Roster vs CELLYPSO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Roster
Easily manage your work shifts by entering them into your calendar with a single tap. Customize shift times, colors, and names to fit your specific needs. Quickly create complex shift patterns and add notes for each day.
- Quick shift entry
- Customizable shift details
- Editable templates
- Add notes to days
- Double shifts
- Recurring shift cycles
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Get the best free roster app now. Quickly enter your shift patterns into your calendar. Just choose your shift, morning, regular or late and tap the corresponding day. You can define work times, colors, names and many more to fit your needs. With our unique app you can create your whole shift pattern in less than a minute. No app can beat this. Unique features: - Free editable templates. - Single tap to add or delete calendar entries. - Double tap to switch shift entries - Choose work times, names, colors and more. - Option to add notes to any calendar day - double shifts optional: - free of Ads - monthly export of services as PDF-file - matching of the data with iCloud - matching of your services, and notes in your device -calendar (manual and automatic) - Automatically add recurring shift cycles to roster-calendar - Calculations - Auto- Delete for shifts - entries of holiday, vacations, etc. - backup/restore - password protection for App - overtime - fully functioning audio recorder for each day - full-fledged camera application for each day You can purchase Website+Extras for 1 month for the price of $ 1.49. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current subscription period, and identify the cost of the renewal. You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. A once completed subscription can not be canceled before its term expires. You can find our privacy policy under https://www.roster-calendar.com/privacy_app.html and terms of use for more information under https://www.roster-calendar.com/terms_app.html.
CELLYPSO
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Diese App dient als Erweiterung von CELLYPSO - SaaS Lösung zur Abwicklung von Geschäftsprozessen. Vorausgesetzt ist ein gültiges CELLYPSO Konto. Je nach freigegebenen Modulen und Benutzer-Rollen beinhaltet folgende Funktionen: - Arbeitszeiterfassung - Abwesenheitsverwaltung (u.a. Urlaub, Krankschreibung) - Hotel Housekeeping - Instandhaltung - Mitarbeiterkommunikation
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CELLYPSO at none against Roster's 9. CELLYPSO also leads on ads (none vs shown). Roster's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 30 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and iOS requirement 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. Roster sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. CELLYPSO asks for nothing beyond the download.
Roster ships an update every 2 months, CELLYPSO every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Roster | CELLYPSO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (63 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 74.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 63 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 30 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | michael heinz | CELLYPSO GmbH |
Bugs and requests
Roster
Reported bugs
4 issues- App suddenly stops working
- Notes and schedules disappearing
- Inability to access past/future months
- Compatibility issues with device updates
Requested features
4 requests- Add multiple shifts per day
- Improve month-to-month navigation
- Integrate with other calendar apps
- Provide better customer support
CELLYPSO
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Roster
- Website+Extras$1.491 Month
- Extra 1$0.99
- Extra 2 - Security$0.99
- Extra 3 - Overtime$0.99
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- Extra 4 - Audio$0.99
- Extra 5 - Pictures$0.99
- "More comfortable"$1.99
- No advertising$1.99
- All Extras$3.99
CELLYPSO
No in-app purchases









