Comparison

Shift Portal vs Frontline

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

Head to head
About

Shift Portal

Features
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Shift Portal is the shift schedule app built for real shift workers — not 9-to-5ers. Whether you work 24/48, 9-Day, DuPont, Pitman, or any custom rotation, Shift Portal keeps your schedule organized and always at your fingertips. FEATURES: • Automatic shift calendar based on your rotation • Supports 24/48, 48/96, 24/72 Kelly, 9-Day, 2-2-3, 4/4, Pitman, DuPont, and custom rotations • Kelly Day tracking and alerts • Overtime and extra shift tracker • Shift reminders and day-of countdown notifications • Export your schedule to Apple Calendar • Share your monthly schedule as an image (perfect for sending to your spouse) • Custom shift names — call them whatever your department uses • Color-coded crews for easy reading • Dark and light mode • Notes for individual days • Swap/trade day tracking • Choose to see just YOUR shifts SIMPLE TO SET UP: Just pick your rotation, choose your crew, set your start date, and you're done. The calendar fills in automatically. TRY FREE FOR 7 DAYS: Full access to every feature for 7 days. After that, continue for just $1.99/month or $9.99/year. Built by a shift worker, for shift workers.

About

Frontline

This app helps first responders manage their complex work schedules with a user-friendly calendar. It supports various shift patterns, allows for logging events and incidents, and offers a private, device-only storage solution. Optional Pro features enhance functionality with advanced logging and widgets.

Highlights
  • Supports diverse shift patterns
  • Month and week view
  • Home-screen widgets
  • Shift trade logging
  • Event and reminder management
  • Incident and exposure log
  • PDF and calendar export
Features
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Frontline is the shift calendar built for first responders - Firefighters, EMS, Police and 911 Dispatch. Set up your rotation in about 30 seconds, then see your whole month at a glance. Frontline knows the schedules crews actually work - 24/48, 48/96, 24/72, 1/3/2/3, Kelly, Pitman, 4-on/4-off, DuPont and more - so you pick yours and you're done. No account. No setup headache. Not on a rotation? Straight days, a 9/80, a regular work week - Fire Marshals, inspectors, detectives, SROs, retirees, spouses and office staff all have a setup, or you can skip work days entirely and just use the calendar. BUILT FOR THE WAY YOU WORK - Large month calendar. Your on-duty days, events and reminders at a glance, in a dark design made for night shift. - Shift trades. Log who's covering, track who owes who, and text a clean trade card that makes it obvious to everyone involved. - Events and quick adds. Court, training, overtime, appointments, sick, vacation - color-coded, with reminders that fire before your shift. - Share your rotation. Send your schedule to a new hire or your spouse with a code to scan or a link to text - they get your work days on their phone in one tap. - Home-screen widgets. Your month or your week, always on. - Hours tracked. Log OT, sick, vacation and comp by the day, and see the totals. - Career tracking. Career shift count, rank history, milestones, and the day you clear probation. - Print and export. A clean PDF of your month, or send your shifts to your other calendars. - Dark and light. Night-shift ready either way. FRONTLINE PRO - Leave balances. Vacation, sick and comp counted down in shifts as you use them and up on every payday. Set your own accrual rate and cap, and get warned before you hit the ceiling and stop earning. - Vacation bids. Tap every day you picked, across the whole year, and stamp them all in one pass. - Calendar sync. Keep your shifts on your Google or Apple calendar so your family sees them without you texting a screenshot. - More calendar views. Week, day timeline and agenda. - Certifications. CPR, ACLS, HazMat and the rest, counting down in shifts, with reminders before anything lapses. - Incident and exposure log. A fast, private, date-stamped record of the calls that matter - cancer presumption, bloodborne exposure, a court date years out. Export it as a clean PDF. - Partial trades and hours owed. Trade part of a shift instead of the whole thing, and see exactly how many hours you owe each person. - Partner schedule. Your next day off together, and every day you both work, in a color you pick. - Month, week and day widgets, unlimited share cards, and PDF exports by week, day or year. NO ACCOUNT NEEDED Your schedule, events, trades and notes are stored on your phone, not on our servers. Your schedule is yours. Free includes the full rotation calendar, events and quick adds, shift trades, rotation sharing, hours tracking, career tracking, the week widget, and month PDF and calendar-file export. Frontline Pro unlocks the rest, as a one-time Lifetime purchase or a yearly subscription. Made by Code 3 Tek. Built by a Fire Captain who got tired of clunky schedules. Privacy Policy: https://frontlinecalendar.com/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Shift Portal4 screens
Frontline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shift Portal at none against Frontline's 2. Shift Portal also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Frontline sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Shift Portal asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shift Portal ships an update daily, Frontline every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Shift Portal versus Frontline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShift PortalFrontline
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (39 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—39 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDANIEL LEE PRENTICECode3Tek

In-app purchases

None

Shift Portal

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Frontline

Subscriptions1
  • Frontline Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Frontline Pro (Lifetime)$19.99

Questions

Is Shift Portal free?
Shift Portal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Frontline free?
Frontline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Shift Portal or Frontline have ads?
Neither Shift Portal nor Frontline shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shift Portal or Frontline?
Shift Portal ships an update daily, and Frontline every 4 days. Most recently, Shift Portal was updated on October 25, 2026 and Frontline on October 31, 2026.

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