Comparison

ShifRoll vs Shift Calendar Assistant

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 • 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

About

Shift Calendar Assistant

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Shift Calendar is a personal schedule planner for nurses, factory teams, rail and utility workers, retail staff, security teams, and anyone working rotating or irregular shifts. Choose a schedule image from Photos or take a picture, then use on-device text recognition to find the relevant row. Review each mapped shift before saving it to your calendar. The app does not permanently retain the selected source image. Key features: • Add shifts manually or generate rotations such as two days, two nights, two days off • Keep multiple work segments on one day and model overnight shifts accurately • Record changes, leave, and overtime while preserving the original plan for restoration • Configure wake-up, leave, and shift-start local notifications • See the next shift and upcoming schedule in Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets • Add one partner or family schedule locally and compare shared rest days • Review work days, rest days, planned hours, nights, overtime, and changes • Export CSV or ICS files, and create or restore a complete JSON backup Shift Calendar works without an account. Your schedule stays on your device, and all current features are available after download. Always review scanned results before saving. This is a personal schedule tool, not an employer scheduling, attendance, payroll, or legal-compliance system.

Screenshots

ShifRoll4 screens
Shift Calendar Assistant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shift Calendar Assistant at none against ShifRoll's 4. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ShifRoll sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Shift Calendar Assistant asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
ShifRoll versus Shift Calendar Assistant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShifRollShift Calendar Assistant
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChi Leung To飞 江

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
None

Shift Calendar Assistant

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ShifRoll free?
ShifRoll is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shift Calendar Assistant free?
Shift Calendar Assistant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ShifRoll or Shift Calendar Assistant have ads?
Neither ShifRoll nor Shift Calendar Assistant shows ads.

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