Comparison

ScheduleWork vs Shift Calendar

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

Head to head
About

ScheduleWork

This app simplifies shift scheduling for workers with a fast, monthly calendar view. Easily log shifts, memos, tasks, and moods. It offers detailed shift statistics and home screen widgets for quick access to your schedule.

Highlights
  • Monthly calendar view
  • Daily logging (mood, memos, tasks)
  • Shift statistics (fatigue, hours)
  • Home screen widgets
  • Rapid shift entry
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Shift schedules, made simple. ScheduleWork is a fast calendar built for shift workers. Register your own shift types, tap them onto the calendar, and a whole month is done in seconds. [Calendar at a Glance] • Monthly calendar view for the full month • Tap a day to edit shift, memo, tasks, and mood — all in one screen • Rapid entry mode to fill a week of shifts quickly [6 Home Screen Widgets] • Today's shift (Small) • Tomorrow's shift (Small) • 3-Day widget — yesterday, today, tomorrow at once • Weekly widget — 7 days of schedule • Monthly widget — mini calendar view • Lock Screen widget — check without unlocking [Shift Statistics] • Fatigue Index — alerts you as night shifts pile up • Workdays / Off days / Total hours • Shift type distribution donut chart • Weekday pattern graph • Monthly mood trends [Daily Logging] • Quick 5-level mood check • Daily memos for handoffs and reminders • Task checklist • Everything visible right from the calendar [Made for] • Nurses, factory, hotel, police, firefighters — all shift workers • Any rotation: 3-shift, 4-shift, night-only • From first-day rookies to seasoned veterans [Even Better] • Available in 16 languages — Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Turkish, Indonesian, Malay, Vietnamese, Thai • Your data stays on your device Bring order to your shifts with ScheduleWork.

About

Shift Calendar

Features
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A calmer way to see your work and your time. Shift Calendar brings shifts, days off and a personal pay diary together on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Your schedule stays on your device unless you turn on sync with your own private iCloud. No app account or ads. PLAN YOUR RHYTHM • Explore your month, browse an agenda or see the year. • Give shifts their own colors, symbols, short labels, notes and locations. • Reuse templates, add shifts to several dates and undo changes. • Build repeating rotations with any mix of work and rest days, including cycles without an end date. • Change one shift or adjust a rotation from a future date while keeping individual exceptions. • Plan overnight shifts and keep times in each workplace’s time zone when you travel. UNDERSTAND YOUR HOURS • Confirm work as planned or record actual times and paid or unpaid breaks. • Keep multiple jobs and currencies separate. • Set dated hourly rates, daily or weekly overtime and custom time-based or per-shift premiums. • See the calculation behind gross estimates, add explained manual adjustments and compare with a gross pay statement. • Keep a history of corrections and saved comparisons. • Track your own leave credits and time used. KEEP LIFE IN VIEW • Find shifts by title, notes, location or date. • Use Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets with an optional private display. • Set local reminders for shifts and breaks. • Optionally show Apple Calendar events and export shifts to a separate calendar. • Share PDF schedules, calendar files or read-only calendar snapshots. Export work reports as CSV. • Create password-protected backups and preview a backup before restoring it. LIVE SHARING AND HOLIDAY PAY • Share a live, read-only view of your shifts with family or coworkers through iCloud. They always see your latest schedule; pay, jobs, locations and notes are never shared. • Add the public holidays of your country or German state, with an extra rate for time worked on them. ALARMS, APPLE WATCH AND SYNC • Set real wake-up alarms that ring even on silent, once for each type of shift (iOS 26). • Watch your pay grow during a shift: the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island show the time left and what you have earned so far. • See your next shift, a countdown and this month's hours on Apple Watch, with complications for your watch face. • Glance at your next shift on the Lock Screen and in StandBy. • Ask Siri when your next shift is, or use it in Shortcuts and the Action button. • Optionally sync your iPhone and iPad through your own private iCloud. Sync stays off until you turn it on. Make room for your life. Choose annual access with a 7-day free trial if eligible, or purchase lifetime access once. Annual access renews automatically until cancelled with Apple. Existing lifetime purchases remain valid. Export, backup and deletion remain available when access ends. New customers need annual or lifetime access to use the calendar and pay tools. An eligible 7-day trial automatically becomes a paid annual subscription unless cancelled at least 24 hours before it ends. The App Store shows your regional price before confirmation. Original 14-day trials and existing lifetime purchases keep their rights. Pay figures are gross estimates based on your settings and recorded work, not tax or take-home pay calculations. Reminders follow your iOS notification settings. Shared files are snapshots. Live sharing is read-only. Payslips Keep your payslips here and compare them with your recorded work whenever you need. PDFs stay on your device, or in your private iCloud if you turn on sync. Saved payslip PDFs are included in your backup. Privacy: https://shiftcalendar.jelluna.com/privacy/ Terms: https://shiftcalendar.jelluna.com/terms/ Terms of use (Apple EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ScheduleWork4 screens
Shift Calendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ScheduleWork at 3.0 against Shift Calendar's 2.0. ScheduleWork also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). Shift Calendar's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. Shift Calendar sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. ScheduleWork asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ScheduleWork holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ScheduleWork ships an update every 2 days, Shift Calendar fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ScheduleWork versus Shift Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScheduleWorkShift Calendar
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJitae KimJulian Sainz Martinez

Customer experience

ScheduleWork

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Shift Calendar

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

ScheduleWork

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Shift Calendar

Subscriptions1
  • Annual Access7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time3
  • 14-day TrialFree
  • Lifetime Access$9.99
  • Lifetime Access$39.99

Questions

Is ScheduleWork free?
ScheduleWork is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shift Calendar free?
Shift Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ScheduleWork or Shift Calendar?
ScheduleWork is rated higher. ScheduleWork averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Shift Calendar averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do ScheduleWork or Shift Calendar have ads?
ScheduleWork shows ads; Shift Calendar does not.
Which is updated more often, ScheduleWork or Shift Calendar?
ScheduleWork ships an update every 2 days, and Shift Calendar fortnightly. Most recently, ScheduleWork was updated on October 16, 2026 and Shift Calendar on October 24, 2026.

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