Comparison

Shift Planner vs Nurrow

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

Head to head
About

Shift Planner

Features
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Plan your work shifts on a clear calendar—morning, afternoon, night, or custom rosters. Built for nurses, factory crews, retail staff, and anyone on rotating schedules. No account needed. Set up cycle schedules for 2-2-3 or 3-shift rotations and auto-fill weeks in one tap. Track work days, rest days, total hours, and estimated pay with charts and a work timeline. • Calendar view with lunar dates and holidays • Custom shift templates with colors and icons • Cycle scheduling for repeating rota patterns • Timeline: work/rest ratio over 1–6 months • Stats: shift distribution, daily hours, est. salary • Import / export backup — data stays on device • Multi-currency salary settings A simple, private shift planner that works fully offline.

About

Nurrow

Features
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Nurrow is a focus timer with a pet that grows when you do. Pick a length, 25 minutes, an hour, whatever fits, and hit start. Your pet settles in beside you while you work. When the session ends, you've earned shards: the currency you spend on eggs that hatch into new pets to keep, name, and collect. It isn't a punishment system. Skip a few days and your pet gets a little glum, but it perks back up the next time you sit down. It's there to make starting feel less like work and more like showing up for something that's waiting on you. WHY IT WORKS Most focus apps stack timers on top of guilt. Nurrow flips it: the reward is small, frequent, and tied to something that feels alive. You're not chasing a streak for its own sake; you're trying to hatch the next egg and see what's inside. FEATURES • Focus and Chill modes, pick the pressure that fits your day • Customizable timer for Pomodoro, deep work, or study sprints • Hatch eggs and grow a collection of 100 pets, common ones hatch fast, rare ones take real focus time • Pet Home, a cozy room to visit and decorate while your pet roams on its own • Share your hatch reveals as a card with friends • Six cozy habitats to choose and unlock • Journal your sessions and track real focus hours • Ambient sounds: rain, café, nature, lo-fi • Local notifications only, no account, no login, no tracking OFFLINE BY DEFAULT No account. No email. Your data lives on your phone. Terms of Use: https://nurrow.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://nurrow.app/privacy

Screenshots

Shift Planner4 screens
Nurrow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Nurrow at Free against Shift Planner's $1.99. Shift Planner's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On 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

Nurrow is free to download; Shift Planner costs $1.99 up front. Nurrow sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Shift Planner asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shift Planner ships an update every 3 weeks, Nurrow every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
Shift Planner versus Nurrow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShift PlannerNurrow
Price$1.99Free — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB51 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperXiamen City Fanyou Network Technology Co., Ltd.Aaron Wakely

In-app purchases

None

Shift Planner

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Nurrow

Subscriptions2
  • Caretaker$3.991 Month
  • The Deep-Guardian Pass$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Forever Forager$49.99

Questions

Is Shift Planner free?
Shift Planner costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nurrow free?
Nurrow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Shift Planner or Nurrow have ads?
Neither Shift Planner nor Nurrow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shift Planner or Nurrow?
Shift Planner ships an update every 3 weeks, and Nurrow every 2 months. Most recently, Shift Planner was updated on October 28, 2026 and Nurrow on October 28, 2026.

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