Comparison

ShifRoll vs J Plan

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
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

J Plan

Features
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There are only 24 hours in a day. See your time clearly, then plan it. J Plan lays out your entire day on a 10-minute grid, so you can instantly see what’s scheduled and where you still have room. Adding plans is just as simple: tap or drag directly on the timeline to put things exactly where they fit. Whether it’s work, classes, workouts, shifts, business trips, or everyday plans, J Plan helps you organize your time with less effort and more clarity. 【Plan Your Day on a Time Grid】 ・Full 24-hour timeline in 10-minute intervals ・Tap an empty slot to quickly add an event ・Press and drag to select the exact time you want ・Press and hold an event to move it ・Drag the edges to adjust the start or end time ・Prevents overlapping events to reduce scheduling conflicts ・Organize events with custom categories and colors 【Set Repeating Events Once】 Meetings, classes, workouts, shifts — no need to create the same event again and again. ・Repeat weekly, monthly, or yearly ・Edit only this occurrence ・Or update this and all future events 【Tasks and Events, Together】 Some things need a specific time. Others just need to get done today. ・Assign tasks to a specific date ・Link tasks to events so their time moves together ・Completed tasks are automatically moved to the Completed list ・Haptic feedback when you check off a task Keep your schedule and to-dos in one place, so you can see both where you need to be and what still needs to get done. 【Plan the Whole Month at a Glance】 The monthly calendar is ideal for shifts, days off, travel, business trips, and other all-day plans. ・View all-day events across the entire month ・Create custom Quick Add labels for one-tap entry ・Select multiple dates and add the same all-day event at once ・Select and delete multiple all-day events in batches ・Press and drag an all-day event to move or copy it to another date ・Share the entire month as an image Plan shifts, time off, and trips without repeating the same steps day by day. 【Works with Your System Calendar and Reminders】 Keep using the calendar you already have. ・View system calendar events inside J Plan ・View system reminders ・Mark reminders as completed directly in J Plan ・Event notifications ・Today’s Schedule widget ・Today’s Tasks widget ・Calendar widget ・Share your day as an image Your calendar and reminders are accessed only after you grant permission. 【Make J Plan Yours】 ・5 theme colors ・Light and Dark appearance ・Designed for iPhone and iPad ・Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, English, Japanese, and Korean 【Your Schedule Stays on Your Device】 No account required. J Plan stores its data on your device. One less account to create, one less thing to worry about. See your time clearly. Plan it better. Plan your day with J Plan.

Screenshots

ShifRoll4 screens
J Plan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ShifRoll at Free against J Plan's $1.99. J Plan's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (daily vs every 5 days). On 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

ShifRoll is free to download; J Plan costs $1.99 up front. ShifRoll sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. J Plan asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShifRoll ships an update every 5 days, J Plan daily. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
ShifRoll versus J Plan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShifRollJ Plan
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChi Leung ToWen Wei Li

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

J Plan

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ShifRoll free?
ShifRoll is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is J Plan free?
J Plan costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do ShifRoll or J Plan have ads?
Neither ShifRoll nor J Plan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ShifRoll or J Plan?
ShifRoll ships an update every 5 days, and J Plan daily. Most recently, ShifRoll was updated on November 9, 2026 and J Plan on November 10, 2026.

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