Comparison

shift calendar pro vs calQuery

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

Head to head
About

shift calendar pro

Manage your work schedule with a dedicated calendar app. It generates your shifts for the entire year based on your roster and start date. Easily edit individual days, mark holidays, and view public holidays and school vacations for over 30 countries.

Highlights
  • Work shift calendar generation
  • Customizable shift sequences
  • Edit individual days
  • Mark holidays
  • Public holiday tracking
  • School vacation tracking
Features
Currently charting
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A calendar with all your work shifts. Works with any number of shifts and every roster. Just enter the shift sequence and a start date. The app generates a calendar showing the work shifts for each day in the year. You can edit single days to change shifts or mark them as holidays. Shift calendar marks public holidays and school vacations for more than 30 countries.

About

calQuery

Easily search your iPhone or iPad calendar for past events. Results can be sorted by date, location, or alphabetically. Tapping a result opens the corresponding day in your native calendar app.

Highlights
  • Search past calendar events
  • Sort results by date, location, alphabet
  • Open events in native calendar
  • Supports iPhone and iPad
Features
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With calQuery you can search the calendar of your iPhone of iPad. Unlike the search function of the calendar app, even long past events are found. The search results can be sorted by date, location and alphabet. By selecting a result, the corresponding day is displayed in the calendar app.

Screenshots

shift calendar pro3 screens
calQuery3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: calQuery at Free against shift calendar pro's $1.99. calQuery also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). shift calendar pro's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 9 months). On ads 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

calQuery is free to download; shift calendar pro costs $1.99 up front. shift calendar pro sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. calQuery asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

calQuery holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: shift calendar pro has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

shift calendar pro ships an update every 3 months, calQuery every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
shift calendar pro versus calQuery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametershift calendar procalQuery
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (20 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#150 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.5
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlex GugelUwe Holtkamp

Customer experience

shift calendar pro

All ratings20 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews126 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral6.3%
Negative22.2%

calQuery

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

shift calendar pro

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Calendar shifts by a month
  • Holidays and school breaks not displayed
  • App crashes or won't open on certain iOS versions
  • PDF export function not working
  • Calendar data corruption
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  • Syncing with iOS Calendar not working
  • Lost all appointments/data
  • Widget functionality missing
  • Interface not matching app store screenshots
  • Delete button issues reported

Requested features

15 requests
  • Add widget functionality
  • Mark holidays and school breaks
  • More color options for shifts
  • Add option for multiple shift profiles
  • Improve scrolling for faster navigation
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  • Integrate with iPad calendar
  • Sync with iOS Calendar
  • Add notes/appointments to calendar
  • Improve PDF export functionality
  • Allow adding more than 5 shifts
  • Option to archive multiple shift plans
  • Add ability to split boxes for different rosters
  • Update for newer iOS versions
  • Improve interface for newer screens
  • Add dark mode option

calQuery

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

shift calendar pro

One-time2
  • Create PDF calendar$0.99
  • Copy data to Calendar app$0.99
None

calQuery

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is shift calendar pro free?
shift calendar pro costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is calQuery free?
calQuery is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, shift calendar pro or calQuery?
calQuery is rated higher. shift calendar pro averages 4.3 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while calQuery averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do shift calendar pro or calQuery have ads?
Neither shift calendar pro nor calQuery shows ads.
Which is updated more often, shift calendar pro or calQuery?
shift calendar pro ships an update every 3 months, and calQuery every 9 months. Most recently, shift calendar pro was updated on September 25, 2026 and calQuery on June 11, 2026.

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