Comparison

Shift Scheduler vs Calendar Widget

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

Calendar Widget

This app offers a free, user-friendly calendar experience with extensive customization options. It includes widgets for your home screen and allows for detailed event management, including recurring events and notifications. Enjoy a personalized schedule without any registration or syncing requirements.

Highlights
  • Home screen widgets
  • No registration required
  • Customizable event details
  • Recurring event support
  • Daily event notifications
  • Unlimited calendars
  • Dark mode
Features
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It's a simple and easy-to-use calendar app. Widgets are available. All features are completely free to use. Features: - No registration required, no sync with iPhone calendar - Calendar horizontal / vertical scroll - Select calendar start / end year - 24 hour notation - Select calendar start day - Any holiday selection - Getting holidays - Holiday, days off color - Rokuyo support - Event label color - Color selection for event label font only - Event label font size, thickness - Time display on event label - Event time interval selection - Select event length - Default all-day selection - Daily event notification - Daily event number badge display - Select update time for daily notifications - Unlimited number of calendars - Calendar color - Pin the calendar - Notification for each calendar, badge availability selection - Highlight the date of the day on the calendar - Button to return to this month - Any date selection - Tap a date to add an event on that day - Select multiple dates and add events at once - Background color for calendar dates - Batch addition of background color - Event title, memo, color - Event time, all day selection - Event start time / end time - Repeat event (weekly / monthly / yearly) - Automatic save of event addition history, bookmark save - Add an event with one tap from history and bookmarks - Event list display by date - Batch event deletion, color change, sharing, - Move and duplicate events between calendars - Home screen widget support (calendar selection, this month / next month / last month selectable) - Icon badge display (number of events on the day) - Dark mode - Free URL scheme: calendarwidget://

Screenshots

Shift Scheduler4 screens
Calendar Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Shift Scheduler at none against Calendar Widget's shown. Shift Scheduler also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). Calendar Widget's advantage is ratings volume (234 vs 7). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shift Scheduler holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calendar Widget has 234 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 58% of Calendar Widget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Shift Scheduler versus Calendar Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShift SchedulerCalendar Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (7 ratings) — better4.5 (234 ratings)
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better58.3% of reviews
Number of ratings7234 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer洁靖 张FugaPiyo Inc.

Customer experience

Shift Scheduler

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

Calendar Widget

All ratings234 ratings
Positive87.6%
Neutral4.7%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive58.3%
Neutral25.0%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

None

Shift Scheduler

No in-app purchases

None

Calendar Widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shift Scheduler free?
Shift Scheduler is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Calendar Widget free?
Calendar Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Shift Scheduler or Calendar Widget?
Shift Scheduler is rated higher. Shift Scheduler averages 4.7 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Calendar Widget averages 4.5 from 234 ratings.
Do Shift Scheduler or Calendar Widget have ads?
Calendar Widget shows ads; Shift Scheduler does not.
Which is updated more often, Shift Scheduler or Calendar Widget?
Shift Scheduler ships an update every 2 months, and Calendar Widget every 2 months. Most recently, Shift Scheduler was updated on October 13, 2026 and Calendar Widget on October 16, 2026.

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