Shift Scheduler vs Shift Calendar / Schedule
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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!
Shift Calendar / Schedule
Easily create and manage your work schedule with customizable shifts. Quickly set recurring shifts over multiple days and share your planner with friends via email or other apps.
- Customizable shifts
- Easy schedule editing
- Set shifts for multiple days
- Share schedule via email/apps
- User-friendly interface
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This app is designed for all hard-working shift workers. You can add customized shifts easily. The major feature of this App is 'Easy to Use'. When editing your shifts, you can select a range of days (rather than one day) to set. Thus, you can set your schedule (roster, planner) in few seconds. Then, you can send your schedule (roster, planner) to your friends via email or other apps by clicking one button. If you have any suggestion/question, welcome to send an email to me. E-mail: kigurumi.shia@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Shift Calendar / Schedule at every 3 weeks against Shift Scheduler's every 2 months. Shift Calendar / Schedule also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 60%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Shift Scheduler ships an update every 2 months, Shift Calendar / Schedule every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shift Scheduler | Shift Calendar / Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 76.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 洁靖 张 | Lin Chih-YU |
Customer experience
Shift Scheduler
Shift Calendar / Schedule
Bugs and requests
Shift Scheduler
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Shift Calendar / Schedule
Reported bugs
3 issues- Shifts and notes not saving properly
- App crashing after recent updates
- Inability to restore data on new devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add holiday and overtime shift options
- Ability to input multiple shifts per day
- Sync with other calendars or cloud services
- Apple Watch compatibility
In-app purchases
Shift Scheduler
No in-app purchases
Shift Calendar / Schedule
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Shift Scheduler free?
Is Shift Calendar / Schedule free?
Do Shift Scheduler or Shift Calendar / Schedule have ads?
Which is updated more often, Shift Scheduler or Shift Calendar / Schedule?
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