Comparison

MarkUp Pro vs Shift Calendar · Baro

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

Head to head
About

MarkUp Pro

This app restores powerful photo annotation tools previously removed from iOS. It offers features like a magnifier, hollow shapes, free-angle arrows, and a robust color picker. Easily select, move, and edit annotations with full undo/redo support.

Highlights
  • Select & Move annotations
  • Loupe / Magnifier tool
  • Hollow shapes and free-angle arrows
  • Adjustable font size and color picker
  • Blur and pixelate sensitive information
  • Template system for saving setups
  • PDF and image export options
Features
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MarkUp brings back the photo annotation features that disappeared in iOS 17 and 18. If you miss the Magnifier tool, hollow shape outlines, free-angle arrows, and a color picker that just works -- this app is for you. NOW WITH SELECT & MOVE - Select & Move: Tap any annotation to select it, then drag to reposition. Works with all annotation types -- shapes, arrows, text, drawings, highlights, and more. Full undo/redo support for every move. - Adjustable Font Size: Choose from 12pt to 120pt for text annotations. Your last font size is remembered between sessions. CORE FEATURES - Select & Move: Tap to select any annotation, drag to reposition. Visual selection feedback with dashed border and corner handles. - Loupe / Magnifier: Zoom into any detail with adjustable magnification. The tool Apple removed, brought back better than ever. - Hollow Shapes: Draw circles, rectangles, triangles, stars, and chat bubbles with clean outlines -- not filled blocks. Toggle between outline and filled mode. - Free-Angle Arrows: Point precisely where you want with arrows at any angle, not just preset directions. - Drawing Tools: Pen, marker, and pencil with adjustable width and opacity for every situation. - Highlight: Semi-transparent overlay that emphasizes without obscuring, perfect for screenshots and documents. - Blur and Pixelate: Obscure sensitive information like faces, license plates, and personal data with gaussian blur or pixelation. - Text Annotations: Add labels, notes, and callouts with customizable font size (12-120pt) and color. Font size is remembered between sessions. - Color Picker: A reliable, full-featured color picker with presets and custom colors -- no more fighting with the system picker. - Undo and Redo: Full history support so you never lose your work. - Eraser: Tap any annotation to remove it instantly. DESIGNED FOR iOS - Native SwiftUI interface that feels right at home - Full iPhone and iPad support with optimized layouts - Camera integration for instant photo capture and annotation - Photo library access with screenshot album filtering - Tool memory that remembers your last settings between sessions, including font size MARKUP PRO - Template System: Save your favorite annotation setups and reuse them across multiple images. - Batch Editing: Apply the same annotations to multiple images at once for consistent documentation. - PDF Export: Save annotated images as PDF documents for professional sharing. - Export Options: Save as PNG, JPEG, or PDF. Share directly to Photos, Messages, Mail, or any app via Share Sheet. PERFECT FOR - Developers annotating bug reports and screenshots - Designers providing visual feedback - Educators highlighting key information in images - Professionals creating annotated documentation - Anyone who wants the markup tools Apple took away SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION: MarkUp offers three purchase options: - Monthly Subscription: $2.99/month with 7-day free trial - Yearly Subscription: $14.99/year with 7-day free trial (58% savings) - Lifetime Purchase: $29.99 one-time, no recurring charges - Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. - Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription.

About

Shift Calendar · Baro

Features
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■ Know your shift, forever. You do not work a week. You work a cycle — days, nights, off-duty, rest, and around again. A normal calendar cannot say that in one line, so you end up counting on your fingers, or screenshotting the ward roster, or asking someone. Tap out your cycle once. Say which day it started. That is the whole setup, and it takes about twenty seconds. From then on the app knows what you are on for any date — next Tuesday, the wedding in eight months, the same week two years ago. ------------------------------- ● The answer is already on screen ------------------------------- Open the app and today's shift is one huge glyph filling the display. No loading, no splash, no ad, no sign-in, no empty state. Read it from across the room, or half awake at 3am, or through the window of a moving bus. Rest days are drawn in the app's one accent colour. Scan a month and your days off jump out before you have read a single character. ------------------------------- ● Any date. Any year. ------------------------------- • Scroll the month view backwards to any past year and forwards to any future year. It does not stop, in either direction — a cycle is just arithmetic, and the app does the arithmetic. • Tap any day to blow it up to full screen. • A home-screen widget shows the same glyph, worked out on the device itself, so it stays right without a network, a background task or a notification. ------------------------------- ● Reality is messier than a cycle ------------------------------- Swapped a shift? Covering for someone? Tap the big glyph and set that one day to whatever you actually worked. The cycle keeps running underneath, untouched, and the correction stays pinned to that date forever. Tap once more to put it back. ------------------------------- ● Share a cycle in two taps ------------------------------- Your rotation turns into a short code you can send to a coworker in any messaging app. They paste it and their calendar matches yours. No server sees it, no account is created, nothing is uploaded — the code is just your pattern and its start date, written down. ------------------------------- ● Private by design ------------------------------- • Zero network code. Nothing leaves this phone, ever — check it in airplane mode. • Requests no system permissions at all: no notifications, no calendar, no contacts, no camera, no microphone, no location. • No account, no login, no sign-up. Privacy label: Data Not Collected. • Zero analytics. Zero telemetry. Zero third-party SDKs. • No ads. No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. Your work schedule says where you are and when you are not home. It should never have left your pocket in the first place. ------------------------------- ● Built to be read, not operated ------------------------------- • Every control is at least 64 × 64 pt. • Single taps only. No double-taps, no long-presses, no swipes, no hidden gestures. • Deleting is never a tap on the thing being deleted. • High-contrast type on a true-black background — a full-screen glyph at 3am uses a fraction of the light a white calendar does. • Six languages: English, Korean, Japanese, German, French, Arabic, with right-to-left layout. ------------------------------- ● Made for ------------------------------- • Nurses, carers and hospital staff on 2-shift and 3-shift rotations • Firefighters, police and paramedics on 24/48, DuPont, Panama and Pitman cycles • Factory, plant and warehouse crews on 4-team 3-shift patterns • Security, transport, hospitality — anyone whose Monday is not everyone's Monday ------------------------------- ● The Baro promise ------------------------------- Shift Calendar is part of Baro — lightweight tools that respect your data, your battery, and your time. "The tools you reach for first."

Screenshots

MarkUp Pro2 screens
Shift Calendar · Baro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shift Calendar · Baro at none against MarkUp Pro's 3. Shift Calendar · Baro also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17). On price, 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. MarkUp Pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Shift Calendar · Baro asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MarkUp Pro ships an update every 2 months, Shift Calendar · Baro every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
MarkUp Pro versus Shift Calendar · Baro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMarkUp ProShift Calendar · Baro
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS1713.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB23 MB
Age rating9+4+
Developer贺 周Euiseok Kim

In-app purchases

3 purchases

MarkUp Pro

Subscriptions2
  • MarkUp Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • MarkUp Pro Yearly1 Month trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • MarkUp Pro Lifetime$29.99
None

Shift Calendar · Baro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MarkUp Pro free?
MarkUp Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shift Calendar · Baro free?
Shift Calendar · Baro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MarkUp Pro or Shift Calendar · Baro have ads?
Neither MarkUp Pro nor Shift Calendar · Baro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MarkUp Pro or Shift Calendar · Baro?
MarkUp Pro ships an update every 2 months, and Shift Calendar · Baro every 2 days. Most recently, MarkUp Pro was updated on October 31, 2026 and Shift Calendar · Baro on November 1, 2026.

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