Finalist vs Shift Work
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Finalist
This app combines your calendar, tasks, reminders, and weather into a single, visually appealing timeline. It integrates with your journal and activity data to inspire your planning. Enjoy a beautiful and joyful planning experience without complex workflows.
- Unified timeline view
- Calendar, task, and reminder integration
- Weather forecast display
- Journal and activity ring integration
- Customizable themes
- Native Apple technology integration
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Inspired by paper planners, Finalist shows your calendar, tasks, notes, reminders and weather forecast in one beautiful timeline. It even pulls in your Journal Suggestions and Activity Rings to keep you inspired. Gorgeous themes make planning a joy, not a chore. Finalist is built for people who finish things, no complex workflows or productivity theater. NOTES, IN YOUR PLANNER Your planner remembers what you wrote. A dedicated Notes tab gives you notebooks, tags and search. Keep native notes that sync over iCloud, or connect a folder of plain markdown files, including your Obsidian vault, and edit them in place. Tasks inside your markdown files become real Finalist tasks: dated, tagged and checkable anywhere in the app. YOUR DAY, ON YOUR WRIST The Apple Watch app puts your whole day one glance away: events, tasks, reminders and habits in one scrollable view, topped by a Now card that always knows what matters next. Check off pinned lists from the wrist, grocery list included, and add tasks by keyboard, scribble or dictation. Complications and a Smart Stack widget round it out. (Requires watchOS 26.) DESIGN YOUR DAY Choose between two Daily designs: Daybook, the classic stacked layout, or Broadsheet, a newsprint-inspired look that shines on iPad and Mac. Rearrange sections with the layout editor and save your own presets. On the rebuilt Timeline, drag tasks onto the grid to sketch your day in pencil, then commit when it's real. "I've tried dozens of planning apps, this is the one that finally works." - Beta user "The integration of Reminders and Lists reduces the apps I need daily and makes planning actually fun." - Beta user Built with native Apple technologies: no accounts to create, syncs over iCloud, supports Family Sharing, and runs on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro and Mac. Full database backup, export and import via JSON and OPML. Finalist is a love letter to paper planners. Give it a try, it feels great :) Purchasing information To get the full functionality in Finalist you will need to either purchase a subscription or a one time In-App Purchase for Lifetime access. The purchase amount will be applied to your iTunes account. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. Lifetime purchase is a one-time fee. For more information, see our Terms of Use at https://finalist.works/eula/ and our Privacy Policy at https://finalist.works/privacy-policy/
Shift Work
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Shift Work Calendar is a personal shift planner for people who work rotating schedules, night shifts, and duty rosters. It is designed for nurses, factory workers, retail and restaurant staff, property staff, security teams, and anyone who needs a simple way to track work patterns. Use the monthly calendar to log early, middle, late, rest, overtime, or custom shifts. You can also create a repeating cycle and generate schedules in bulk for a date range. The app summarizes work days, rest days, total hours, and night shift counts, and it can estimate pay based on base salary, hourly wage, and night shift allowance. Key features: - Calendar-based shift planning - Repeating cycle scheduling - Timeline view for recent and historical shifts - Monthly stats for work days, rest days, total hours, and night shifts - Custom shift management with names, colors, and time ranges - Salary settings for estimated pay - Backup export and import restore - Multi-language and dark mode support Shift Work Calendar works offline and does not require an account. Your schedule and pay-related data stay on your device by default. Related Agreements: - Terms of Service: `https://bazi.paotie.com/api_v1/vip` - Privacy Policy: `https://bazi.paotie.com/api_v1/privacy` - End User License Agreement: `https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/`
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Finalist at Free against Shift Work's $0.99. Finalist also leads on chart position (#198 vs unranked) and device support (5 vs 2). Shift Work's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). On update cadence and ads 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
Finalist is free to download; Shift Work costs $0.99 up front. Finalist sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Shift Work asks for nothing beyond the download.
Finalist ships an update every 10 days, Shift Work weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Finalist | Shift Work |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (519 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 519 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #198 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Diversion Marketing Inc | 厦门星际港湾电商有限公司 |
Bugs and requests
Finalist
Reported bugs
9 issues- Settings/preferences crash the app
- Pro subscription not recognized after canceling auto-renewal
- Weather widget fails to display without manual toggling
- App freezes and becomes unresponsive on iPad
- Empty tasks cannot be permanently deleted
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- App crashes when accessing certain reminder lists
- Slow performance after force closing and reopening
- Widget functionality discontinued or broken
- macOS version crashes and lacks performance
Requested features
18 requests- Apple Watch native app
- Recurring/repeating tasks and reminders
- Subtasks functionality
- Task tagging and filtering
- Event location and travel time details
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- Natural language input for tasks and events
- Snooze reminder functionality
- Task comments and checklist support
- List grouping and archiving options
- Menubar-only mode for macOS
- Early/advance reminders for tasks
- Notes section for daily journaling
- School/team collaboration version
- Chinese language support
- Dark mode option
- Family sharing features
- Multiple calendar visibility in month view
- Invite others to meetings and add conferencing
Shift Work
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Finalist
- Finalist Pro Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Finalist Monthly$4.991 Month
- Finalist Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
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- Finalist Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Finalist Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Finalist Lifetime$59.99
- Finalist Pro Lifetime$59.99
Shift Work
No in-app purchases
Questions
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