Comparison

RotaFlow vs Shiftkeep

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

Head to head
About

RotaFlow

Features
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Build your rota once. RotaFlow keeps your shifts, sleep, pay, and time off clear. Made for healthcare workers, emergency responders, manufacturing teams, and anyone working rotating Day, Night, and Off patterns, RotaFlow is a calm, private shift planner for iPhone, Apple Watch, widgets, and Siri. YOUR ROTA AT A GLANCE β€’ Create repeating schedules from popular presetsβ€”including 4-on/4-off, Pitman, Panama, DuPont, and DDNNOO - or build your own pattern. β€’ Keep multiple personal rotas, switch between them, and see every shift in a clear calendar and upcoming list. β€’ Add swaps, holidays, vacation, sick leave, training, on-call duty, and other exceptions without changing the base rotation. SLEEP & FATIGUE INSIGHTS β€’ Optionally connect read-only Apple Health sleep data. β€’ Fatigue Guard highlights potential risk from your sleep trends, recovery, night shifts, and consecutive workdaysβ€”all processed on device. β€’ See simple explanations and affected days, receive low-noise alerts, and open smarter swap options from a flagged shift. HOURS, PAY & TIME OFF β€’ Set Day and Night hours, unpaid breaks, rates, pay cycles, premiums, weekend or holiday multipliers, and overtime rules. β€’ Automatically estimate paid hours and gross pay, including overnight shifts. β€’ Track overtime and PTO, find leave windows that create longer breaks, and review availability, forecasts, and yearly insights. BUILT FOR APPLE. PRIVATE BY DESIGN. β€’ Check your next shift with Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Apple Watch complications, Siri, and Shortcuts. β€’ Add shifts to Apple Calendar, share or import supported .ics files, and coordinate swaps through Trade Board. β€’ Your schedules and sleep analysis are local-first. Optional iCloud sync is off by default. FREE & PRO Free includes rota setup, Dashboard, core Fatigue Guard and Siri features, reminders, and 7-day sharing. Pro unlocks extended planning, advanced sleep and pay insights, richer widgets and complications, precise reminders, PTO tools, advanced overtime summaries, Trade Board features, and more. RotaFlow Pro is available monthly, yearly, or as a lifetime purchase. Manage or cancel subscriptions in Apple ID settings. Fatigue and sleep insights are informational and are not medical advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Shiftkeep

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The shift planner that works out your real pay. Shiftkeep is a focused rota and pay tracker for shift workers β€” nurses, paramedics, first responders, police, offshore, hospitality, retail. Set your shift pattern once and see it for years ahead, then let Shiftkeep work out what each pay period will actually pay you β€” overtime, night and weekend rates, unpaid breaks, and your tax β€” so you can check it against your payslip and know you were paid correctly. WHY SHIFTKEEP We read thousands of reviews of the popular shift apps. Two things people beg for that no app does well: an app that gets their real take-home pay right, and one that never loses their data or forces them onto a subscription. Shiftkeep is built to do exactly that. β€’ Your rota is safe β€” forever. Every shift is saved the instant you tap it, backed up to your own private iCloud, and never wiped by an update. We have seen the reviews: "it deleted years of my data." Never with Shiftkeep. β€’ Your real take-home pay β€” not just gross. Set your base rate, overtime and night/weekend multipliers, unpaid breaks and tax %, and Shiftkeep shows what each pay period should actually pay. Check it against your payslip in seconds. β€’ A one-time purchase β€” no subscription trap. Unlock Pro once and it is yours. No "Β£30 a year for a calendar," no forced sign-in, no locking you out of your own data. β€’ No ads. No trackers. Your rota and your pay stay on your device and your own iCloud. BUILT FOR REAL SHIFT WORK Most shift apps stop at a colour on a calendar. Shiftkeep does the job the calendar can't: β€’ A set-once rotation engine β€” any cycle length, including long offshore and emergency-service patterns, projected years ahead. β€’ A real pay engine β€” base rate, overtime and penalty multipliers, unpaid breaks, arbitrary contracted hours (not locked to 40/80), tax and deductions, and weekly / fortnightly / monthly pay periods. β€’ Payslip check β€” a clean per-period breakdown (gross to penalties to breaks to tax to net) you hold against your real payslip. Export as PDF or CSV. β€’ Reliable shift reminders that actually fire, a widget that survives iOS updates, and a proper dark mode for night shifts. SHIFTKEEP PRO Free forever: the full rotation calendar, unlimited shift types, reliable reminders, and month view. Pro (one-time / lifetime unlock) adds the pay engine β€” penalty rates, tax and take-home, payday periods, the payslip-check summary, earnings reports, PDF/CSV export, multi-job, and widgets. WHAT SHIFTKEEP IS NOT Not a staff-scheduling tool for managers. Not a payroll or tax-filing product β€” the pay figures are your own informational estimate to check against your payslip, not payroll or financial advice. Not an account-based or cloud-login app. IMPORTANT Shiftkeep's pay figures are an informational estimate based on the rates you enter, to help you check your own payslip. They are not payroll, tax, or financial advice. Privacy Policy: https://imzapp.com/privacy.html Questions? info@imzapp.com β€” a real human, within 48 hours.

Screenshots

RotaFlow4 screens
Shiftkeep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: RotaFlow at 3 against Shiftkeep's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. RotaFlow sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Shiftkeep sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
RotaFlow versus Shiftkeep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRotaFlowShiftkeep
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size19 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFikret Gogicimzapp

In-app purchases

3 purchases

RotaFlow

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro$2.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$29.99
1 purchases

Shiftkeep

One-time1
  • Shiftkeep Pro β€” Lifetime$12.99

Questions

Is RotaFlow free?
RotaFlow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shiftkeep free?
Shiftkeep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do RotaFlow or Shiftkeep have ads?
Neither RotaFlow nor Shiftkeep shows ads.

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