Working Hour vs Shift Happens
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Working Hour
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Log your ambulance hours, staff responding and overruns in one place and easily export to a excel document.
Shift Happens
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Shift Happens is a free and efficient way to record your shifts, designed specifically for supporting your CPD portfolio evidence and productivity, whilst easily recording and tracking those late finishes and late mealbreaks. Key Features: - Shift record - Add, edit and view jobs you have been part of, recording interventions, medications provided and any shift issues. - Dual role app (Frontline ambulance and Nursing) - Record and log interventions and skills used depending on your role, from airway interventions to dressing changes. - Shift Happens will automatically complete a downloadable form to evidence skill competencies, compiling medications, skills and job types for each month, allowing you to support other CPD evidence. - Export a spreadsheet, compiling all mealbreak and late finish information to ease those timesheet submissions, including whether your mealbreak was at station (for frontline ambulance users). Why choose Shift Happens? - Designed for and by frontline healthcare workers. - Helps record CPD portfolio evidence and manage your timesheet information clearly. - Allows you to clearly see what skills are being used and highlights what you may need to brush up on Whoโs it for? - Paramedics - ECAโs - AAPs / Technicians - Nurses - District Nurses - HCAs Disclaimer: Do not enter any identifiable, confidential, or private information into this app. The app is intended for personal use only and should not be relied upon as an official record or substitute for employer documentation. Users are solely responsible for the information they choose to input. The developer accepts no liability for any misuse, or consequences arising from the use of this app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Working Hour at none against Shift Happens's shown. Shift Happens's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Working Hour | Shift Happens |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No โ better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Westbrook Computers Ltd | ROBERT DOMINIC MCGREGOR |
In-app purchases
Working Hour
No in-app purchases
Shift Happens
No in-app purchases
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