Comparison

Shift Calendar & Paycheck vs Shiftkeep

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

Head to head
About

Shift Calendar & Paycheck

Easily track work shifts, calculate precise paychecks, and manage complex schedules. This app is designed for shift workers, offering features like overtime calculation, shift reminders, and income overviews without the need for spreadsheets.

Highlights
  • Color-coded monthly shift calendar
  • Automatic overtime and bonus calculation
  • Shift reminders and notifications
  • Exportable monthly reports
  • Offline functionality
  • Multi-currency support
Features
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Track your shifts, calculate your exact paycheck, and manage your work schedule — all in one app. No spreadsheets. No guesswork. Built for nurses, factory workers, security staff, retail employees, and anyone working rotating or night shifts. Enter your rate, set your rules, get your exact take-home instantly. SHIFT CALENDAR & SCHEDULE PLANNING • Monthly calendar with color-coded shifts • Plan day shifts, night shifts, and custom schedules • Track holidays, time off, and leave days • Ideal for rotating and non-standard patterns SALARY CALCULATOR & PAYCHECK ESTIMATOR • Accurate pay with full overtime support • Night bonus and weekend extras calculated automatically • Weekly and monthly income overview • Know your take-home before payday WORK HOURS & OVERTIME TRACKER • Automatic regular and overtime hour tracking • Custom daily and weekly overtime thresholds • Configure paid breaks and hourly rates • Multi-currency — works in any country REMINDERS, REPORTS & BACKUP • Shift reminders so you never miss a start time • Monthly summary with day, night, and custom shift totals • Export any month to PDF and share it • Back up your data and restore it on a new phone • Separate calendars when you work more than one job • Dark mode and premium themes • Works offline — your data stays on your device • Fast setup — no account required • Designed for shift workers, not 9-to-5 Free to use. Pro unlocks advanced stats, full history, backup & restore, multiple calendars, premium themes, and removes ads. Download free and take control of your schedule and earnings today. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Shiftkeep

Features
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The shift planner that works out your real pay. Shiftkeep is a focused rota and pay tracker for shift workers — nurses, paramedics, first responders, police, offshore, hospitality, retail. Set your shift pattern once and see it for years ahead, then let Shiftkeep work out what each pay period will actually pay you — overtime, night and weekend rates, unpaid breaks, and your tax — so you can check it against your payslip and know you were paid correctly. WHY SHIFTKEEP We read thousands of reviews of the popular shift apps. Two things people beg for that no app does well: an app that gets their real take-home pay right, and one that never loses their data or forces them onto a subscription. Shiftkeep is built to do exactly that. • Your rota is safe — forever. Every shift is saved the instant you tap it, backed up to your own private iCloud, and never wiped by an update. We have seen the reviews: "it deleted years of my data." Never with Shiftkeep. • Your real take-home pay — not just gross. Set your base rate, overtime and night/weekend multipliers, unpaid breaks and tax %, and Shiftkeep shows what each pay period should actually pay. Check it against your payslip in seconds. • A one-time purchase — no subscription trap. Unlock Pro once and it is yours. No "£30 a year for a calendar," no forced sign-in, no locking you out of your own data. • No ads. No trackers. Your rota and your pay stay on your device and your own iCloud. BUILT FOR REAL SHIFT WORK Most shift apps stop at a colour on a calendar. Shiftkeep does the job the calendar can't: • A set-once rotation engine — any cycle length, including long offshore and emergency-service patterns, projected years ahead. • A real pay engine — base rate, overtime and penalty multipliers, unpaid breaks, arbitrary contracted hours (not locked to 40/80), tax and deductions, and weekly / fortnightly / monthly pay periods. • Payslip check — a clean per-period breakdown (gross to penalties to breaks to tax to net) you hold against your real payslip. Export as PDF or CSV. • Reliable shift reminders that actually fire, a widget that survives iOS updates, and a proper dark mode for night shifts. SHIFTKEEP PRO Free forever: the full rotation calendar, unlimited shift types, reliable reminders, and month view. Pro (one-time / lifetime unlock) adds the pay engine — penalty rates, tax and take-home, payday periods, the payslip-check summary, earnings reports, PDF/CSV export, multi-job, and widgets. WHAT SHIFTKEEP IS NOT Not a staff-scheduling tool for managers. Not a payroll or tax-filing product — the pay figures are your own informational estimate to check against your payslip, not payroll or financial advice. Not an account-based or cloud-login app. IMPORTANT Shiftkeep's pay figures are an informational estimate based on the rates you enter, to help you check your own payslip. They are not payroll, tax, or financial advice. Privacy Policy: https://imzapp.com/privacy.html Questions? info@imzapp.com — a real human, within 48 hours.

Screenshots

Shift Calendar & Paycheck4 screens
Shiftkeep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Shift Calendar & Paycheck at 15.1 against Shiftkeep's 17.0. 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 Calendar & Paycheck sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Shiftkeep sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Shift Calendar & Paycheck versus Shiftkeep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShift Calendar & PaycheckShiftkeep
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSOFTWARECARAFTimzapp

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Shift Calendar & Paycheck

Subscriptions2
  • Shift & Salary Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Shift & Salary Pro Annual$9.991 Year
1 purchases

Shiftkeep

One-time1
  • Shiftkeep Pro — Lifetime$12.99

Questions

Is Shift Calendar & Paycheck free?
Shift Calendar & Paycheck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shiftkeep free?
Shiftkeep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Shift Calendar & Paycheck or Shiftkeep have ads?
Neither Shift Calendar & Paycheck nor Shiftkeep shows ads.

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