Comparison

Shift Work Calendar vs HomeStretch Countdown

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

Head to head
About

Shift Work Calendar

This app helps manage complex work schedules, track hours, and monitor earnings. It's designed for individuals with rotating, night, or flexible shifts, offering a clear overview of time and income.

Highlights
  • Shift work calendar
  • Schedule management
  • Work hours tracking
  • Timesheet logging
  • Earnings and pay tracking
  • Flexible shift patterns
  • Insights and statistics
Features
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Plera – Shift Work Calendar, Schedule Planner & Time Tracking App Plera is a powerful shift work calendar designed to help you plan shifts, manage your work schedule, track work hours, and monitor earnings in one place. Whether you work rotating shifts, night shifts, on-call schedules, or flexible hours, Plera gives you full control over your time and income. This shift planner and work schedule app is built for employees, staff, nurses, freelancers, and anyone who needs a simple and reliable way to organize shifts, track time, and calculate earnings. With an intuitive calendar interface and fast editing tools, you can create, update, and manage your schedule in seconds. Plera combines shift planning, timesheet tracking, and earnings monitoring into a single, easy-to-use app. It helps you stay organized, reduce scheduling mistakes, and always know your hours worked and income earned. KEY FEATURES Shift Work Calendar Plan and manage your shift schedule with a clean and simple calendar. View all your shifts, days off, and work patterns in one place. Shift Planner & Schedule Management Create and edit shifts quickly. Customize your work schedule with flexible settings, including repeating shifts, rotation patterns, and on-call shifts. Work Hours Tracking Track your work hours accurately. Monitor daily, weekly, and monthly hours to stay in control of your time. Timesheet & Work Log Keep a detailed timesheet and work log. Record your shifts and hours for better tracking and reporting. Earnings & Pay Tracking Track your earnings, wages, salary, and paycheck estimates. Understand how much you earn based on your work hours and shifts. Insights & Statistics Get clear insights into your work schedule, hours, and earnings. Analyze your workload and income trends over time. Flexible Shift Patterns Support for rotating shifts, on-call schedules, part-time work, and custom work patterns. Built for Shift Workers Ideal for nurses, employees, staff, contractors, and anyone working non-standard schedules. Fast and Easy to Use Add or edit shifts in seconds with a simple and intuitive interface designed for everyday use. Multi-Language Support Use the app in your preferred language and manage your schedule anywhere. Plera is more than a simple calendar. It is a complete shift planner, work hours tracker, timesheet manager, and earnings tracker designed to simplify your work life and give you clarity over your schedule and income. Download Plera and take control of your shift work schedule today. Privacy Policy https://aqeno.com/privacy-plera Terms of Use (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

HomeStretch Countdown

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The part of the day you actually watch the clock for is the last one. HomeStretch puts that part on your Lock Screen. Make a counter for whatever you are inside of — the school day, the shift, the workday, the workout, the fast — and say when it ends. That is the whole setup. When the end gets close, a Live Activity appears on its own, counts down, and goes away when you have made it. WHAT YOU GET • Six templates to start from: School day, Shift, Workday, Workout, Fast, or your own • Repeating counters on the weekdays you pick, one-off counters, and quick countdowns • Six countdown styles: digits, dots, bar, ring, an LED clock, and a sentence you write yourself • Six palettes, all readable on a bright screen • Dynamic Island, Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and wherever iOS mirrors Live Activities: Apple Watch Smart Stack and StandBy • A notification when the home stretch starts, and one when it is over • Dynamic Type and VoiceOver throughout ONE HONEST LIMIT iOS ends every Live Activity after eight hours, so a home stretch is at most 7 hours 45 minutes long. If the end is days away, a widget carries the countdown until then and the Lock Screen takes over by itself when the home stretch begins. There are no background tricks here: HomeStretch does not run while you are not looking, and it does not need to. HOMESTRETCH PRO Free gives you one counter, the digits and dots styles, three palettes and one widget configuration — enough for the one thing you count down every day. HomeStretch Pro adds: • Unlimited counters • All six styles, including bar, ring, sentence and the LED clock • All six palettes • Your own sentence templates around the countdown • Siri Shortcuts and a Control Center button • Quick countdowns straight from Shortcuts • End a countdown with an alarm that rings through Silent mode and Focus Three plans: Yearly and Monthly are auto-renewing subscriptions — Yearly opens with a 7-day free trial — and Lifetime is a single purchase, not a subscription. The price in your own currency is shown before you buy, and you can restore a purchase on any of your devices. PRIVACY No account, no sign-in, no ads, no analytics beyond purchases. Your counters and your history stay on your device. Notifications are scheduled locally — there is no push and no server of ours. TERMS Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://onygroup.hu/homestretch/privacy/

Screenshots

Shift Work Calendar4 screens
HomeStretch Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Shift Work Calendar at 17.0 against HomeStretch Countdown's 26.0. 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. Shift Work Calendar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and HomeStretch Countdown sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Shift Work Calendar versus HomeStretch Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShift Work CalendarHomeStretch Countdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVladyslav DmytriievONY Services Group Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Shift Work Calendar

Subscriptions2
  • Plera Premium$2.991 Month
  • Plera Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
3 purchases

HomeStretch Countdown

Subscriptions2
  • HomeStretch Pro – Monthly$4.991 Month
  • HomeStretch Pro – Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • HomeStretch Pro – Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Shift Work Calendar free?
Shift Work Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HomeStretch Countdown free?
HomeStretch Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Shift Work Calendar or HomeStretch Countdown have ads?
Neither Shift Work Calendar nor HomeStretch Countdown shows ads.

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