Shift Master Shift Calendar vs Chief Mobile
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.
Chief Mobile
Receive and map emergency dispatches from your 911 center with redundant alerting. Get instant push notifications for new incidents, view details and maps, and stay updated on personnel messages and schedules. Update your status and track response ETAs.
- Redundant Tone & CAD alerting
- Receive and map 911 dispatches
- Push notifications for new incidents
- Personnel message communication
- Update status and track ETA
- View company and personal schedules
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Chief Mobile is has redundant alerting using a combination of Tone Alerting & CAD Alerting. Allows you to receive & map incidents from your 911 dispatch center quickly. A push notification will alert you when a new dispatch occurs and forward you to the incident information and map. With Tone Alert, Chief Mobile works like your Fire Pager providing two sources for alerting. You can also receive messages that are sent out by other personnel. Get notified of open shifts, training, and other announcements instantly. The latest version allows you to reply to messages. Allows your personnel to update their status (i.e. Responding Station 1, Available, etc.). Their ETA is tracked while responding. Allows companies that use Chief Scheduling to view the company schedule by day and their own schedule. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Chief Mobile at Free against Shift Master Shift Calendar's $1.99. Chief Mobile also leads on rating (3.4 vs 2.2) and review sentiment (67% vs 47%). Shift Master Shift Calendar's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Chief Mobile is free to download; Shift Master Shift Calendar costs $1.99 up front. Chief Mobile sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Shift Master Shift Calendar asks for nothing beyond the download.
Chief Mobile holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 40 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Shift Master Shift Calendar's written reviews are positive against 67% of Chief Mobile's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shift Master Shift Calendar | Chief Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.2 (25 ratings) | 3.4 (40 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.9% of reviews | 67.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 | 40 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 113 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gil Estes | Chief Technologies |
Customer experience
Shift Master Shift Calendar
Chief Mobile
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
Chief Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shift Master Shift Calendar
No in-app purchases
Chief Mobile
- Pro Version$4.99
Questions
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