Comparison

Shift4You vs TurnIA

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

Head to head
About

Shift4You

Effortlessly manage your work schedule with customizable patterns and automatic calendar filling. View upcoming shifts on widgets, Lock Screen, and Dynamic Island. Plan holidays and track overtime with country-specific rules.

Highlights
  • Customizable shift patterns
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Dynamic Island integration
  • Holiday planning and leave tracking
  • Overtime and earnings calculation
  • Shift sharing with colleagues
  • Customizable reminders and alarms
Features
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If you work shifts, your schedule is always on your mind. Shift4You keeps track of it for you: choose your pattern once and see your shift in widgets, on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. PICK YOUR PATTERN, THE REST TAKES CARE OF ITSELF DuPont, Continental, Pitman (2-2-3), Panama (2-3-2), 12x36, 4/4, 3/3, 4/2, Mon–Fri and more — 12 ready-made patterns. Choose your team and start day, and your calendar fills in months ahead. Not on the list? Build your own: cycles from 1 to 56 days, up to 8 teams and your own shift types like on-call or training — or start from a template such as 24/48. KNOW WITHOUT OPENING THE APP Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show today and the week. The time until your shift — and, once it starts, the time until it ends — counts down on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Ask Siri: "Shift4You, what shift do I have today?" NEVER MISS A HOLIDAY OPPORTUNITY Public holidays for 50+ countries are on your calendar; in the US, Canada, Germany, the UK and more, pick your state or province to see only yours. Shift4You combines holidays with your days off and shows opportunities like "1 day of leave for 4 days off" — plan the one you like as annual leave in one tap. It also tracks your leave allowance and how much is left. OVERTIME & EARNINGS Your hours are already known from your shifts — you only enter the difference: “+1 hr”, “No break”. Shift4You applies your country’s rules — FLSA and California, every Canadian province, the NHS, Europe, the Gulf and 70+ more — to calculate overtime, night and holiday premiums and your estimated gross. It explains every day and lets you check your payslip. When a shift ends, add extra time straight from the notification. CHANGES IN ONE TAP Swapped a shift with a colleague? Open the day and pick the new shift. Add a note, mark leave — your pattern stays intact, and "Reset" undoes it whenever you like. SHARE WITH YOUR TEAM “Share My Pattern” in Settings turns your pattern into a QR code or link. Your coworker scans it with “Scan QR” and gets the same calendar in seconds — shift hours and team names included if you like. Pay and salary are never shared. REMINDERS ON TIME Get reminded as far ahead of your shift as you choose. Separate reminders for your notes, and a weekly summary before the new week begins. Shift Alarm rings before your shift even in silent mode and with a Focus on, full screen on the Lock Screen, with a separate lead time for each shift type. YOUR MONTH IN NUMBERS How many days you worked, which shift dominated, your longest streak — all on the Stats screen. YOUR DATA STAYS WITH YOU No account needed. With iCloud, your calendar comes back even if you change phones or reinstall the app. You can also save a backup as a file. AND MORE • Team Schedule: see who works when. • The weather for your next shift, right on the shift card (Apple Weather). • Export your shifts to Apple Calendar, or share the month as an image. • First day of the week, time format and °C/°F follow your region. • High Contrast theme, VoiceOver and large text support. • On iPhone and iPad, in 10 languages.

About

TurnIA

Features
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TurnIA is the shift calendar designed so that logging your schedule takes seconds: tap a day, tap a shift, done. No complicated templates or endless menus. YOUR SHIFTS, YOUR WAY • Create shifts with a name, color, hours and pay per shift. • Two ways to see the month: each day filled with the color of its shifts, or each shift on its own label, like a planner. • Customize how they look on the calendar: text size, bold, alignment… every shift just the way you like it. • Repeating shifts: every N days, weekly, monthly or yearly. SHIFT ROTATIONS • Work in cycles (morning-afternoon-off-off)? Create your rotation once and apply it to whole months in two taps. COLLABORATIVE CALENDARS • Build one calendar with your whole team: everyone adds their shifts and you all see them instantly. • You decide what each person can do: just view, add their own shifts, or edit everything. • Stay on top of every change: who added, removed or wrote on a shift, with an alert even when the app is closed. • Send shifts from your calendar to a collaborative calendar in one tap. SHARED CALENDARS • Share your calendar through iCloud with anyone: your partner, your family or your coworkers always see it up to date. • Accepting calendars shared with you is free. Sharing calendars is for Premium users. • You decide what's visible: share the shifts you choose and change them whenever you like; it updates automatically for the people you share with. • See at any time who has access to your shared calendar and stop sharing with one tap. • Staying informed is automatic: we let you know when someone adds or removes your calendar, and we let your readers know about your changes, instantly. • Each person with their own color and icon. You decide how to see them: mixed with your shifts or separately. • Set reminders on shared shifts (for example, to know when someone gets off work). IMPORT AND EXPORT • Import your shifts from Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, Outlook or any calendar on your iPhone or Mac, and from .ics files. • Coming from another shift app? Import your history from Shifter. • Export your calendar to a .turnia file and send it via WhatsApp to anyone who doesn't use iCloud. REMINDERS, NOTES AND MORE • Alerts per shift: the same day or the day before. • Notes for each day and custom text on each shift, visible right on the calendar. • Official public holidays for your country and region, updated automatically. YEARLY SUMMARY • Hours worked, earnings and number of shifts, year by year. WIDGETS • Your month, your week or tomorrow's shift, even for this month or next. MADE FOR iPHONE, iPAD AND MAC • One app, synced instantly through iCloud: what you change on one device shows up on all of yours. • In English and Spanish. • Customize how your calendar looks: shift style, day background and light or dark mode. YOUR PRIVACY FIRST • No sign-ups or accounts: your data lives on your device and in your own iCloud. • No trackers or ads, privacy comes first. TurnIA is free. Viewing calendars shared with you and joining a collaborative calendar is free; sharing your calendar or creating a collaborative calendar requires Premium (yearly subscription or one-time lifetime purchase). Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Shift4You4 screens
TurnIA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shift4You at none against TurnIA's 2. TurnIA's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TurnIA sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year. Shift4You asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shift4You ships an update every 2 weeks, TurnIA every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Shift4You versus TurnIA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShift4YouTurnIA
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS2618.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB11 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperOmer ELMASALBERTO VIZCAINO VALENZUELA

In-app purchases

None

Shift4You

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

TurnIA

Subscriptions1
  • Suscripción anual$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime purchase$17.99

Questions

Is Shift4You free?
Shift4You is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TurnIA free?
TurnIA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Shift4You or TurnIA have ads?
Shift4You shows ads; TurnIA does not.
Which is updated more often, Shift4You or TurnIA?
Shift4You ships an update every 2 weeks, and TurnIA every 4 days. Most recently, Shift4You was updated on October 24, 2026 and TurnIA on October 8, 2026.

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