SimpleShift vs Hey Ladybird

SimpleShift is a simple shift calendar for people who work shifts. Plan your rota, see what’s coming up at a glance, and stay on top of your hours without the clutter of a full planner app. Your schedule lives on a clear month or week calendar. Add shifts quickly, jot notes for individual days, and share a snapshot of any month when you need to. Create shift templates with your times, colours, and labels, then swipe them onto the calendar for fast scheduling. For rotating rosters, build a repeating pattern once and apply it in seconds instead of filling in every day by hand. Track hours and pay with hourly rates, monthly and annual summaries, and charts. Export pay data when you need it. Home Screen widgets and Apple Watch keep upcoming shifts visible at a glance, and optional reminders notify you before work starts. Choose colours and themes that fit you. Optional iCloud sync backs up your calendar across your devices. SimpleShift keeps your data on your device and in your iCloud, private by design, with no account required.

Hey Ladybird is the AI-powered school admin app for UK parents. Point your camera at a letter, forward a school email, or share from WhatsApp and Hey Ladybird extracts every date, cost, contact, action item, profile detail and expiry date. Most apps stop at dates. We find all six. You didn't sign up to be your family's unpaid secretary. But here you are, staring at a crumpled school letter at 10pm, typing dates into your phone, and hoping you haven't already missed non-uniform day. My husband Joe built this app for me when he saw me crying at the kitchen table over a missed school trip payment. Now we want to help you too. Hey Ladybird gives you that time back. It's the family app that actually reads your school letters for you. And now it's built for both of you. BUILT FOR TWO Invite your partner to your family. One calendar, one to-do list, one filing cabinet. Whatever one of you scans, forwards or shares, the other can open and sort. No more being the only one who knows what's going on. HOW IT WORKS Point the Ladybird Lens at any school letter. In about 10 seconds, our AI reads the whole document and pulls out: Dates: Parents' evenings, inset days and trips drop straight into your family calendar. Costs: Hidden payments and voluntary contributions, with direct links to ParentPay, SchoolMoney, Arbor and more. Action Items: Consent forms, packed lunches, costumes. Turned into a to-do list so nothing gets forgotten. Contacts: The teacher's email, the school office number. Saved in one tap. Profile Details: Class, teacher, allergies, uniform sizes. Kept up to date without retyping. Expiry Dates: Medications, passports, insurance. All tracked with red, amber and green warnings. YOU ARE ALWAYS IN CONTROL Everything the AI finds goes through a review screen where you check, edit and approve before it's saved. You always have the final say. THREE WAYS TO CAPTURE Ladybird Lens — Point your camera at any letter, form or notice. Ladybird Post — Forward school emails to your private @heyladybird.co.uk address. Forward it. Forget it. Share Extension — See something in WhatsApp, Mail or Safari? Tap Share, pick Hey Ladybird, done. YOUR FAMILY COMMAND CENTRE Family Calendar — Every date sorted by child, colour-coded, with a week-ahead view. Ladybird's List — Action items and expiry dates grouped by family member. Green means sorted. Amber means soon. Red means now. The Nest — Your family's digital filing cabinet. Documents stored securely, organised by child. Family Profiles — Parents, children and pets, with medical details, school info and emergency contacts. Ladybird Spots — Missing out on UK family support? See if you're eligible for uniform grants, childcare funding or Healthy Start vouchers. THE 10-SCAN CHALLENGE Start with a 7-day free trial and 10 free document scans. Scan your worst school letter and watch what happens. If it doesn't save you time, cancel any time. BUILT FOR UK PARENTS Hey Ladybird understands ParentMail, school newsletters, dinner money letters, trip consent forms and everything else in the book bag. Built by a UK family, for UK families. PRIVACY AND SECURITY Guided by the ICO Children's Code. Registered with the ICO (ZC106730). Analytics only with your consent. We never sell your data. We never show ads. Hey Ladybird Premium: £9.99/month or £79.99/year with a 7-day free trial including 10 free scans. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage subscriptions in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription. Terms of Service: heyladybird.co.uk/policies/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: heyladybird.co.uk/policies/privacy-policy Less remembering. More living.