Comparison

Highkey Day vs The Shift

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

Head to head
About

Highkey Day

Personalize your daily schedule with a custom calendar that syncs across devices. Add todos, events, and use stickers to mark progress or express your mood. View activity reports and access your schedule via lock screen widgets.

Highlights
  • Customizable calendar interface
  • Todo and event management
  • Stickers for mood and completion
  • Activity reports and stats
  • Lock screen and home screen widgets
  • Sync with Apple, Google, and Naver Calendars
  • Repeat rules for recurring tasks
Features
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Personalize your calendar and bring it to your lock screen and widgets—a custom calendar that's truly yours! Calendar · Todos · Events Tap any date to add, edit, complete, or delete todos and events. Use repeat rules to reduce repetitive entries. Organize with tags and colors. Place stickers on the calendar to mark completed days or express your mood. Reports View summaries and stats of your activity over any time period. Spot patterns at a glance. Widgets & Lock Screen Check today's schedule with home screen and lock screen widgets. Personalize your lock screen background and calendar style. Sync & Integration Sync with Apple Calendar, Reminders, Google Calendar, or Naver Calendar (CalDAV). Turn on iCloud for cross-device sync. Notifications Set reminders at your preferred times so you never miss an event or todo. Highkey Day Pro Some features require a subscription or one-time purchase. Core features are fully usable for free. · Monthly: $2.99/mo · Yearly: $24.99/yr · Lifetime: $34.99 You can restore purchases and cancel anytime. * Contact: admin@eggtoastlab.com * Terms: https://www.eggtoastlab.com/terms * Privacy: https://www.eggtoastlab.com/privacy

About

The Shift

Easily view your work schedule without opening your work app. Upload a screenshot of your shifts, and get instant updates via home screen widgets or export to your personal calendar. Never miss a shift again.

Highlights
  • Smart schedule import from screenshots
  • Live countdown widget for next shift
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Direct calendar export
  • Local data processing and storage
Features
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Stop logging in just to see your schedule. Screenshot it once. The Shift reads your schedule and pulls out the exact start and end times for each shift. Your next shift is right on your Lock Screen, and your whole schedule shows up in your calendar. No typing. No picking dates. No entering shifts one by one. A screenshot is all it takes. ―――――――――― SOUND FAMILIAR? It's 10 PM and you just want to know tomorrow's shift. So you unlock your phone, open your work app, wait for it to load, log in (again), find the schedule menu, scroll… Or the app is down. The night before a 5 AM opening. And even when it works, your shifts still live in your work app — not in your calendar, next to the rest of your life. That's why you already screenshot your schedule. The Shift does the rest. HOW IT WORKS 1. Screenshot your schedule from your scheduling app, or snap a photo of a posted schedule. 2. The Shift reads the dates and times for every shift. 3. Done. Your shifts are on your calendar, your Home Screen, and your Lock Screen. The Shift doesn't just find the dates — it captures each shift's exact times. That's the whole point. WHAT YOU GET - Your work schedule, added to your calendar from one screenshot — no manual entry, ever - Lock Screen widgets — your next shift and a live countdown, without unlocking your phone - Home Screen widgets — today, this week, or the next two weeks at a glance - Weekly hour totals — know your hours before payroll does - Days off clearly shown — plan your life, not just your work - Works offline — no Wi-Fi, no problem "AM I EVEN ALLOWED TO USE THIS?" Fair question. Here's what The Shift does — and doesn't do: - The Shift never connects to your employer's systems. It only reads a schedule screenshot you provide. - No account. No sign-up. No email. - Your schedule stays on your device. It isn't uploaded, shared, or sold. - Delete the app, and your local schedule data goes with it. Your schedule is yours. We built The Shift so it stays that way. BUILT BY A SHIFT WORKER The Shift was built by a barista who was tired of checking the work app just to see a schedule. Word spread among baristas, and The Shift reached 1,000+ downloads in its first month, mostly through coworkers sharing it. Now it works for shift workers everywhere: baristas, servers, nurses, retail and warehouse teams, grocery crews — anyone whose week never looks the same twice. If your schedule doesn't import correctly, let us know in the app — we usually add support within 24 hours. SCREENSHOT YOUR NEXT SCHEDULE Download The Shift, take one screenshot, and see your whole week — on your Lock Screen, Home Screen, and calendar. You'll never log in just to check a shift again.

Screenshots

Highkey Day4 screens
The Shift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Highkey Day at none against The Shift's shown. Highkey Day also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 days). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Highkey Day sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and The Shift sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Highkey Day ships an update daily, The Shift every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Highkey Day versus The Shift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHighkey DayThe Shift
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better92.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEgg Toast LabJeeyun Lee

Customer experience

Highkey Day

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

The Shift

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Highkey Day

Subscriptions2
  • Highkey Day Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Highkey Day Pro Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Highkey Day Pro Lifetime$29.99
1 purchases

The Shift

One-time1
  • Pro (Lifetime)$2.99

Questions

Is Highkey Day free?
Highkey Day is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Shift free?
The Shift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Highkey Day or The Shift have ads?
The Shift shows ads; Highkey Day does not.
Which is updated more often, Highkey Day or The Shift?
Highkey Day ships an update daily, and The Shift every 3 days. Most recently, Highkey Day was updated on October 10, 2026 and The Shift on October 31, 2026.

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