Shift Master Shift Calendar vs Visual Pre Plans
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shift Master Shift Calendar
A highly customizable shift calendar designed for Firefighter, EMS, and Paramedic professionals. It supports up to four platoons or teams with flexible shift patterns up to 35 days long.
- Fully configurable shift calendar
- Supports up to 4 platoons/teams
- Single or first/second shift patterns
- Shift rotation up to 35 days
- Designed for Firefighter, EMS, Paramedic
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Fully configurable Shift Calendar app for Firefighter, EMS and Paramedic Professionals. This app is now the flag ship app in the series and provides for full customization for up to 4 platoons/teams with single shift or first/second shift on a shift pattern rotation of up to 35 days in length.
Visual Pre Plans
This application streamlines fire department pre-planning and incident response with an image-based system. It allows for quick creation, updating, and sharing of pre-plan data, providing instant on-scene access to critical information for better operational coordination.
- Image-based pre-planning
- Fast pre-plan creation (under 5 minutes)
- Instant on-scene access to pre plans
- CAD notifications and integration
- Risk scoring
- Real-time team location tracking
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WHO WE ARE Visual Pre Plans is an image-based fire department pre planning and operations software designed to eliminate all obstacles preventing successful incident mitigation. With Visual Pre Plans, conveniently pre plan via mobile and desktop applications, easily creating, updating and sharing useful pre plans. HOW IT WORKS Pre-plan a building in as little as 5 minutes Instant on-scene access to pre plans & risk scores for all members via CAD notifications. Estimated time of arrival and team on map help ICs coordinate response. High hazard notes display with incident location details to indicate dangerous locations. Risk scoring & CAD integration Easy program management
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Visual Pre Plans at Free against Shift Master Shift Calendar's $1.99. Visual Pre Plans also leads on rating (3.8 vs 2.2) and review sentiment (64% vs 47%). Shift Master Shift Calendar's advantage is chart position (#181 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.6). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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
Visual Pre Plans is free to download; Shift Master Shift Calendar costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Visual Pre Plans holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Shift Master Shift Calendar's written reviews are positive against 64% of Visual Pre Plans's.
Shift Master Shift Calendar ships an update every 5 weeks, Visual Pre Plans monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shift Master Shift Calendar | Visual Pre Plans |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.2 (25 ratings) | 3.8 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.9% of reviews | 64.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #181 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 194 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gil Estes | FlowMSP, Inc |
Customer experience
Shift Master Shift Calendar
Visual Pre Plans
Bugs and requests
Shift Master Shift Calendar
Reported bugs
15 issues- App does not open
- App crashes frequently
- App disappeared after iOS update
- Calendar days are purple/won't change color
- Erases notes and resets shift days after updates
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- Customized dates deleted after update
- Buttons along the bottom don't function without reboot
- Shift colors change with the month
- App shuts down occasionally
- App fails to open after iOS update
- Shifts are off after January 1st
- App crashes on opening
- App doesn't work with iOS 6/10/11
- Calendar places shifts incorrectly
- Setup key closes app
Requested features
7 requests- Update for newest iOS versions
- Sync with iPhone calendar
- Add appointment scheduler with reminders
- Display shift letters across the top
- Enter half color/symbol for partial OT shifts
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- Make UI less cluttered and more visually appealing
- Ability to load on iPad
Visual Pre Plans
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shift Master Shift Calendar
No in-app purchases
Visual Pre Plans
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Shift Master Shift Calendar free?
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