Time Nodes vs Life by Shift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Time Nodes
Track time with simple count-up and count-down timers. Monitor progress towards future events or count elapsed time from past dates. Sync across devices with a native, intuitive interface.
- Count up from past dates
- Count down to future dates
- Track percentage progress
- Log actions needed
- Sync across Apple devices
- Native system style UI
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Time Nodes is a simple and focused app that helps you to: - Count up from a past date. - Count down to a future date, with the ability of tracking the percentage progress and actions that need to take. You can sync your time nodes across multiple Apple devices (login with same Apple ID), and the system native style user interface is intuitive and easy to use.
Life by Shift
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Life by Shift is a scheduling app built by a shift worker, for shift workers — nurses, firefighters, paramedics, and police officers. - Visual shift calendar — tap to assign Day, Night, OT shifts - Estimated income calculator for every pay period - Holiday & special rates — long-press any shift for 1.5x, 2x, or custom multiplier - Repeat Rotation — set your schedule pattern and auto-fill your calendar - Notes on any day - 100% private — no accounts, no servers, everything stays on your device Built for 8-hour and 12-hour shift workers. Supports custom OT multipliers for workers worldwide.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Life by Shift at every 4 days against Time Nodes's every 3 months. Life by Shift also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Time Nodes ships an update every 3 months, Life by Shift every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Time Nodes | Life by Shift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CreationAct (Shanghai) Technology Co., Ltd. | Sang Woon Shin |
In-app purchases
Time Nodes
No in-app purchases
Life by Shift
No in-app purchases
