ShifRoll vs SalaryBuddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShifRoll
Manage your irregular work schedule with a dedicated calendar and alarm system. Track your shifts, set custom alerts, and even monitor your pay. Ideal for non-traditional work hours.
- Customizable shift types and alarms
- Roster import from files or photos (Premium)
- Multiple calendar view options
- Integrated pay calculation
- Shared calendars for friends and family
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
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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 • 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. • Tap a day and pick a shift. Rotations such as 4 on, 4 off, and weekly or monthly routines fill whole months for you. • Import the whole month from an Excel, CSV or PDF roster, or a photo (Premium), and check it before anything is added. • Three calendar sizes: the full month with each day's shifts by name, the month with the day's list, or one week. • 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 • Each shift brings its own alarms: before it starts, as it starts, or when it ends. • 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. • 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 • A Home you arrange: next alarm, today, tomorrow, weather and your memo. • Widgets for your Home Screen. ◆ And for your Lock Screen. • Memos and checklists on any day, repeating weekly or monthly if you like. PAY, WORKED OUT FOR YOU • Hourly rates, unpaid breaks, shift bonuses and a monthly pay, counted from the shifts you already keep. FRIENDS AND FAMILY • Add a friend by code, choose what to share, and see each other's calendars side by side: coworkers, a partner, your family. PREMIUM • Sync across your devices, and choose which one rings • Import your roster from a file or a photo • Up to 10 alarms in each alarm set • Voice input (Beta) after the first ten tries • Mix your own colours In English, 繁體中文 and 简体中文. 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
SalaryBuddy
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Turn your monthly salary into visible daily progress. “SalaryBuddy” is a self-motivation tool designed for salaried workers. Simply input your monthly salary and number of working days to instantly calculate your daily and hourly pay, even down to per-second earnings. The home screen clearly shows how much you’ve earned today and how much you’ve accumulated this month, so your salary is no longer just a distant number. Wishlist: turn saving into a roadmap Add goals you want to achieve and set a target amount, along with your monthly saving ratio. The app converts this into a daily savings pace and visualizes your progress with a progress bar, so you can feel yourself getting closer every day. When you reach your goal, you’ll get a reminder to mark it as purchased, giving your achievement a satisfying finish. Timer mode: watch time turn into money Based on your set work start time and daily hours, the app shows real-time accumulated earnings and per-second income. Perfect for days when you need tangible feedback, not empty motivation, but small, visible wins. Notifications: a gentle push at the right time Set daily end-of-work reminders, goal completion alerts, and Monday motivation nudges. You can customize or turn them off anytime, switch them on only when you need that extra encouragement. Zero barrier to start No sign-up or login required for new users. Your data stays on your device by default. If cloud backup or multi-device sync is introduced in the future, it will be optional, so you stay in control. Privacy & disclaimer This app does not connect to banks and does not support transfers, investments, or any financial transactions. All displayed amounts are estimations for motivation and self-management purposes only, and do not represent actual income or assets. Please refer to your payslips, bank accounts, and real expenses for accuracy. If work feels draining, but you don’t want your days to be defined only by that, start today, and make every hour you work feel a little more tangible.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SalaryBuddy at none against ShifRoll's 4. ShifRoll's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. ShifRoll sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. SalaryBuddy asks for nothing beyond the download.
ShifRoll ships an update every 5 days, SalaryBuddy every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShifRoll | SalaryBuddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chi Leung To | YU-CHI TAN |
In-app purchases
ShifRoll
- Premium (Monthly)$1.991 Month
- Supporter Tip — Small$1.99
- Supporter Tip — Medium$4.99
- Large Tip$9.99
SalaryBuddy
No in-app purchases









