and functionality designed specifically for easy use. This will quickly become one of your indispensable Apps. FEATURES: * Apple Watch * Notification Center Widget * iPhone, iPad, iPad mini, iPad Pro. * iCloud, Google, Outlook, Yahoo, iCal Sync. * Fast Shift Entry. A whole year of shifts can be done in seconds. * Add, delete, edit calendars. * Flexibility to handle any wok pattern. * Bluetooth sync calendars & shift patterns with your work colleagues & friends. * Pictures for calendar months display. * Import your own images from your photos. * Custom events, sick days, holidays, training days. * Multiple daily events & shifts. * List, Day, Week, Month & Year Views. * Friendly user interface with intuitive touch gestures . * Holiday & Sport Calendars. * Export/import your events & shifts using .ics files. * Create image of month view to use as your phones wallpaper. * Send a picture of your calendar to your friends * Set any day as the start of your work week. * Personalise your display. * Send Email of your shifts. * iCloud calendar support for automatic syncing between your devices. * Spanish, French, German, Russian, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Swedish. -- YOUR WORK LIFE IN YOUR POCKET -- _____________________________________ - THIS IS NOT A FREE APP. DOWNLOAD THE LITE VERSION FOR FREE TO SEE IF YOU LIKE IT BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO PURCHASE. THE LITE VERSION IS FULLY FUNCTIONAL EXCEPT THAT IT CONTAINS ADVERTS AND RESTRICTS THE NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT CAN BE CREATED AND ADDED TO YOUR CALENDARS. A SMALL IN-APP UPGRADE CAN BE PURCHASED TO REMOVE THE RESTRICTIONS AND ADVERTS. THE COMPLETE CURRENT AND NEXT YEAR'S CALENDARS ARE THEN INCLUDED WITH THE INITIAL FULL VERSION UPGRADE PURCHASE. SUBSEQUENT CALENDAR YEARS ARE AVAILABLE AS A SMALL IN-APP PURCHASE. YOU WILL ALWAYS BE DISPLAYED THE COST IN YOUR LOCAL CURRENCY, BEFORE BEING ASKED TO CONFIRM ANY IN-APP PURCHASE. To allow our users to further customise their app to meet their specific needs and interests, there is also a separate Add-on available called the ‘Calendar Store’ provided by SchedJoules. It contains a large selection of great holiday, sport fixtures, weather & lifestyle calendars. These calendars can be set up so they are displayed alongside your other personal calendar events. You can purchase access to the ’Calendar Store’ Add-on for 1 year with a yearly auto-renewable subscription. You get full and ongoing access to the ‘Calendar Store’, including live updates. The 1 year subscription to the ‘Calendar Store’ Add-on starts at $1.99 (Prices may vary by location) and begins with a one-month free trial, so you can try before you buy. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase after the 1 month free trial. Subscriptions to the Add-on automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Cancellation of the current active subscription period is not allowed. You can manage your subscription and turn off the auto-renew for the 'Calendar Store' Add-on at any time from your iTunes Account Settings. Full Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy are available at www.ovalkey.com/terms-of-service and www.ovalkey.com/privacy-policy respectively.

About

Sked

Manage your work shifts, track hours and pay, and view your monthly schedule at a glance. This app handles multiple jobs, overtime, and holiday pay, and allows for easy shift creation and sharing. It also syncs with native calendars and offers Apple Watch alerts.

Highlights
  • Work shift management
  • Hours and pay tracking
  • Monthly schedule overview
  • Multiple job support
  • Overtime and holiday pay calculation
  • Shift sharing and syncing
  • Calendar integration and alerts
Features
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Meet Sked - Your new work schedule manager. Sked gives you total control over your work schedule. It adds your work shifts in seconds. It tracks your hours worked and pay earned. It shows you your monthly schedule at a single glance. It can handle many jobs. It can manage overtime and holiday pay. You can create invoices for hours worked in Sked. And it can add your most common shifts with just a single tap. In fact, there isn’t much that Sked can’t do. Sked has powerful sharing features. You can sync your schedule to your iPhone or iPad’s native calendar, which will give you Apple Watch alerts. You can share just your work day, or entire months of your schedule with friends. And best of all - you can directly sync schedules with close friends and family in the app, so you can always see when everyone is working. Does your schedule involve rotating shifts? No problem. Sked’s robust scheduling features can handle shift addition for certain days of the week. Sked can also add shifts every certain number of days. Sked can add little notes to your calendar as well, to remind you of the most important things. Oh - and of course Sked will alert you when you need to get ready for work. With Sked, your work life just got easier. Subscription pricing and terms: Sked offers three auto-renewing subscription options: $2.99 per week $6.99 per month $29.99 per year These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. Your Sked subscription will automatically renew at the end of each term and your credit card will be charged through your iTunes account. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your iTunes account settings but refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. Read more about our terms and conditions here: Terms of Use: http://picshiftapps.com/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: http://picshiftapps.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

ShiftLife Organizer4 screens
Sked4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ShiftLife Organizer at 4.8 against Sked's 3.7. ShiftLife Organizer also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and review sentiment (78% vs 50%). Sked's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ShiftLife Organizer sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year and Sked sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ShiftLife Organizer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShiftLife Organizer has 1.8K ratings behind it against 164, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of ShiftLife Organizer's written reviews are positive against 50% of Sked's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShiftLife Organizer ships an update every 5 weeks, Sked every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
ShiftLife Organizer versus Sked: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShiftLife OrganizerSked
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.8K ratings) — better3.7 (164 ratings)
Positive reviews77.5% of reviews — better50.3% of reviews
Number of ratings1.8K — better164
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOvalKey Ltd.Owen Schick

Customer experience

ShiftLife Organizer

All ratings1,801 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral3.1%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews929 reviews
Positive77.5%
Neutral7.4%
Negative15.1%

Sked

All ratings164 ratings
Positive63.4%
Neutral17.1%
Negative19.5%
Written reviews151 reviews
Positive50.3%
Neutral20.5%
Negative29.1%

User reviews

ShiftLife Organizer

From 1.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent for shift workers
  • 👍 Highly customizable
  • 🔒 Secure and reliable
  • 💡 Helpful for work and personal life
  • 👍 Easy to use and navigate

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive yearly subscription
  • 🐛 Occasional data loss or deletion
  • 🐛 Compatibility issues with newer devices
  • 🐛 Buggy or glitchy at times
  • 🔧 Difficult to set up or configure

Sked

From 164 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Organized calendar
  • 💡 Helpful for managing multiple jobs

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Login issues
  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 💰 Subscription model too restrictive

Bugs and requests

ShiftLife Organizer

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Shifts or events randomly disappearing
  • Inability to update shift patterns
  • Syncing issues across devices
  • Crashes or freezes when adding events

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to import/export data
  • More advanced reporting and analytics
  • Improved shift pattern templates
  • Seamless integration with other calendars
  • Customizable alarm/reminder options

Sked

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App freezes and becomes unresponsive
  • Subscription not recognized even after purchase
  • Shifts and notes randomly deleted

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to delete shifts
  • Improve syncing with other calendars
  • Add currency options beyond just USD
  • Introduce dark mode and customization options

In-app purchases

13 purchases

ShiftLife Organizer

Subscriptions2
  • Calendar Store Add-On1 Month trial$1.991 Year
  • Premium Unlimited Access1 Month trial$9.991 Year
One-time11
  • Holidays United States$0.99
  • AR Calendar Add-on$1.99
  • ShiftLife Full Version$4.99
Show 8 more
  • ShiftLife 2020 Calendar$4.99
  • ShiftLife 2021 Calendar$4.99
  • ShiftLife 2022 Calendar$4.99
  • ShiftLife 2023 Calendar$4.99
  • ShiftLife 2024 Calendar$4.99
  • ShiftLife 2025 Calendar$4.99
  • ShiftLife 2027 Calendar$6.99
  • ShiftLife 2026 Calendar$6.99
7 purchases

Sked

Subscriptions4
  • 1 Week of Sked Plus3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • 1 Month of Sked Plus3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • 6 Months of Sked Plus$6.996 Months
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  • 1 Year of Sked Plus3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • 1 Month of Sked Plus$1.99
  • 6 Months of Sked Plus$4.99
  • 1 Year of Sked Plus$7.99

Questions

Is ShiftLife Organizer free?
ShiftLife Organizer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sked free?
Sked is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ShiftLife Organizer or Sked?
ShiftLife Organizer is rated higher. ShiftLife Organizer averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.8K ratings, while Sked averages 3.7 from 164 ratings.
Do ShiftLife Organizer or Sked have ads?
ShiftLife Organizer shows ads; Sked does not.
Which is updated more often, ShiftLife Organizer or Sked?
ShiftLife Organizer ships an update every 5 weeks, and Sked every 2 months. Most recently, ShiftLife Organizer was updated on October 17, 2026 and Sked on October 17, 2026.

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