Enso Shift vs Pinlet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Enso Shift
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Enso is an offline shift-scheduling app for iPhone and iPad. It uses Google OR-Tools to generate balanced rosters from the people, shifts and rules you define, then presents them as calendars, Gantt views and PDF sheets. Key features • Automatic scheduling with CP-SAT constraint solving: fixed shifts, rest-day gaps, conflicting shifts and workload weighting • Shift configuration: demand count, post-shift rest days, eligible staff groups, same-day concurrency and shift priority • Staff management: groups, profile notes, phone numbers, blocked dates and weekdays, preferred days and maximum shifts • Preflight diagnostics: detect coverage gaps before generating a schedule and explain which constraints may not be satisfiable • Partial re-solve: after a manual edit, recompute affected dates with a diff preview before saving • Drafts and saved schedules: keep editing in a working draft, then archive confirmed rosters • Calendar and Gantt views with adjustable per-day shift density • Per-staff workload statistics • PDF export: preview, share or print roster sheets with tappable phone links • Built-in Chinese public-holiday data, with optional weighting in the scheduler • Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and English interface; iPhone and iPad; portrait and landscape Privacy and data • No account required, no tracking, no ads and no third-party analytics SDKs • Schedule data stays on your device by default • Optional iCloud sync and sharing are handled by Apple iCloud; the developer cannot access your schedule data • Optional anonymous solver diagnostics are off by default and can be enabled in Settings to help improve scheduling performance. They do not include names, shift titles, schedule contents or identity information. Made for • Hospital wards, clinics, nursing stations and on-call rotations • Small restaurant, retail and customer-service teams • Security, logistics and night-shift teams that need rest-interval rules • Anyone who wants to plan and print a roster offline on iPad Subscription (Enso Pro) • 7-day free trial, then automatic renewal at the price shown on the App Store • Monthly and yearly plans available • Manage or cancel anytime in Settings › Apple ID › Subscriptions • Terms: https://ensoshift.online/terms • Privacy: https://ensoshift.online/privacy Feedback: feedback@ensoshift.online
Pinlet
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Keep what matters right where you can see it. Pinlet turns a short piece of text into a Live Activity, so it can stay visible on Dynamic Island and your Lock Screen while you move through your day. Add a deadline, a pickup code, a short intention, or anything else you do not want to lose in a list. PULL TEXT FROM ANY SCREENSHOT Circle any part of a screenshot or photo and Pinlet reads the text for you. Fine-tune the result word by word or character by character, then pin exactly what you need — no retyping. WRITE AND PIN Enter up to 120 characters and pin them in one tap. Update the text whenever the important thing changes, or unpin it when you are done. STAY VISIBLE On supported iPhone models, pinned text appears on Dynamic Island. It also appears as a Live Activity on the Lock Screen. iOS controls Live Activity availability and may end an activity according to system policy. START FROM ANYWHERE Long-press the Pinlet icon for Quick Input, or use Shortcuts to pin text, unpin, or open a screenshot in Pinlet from anywhere on your phone. RETURN TO WHAT MATTERED Pinlet keeps a history of successfully pinned text. Mark useful entries as favorites, reuse them as a new draft, delete individual entries, or automatically clean up older nonfavorite history. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your content and any text recognition happen on your iPhone by default. Pinlet has no account system, advertising, third-party analytics, or custom server. OPTIONAL ICLOUD SYNC If you choose to enable iCloud sync, your history, favorites, and recent activity times are stored in your private CloudKit database and synced to devices using the same Apple Account. iCloud sync is off by default. Requires iOS 17 or later. Pinlet is designed for iPhone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pinlet at none against Enso Shift's 2. Pinlet also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Enso Shift's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). 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
Both are free to download. Enso Shift sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.90 per month. Pinlet asks for nothing beyond the download.
Enso Shift ships an update weekly, Pinlet fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Enso Shift | Pinlet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 学诚 刘 | 文峰 黄 |
In-app purchases
Enso Shift
- Enso Pro Monthly7 Days trial$0.901 Month
- Enso Pro Yearly7 Days trial$7.991 Year
Pinlet
No in-app purchases









