Comparison

PaceTimer vs ShiftFlow

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

Head to head
About

PaceTimer

This app provides a visual timer with color-coded cues to help users manage their time during presentations, meetings, or workouts. It offers customizable alerts and full-screen display options for easy monitoring.

Highlights
  • Visual color-coded timing
  • Flashing light, vibration, and sound alerts
  • Full-screen mode with large fonts
  • Apple Watch synchronization
  • Customizable reminders and colors
  • Cross-device sync
Features
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PaceTimer shows your pace as a color. Green means you're on track, yellow means start wrapping up, red means time's up. Glance at the screen, not the clock. BUILT FOR SPEAKING UNDER A TIME LIMIT Speeches, presentations, lectures, debates, interviews, meetings, pitch practice. FREE โ€ข Green โ†’ yellow โ†’ red background, with sound, vibration and flash at each change โ€ข Set total time and the yellow point to the second โ€ข Quick presets: 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 45, 60 minutes โ€ข Elapsed, remaining, or both on screen; overtime counts up in red โ€ข Full-screen mode: huge digits readable from the back row โ€ข Keeps alerting when the screen is locked (notifications) and shows a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island โ€ข Screen stays on while the timer runs โ€ข Apple Watch app with haptic alerts PRO (one-time purchase, no subscription) โ€ข Multi-segment agenda: chain up to 20 segments, each with its own warning, with auto-advance. Templates for talk + Q&A, debate rounds and pitches โ€ข Saved presets: start your favorite setups in one tap โ€ข History and stats: on-time rate and how far you run over or under If you bought the earlier paid version of PaceTimer, Pro is unlocked for you automatically. Questions or ideas? Write to us from the App Store page. We read everything.

About

ShiftFlow

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Plan work. Make room for life. ShiftFlow is an offline calendar for repeating work shifts. Build a rotation from your own shifts and see workdays, nights and days off together. BUILD A ROTATION Add shifts in order, such as day, day, night, night, rest, rest. Choose the first date and save. Create up to 20 shift types and rotations of up to 60 days, with an explicit schedule time zone. HANDLE DATE CHANGES Select a date, change its shift and add a note. Return to the rotation when plans change again. Shift times support overnight work. REMIND AND SHARE Enable local reminders at shift start or 15, 30, 60 or 120 minutes before. Share an image of the month's schedule when you need to communicate your plans. KEEP DATA ON YOUR DEVICE No account is required. Shifts and notes stay on your device. Export a complete JSON backup; restoring preserves a copy of the previous file. Includes English and Simplified Chinese, light and dark appearance, larger text and reduced animations. One-time paid download with all built-in features included. No ads, subscriptions or in-app feature purchases. Reminders cover up to 60 upcoming work shifts. Reopen the app to extend coverage. iOS permissions, Focus and system settings can affect delivery. Nonexistent daylight-saving times move to the next valid time. Your entries are personal plans: check your employer's official roster. Export a backup before uninstalling or changing devices.

Screenshots

PaceTimer4 screens
ShiftFlow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PaceTimer at Free against ShiftFlow's $0.99. PaceTimer also leads on device support (3 vs 1). ShiftFlow's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

PaceTimer is free to download; ShiftFlow costs $0.99 up front. PaceTimer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ShiftFlow asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 5 level
PaceTimer versus ShiftFlow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaceTimerShiftFlow
PriceFree โ€” better$0.99
Positive reviews0.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
MonetizationPaidโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.1 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer้˜ณ ๅญ™PengPeng Li

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PaceTimer

One-time1
  • PaceTimer Pro$0.99
None

ShiftFlow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PaceTimer free?
PaceTimer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShiftFlow free?
ShiftFlow costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do PaceTimer or ShiftFlow have ads?
Neither PaceTimer nor ShiftFlow shows ads.

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