Comparison

Shift Planner vs Thought Relay

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.

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Thought Relay

Features
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Catch the thought before it disappears. Thought Relay is a fast, focused notebook for ideas that arrive in the middle of everything else. FREE CORE, UNCHANGED • Capture, edit, search, pin, share, and delete notes • Organize with Inbox, Next, Ideas, Words, and Life channels • See live word count • Work without an account OPTIONAL iPHONE FEATURES A separate one-time purchase adds voice capture, the original audio kept with the note, on-device transcription when the device supports it, per-note locking with Face ID, Touch ID, or passcode, and live character count. If on-device transcription is unavailable, Thought Relay still saves the recording and note. OPTIONAL APPLE WATCH FEATURES A separate one-time purchase adds spoken capture from your wrist, Quick Checklists that stay in step with the paired iPhone, recent-note glance, and a Speak a thought complication. Buy the Watch features from Thought Relay on the paired iPhone, then open the Watch app. A Watch recording stays queued until the iPhone confirms the note was saved. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Thought Relay has no account, ads, analytics, or tracking. Notes, recordings, transcripts, checklists, and the local purchase-funnel event log are not uploaded to Myworkingmemory. Watch content travels only between the paired Apple devices using WatchConnectivity. Locked note contents never go to Watch. Thought Relay is a general-purpose notes app. It is not a medical product and does not diagnose, treat, or manage ADHD or any other condition. Terms | https://www.myworkingmemory.ai/thought-relay-terms.html Privacy | https://www.myworkingmemory.ai/thought-relay-privacy.html

Screenshots

Shift Planner4 screens
Thought Relay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Thought Relay at Free against Shift Planner's $1.99. Thought Relay also leads on device support (5 vs 3). Shift Planner's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Thought Relay is free to download; Shift Planner costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shift Planner ships an update every 3 weeks, Thought Relay monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Shift Planner versus Thought Relay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShift PlannerThought Relay
Price$1.99Free — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXiamen City Fanyou Network Technology Co., Ltd.Myworkingmemory LLC

In-app purchases

None

Shift Planner

No in-app purchases

None

Thought Relay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shift Planner free?
Shift Planner costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Thought Relay free?
Thought Relay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Shift Planner or Thought Relay have ads?
Neither Shift Planner nor Thought Relay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shift Planner or Thought Relay?
Shift Planner ships an update every 3 weeks, and Thought Relay monthly. Most recently, Shift Planner was updated on October 1, 2026 and Thought Relay on October 7, 2026.

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