Shift Calendar vs EMS Platoon Shift Calendar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shift Calendar
A customizable shift calendar designed for firefighters, paramedics, and EMS workers. Easily track work and off days for important personal events, supporting various common shift patterns. Includes note-taking for each shift day.
- Customizable shift schedules
- Supports 24/24, 24/48, 24/72 patterns
- Supports 48x96 pattern
- Alpha and Numeric shift naming
- Notes for each shift day
- Designed for firefighters and EMS
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Thank you for your interest in Shift Calendar, the app designed by Firefighters and built for Firefighters. Shift Calendar is the full functioning, eternal shift calendar specifically for the professional firefighter, paramedic, EMS worker, their family and friends. No more checking shift cards to see if you will be working or off on your anniversary, birthday or other important events. This version of the Shift Calendar is configurable to present shift schedules specifically for the following: 24/24 for departments working 2 platoons 24 on 24 off. 24/48 for departments working 3 platoons 24 on 48 off. 24/72 for departments working 4 platoons 24 on 72 off. For departments working more complex schedules such as 24 on and 24 off for 5 days with 96 off as A-C-A-B-A-B-C-B-C-REPEAT, look for our ShiftCal Kelley schedule app. Newly released is the popular 48x96 for departments working 3 platoons 48 on 96 off as A-A-B-B-C-C-REPEAT. Search on Cal30 to see these other options. Shift Calendar provides for both Alpha and Numeric shift naming conventions. As of version 2.0, users can now keep notes on each shift day. Future enhancements will target Kelly Day/ADO. Spread the word and pass it around. Most of all...Thank you for all you do...
EMS Platoon Shift Calendar
This app helps emergency medical services personnel manage their platoon schedules. It allows users to select their platoon, view days off, and track overtime pay. It also includes a list of local hospitals and a 10-minute rule check.
- Platoon scheduling
- Days off display
- Mutual and off day tracking
- Overtime pay calculation
- Hospital directory
- 10-minute rule check
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- Updates and fixes will be more frequent in the coming months - Easily select your platoon (red days are days off) and add mutuals and off. - A, B, C, D , E, F, G, H Platoons available - Display multiple platoons - Overtime Pay Schedule - List of 911 receiving Hospitals within the area - 10 minute Hospital Rule Check
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: EMS Platoon Shift Calendar at Free against Shift Calendar's $1.99. EMS Platoon Shift Calendar also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.3) and review sentiment (45% vs 28%). Shift Calendar's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On 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
EMS Platoon Shift Calendar is free to download; Shift Calendar costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
EMS Platoon Shift Calendar holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 79 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of Shift Calendar's written reviews are positive against 45% of EMS Platoon Shift Calendar's.
Shift Calendar ships an update fortnightly, EMS Platoon Shift Calendar every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shift Calendar | EMS Platoon Shift Calendar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.3 (79 ratings) | 4.2 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.9% of reviews | 45.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 79 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.4 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gil Estes | Lato Productions, LLC |
Customer experience
Shift Calendar
EMS Platoon Shift Calendar
Bugs and requests
Shift Calendar
Reported bugs
26 issues- Download did not complete
- App keeps crashing
- App does not open
- App is inoperable after Apple update
- App crashes when opening date and adding notes
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- App disappears after iOS update
- App not compatible with latest iOS
- App crashes when trying to open
- App crashes when trying to open it closes back
- Update 14.2 made app crash
- App will not open since last IOS update
- App ceased working upon 14.2 iOS update
- App will not open, crashes immediately
- App needs to be updated to new IOS
- App will not even open with new iPhone update
- App needs an update
- App crashes every time you enter a note
- App closes every time you try to enter information
- App closes as soon as you try to type anything in the notes
- Crashes when I add notes
- App shuts down when you hit the space bar
- App will shut down when you hit the space bar
- App crashes and does not save information
- App crashes when entering notes for specific days
- App crashes when hitting the return key
- App crashes when adding notes
Requested features
14 requests- Accommodate 48/96 schedules
- Support for 4 on 4 off shifts
- Support for 5 days on, 4 days off schedules
- Support for split shifts (2x10hrs off 24 then 2x14hrs then off for 4 days)
- Add more shift variations
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- Update Kelly Style app
- Add built-in alarm for shift days
- Allow multiple calendars
- More shift color options
- Faster month/year scrolling
- Auto-generated payday
- Add more custom markers (T, M, etc.)
- Option to change pattern like Kelly shift calendar
- Notify of scheduled events
EMS Platoon Shift Calendar
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shift Calendar
No in-app purchases
EMS Platoon Shift Calendar
No in-app purchases
Questions
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