Shift vs Capture Your Thoughts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shift
Effortlessly track your work hours across multiple jobs or clients. This private time tracker requires no sign-in and allows for easy editing and PDF report generation for invoicing and taxes.
- Track by job or client
- Seamless switching between tasks
- Export and share PDF reports
- Manually edit time entries
- No sign-in required
- Ad-free experience
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Shift is the ultimate time-tracking app for freelancers, contractors, and multi-job workers. Whether you’re managing gigs, juggling clients, or just need a simple way to log hours, Shift keeps it effortless and private—no ads, no sign-in required. Now you can track time for 1 client for free. Need more? Upgrade to Shift Unlimited and track unlimited clients. • Simple & Intuitive – No clutter. No confusion. Just fast, efficient time tracking. • Track by Job or Client – Start and stop timers for different jobs, clients, or projects. • Seamless Switching – Change between clients or tasks without losing your session. • Export & Share – Download clean PDF reports for invoices, records, or taxes. • Edit Time Entries – Forgot to clock in or out? No problem—adjust manually. Perfect for freelancers, contractors, consultants, and anyone tracking time across multiple jobs or clients.
Capture Your Thoughts
Record your thoughts and get instant, private transcriptions offline. This app organizes your ideas and allows easy sharing to other applications.
- One-tap recording
- Offline AI transcription
- Private and secure
- Searchable text notes
- Organized idea storage
- Easy sharing
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Capture Your Thoughts turns speech into text wherever you can use a custom keyboard. Use the Capture keyboard in Messages, Mail, Notes, Safari, and other apps to dictate without losing your place. Choose Transcribe to keep the spoken language, or Translate to English for supported speech. VOICE TO TEXT, ANYWHERE • Start and stop a capture from the custom keyboard • Insert the finished transcript at the cursor exactly once • Choose Original, Rewrite, Email, List, Note, or one of your own rewrite styles PRIVATE, ON-DEVICE PROCESSING • Whisper transcribes or translates speech on your iPhone • Temporary audio is deleted after processing • No account is required • Internet is needed to download your selected speech model before first use MAKE EACH CAPTURE USEFUL • Optional Apple Intelligence rewrite styles clean up wording or format the result on supported devices • Quick Notes keep captured ideas organized and searchable • A personal dictionary preserves the spelling of names and specialized terms • The untouched original transcript remains available when a rewrite is applied iOS requires the containing app to handle microphone recording, so tapping the keyboard microphone briefly opens Capture. Return to the previous app while recording, stop from the keyboard, and the completed text is inserted into the active field.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Shift at 5.0 against Capture Your Thoughts's 3.0. Shift also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 7 months). Capture Your Thoughts's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.4 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Shift sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Capture Your Thoughts asks for nothing beyond the download.
Shift holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
Shift ships an update every 6 days, Capture Your Thoughts every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shift | Capture Your Thoughts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Edgar Olivares | Shivasubramaniam Kavindpadi |
Customer experience
Shift
Capture Your Thoughts
In-app purchases
Shift
- Unlimited Companies$1.99
Capture Your Thoughts
No in-app purchases







