Comparison

ShiftMap vs ShiftPal

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

Head to head
About

ShiftMap

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ShiftMap is the smart calendar for people with rotating shift schedules. Whether you're a doctor, nurse, security guard, firefighter, factory worker, or anyone else who doesn't work a standard 9–5, ShiftMap helps you plan, track, and share your schedule effortlessly. KEY FEATURES: SMART CALENDAR • Automatic shift calculation from repeating patterns • Support for popular schedules: 2/2, 1/3, 24/72, 5/2, day/night/off • Create your own custom patterns • Override individual days when plans change • Holiday markers for 50+ countries VACATIONS & SICK LEAVE • Track vacations, sick days, and business trips • Smart Vacation Picker — find the best dates to maximize your time off using holidays • Visual indicators right on the calendar OVERTIME TRACKING • Log extra hours worked per day • Add notes to remember why • Monthly work hours and overtime totals SHARE YOUR SCHEDULE • Generate shareable links for family, HR, or colleagues • Read-only view, no account required for viewers • Revoke access anytime TIME MAP • Mark your home, workplace, country house, and other locations on an interactive map • See at a glance how much time you spend at each place • Search addresses via Apple Maps EXPORT TO CALENDAR • Export shifts to Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, or Outlook • Standard .ics format for 3 months ahead • One-tap import 8 LANGUAGES English, Русский, Deutsch, Italiano, Español, Français, 中文, 日本語 NATIVE iOS DESIGN • Built from the ground up with SwiftUI • Liquid Glass on iOS 26+ • Full dark mode support • Haptic feedback • Optimised for iPhone PRIVACY FIRST • Sign in with Apple • All data encrypted in transit • Tokens stored in iOS Keychain • No ads, no tracking, no selling your data FREE - ALL FEATURES INCLUDED Questions or feedback? Email support@mail.screenplay.tech Terms of Use: shift.screenplay.tech/terms Privacy Policy: shift.screenplay.tech/privacy

About

ShiftPal

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Meet ShiftPal — the easiest way to build, manage, and export rotating work schedules without wasting time manually entering shifts into your calendar. Designed for real shift workers, ShiftPal makes it simple to tap your workdays directly onto a clean monthly calendar, customize your shift times, and instantly export everything to Apple Calendar for easy sharing with family, coworkers, or your household. Whether you work healthcare, emergency services, construction, transportation, law enforcement, utilities, or any rotating schedule, ShiftPal eliminates the headache of manually creating calendar events one by one. Features: • Simple monthly calendar interface • Tap-to-add work shifts • Customizable default shift hours • Edit individual shifts anytime • Export directly to Apple Calendar • Update or remove previously exported schedules • Built for rotating and non-traditional schedules • Fast, lightweight, and easy to use ShiftPal was built to solve a real problem: shift workers deserve a faster, cleaner way to manage their schedules and keep the people around them informed. No clutter. No unnecessary complexity. Just a tool that works. Legal Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.altime.app/privacy

Screenshots

ShiftMap4 screens
ShiftPal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ShiftMap at 16.0 against ShiftPal's 26.4. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
ShiftMap versus ShiftPal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShiftMapShiftPal
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIulian PavlovMichael Sassone

In-app purchases

None

ShiftMap

No in-app purchases

None

ShiftPal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ShiftMap free?
ShiftMap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ShiftPal free?
ShiftPal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ShiftMap or ShiftPal have ads?
Neither ShiftMap nor ShiftPal shows ads.

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