Comparison

Shift Scheduler vs Sked

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

Head to head
About

Shift Scheduler

Manage your work schedule with this app. It offers flexible shift arrangement, holiday tracking, and customizable calendar views with icons and colors. Record clock-in/out times and set reminders for your shifts.

Highlights
  • Flexible shift arrangement
  • Holiday tracking (US, UK, Canada, etc.)
  • Customizable calendar with 40+ icons and unlimited colors
  • Clock-in/out time recording
  • Shift reminders
  • Enable/disable shifts for calendar view
Features
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Shift Scheduler is a useful shift management tool with holiday, free combo shift, alarm for work, and more... It use freedom algorithm to pick shift days, can arrange every shift with combo of the unlimited shifts. It will show your shift schedule in a calendar with Character or 40+ icons combine with unlimited colors, so it will be very easy to show when you arrange much of shift. It can disable shift you don’t need show in calendar recently, and don’t needs to delete it, only one click it can be re-show in your calendar again. It also support record the clock in time and work off time, and it can alert you when it coming with much of time option can be choose. Feature which supported: • Freedom pick shift days, can arrange every shift ! • (NEW!) Holiday, you can show US, UK, Canada, HongKong, Taiwan, China Holidays in your calendar. • ICON: You can now choose your favorite ICON of you shift, about 40+ icon can be choose ! • Character: show the first character on shift name in your calendar view. • Color: You can choose different color with the ICON, unlimited color can be choose! • Unlimited Shift Profile: You can enable or disable the shift in shift list menu, so you don't need to delete any shift configure! disable the shift will let shift not show on your calendar view! • Clock In time: you can choose every shift 's clock in time and off time ! • Reminder: You can choose let Shift Scheduler remind you before Clock in or work off ! • Setting & Review & Feedback: Setting Menu can now feedback to me and rating this app now!

About

Sked

Manage your work shifts, track hours and pay, and view your monthly schedule at a glance. This app handles multiple jobs, overtime, and holiday pay, and allows for easy shift creation and sharing. It also syncs with native calendars and offers Apple Watch alerts.

Highlights
  • Work shift management
  • Hours and pay tracking
  • Monthly schedule overview
  • Multiple job support
  • Overtime and holiday pay calculation
  • Shift sharing and syncing
  • Calendar integration and alerts
Features
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Meet Sked - Your new work schedule manager. Sked gives you total control over your work schedule. It adds your work shifts in seconds. It tracks your hours worked and pay earned. It shows you your monthly schedule at a single glance. It can handle many jobs. It can manage overtime and holiday pay. You can create invoices for hours worked in Sked. And it can add your most common shifts with just a single tap. In fact, there isn’t much that Sked can’t do. Sked has powerful sharing features. You can sync your schedule to your iPhone or iPad’s native calendar, which will give you Apple Watch alerts. You can share just your work day, or entire months of your schedule with friends. And best of all - you can directly sync schedules with close friends and family in the app, so you can always see when everyone is working. Does your schedule involve rotating shifts? No problem. Sked’s robust scheduling features can handle shift addition for certain days of the week. Sked can also add shifts every certain number of days. Sked can add little notes to your calendar as well, to remind you of the most important things. Oh - and of course Sked will alert you when you need to get ready for work. With Sked, your work life just got easier. Subscription pricing and terms: Sked offers three auto-renewing subscription options: $2.99 per week $6.99 per month $29.99 per year These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. Your Sked subscription will automatically renew at the end of each term and your credit card will be charged through your iTunes account. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your iTunes account settings but refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. Read more about our terms and conditions here: Terms of Use: http://picshiftapps.com/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: http://picshiftapps.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Shift Scheduler4 screens
Sked4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Shift Scheduler at 4.7 against Sked's 3.7. Shift Scheduler also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7) and review sentiment (60% vs 50%). Sked's advantage is ratings volume (164 vs 7) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Sked sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Shift Scheduler asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shift Scheduler holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sked has 164 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Shift Scheduler's written reviews are positive against 50% of Sked's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Shift Scheduler versus Sked: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShift SchedulerSked
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (7 ratings) — better3.7 (164 ratings)
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better50.3% of reviews
Number of ratings7164 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer洁靖 张Owen Schick

Customer experience

Shift Scheduler

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

Sked

All ratings164 ratings
Positive63.4%
Neutral17.1%
Negative19.5%
Written reviews151 reviews
Positive50.3%
Neutral20.5%
Negative29.1%

Bugs and requests

Shift Scheduler

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Sked

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App freezes and becomes unresponsive
  • Subscription not recognized even after purchase
  • Shifts and notes randomly deleted

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to delete shifts
  • Improve syncing with other calendars
  • Add currency options beyond just USD
  • Introduce dark mode and customization options

In-app purchases

None

Shift Scheduler

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Sked

Subscriptions4
  • 1 Week of Sked Plus3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • 1 Month of Sked Plus3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • 6 Months of Sked Plus$6.996 Months
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  • 1 Year of Sked Plus3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • 1 Month of Sked Plus$1.99
  • 6 Months of Sked Plus$4.99
  • 1 Year of Sked Plus$7.99

Questions

Is Shift Scheduler free?
Shift Scheduler is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sked free?
Sked is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Shift Scheduler or Sked?
Shift Scheduler is rated higher. Shift Scheduler averages 4.7 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Sked averages 3.7 from 164 ratings.
Do Shift Scheduler or Sked have ads?
Neither Shift Scheduler nor Sked shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shift Scheduler or Sked?
Shift Scheduler ships an update every 2 months, and Sked every 2 months. Most recently, Shift Scheduler was updated on June 5, 2026 and Sked on September 20, 2026.

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