Comparison

Shift Calendar vs Shift Calendar Assistant

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

Head to head
About

Shift Calendar

Features
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Shift Calendar is a practical shift planner that combines work scheduling, overtime tracking, and shift management in one easy-to-use app. Quickly add your work shifts, overtime hours, days off, leave, and vacation days to your calendar. Create a custom shift rotation based on your own work pattern, or use prebuilt company and team rotations to set up your shift schedule in just a few taps. View your monthly work schedule at a glance, track your working hours, and customize your shift calendar to match your needs. Shift Calendar is designed for anyone working night shifts, rotating shifts, on-call duties, irregular schedules, or changing work hours. Key features: • Shift calendar and work schedule planner • Add shifts, overtime, leave, vacation, and days off manually • Create custom shift rotations • Use prebuilt company and team rotations • Monthly shift and working-hours analysis • Export your schedule as PDF, Excel, or JPG • Share your shift schedule • Home screen widget support • Customize calendar colors and appearance • Light, dark, and system themes • Available in English, Turkish, and Spanish Keep your work schedule organized with Shift Calendar, easily check your upcoming shifts, and carry your shift plan with you wherever you go. Shift Calendar does not replace official employer records, payroll systems, timesheets, or corporate attendance systems. Working-hour calculations and analyses provided by the app are for informational purposes only.

About

Shift Calendar Assistant

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Shift Calendar is a personal schedule planner for nurses, factory teams, rail and utility workers, retail staff, security teams, and anyone working rotating or irregular shifts. Choose a schedule image from Photos or take a picture, then use on-device text recognition to find the relevant row. Review each mapped shift before saving it to your calendar. The app does not permanently retain the selected source image. Key features: • Add shifts manually or generate rotations such as two days, two nights, two days off • Keep multiple work segments on one day and model overnight shifts accurately • Record changes, leave, and overtime while preserving the original plan for restoration • Configure wake-up, leave, and shift-start local notifications • See the next shift and upcoming schedule in Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets • Add one partner or family schedule locally and compare shared rest days • Review work days, rest days, planned hours, nights, overtime, and changes • Export CSV or ICS files, and create or restore a complete JSON backup Shift Calendar works without an account. Your schedule stays on your device, and all current features are available after download. Always review scanned results before saving. This is a personal schedule tool, not an employer scheduling, attendance, payroll, or legal-compliance system.

Screenshots

Shift Calendar4 screens
Shift Calendar Assistant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Shift Calendar Assistant at none against Shift Calendar's shown. Shift Calendar's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Shift Calendar versus Shift Calendar Assistant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShift CalendarShift Calendar Assistant
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBerke YILMAZ飞 江

In-app purchases

None

Shift Calendar

No in-app purchases

None

Shift Calendar Assistant

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shift Calendar free?
Shift Calendar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shift Calendar Assistant free?
Shift Calendar Assistant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Shift Calendar or Shift Calendar Assistant have ads?
Shift Calendar shows ads; Shift Calendar Assistant does not.

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