Simple Roster vs Shift Calendar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Roster
Manage your work schedule digitally with this intuitive app. Access your shifts from anywhere, even offline, and easily plan social gatherings with friends by viewing their schedules. Share your availability with loved ones to keep them informed.
- Offline roster access
- Intuitive shift entry
- Friend roster viewing
- Roster sharing
- Recurring shift setup (Full Version)
- Calendar notes (Full Version)
- iOS calendar sync (Full Version)
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Simple Roster is an easy-to-use electronic rostering app that makes your everyday life easier. With Simple Roster, you never have to bring a paper roster around, and you can simply check your roster anywhere as long as you have your phone around. Simple Roster is so simple that you will know how to use it in a minute. Using the app is simply intuitive, you will have your roster setup in the app in the first 5 minutes. All rosters and shifts are stored offline in your phone, which means even though you are in a remote area that has no connection, Simple Roster still operates. Simple Roster is designed to be simple and it gets you your information in the least amount of time and least amount of steps. We understand entering roster electronically is normally "a pain in the ass", but Simple Roster makes it easy. As soon as your shifts are setup, then you can setup your roster. To setup a roster, simply pick a start date and start entering... few seconds later, you will see your roster displayed on the roster calendar. Simple Roster also offers a feature that you can enter your friend's roster. With this you'll know when is the best time for you guys to hang out when you guys are having a day off together. You can also share your roster with your friends and families so they know exactly what date you're free and what date you'll be home late. With Full Version, you can choose to repeat your roster over a period. So if you have a repeated roster every 4 weeks, all you need to do is to keep repeating that period and you won’t need to manually enter your roster any more. There is also “Note” function that comes with Full Version as well which you can add note to any calendar date you want. Last but not least, you can sync your roster to your iOS calendar so you can even check your rosters without opening Simple Roster
Shift Calendar
Easily manage your work schedule with this app designed for shift workers. Customize your shifts, generate schedules automatically, and add important notes to your calendar.
- Customizable shift work
- Automatic cycle scheduling
- Calendar notes
- Clear shift display
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Shift Calendar is designed for people who do shift works. It's easy to manage your job and work time - you can customize your shift work - Cycle scheduling, automatic generation of shift work for each day - Calendar notes, write important notes for each day - Shift works display in calendar clearly
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Simple Roster at 4.8 against Shift Calendar's 4.2. Simple Roster also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 51%) and ratings volume (770 vs 144). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Simple Roster sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Shift Calendar sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Simple Roster holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Roster has 770 ratings behind it against 144, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Simple Roster's written reviews are positive against 51% of Shift Calendar's.
Simple Roster ships an update every 2 months, Shift Calendar every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Roster | Shift Calendar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (770 ratings) — better | 4.2 (144 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.4% of reviews — better | 51.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 770 — better | 144 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Purple Development | 章健 杨 |
Customer experience
Simple Roster
Shift Calendar
Bugs and requests
Simple Roster
Reported bugs
3 issues- Calendar dates shown incorrectly
- Roster sharing feature not working properly
- App freezes when trying to edit shifts
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to repeat/copy shift patterns
- Improve calendar sync with other apps
- Provide more color options for shifts
- Allow adding notes or reminders to shifts
- Implement landscape mode support
Shift Calendar
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Simple Roster
- Full Version$2.99
Shift Calendar
- Calendar Notes$0.99
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Pro Version$0.99
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- Add User$0.99
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