Comparison

Shifto vs Shiftlyx

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Shifto

Easily plan your shift work schedule and coordinate with friends. Share your availability with others and customize your calendar to fit your unique shifts. Enjoy your time off with a clear overview of your schedule.

Highlights
  • Shift work scheduling
  • Friend and group coordination
  • Shareable schedules
  • Customizable shift types
  • At-a-glance calendar view
Features
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Planning your life as a shift worker can feel impossible, Shifto is here to help. SOCIAL We want you to enjoy your time off! Add your friends and make custom groups, so that Shifto can tell you the next times that you and your bestie (or group of besties) are free together to hang out. SHAREABLE Got friends and family who want to see your schedule, but don't have Shifto? No worries! Using shareable links, they can have a copy of your schedule that is always up to date. FLEXIBLE Enter as many different types of shift as you have and customise the appearance how you want. You can add as many shifts as you need on a single day. SIMPLE Our elegant calendar allows you to get on top of your schedule at a glance. The use of Shifto is outlined in our Terms of Service, which can be found at https://shifto.app/terms.

About

Shiftlyx

This app helps shift workers manage fatigue, track pay, and coordinate schedules with family and colleagues. It analyzes your rota to predict fatigue levels and calculate earnings, and can find days when everyone is free. Voice planning and partner sync features simplify complex scheduling.

Highlights
  • Fatigue scoring across entire rota
  • Detailed pay calculation
  • Crew availability finder
  • Partner sync for dual-shift families
  • Voice-controlled schedule planning
  • Rota import (iCal, file, paste)
  • Night shift recovery windows
Features
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Shiftlyx is a shift planner built by a nurse, for everyone who works shifts. Not a calendar with a night mode bolted on. A planner that understands a run of nights is a different physiological state, that a long day and a night shift on the same date means nobody is home, and that "are you free Thursday" is a harder question than any office worker will ever have to answer. Built first for healthcare nurses, paramedics, doctors, midwives, healthcare assistants because that is the hardest version of the problem. It works the same way for police, fire, hospitality, logistics, manufacturing, security, and anyone else living on a rota. SEE THE BAD WEEK BEFORE YOU'RE IN IT Shiftlyx scores your fatigue across your whole rota, not one shift at a time. Shift type, length, transitions, and the load stacking up behind you. Recovery gaps, night density and consecutive days, all in one score. KNOW WHAT YOU EARNED, BEFORE PAYDAY Every long day, every night, every unsocial hour, added up. Base pay, night premiums and weekend enhancements broken down, with your real effective hourly rate. Works from a band or a straight hourly rate. MY CREW — FIND THE DAY EVERYONE'S ACTUALLY FREE Getting eight people off the same team into one room is impossible by text. Someone's on nights. Someone's just come off them. Import your rotas and Shiftlyx finds the day for you: who's free, who's free-ish and could make it around a shift, and who's working. It even knows who's coming off nights and shouldn't be counted. PARTNER SYNC — FOR TWO SHIFT WORKERS AND ONE FAMILY Put your rota next to your partner's and Shiftlyx reads every day of the month. Both off, that's a shared day off. One of you off, childcare is covered. Both of you working, that's the one you need to know about. It counts them. It flags the uncovered weekends. And it shows you the longest run of days where neither of you is home. PLAN WITH YOUR VOICE Say "nights this month, weekends off, max three in a row." Florence builds it. No forms, no settings screens. ALSO INSIDE Rota import from an iCal link, a file, or paste. Night shift recovery and sleep windows. Commute timing so a bad journey doesn't cost you a shift. Swap preview. Eight shift patterns, so your dashboard matches how you actually work. YOUR EMPLOYER CANNOT SEE ANY OF THIS Shiftlyx is not connected to your employer's rostering system and never will be. Your rota, your fatigue, your pay, your family. Yours. Free to use. One month of Shiftlyx Pro free for everyone, no card needed. Your shift. Your terms. https://www.shiftlyx.com/terms https://www.shiftlyx.com/privacy

Screenshots

Shifto4 screens
Shiftlyx4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Shiftlyx at every 5 days against Shifto's every 2 weeks. On price, review sentiment, ads 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. Shifto sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Shiftlyx sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shifto ships an update every 2 weeks, Shiftlyx every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Shifto versus Shiftlyx: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShiftoShiftlyx
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew AstachnowiczBeemal Innovation Ltd

Customer experience

Shifto

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Shiftlyx

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Shifto

Subscriptions1
  • Premium (monthly)$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Premium (for life)$14.99
2 purchases

Shiftlyx

Subscriptions2
  • Shiftlyx Pro Monthly1 Month trial$3.991 Month
  • Shiftlyx Day One Annual1 Month trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Shifto free?
Shifto is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shiftlyx free?
Shiftlyx is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Shifto or Shiftlyx have ads?
Neither Shifto nor Shiftlyx shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shifto or Shiftlyx?
Shifto ships an update every 2 weeks, and Shiftlyx every 5 days. Most recently, Shifto was updated on November 4, 2026 and Shiftlyx on October 31, 2026.

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