Comparison

ShifRoll vs Worker Tools

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

Head to head
About

ShifRoll

Features
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ShifRoll is a shift work calendar with alarms built in. Put your roster on the calendar once, and the right alarms ring on the right days. Made for nurses, security officers, hospitality and retail staff, drivers, and anyone whose week isn't nine to five. Not on shifts? It works for every day too: wake-up alarms that stay quiet when you mark a day off, the rent memo on the 1st of every month, and your family's calendar beside yours. YOUR ROSTER, ON A CALENDAR â€ĸ Make your shift types once, such as Day, Night and On-call, with their times, codes and alarms. Making a group asks for them all at once, and one tap fills in a common set of shifts. â€ĸ Tap a day and pick a shift. Rotations such as 4 on, 4 off, and weekly or monthly routines fill whole months for you. â€ĸ Import the whole month from an Excel, CSV or PDF roster, or a photo (Premium), and check it before anything is added. â€ĸ Three calendar sizes: the full month with each day's shifts by name, the month with the day's list, or one week. â€ĸ Mark a Holiday and that day's routines are skipped. Holidays from your phone's calendar can do the same: turn on Treat as holidays, and Calendar holidays skip routines. ALARMS THAT WAKE YOU â€ĸ Each shift brings its own alarms: before it starts, as it starts, or when it ends. â€ĸ Alarm sets, like the Clock app: a first alarm and a few more, repeating on the days you choose or ringing once. One switch for the whole set. â€ĸ Full screen and full volume, through your phone's own alarm system. ◆ On iOS 26 and later it rings on silent and in Focus, with nothing to set up. SEE IT AT A GLANCE â€ĸ A Home you arrange: next alarm, today, tomorrow, weather and your memo. â€ĸ Widgets for your Home Screen. ◆ And for your Lock Screen. â€ĸ Memos and checklists on any day, repeating weekly or monthly if you like. PAY, WORKED OUT FOR YOU â€ĸ Hourly rates, unpaid breaks, shift bonuses and a monthly pay, counted from the shifts you already keep. FRIENDS AND FAMILY â€ĸ Add a friend by code, choose what to share, and see each other's calendars side by side: coworkers, a partner, your family. PREMIUM â€ĸ Sync across your devices, and choose which one rings â€ĸ Import your roster from a file or a photo â€ĸ Up to 10 alarms in each alarm set â€ĸ Voice input (Beta) after the first ten tries â€ĸ Mix your own colours In English, įšéĢ”ä¸­æ–‡ and įŽ€äŊ“中文. No alarm app is perfectly reliable. Test ShifRoll for a day or two before relying on it for a shift you can't miss. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://shifroll.com/privacy

About

Worker Tools

Features
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Worker Tools is a local-first app for tracking shifts, work hours, piecework, overtime and monthly income. It is designed for people who work rotating shifts, part-time jobs, hourly jobs, piece-rate jobs or schedules that change often. Instead of managing everything in spreadsheets or notes, you can keep your schedule, work logs and income records in one clear place. Key features: Shift calendar 1. Create custom shifts with name, time, color and notes 2. View your work schedule in a clean calendar 3. Use rotation schedules for repeating shift patterns 4. Support for workday, weekend and holiday-aware planning Work logs 1. Record regular hours, overtime, piecework and pay 2. Manage multiple billing jobs 3. Batch add, delete, settle or cancel settlement records 4. Get confirmation before replacing existing records Income statistics 1. View estimated monthly income 2. Track settled and unsettled records 3. Review hours, overtime, piecework and workdays 4. Use charts and calendar views to understand your workload Reminders 1. Create normal alarms, shift alarms and work log reminders 2. Set daily, weekday, weekend or custom repeat rules 3. Keep work reminders connected to your actual schedule Backup and sync 1. Export and import local backup files 2. Back up and restore with iCloud 3. No account required for core local records Worker Tools helps you keep work records clear, practical and easy to review, so you always know when you worked, what you logged and how much you earned.

Screenshots

ShifRoll4 screens
Worker Tools4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ShifRoll at every 5 days against Worker Tools's every 2 weeks. ShifRoll also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). 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. ShifRoll sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Worker Tools sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShifRoll ships an update every 5 days, Worker Tools every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ¡ 4 level
ShifRoll versus Worker Tools: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShifRollWorker Tools
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChi Leung ToChongqing Mengwo Technology Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

ShifRoll

Subscriptions1
  • Premium (Monthly)$1.991 Month
One-time3
  • Supporter Tip — Small$1.99
  • Supporter Tip — Medium$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99
1 purchases

Worker Tools

One-time1
  • Lifetime Membership$3.99

Questions

Is ShifRoll free?
ShifRoll is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Worker Tools free?
Worker Tools is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ShifRoll or Worker Tools have ads?
Neither ShifRoll nor Worker Tools shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ShifRoll or Worker Tools?
ShifRoll ships an update every 5 days, and Worker Tools every 2 weeks. Most recently, ShifRoll was updated on October 28, 2026 and Worker Tools on October 25, 2026.

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