Shift Work Calendar Planner vs ShiftWave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shift Work Calendar Planner
Easily manage your work schedule with this calendar app designed for shift workers. Register your shifts, add notes with emojis, and save your calendar as an image. Sync with your iOS calendar and view others' shifts with the premium plan.
- Create multiple shift types
- Easy shift input
- Add notes with emoji icons
- Save calendar as image
- Send shifts via email
- Widget for quick schedule check
- iOS Calendar Sync (Premium)
- Input/view other people's shifts (Premium)
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There are many people working at the retail trade and the hospital, etc. by the shift work. Isn't it convenient to be able to confirm the schedule of your work with iPhone easily quickly? This is a useful calendar for such people. It is possible to confirm it by the calendar by easily registering your shift. Moreover, You can save this calendar as an image, and set it as a wallpaper of the idle screen of iPhone. Features - Create amount of shift types - Easy shifts input - Notes for any date on calendar with Emoji Icon. - Save a calendar as an image. - Send your shifts to others via E-mail. - Widget:Quickly check schedule and shifts with widget Premium Plan features ・No ads ・iOS Calendar Sync Your shifts are imported to iOS calendar. ・Shift Table You can input and view other person's shift too. Auto-renewable subscriptions You can choose the period of use from 1 month, 6 months, 1 year. The longer the period, the better the price! It will be automatically continued when the use period expires. To terminate automatic subscription, please carry out cancellation processing from the setting application. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase Terms of use http://ebisu-soft.com/shift-work-calendar/premium_plan_ios_terms_of_use
ShiftWave
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Shift Calendar - ShiftWave, the new CopApp! - Throw away your paper schedule! Simple Calendar App for Repeating Shift Schedules & adding notes/highlight colors for any day. Choose from color themes, and customize to your schedule. Export to other calendars, like Google Calendar and/or Apple Calendar. View Pitman Schedule, 4 On / 2 Off, 5 On / 3 Off or any custom schedule. Throw away your paper schedule! Upgrade for Pro Features like adding notes, highlight colors for any day, override a day's text on the calendar, 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 view 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 quick setup codes to download a predefined schedules so you don't need to enter it manually. You can enter a 4 digit code to instantly set up your schedule. ** If your schedule is similar to one of the quick setup codes, 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. * Subscription provides access to premium features including ad removal, note editing, and quick setup codes for the duration of the subscription. * Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. For standard Terms of Use, please visit: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Feel free to contact support if you have any other questions or issues: myprojectxinc@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ShiftWave at every 5 days against Shift Work Calendar Planner's fortnightly. ShiftWave also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Shift Work Calendar Planner sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.59 per month and ShiftWave sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Shift Work Calendar Planner ships an update fortnightly, ShiftWave every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shift Work Calendar Planner | ShiftWave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (9.5K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 95.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9.5K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ebisu Soft Inc. | MyProjectX, Inc. |
Bugs and requests
Shift Work Calendar Planner
Reported bugs
3 issues- Calendar dates not syncing correctly
- App freezing or crashing
- Issues with data migration
Requested features
5 requests- Recurring shift scheduling
- Ability to add multiple shifts per day
- More customization options
- Sync with other calendars
- Payroll integration
ShiftWave
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shift Work Calendar Planner
- No advertisement plan 1 month$1.591 Month
- Premium Plan 1Month$2.391 Month
- No advertisement plan 6 months$6.396 Months
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- Premium Plan 6 Months$9.596 Months
- No advertisement plan 1 year$11.001 Year
- Premium Plan 1 Year$16.901 Year
ShiftWave
- ShiftWave Premium - Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- ShiftWave Premium - Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- ShiftWave Premium - Lifetime$24.99
Questions
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