Comparison

NextShift vs Shift Work Calendar

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

Head to head
About

NextShift

This app helps manage complex work schedules, automatically calculating hours, overtime, and pay. It allows for adding notes and to-dos to shifts, syncing data across devices, and sharing schedules with others. Plan and adjust work patterns with ease.

Highlights
  • Custom shift patterns and work cycles
  • Automatic calculation of hours and earnings
  • Overtime, bonuses, and expense tracking
  • Detailed statistics and insights
  • Notes and tasks in calendar
  • Cloud sync and secure backups
  • Shareable work schedules
Features
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NextShift is the shift calendar for job schedules. It’s your work schedule calendar for 2‑on/2‑off, 24/72, day/night, and any custom cycle. Automatically totals hours, overtime, bonuses, expenses, and pay. Add notes and to‑dos to each shift and see per‑day and overall stats. Set an alarm before your shift - it will reliably ring on the day of your shift. Sync across devices with secure backups. Share your work schedule with family and coworkers via a link. Use the work schedule planner to build and tweak patterns fast. Features: • Custom shift patterns and work cycles • Automatic calculation of shifts, hours and earnings • Overtime, bonuses, and expense tracking • Shift alarms that always ring on your shift day • Detailed statistics and insights • Notes and tasks in your calendar • Cloud sync and secure backups By using this app, you agree to Apple's Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Shift Work Calendar

This app helps shift workers manage their schedules, track hours, breaks, and overtime. It offers real-time earnings updates, recurring shift scheduling, and planning templates. Integrations with popular calendars and advanced features like earnings forecasts are available with a Pro subscription.

Highlights
  • Shift tracking
  • Real-time earnings updates
  • Recurring shift scheduling
  • Weekly, monthly, yearly views
  • Planning templates
  • Overtime calculations
  • Calendar integration (Pro)
Features
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ShiftGo is a smart shift calendar built for shift workers. • Track shifts, work hours, breaks and overtime • See your earnings update in real time • Schedule recurring shifts • View your schedule by week, month or year • Use templates for faster planning • Create reminders and track extra income • Automatic overtime calculations • Support for 24+ currencies • Public holidays for 53 countries • Pro: Apple Calendar and Google Calendar integration • Pro: earnings forecasts and PDF exports Ideal for nurses, healthcare workers, retail employees, hospitality staff, restaurant teams, warehouse workers, drivers, security personnel, emergency service workers and anyone working rotating, night or irregular shifts.

Screenshots

NextShift4 screens
Shift Work Calendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Shift Work Calendar at 5.0 against NextShift's 4.3. NextShift's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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. NextShift sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Shift Work Calendar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shift Work Calendar holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NextShift has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NextShift ships an update every 2 weeks, Shift Work Calendar every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
NextShift versus Shift Work Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNextShiftShift Work Calendar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (13 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShift Workers LabEnes KAYA

Customer experience

NextShift

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Shift Work Calendar

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

NextShift

Subscriptions4
  • Premium7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Premium Plus7 Days trial$4.491 Month
  • Premium7 Days trial$23.991 Year
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  • Premium Plus7 Days trial$35.991 Year
2 purchases

Shift Work Calendar

Subscriptions2
  • ShiftGo Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • ShiftGo Pro Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is NextShift free?
NextShift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shift Work Calendar free?
Shift Work Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NextShift or Shift Work Calendar?
Shift Work Calendar is rated higher. NextShift averages 4.3 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Shift Work Calendar averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do NextShift or Shift Work Calendar have ads?
Neither NextShift nor Shift Work Calendar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NextShift or Shift Work Calendar?
NextShift ships an update every 2 weeks, and Shift Work Calendar every 6 days. Most recently, NextShift was updated on October 11, 2026 and Shift Work Calendar on October 12, 2026.

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