Comparison

Day N vs The Shift

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

Head to head
About

Day N

This app transforms your daily photos into visual timelines and timelapse videos, allowing you to track progress in areas like fitness, parenting, or hobbies. It offers tools like a ghost mode camera guide and home screen widgets to make capturing and viewing your journey effortless.

Highlights
  • Photo-based journeys
  • Customizable stamp styles
  • Automatic timelapse video creation
  • Camera guide (ghost mode)
  • Home screen widget
  • Progress tracking
Features
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See your journey at a glance. From your growing dog or plants, to a year of meals, to the results of daily push-ups. Your photos become calendars and timelapse videos, making your progress feel real. [Photo-based Journeys] Fitness, diet, study, pets, plants, OOTD— Create journeys for anything you want to record. Each journey builds its own calendar, so you can see your patterns and changes over time. [Stamp Styles] Choose stamp styles that match the mood of your records. Make the process of building memories more enjoyable. [Timelapse] Turn your records into timelapse videos automatically. No editing needed— watch time become something visible. [Camera Guide (Ghost Mode)] Use your previous photo as a guide to capture the same composition. Create cleaner and more natural timelapses. [Home Screen Widget] Keep your records close. View weekly records on your home screen, and start today’s entry with just one tap. - Privacy Policy: https://nontick.com/dayn/privacy/en - Terms of Use: https://nontick.com/dayn/terms/en - EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

The Shift

Easily view your work schedule without opening your work app. Upload a screenshot of your shifts, and get instant updates via home screen widgets or export to your personal calendar. Never miss a shift again.

Highlights
  • Smart schedule import from screenshots
  • Live countdown widget for next shift
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Direct calendar export
  • Local data processing and storage
Features
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Stop logging in just to see your schedule. Screenshot it once. The Shift reads your schedule and pulls out the exact start and end times for each shift. Your next shift is right on your Lock Screen, and your whole schedule shows up in your calendar. No typing. No picking dates. No entering shifts one by one. A screenshot is all it takes. ―――――――――― SOUND FAMILIAR? It's 10 PM and you just want to know tomorrow's shift. So you unlock your phone, open your work app, wait for it to load, log in (again), find the schedule menu, scroll… Or the app is down. The night before a 5 AM opening. And even when it works, your shifts still live in your work app — not in your calendar, next to the rest of your life. That's why you already screenshot your schedule. The Shift does the rest. HOW IT WORKS 1. Screenshot your schedule from your scheduling app, or snap a photo of a posted schedule. 2. The Shift reads the dates and times for every shift. 3. Done. Your shifts are on your calendar, your Home Screen, and your Lock Screen. The Shift doesn't just find the dates — it captures each shift's exact times. That's the whole point. WHAT YOU GET - Your work schedule, added to your calendar from one screenshot — no manual entry, ever - Lock Screen widgets — your next shift and a live countdown, without unlocking your phone - Home Screen widgets — today, this week, or the next two weeks at a glance - Weekly hour totals — know your hours before payroll does - Days off clearly shown — plan your life, not just your work - Works offline — no Wi-Fi, no problem "AM I EVEN ALLOWED TO USE THIS?" Fair question. Here's what The Shift does — and doesn't do: - The Shift never connects to your employer's systems. It only reads a schedule screenshot you provide. - No account. No sign-up. No email. - Your schedule stays on your device. It isn't uploaded, shared, or sold. - Delete the app, and your local schedule data goes with it. Your schedule is yours. We built The Shift so it stays that way. BUILT BY A SHIFT WORKER The Shift was built by a barista who was tired of checking the work app just to see a schedule. Word spread among baristas, and The Shift reached 1,000+ downloads in its first month, mostly through coworkers sharing it. Now it works for shift workers everywhere: baristas, servers, nurses, retail and warehouse teams, grocery crews — anyone whose week never looks the same twice. If your schedule doesn't import correctly, let us know in the app — we usually add support within 24 hours. SCREENSHOT YOUR NEXT SCHEDULE Download The Shift, take one screenshot, and see your whole week — on your Lock Screen, Home Screen, and calendar. You'll never log in just to check a shift again.

Screenshots

Day N4 screens
The Shift4 screens

Verdict

The call

Day N and The Shift are too close to call on the numbers: across 8 compared parameters — price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Day N sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and The Shift sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Day N ships an update every 2 days, The Shift every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Day N versus The Shift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDay NThe Shift
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better92.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size189 MB14 MB
Age rating12+4+
DevelopernontickJeeyun Lee

Customer experience

Day N

Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

The Shift

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Day N

Subscriptions2
  • Standard Membership (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Standard Membership (Yearly)$29.991 Year
1 purchases

The Shift

One-time1
  • Pro (Lifetime)$2.99

Questions

Is Day N free?
Day N is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Shift free?
The Shift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Day N or The Shift have ads?
Both Day N and The Shift show ads.
Which is updated more often, Day N or The Shift?
Day N ships an update every 2 days, and The Shift every 3 days. Most recently, Day N was updated on October 24, 2026 and The Shift on October 25, 2026.

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