Comparison

Shift Worker vs Shiftify

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

Head to head
About

Shift Worker

Easily enter and view your work schedule with custom shift types, icons, and colors. Quickly add entire months or years of shifts and share them with others. Save your schedule to your device's background for instant access.

Highlights
  • Custom shift types with icons and colors
  • Quick shift entry for months/years
  • Multiple calendar support
  • Share shifts with others
  • Save schedule to background
  • Personalized notes for dates
  • Timeline view
Features
Currently charting
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Shift Worker is designed for people who need a quick and easy way to enter and view their shifts. A traditional calendar is not always ideal for shift workers. Sometimes it's not easy to see your upcoming shift schedule very clearly, especially if your shifts don't fall into the traditional working week. Shift Worker solves this problem and turns the frustrating task of entry into a quick and easy experience. Shift Worker allows you to create your own types of shifts by combining visually-attractive icons with letters/numbers so that they can be easily identified at a glance. By including a range of icons (such as suns and stars for day and night shifts) in a variety of colors, any combination is possible for all types of shifts. Entering shifts can be done quickly by simply selecting a type of shift and tapping on each date it occurs. An entire month of shifts could be entered in seconds, an entire year in a few minutes! In addition, Shift Worker allows you create multiple calendars to see friends and family shifts! You can send your shifts to others so they can also see your shifts at a glance as an image or in their copy of Shift Worker. To make things even simpler, you can even save your shifts to your iPhone/iPod's background so that referring to your upcoming shift schedule is as simple as picking up your iPhone/iPod. Shift Worker also includes the ability to create colored personalized notes for each date. Notes can be used anytime additional information needs to be added to a date. FEATURES: - Create a virtually unlimited amount of shift types - Enter shifts on the calendar months in advance in seconds - Add your rotation and automatically fill the calendar in a few simple steps - Show friends and family shifts using multiple calendars - View the calendar in timeline format to see your shift flow at a glance - Create colored personalized notes for any date on the calendar - Include week of year or week 1/2 alternating pattern on calendar - Jump to any month by using the "Goto" button - Save a month's worth of shifts to your background - Share your shifts to others via email, messages and social media. - Import other Shift Worker shifts and view them all within the one app - No ads! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Shiftify

This app helps individuals with irregular work schedules accurately track their earnings. It calculates wages, overtime, and unpaid breaks, providing detailed payroll reports. The app offers visual organization of shifts and syncs with other calendars.

Highlights
  • Wage tracking
  • Shift scheduling
  • Overtime calculation
  • Payroll reports
  • Color-coded shifts
  • Calendar sync
  • Multi-device sync
Features
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EARN EVERY DIME YOU'RE OWED Shiftify is an easy-to-use shift planning calendar that accurately tracks your wages by adding up hourly earnings, overtime, and unpaid breaks. It's perfect for anyone with irregular shifts or freelance work. EASILY TRACK YOUR WAGES • Create an unlimited number of jobs, shifts and rotations for free • Visually organize shifts using intuitive color-coding • Add up hours worked and pay earned with nano-accuracy • Calculate overtime wages, extra pays and unpaid breaks • Easily and quickly calculate your net pay REPORTS AND TRACKING • Detailed payroll report • Export your payroll report and shift calendar in printable PDF format • View charts of hours and shifts worked ADDITIONAL FEATURES • View your monthly and weekly schedule with a handy Today widget • Sync with Apple's built-in Calendar • Multi-device sync • Password lock with Face ID & Touch ID • Automatic backup • Alarm Clock

Screenshots

Shift Worker4 screens
Shiftify4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Shiftify at 94% against Shift Worker's 47%. Shiftify also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (4.8 vs 3.7). Shift Worker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence 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

Shiftify is free to download; Shift Worker costs $1.99 up front. Shiftify sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Shift Worker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shiftify holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 102 and 457 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Shift Worker's written reviews are positive against 94% of Shiftify's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shift Worker ships an update weekly, Shiftify every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Shift Worker versus Shiftify: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShift WorkerShiftify
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.7 (102 ratings)4.8 (457 ratings) — better
Positive reviews46.6% of reviews94.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings102457 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#70 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB174 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperProduction Shed Pty LtdBohee Sim

Customer experience

Shift Worker

All ratings102 ratings
Positive65.7%
Neutral15.7%
Negative18.6%
Written reviews457 reviews
Positive46.6%
Neutral20.6%
Negative32.8%

Shiftify

All ratings457 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral4.8%
Negative0.9%
Written reviews628 reviews
Positive94.4%
Neutral3.5%
Negative2.1%

User reviews

Shift Worker

From 102 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🌟 Excellent for shift workers
  • 📅 Easy to organize schedules
  • 🎨 Customizable icons and colors
  • 🧭 Helpful for managing complex rotations
  • 🤝 Useful for couples/families to align schedules

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes when adding notes
  • 📝 Limited note display
  • 🔄 Lack of sync between devices
  • 🗓️ Issues with iOS updates deleting data
  • 🔍 Difficulty finding support

Shiftify

From 457 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 👍 Convenient and organized
  • 👍 Helpful for tracking shifts and pay
  • 👍 Customizable with color-coding
  • 👍 Useful for multiple jobs

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes when adding shifts
  • 🐛 Daylight savings time issues
  • 🐛 Limited editing options for shifts
  • 🔒 Limited free features, need to pay for full access

Bugs and requests

Shift Worker

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes when trying to add notes
  • Notes disappearing after iOS updates
  • Calendar dates/days not displaying correctly
  • Inability to export/import schedules

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to view full notes
  • Implement iCloud/calendar sync
  • Allow multiple shift entries per day
  • Add recurring note/reminder features
  • Develop Apple Watch app integration

Shiftify

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Calendar always defaults to January
  • Calendar not fitting properly on screen
  • Inability to search for job locations

Requested features

5 requests
  • Repeat/recurring shift feature
  • Ability to edit shift times without creating new shift
  • Overtime pay calculations
  • Widget support
  • Dark mode option

In-app purchases

None

Shift Worker

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Shiftify

One-time3
  • SHIFTIFY PRO$4.99
  • SHIFTIFY PRO$5.99
  • SHIFTIFY PRO$8.99

Questions

Is Shift Worker free?
Shift Worker costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shiftify free?
Shiftify is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Shift Worker or Shiftify?
Shiftify is rated higher. Shift Worker averages 3.7 out of 5 from 102 ratings, while Shiftify averages 4.8 from 457 ratings.
Do Shift Worker or Shiftify have ads?
Shiftify shows ads; Shift Worker does not.
Which is updated more often, Shift Worker or Shiftify?
Shift Worker ships an update weekly, and Shiftify every 6 days. Most recently, Shift Worker was updated on September 28, 2026 and Shiftify on September 22, 2026.

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