Comparison

Rota vs 知数记账

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

Head to head
About

Rota

Features
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Rota is a private, offline-first shift scheduling app for people who work shifts. Keep your roster on your own device, whether you work in healthcare, hospitality, security, manufacturing, or another rotating schedule. IMPORT AND VIEW YOUR ROSTER • Import PDF, Excel, CSV, PNG, JPEG, and WebP roster files with a guided mapping flow. Text PDFs are read on device; scanned PDFs and images can use on-device OCR. • See colour-coded shifts in month, week, list, and roster-overview views. • Set your own shift names, colours, and times, then focus the calendar on your own shifts or view the whole team. • Add optional pre-shift reminders and sync shifts to a calendar you choose. • Add Home Screen widgets for Today & Tomorrow, This Week, Two Weeks, Weekly Timeline, or List, with optional event details. FREE MANUAL SCHEDULING • Create any number of blank rosters and edit assignments day by day. • Maintain separate member libraries, reuse members across rosters, and choose when changes are synchronized. • Keep every roster, member, and shift editable on your device. SHIFT ALARMS • On iOS 26 and later, create system alarms from a roster and shift that can alert through Silent Mode and Focus. • Follow the shift start or end time, then choose a before, on-time, or after offset and an optional snooze duration. • The first persistent alarm rule is free; the one-minute test alarm uses no slot. HANDLE REAL-WORLD CHANGES • Record covers, same-day or cross-day swaps, repayments, and overtime locally. • Keep a local swap history and compare suggested swaps. • Review your shift mix and hours trend. ROTA PRO — ONE-TIME PURCHASE Rota Pro permanently unlocks rotation scheduling, rule-based generation, auto-extension to a chosen date, roster merge and comparison tools, PDF/Excel/CSV export, and unlimited persistent shift-alarm rules. Every generated roster remains editable. PRIVACY No account is required. Rota has no business backend and no ads. Rota does not upload or collect rosters, names, imported files, settings, alarm rules, or local .rota backups. User-directed exports go only to the selected destination, and calendar events follow the provider of the system calendar you select. The core app works offline; the optional one-time Rota Pro purchase needs a network connection to process and restore your purchase.

About

知数记账

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知数记账是一款简单、快速、注重隐私的个人记账工具。 支持手动记录收支,也支持通过 iOS「快捷指令」和自动化流程导入 JSON 账单,减少重复填写。 主要功能: 快速记录收入和支出 支持快捷指令与自动化导入 记录账单来源 App 自定义分类和分类图标 查看月度收支与分类统计 管理订阅并提醒续费 支持 JSON导入与导出 集中查看和确认待处理账单 所有账单数据保存在设备本地,自由导入导出。 限时免费,限时免费,限时免费! 无订阅,无隐藏收费。 问题反馈与建议:zen01_app@qq.com

Screenshots

Rota4 screens
知数记账4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 知数记账 at none against Rota's 1. Rota's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Rota sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 知数记账 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rota ships an update weekly, 知数记账 every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Rota versus 知数记账: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRota知数记账
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer礼源 杨茂驰 申

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Rota

One-time1
  • Rota Pro$2.99
None

知数记账

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rota free?
Rota is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 知数记账 free?
知数记账 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Rota or 知数记账 have ads?
Neither Rota nor 知数记账 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rota or 知数记账?
Rota ships an update weekly, and 知数记账 every 2 weeks. Most recently, Rota was updated on October 28, 2026 and 知数记账 on October 31, 2026.

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