Comparison

NextShift vs MeetBoard

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. 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 • 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

MeetBoard

Features
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MeetBoard is a shared calendar for teams. Schedule an event once and the whole organisation sees it — no e-mail threads, no "who, when and where". WHAT IT DOES • A shared team calendar with month, week and day views • Assign events to specific people, each with their own colour • Recurring events: daily, weekly and monthly, with an end date • Event locations defined by your team • Push notifications when an event is created, changed or deleted, plus reminders • Offline mode: changes are saved on the device and sync automatically once you are back online • Administrator tools: invite employees and manage locations • Fully translated into Polish and English WHO IT IS FOR Small and medium teams working from one schedule — clinics, workshops, agencies and service businesses. ACCOUNTS AND ACCESS Your organisation's administrator creates the account and sends an e-mail invitation. The app contains no in-app purchases and individual users are charged nothing — access is paid for by the organisation under a separate agreement. PRIVACY Data is stored on Google Cloud in the Warsaw region, within the European Economic Area. You can permanently delete your account at any time in the app: Profile → Delete account. Full privacy policy: noviqua.com/meetboard

Screenshots

NextShift4 screens
MeetBoard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MeetBoard at none against NextShift's 4. MeetBoard also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. MeetBoard asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NextShift ships an update every 3 weeks, MeetBoard daily. The most recent releases landed on August 27, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
NextShift versus MeetBoard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNextShiftMeetBoard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShift Workers LabAnna Adamska

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
None

MeetBoard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NextShift free?
NextShift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MeetBoard free?
MeetBoard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NextShift or MeetBoard have ads?
Neither NextShift nor MeetBoard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NextShift or MeetBoard?
NextShift ships an update every 3 weeks, and MeetBoard daily. Most recently, NextShift was updated on August 27, 2026 and MeetBoard on September 18, 2026.

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