Comparison

Shift Helper vs Schedule Auto

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

Head to head
About

Shift Helper

Features
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Shift Helper is the employee scheduling and shift planning app built for managers of small businesses. Create your weekly staff schedule in minutes, avoid common organization mistakes, and share the plan with your team. Designed for shops, bars, restaurants, salons and other small businesses, Shift Helper is the practical tool to organize your employees' shifts — without the complexity of enterprise workforce management software. WHY SHIFT HELPER Planning work shifts shouldn't mean fixing overlaps in a spreadsheet, recalculating hours by hand, or rewriting the schedule every time someone is off. Shift Helper gives you a simple weekly view of your team, flags scheduling problems, and helps you prepare a clear shift schedule faster, ready to share. KEY FEATURES - Staff management: add employees and set a weekly hour limit for each. - Weekly shift scheduling: create and edit work shifts with a few taps. - Overlap prevention: avoid assigning overlapping shifts to the same employee. - Hour-limit alerts: get an alert when planned hours exceed the weekly limit. - Opening hours: set your business hours and organize shifts accordingly. - Holidays and closures: manage public holidays and special closing days. - Time off: track vacation, sick leave and personal leave. - Reusable weeks: save recurring shifts and reuse them whenever you need. - Hours, labor cost and revenue: keep worked hours, overtime and costs in one place. - PDF export: print the shift schedule or share it with your team via email or chat. - Multi-location support: manage several stores from the same app. PERFECT FOR SHIFT MANAGEMENT IN - Independent shops and boutiques - Bars, cafés and pubs - Restaurants, pizzerias and fast food - Hair and beauty salons - Pharmacies and local businesses - Small chains - Store managers and small team leaders PRIVACY FIRST Your data stays on your device. Shift Helper stores staff and scheduling data locally with AES-256 encryption — no mandatory account and no reliance on external servers. SIMPLE, FAST, PRACTICAL Shift Helper works offline and is made for busy managers who need to create and share the weekly shift schedule without wasting time. Download Shift Helper and make employee shift scheduling easier for your team. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Schedule Auto

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Spent your Sunday building next month's roster? Never again. Schedule Auto builds a balanced Day/Evening/Night/Off schedule for your entire team in seconds. You set the rules, members submit their preferences, the app does the rest. Built for shift managers everywhere: nursing teams, factories, call centers, hotels, security, and any team running a 3-shift rotation. The real headache isn't the shifts — it's juggling night fairness, back-to-back coverage, requested days off, and individual preferences all at once. Without dropping coverage on a single day. HOW IT WORKS 1. Create a room. Set year, month, team size, and weekday/weekend staffing. 2. Share the 4-digit code. Members join and enter their own shift preferences and off-day requests. 3. Tap Generate. A balanced roster appears in seconds, ready to export as Excel. Under a minute to set up. No account required. CORE FEATURES Roster Generation A full month of Day/Evening/Night/Off shifts, balanced for coverage and fairness. Regenerate anytime the rules change. Preference Collection Members submit their own preferences and off-day requests through the room. No chasing, no spreadsheet forwarding. Excel Export One tap to download. Send it to your team by email, chat, or print — wherever your team lives. PRO FEATURES Upgrade to Pro for deeper control: - Unlimited roster generations per room - Night shift cap per member - Shift separation rules (keep two members off the same shift) - Extra off-day allocation - Weekday/Weekend staffing split PRIVACY FIRST - No account, no login - No personal data beyond what a solve needs - Room data lives on your device and on our scheduling server only for the duration of a solve - No tracking, no ads, no third-party analytics Schedule Auto provides scheduling suggestions based on your inputs and your team's preferences. It is not a substitute for professional labor compliance review or legal guidance. Always review the final roster before publishing. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Shift Helper4 screens
Schedule Auto3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Schedule Auto at 13.0 against Shift Helper's 15.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Shift Helper sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Schedule Auto sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Shift Helper versus Schedule Auto: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShift HelperSchedule Auto
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFederico GusmeroliJUHWAN PARK

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Shift Helper

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly subscription7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • shift helper ultra monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Yearly subscription Shift Helper7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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  • shift helper ultra yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time4
  • A Coffee$0.99
  • Double Coffee$2.99
  • Extra Support$6.99
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  • Big Thanks$12.99
1 purchases

Schedule Auto

Subscriptions1
  • Subscription — Full Access7 Days trial$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Shift Helper free?
Shift Helper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Schedule Auto free?
Schedule Auto is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Shift Helper or Schedule Auto have ads?
Neither Shift Helper nor Schedule Auto shows ads.

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