Comparison

Menu Maker vs ShiftMate

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

Head to head
About

Menu Maker

Design professional menus with customizable templates, multilingual options, and dish organization. Easily add photos, calculate pricing, and share your creations instantly. Perfect for restaurant owners looking to streamline their menu creation process.

Highlights
  • Professional menu templates
  • Multilingual support
  • Dish categorization
  • Photo uploads
  • Price calculation
  • One-tap export/share
Features
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Create professional menus with rich templates, multilingual support, and dish categorization. Upload photos, calculate prices, and export/share menus with one tap – designed for restaurant owners.

About

ShiftMate

Easily track work shifts, calculate earnings, and manage complex schedules. This app helps users visualize their work calendar, log hours, and estimate pay with features like automatic overtime calculation and multi-job support.

Highlights
  • Intuitive shift painting calendar
  • Support for multiple jobs per day
  • Precise wage and overtime calculation
  • Smart auto-rotation for repeating schedules
  • Payslip export (PDF & CSV)
  • Home screen widgets for quick info
  • Calendar sync and shift alarms
Features
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Master Your Shift Life with ShiftMate Stop using paper calendars and messy spreadsheets. ShiftMate is the shift calendar built for nurses, police, firefighters, factory and retail workers, and anyone working irregular hours. It combines an easy-to-use calendar with a precise wage and paycheck calculator, so you always know when you work and what you've earned. Use it as your work hours tracker, timesheet and time card — no time clock needed. KEY FEATURES 1. Paint Your Schedule Forget typing. Pick a shift type (Day, Night, Off…) and tap dates on the calendar — as easy as painting. Swipe left or right to switch months. 2. Two Jobs in One Day — NEW Working a morning job and an overnight job? Long-press a day to add a second shift. Each shift's hours, pay and overtime are calculated separately, and your monthly totals include both. 3. Precise Wage Calculator - Real-time earnings: see exactly how much you've earned this month - Smart overtime: calculated automatically (e.g. 1.5x) beyond your standard hours - Weekend & holiday premiums: set your own percentage per shift type - Unpaid breaks: for accurate net pay - Tips & extra income: log tips and they're added to that day's total 4. Smart Auto-Rotation Work a repeating pattern like "4 on, 2 off"? Set it once and ShiftMate fills in your calendar for the year ahead. 5. Day Details Long-press any scheduled day to see its shifts, hours, pay and tips — add or remove shifts in one place. 6. Monthly Snapshots & History Create a clean monthly summary card with one tap. Save it to Photos or share it with family. 7. Payslip Export (PDF & CSV) Export a formatted PDF payslip or a CSV time sheet for payroll, reimbursements, or keeping a work log of every hour. 8. Home Screen Widgets See your Next Shift, Today's Shift and This Week at a glance — without opening the app. On the Lock Screen, Next Shift shows the shift and the time, never your pay. 9. Shift Alarm Rings before each scheduled shift. On iOS 26 it still rings when the phone is muted or in Focus. Choose how early, and pick the sound. 10. Calendar Sync Sync shifts to your iPhone calendar — perfect for sharing your schedule with your partner or family. You can also photograph a paper roster and turn it into shifts. 11. Private & Secure No ads and no redirects. Your schedule and pay stay on your phone. You can export a backup file and import it later. The file stays on your device and is not uploaded. With iCloud sync on, data only goes to your own iCloud account. We never collect them. Available in English, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Japanese, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch and Russian. PERFECT FOR - Nurses & healthcare workers - Police & security officers - Firefighters & EMS - Retail, hospitality & factory workers - Part-timers and anyone working two jobs Download ShiftMate today and take control of your time and money! Terms of Use: https://open-vole-df1.notion.site/Terms-of-Use-2ba015a393e780fa9dcafb282910f8f9?pvs=73 Privacy Policy: https://open-vole-df1.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-2ba015a393e7805e9cb8c805a3ae1f93

Screenshots

Menu Maker3 screens
ShiftMate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Menu Maker at 5.0 against ShiftMate's 4.3. Menu Maker also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5). ShiftMate's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. ShiftMate sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Menu Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Menu Maker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Menu Maker ships an update every 3 months, ShiftMate every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Menu Maker versus ShiftMate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMenu MakerShiftMate
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings33
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer汶娟 余藤萍 余

Customer experience

Menu Maker

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ShiftMate

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Menu Maker

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

ShiftMate

Subscriptions3
  • ShiftMate Pro - Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • ShiftMate Pro - Monthly$3.991 Month
  • ShiftMate Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime Pro (New User Offer)$55.99
  • Lifetime Pro$69.99

Questions

Is Menu Maker free?
Menu Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ShiftMate free?
ShiftMate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Menu Maker or ShiftMate?
Menu Maker is rated higher. Menu Maker averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while ShiftMate averages 4.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Menu Maker or ShiftMate have ads?
Menu Maker shows ads; ShiftMate does not.
Which is updated more often, Menu Maker or ShiftMate?
Menu Maker ships an update every 3 months, and ShiftMate every 2 weeks. Most recently, Menu Maker was updated on November 12, 2026 and ShiftMate on November 14, 2026.

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