Comparison

Repeaters vs ShiftWave

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

Head to head
About

Repeaters

This app helps you manage recurring tasks and life events. You can set up daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly reminders and track when you last completed them or if they are overdue.

Highlights
  • Track daily, weekly, monthly, yearly tasks
  • See last completion date
  • Identify overdue items
  • Configure long-term recurring events
  • Life event tracking
Features
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Repeaters is a life-event tracker that allows you to configure long-term items that need completed daily, weekly, monthly, or even yearly. With Repeaters, see when you last completed things, and when things are overdue.

About

ShiftWave

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Shift Calendar Simple Calendar App for Repeating Shift Schedules & adding notes/highlight colors for any day. Choose from color themes, and customize to your schedule. Export to other calendars, like Google Calendar and/or Apple Calendar. View Pitman Schedule, 4 On / 2 Off, 5 On / 3 Off or any custom schedule. Throw away your paper schedule! Upgrade for Pro Features like adding notes, highlight colors for any day, override a day's text on the calendar, share schedule, and more! For anyone that has a rotating/repeating shift schedule -- Calendar/Schedule app, for example if police officers wish to view which squads work together and which squads have days off. Tap Settings-->Set Rotation Days to change schedules - supports any combination of custom text.. For instance, supports 3 squads, with repeating schedules of: • 5 days on, 2 days off, then 5 days on, 3 days off • 4 days on, then 2 days off • ... or make your own schedule, like: On, On, On, Off, Off, Off or AA, BB, CC, DD Tap on Edit button for any day to view the screen and Add Notes for any day or highlight it a color for important dates. Tap on Set Rotation Days to customize the days to rotate (add, remove, move days around) to make the schedule exactly match your own. Load quick setup codes to download a predefined schedules so you don't need to enter it manually. You can enter a 4 digit code to instantly set up your schedule. ** If your schedule is similar to one of the quick setup codes, you can edit it to make it like your own. If you want to add your schedule to the list, just email support with your schedule name and the text (ie: On,On,On,On,Off,Off -- or A,A,B,B,C,C -- or D,D,D,-,-,-,N,N,N,N, etc...) ** Please contact support before leaving any negative reviews, we can almost always help. Automatically highlight a color for text string for the calendar by setting it one time in settings. Choose up to 3 different colors/string combos. * Subscription provides access to premium features including ad removal, note editing, and quick setup codes for the duration of the subscription. * 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. For standard Terms of Use, please visit: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Feel free to contact support if you have any other questions or issues: myprojectxinc@gmail.com

Screenshots

Repeaters4 screens
ShiftWave4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Repeaters at none against ShiftWave's shown. ShiftWave's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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. Repeaters sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and ShiftWave sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Repeaters ships an update every 2 weeks, ShiftWave every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on August 26, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Repeaters versus ShiftWave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRepeatersShiftWave
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB76 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMatthew WalerMyProjectX, Inc.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Repeaters

Subscriptions2
  • Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$9.99
3 purchases

ShiftWave

Subscriptions2
  • ShiftWave Premium - Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • ShiftWave Premium - Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • ShiftWave Premium - Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Repeaters free?
Repeaters is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShiftWave free?
ShiftWave is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Repeaters or ShiftWave have ads?
ShiftWave shows ads; Repeaters does not.
Which is updated more often, Repeaters or ShiftWave?
Repeaters ships an update every 2 weeks, and ShiftWave every 6 days. Most recently, Repeaters was updated on August 26, 2026 and ShiftWave on September 10, 2026.

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