Visual Calendar vs SimpleShift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Visual Calendar
Visually displays your activities on a monthly calendar. Easily add and track all-day events, shifts, or habits with color-coded tags and icons. A simple, detail-free way to manage your schedule.
- Visual monthly calendar display
- Add and track all-day events
- Color-coded tags for activities
- Icon customization for tags
- Simple two-step process
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Visual Calendar is a simple but beautiful app that visually displays different activities on a monthly base. It is a perfect visual aid to add and track all-day events, shifts, habits or any other activities you would like to do simply and quickly without getting lost in details. Only 2 steps you need to do: 1, Create various tags you need by selecting colors and icons 2, Add tag(s) to the day(s) on the calendar view That’s all. Nothing more. Enjoy!
SimpleShift
Easily schedule and view your work shifts at a glance. This app offers a clear overview of your work schedule and can be viewed on your Apple Watch or as a home screen widget.
- Schedule shifts
- View shifts at a glance
- Apple Watch integration
- Home screen widget
- Customizable shift patterns
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SimpleShift is a simple shift calendar for people who work shifts. Plan your rota, see what’s coming up at a glance, and stay on top of your hours without the clutter of a full planner app. Your schedule lives on a clear month or week calendar. Add shifts quickly, jot notes for individual days, and share a snapshot of any month when you need to. Create shift templates with your times, colours, and labels, then swipe them onto the calendar for fast scheduling. For rotating rosters, build a repeating pattern once and apply it in seconds instead of filling in every day by hand. Track hours and pay with hourly rates, monthly and annual summaries, and charts. Export pay data when you need it. Home Screen widgets and Apple Watch keep upcoming shifts visible at a glance, and optional reminders notify you before work starts. Choose colours and themes that fit you. Optional iCloud sync backs up your calendar across your devices. SimpleShift keeps your data on your device and in your iCloud, private by design, with no account required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SimpleShift at Free against Visual Calendar's $0.99. SimpleShift also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 57%). Visual Calendar's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On update cadence, ads, monetization model 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
SimpleShift is free to download; Visual Calendar costs $0.99 up front. SimpleShift sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Visual Calendar asks for nothing beyond the download.
Visual Calendar ships an update every 2 months, SimpleShift every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Visual Calendar | SimpleShift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.6 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mate Szoke | Oliver Munday |
Customer experience
Visual Calendar
SimpleShift
Bugs and requests
Visual Calendar
Reported bugs
23 issues- Tagged days missing/entries gone
- Deletes data daily
- Cannot delete/edit entered calendar items
- New version wipes data
- New version won't work on phone
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- Nothing shows up on calendar after adding
- Background color options not working
- Support link does not work
- Keyboard never appears
- App is abandoned with no future support
- Bug that kicks you out when deleting preset tag
- Fades in and out between different activities, not showing all at once
- Cannot edit preloaded tags
- Cannot go over certain mark limitations on calendar
- Background too dark
- Syncs only 'All Day' appointments
- App freezes and/or kicks user off
- App crashes every time it's used
- Does not import all calendar appointments
- Fails to show imported calendar events
- Cannot insert anything
- Unstable
- App randomly exits
Requested features
22 requests- Ability to delete/edit events
- Sync with other calendar apps
- Add time to tags/events
- Reminders/notifications
- Repeat function for tasks
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- Support for larger screens/iPhone 5
- Backup and restore functionality
- Create multiple calendars
- Import custom icons/photos
- Notes associated with events
- Emojis for icons
- List views, week views
- Timed events
- Customize events (e.g., 'work 8-5pm')
- Export to PDF/image
- Stereotypical hourly event calendaring
- Dark mode option
- Word-wrap for event text
- Default opacity slider higher
- Match tags to synced activities
- Choose Monday as start of week
- Add alarms
SimpleShift
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Visual Calendar
No in-app purchases
SimpleShift
- SimpleShift Pro$1.991 Month









