Comparison

CareShiftER vs ASTROTIMER

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

Head to head
About

CareShiftER

This app simplifies shift scheduling for nurses and medical professionals. It offers smart tracking, customizable alerts, and analytics to manage work hours and pay. Easily share your schedule and sync with your calendar.

Highlights
  • Smart shift tracking with preset and custom shifts
  • Healthcare role templates and custom icons
  • Recurring shift pattern setup
  • Analytics for hours worked and pay estimates
  • Customizable reminders and alerts
  • Schedule sharing via text, email, or calendar export
  • Cross-device sync and Face ID/Touch ID login
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Your shifts, your time, your life outside work. CareShiftER helps nurses and healthcare shift workers organize changing schedules, build rotations, and track hours and estimated pay. PLAN YOUR SCHEDULE • See your shifts in weekly and monthly calendars. • Create named custom shift presets with exact start and end times, colors, and optional workplaces. • Add a shift to several dates at once or copy a week. • Review the proposed schedule, overlaps, and long-day warnings before saving. • Undo a recent schedule change when you need to. KEEP THE DETAILS TOGETHER • Open any day to see its shifts, workplaces, notes, and tags. • Follow overnight shifts across midnight with clear next-day end times. • Edit a shift or duplicate it to a new date. • Mark shifts as Scheduled or Worked and record unpaid breaks. BUILD REPEATING PATTERNS • Create a rotation that matches your working week or shift cycle. • Choose a date range and review the shifts before applying it. • Update one occurrence or the matching future shifts in that pattern. UNDERSTAND YOUR HOURS AND PAY • Set hourly rates and configure overtime, night, and weekend premiums. • Keep employer groups and currencies separate. • Review hours and estimated gross pay by workweek, pay period, month, or custom dates. • Use weekly, biweekly, or twice-monthly pay periods and individual shift rate overrides. SHARE AND BACK UP • Share your schedule as text, an image, or a calendar file. • Export a complete backup with shifts, presets, patterns, profile, and preferences. • Preview a backup before restoring it, with a recovery copy of the preceding data. MAKE IT YOURS • Choose your calendar week start, date format, 12- or 24-hour time, and reminder preferences. • Choose a holiday country and available regional calendars independently of the app language. • Keep all 45 app language choices available. • Use the guided setup to review your preferences at any time. • Keep role and workplace details optional. TRY IT, THEN UNLOCK FOR LIFE Enjoy a 30-day trial, then choose a one-time Pro Lifetime purchase. No recurring subscription. Your local purchase price is shown before you confirm. After the trial ends, you can still view and export your saved schedule. Restore eligible purchases from Settings. Pay figures are estimates of gross pay before taxes and deductions, based on the settings you enter. They may differ from your employer's payroll calculations.

About

ASTROTIMER

Features
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ASTROTIMER turns your countdown into a cosmic experience. Set your timer, and watch as asteroids fill the starry sky — one for each minute. A glowing ball bounces between them, producing beautiful FM synthesis chimes with every collision. As each minute passes, a rock shatters into fragments, scattering across the screen. When time's up, a gentle chime melody lets you know. Features: Stunning real-time star chart background Physics-based ball and rock collisions FM synthesis chime sounds with delay and reverb Timer from 0:10 to 30:00 Remembers your last timer setting Works on iPhone and iPad

Screenshots

CareShiftER4 screens
ASTROTIMER4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: CareShiftER at none against ASTROTIMER's shown. ASTROTIMER's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, 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. CareShiftER sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ASTROTIMER sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CareShiftER ships an update every 2 months, ASTROTIMER every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
CareShiftER versus ASTROTIMER: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCareShiftERASTROTIMER
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLucentix Labs LLCTWELVETONE INC.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CareShiftER

One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$5.99
1 purchases

ASTROTIMER

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99

Questions

Is CareShiftER free?
CareShiftER is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ASTROTIMER free?
ASTROTIMER is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CareShiftER or ASTROTIMER have ads?
ASTROTIMER shows ads; CareShiftER does not.
Which is updated more often, CareShiftER or ASTROTIMER?
CareShiftER ships an update every 2 months, and ASTROTIMER every 6 days. Most recently, CareShiftER was updated on October 30, 2026 and ASTROTIMER on November 9, 2026.

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