Comparison

Shiftlyx vs Rackometry

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

Head to head
About

Shiftlyx

This app helps shift workers manage fatigue, track pay, and coordinate schedules with family and colleagues. It analyzes your rota to predict fatigue levels and calculate earnings, and can find days when everyone is free. Voice planning and partner sync features simplify complex scheduling.

Highlights
  • Fatigue scoring across entire rota
  • Detailed pay calculation
  • Crew availability finder
  • Partner sync for dual-shift families
  • Voice-controlled schedule planning
  • Rota import (iCal, file, paste)
  • Night shift recovery windows
Features
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Shiftlyx is a shift planner built by a nurse, for everyone who works shifts. Not a calendar with a night mode bolted on. A planner that understands a run of nights is a different physiological state, that a long day and a night shift on the same date means nobody is home, and that "are you free Thursday" is a harder question than any office worker will ever have to answer. Built first for healthcare nurses, paramedics, doctors, midwives, healthcare assistants because that is the hardest version of the problem. It works the same way for police, fire, hospitality, logistics, manufacturing, security, and anyone else living on a rota. SEE THE BAD WEEK BEFORE YOU'RE IN IT Shiftlyx scores your fatigue across your whole rota, not one shift at a time. Shift type, length, transitions, and the load stacking up behind you. Recovery gaps, night density and consecutive days, all in one score. KNOW WHAT YOU EARNED, BEFORE PAYDAY Every long day, every night, every unsocial hour, added up. Base pay, night premiums and weekend enhancements broken down, with your real effective hourly rate. Works from a band or a straight hourly rate. MY CREW — FIND THE DAY EVERYONE'S ACTUALLY FREE Getting eight people off the same team into one room is impossible by text. Someone's on nights. Someone's just come off them. Import your rotas and Shiftlyx finds the day for you: who's free, who's free-ish and could make it around a shift, and who's working. It even knows who's coming off nights and shouldn't be counted. PARTNER SYNC — FOR TWO SHIFT WORKERS AND ONE FAMILY Put your rota next to your partner's and Shiftlyx reads every day of the month. Both off, that's a shared day off. One of you off, childcare is covered. Both of you working, that's the one you need to know about. It counts them. It flags the uncovered weekends. And it shows you the longest run of days where neither of you is home. PLAN WITH YOUR VOICE Say "nights this month, weekends off, max three in a row." Florence builds it. No forms, no settings screens. ALSO INSIDE Rota import from an iCal link, a file, or paste. Night shift recovery and sleep windows. Commute timing so a bad journey doesn't cost you a shift. Swap preview. Eight shift patterns, so your dashboard matches how you actually work. YOUR EMPLOYER CANNOT SEE ANY OF THIS Shiftlyx is not connected to your employer's rostering system and never will be. Your rota, your fatigue, your pay, your family. Yours. Free to use. One month of Shiftlyx Pro free for everyone, no card needed. Your shift. Your terms. https://www.shiftlyx.com/terms https://www.shiftlyx.com/privacy

About

Rackometry

Features
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Rackometry is an offline-first rack planning, field-audit and equipment documentation tool for data-centre engineers, infrastructure teams and IT professionals. Create and manage equipment racks from your iPhone, record installed assets, plan rack power and check available space while working on-site. Your inventory stays on your device, so manual rack work remains available when network access is limited or unavailable. PLAN AND DOCUMENT RACKS • Visual front and rear rack elevations • Rack-unit placement, overlap and free-space checks • Manufacturer, model, hostname, serial number and asset-tag records • Dimensions, weight and power information • Blade and modular chassis with child blade records • A-feed and B-feed PDU planning • Outlet numbering, phases, cable labels and upstream supply references BUILD A RACK FROM PHOTOS OR CSV Use two overlapping rack photographs to create a provisional elevation. The full-screen camera includes automatic or manual capture, compatible lens choices and a translucent overlap guide for the upper photo. Review every detected device, move it to the correct U when needed, and complete its identity with a focused label scan or manual entry. You can also import a Rackometry CSV and work through the same visual checking process. Nothing is added to an existing rack automatically. AUDIT AND RECONCILE Start from a saved or imported rack, confirm each expected device and record serial, asset, position, PDU and cable discrepancies. Record missing or unexpected equipment, export an Excel-compatible reconciliation CSV, or create a separate corrected rack revision while preserving the original inventory. DEVICE CATALOGUE Search the shared Rackometry equipment catalogue by manufacturer and model, review matching variants and source information, then choose whether to apply a result. Missing public models can be submitted to the catalogue research queue. IMPORT, EXPORT AND OFFLINE WORK • Excel-compatible CSV import and export • Blank import template and in-app guidance • Locally saved equipment specifications • Manual data entry at all times ACCESS Rackometry includes manual rack, device, power and CSV tools. A 14-day free trial unlocks assisted photo rack building, assisted audits, online catalogue search and research requests. The trial does not renew or charge automatically. A separate one-off purchase permanently unlocks the same assisted features. There is no subscription, and saved racks are never deleted when access ends. Apple displays the price in your local storefront currency. PRIVACY Rack photographs and close-up label images are processed on the device and are not uploaded automatically. Catalogue searches send only the public equipment category, manufacturer and model—not rack inventory, asset tags, serial numbers, hostnames or photographs. Rackometry assists with planning and documentation. Always confirm equipment specifications, electrical loads, suitability and installation requirements against manufacturer documentation and site-engineering rules. Feedback is welcome. If you find a problem, need a device added or have an idea that would make Rackometry more useful in the field, please contact KMB IT Solutions Ltd through the support page.

Screenshots

Shiftlyx4 screens
Rackometry4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rackometry at none against Shiftlyx's 2. Shiftlyx's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Shiftlyx sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Rackometry asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shiftlyx ships an update weekly, Rackometry every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Shiftlyx versus Rackometry: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShiftlyxRackometry
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeemal Innovation LtdKMB IT Solutions Ltd

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Shiftlyx

Subscriptions2
  • Shiftlyx Pro Monthly1 Month trial$3.991 Month
  • Shiftlyx Day One Annual1 Month trial$19.991 Year
None

Rackometry

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shiftlyx free?
Shiftlyx is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rackometry free?
Rackometry is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Shiftlyx or Rackometry have ads?
Neither Shiftlyx nor Rackometry shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shiftlyx or Rackometry?
Shiftlyx ships an update weekly, and Rackometry every 5 days. Most recently, Shiftlyx was updated on September 30, 2026 and Rackometry on September 29, 2026.

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