Documented vs ShiftLedger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Documented
This app provides a secure and tamper-evident journal for logging important events related to child custody. It automatically timestamps entries, allows for attachments, and generates tamper-proof records for legal purposes. All data is private and stored locally or on your iCloud.
- Tamper-evident logging
- Automatic timestamping
- Attach photos, videos, voice memos, receipts
- Tag children and co-parents
- Search and filter entries
- Generate PDF export
- Encrypted sharing with attorney
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Documented is a private record of how you show up for your kids. Log what happened (a handoff, a missed exchange, a first sentence, a doctor's visit) and it is sealed the second you save it. Time captured automatically. Place attached if you want it. Nothing you can quietly rewrite later, which is exactly what makes it worth something. WHY SEALED MATTERS A note you typed months after the fact is a memory. A record made at the time is a different thing. Every entry gets a SHA-256 fingerprint linked to the entry before it. Change one character and the chain no longer matches, and the app tells you. Edits can't be hidden. That's what tamper-evident means. Separately, each entry's fingerprint is sent to an independent Time-Stamping Authority, which signs a statement that it existed at that moment. The stamp is requested the moment the entry seals, and if your phone is offline it's obtained as soon as you reconnect. Only the fingerprint leaves your phone, never your words, your photos, your children's names, or where you were. A fingerprint can't be turned back into your content. BUILT FOR HOW THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENS Thirty seconds, one-handed, in a car park, before you forget. Write it, tag it, seal it. • Log notes, photos, videos, voice memos, receipts, and message screenshots • Tag which child, and which co-parent, each moment involved • Automatic timestamp and optional GPS, captured rather than typed • Corrections are amendments: the original stays, the correction sits beside it • Search and filter by child, category, or date PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No sign-up. No password. Documented opens straight into your record. Your entries stay on your iPhone, and in your own iCloud storage if you turn sync on. We can't read them. Your co-parent is never contacted, never notified, and never given access. Naming someone in your record is a label on your record, nothing more. WHAT IT COSTS Documented is a subscription, with a 7-day free trial. The subscription is the app, not an add-on to it. Included, with no limits of any kind: writing new entries, sealing them, the independent timestamp, photos, videos, voice memos and receipts, iCloud sync of your own record, search, filtering, amendments, the PDF export, and encrypted sharing with your attorney. No entry limit. No attachment limit. No storage tier. Free, whether you subscribe or not: reading, searching and verifying everything already in your record. Nothing you have sealed is ever locked away from you, and if a trial ends without a purchase the record becomes read-only rather than closed. People who installed Documented before this change keep their original free terms permanently. WHEN YOU NEED TO PRODUCE IT Your whole record becomes one PDF, ready to hand to your attorney: every entry in order, with its seal, an integrity statement, and your attachments. Any single entry can go on its own. You can send that record to your attorney encrypted on your device, to a key only they hold. A NOTE ON WHAT THIS IS Documented is a record-keeping tool. We're not a law firm and we don't give legal advice. Whether any record is accepted is decided by a judge under the rules of evidence where you live. What we can do is make sure that when you wrote something down, it's provable that you wrote it down then, and that nobody, including you, quietly changed it since. If something is on the line, talk to a licensed attorney in your state. Privacy Policy: https://documented.co/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://documented.co/terms
ShiftLedger
Easily track your work hours, understand overtime pay, and analyze your earnings. Designed for irregular schedules, it helps you see where your time goes and identify your most valuable shifts.
- Track scheduled vs. actual work times
- Configure custom pay profiles
- Estimate overtime earnings
- Analyze overtime trends
- Export shift records and summaries
- Local-first privacy with no ads or tracking
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ShiftLedger makes it easy to track the hours you actually work, understand your overtime, and see where your time is going. Built for healthcare professionals, shift workers, per-diem employees, moonlighters, and anyone with an irregular schedule, ShiftLedger turns your work calendar into a clear record of shifts, hours, and earnings. TRACK YOUR SHIFTS Import your schedule from supported calendar feeds or add shifts manually. Keep scheduled and actual work times together so you can see when you stayed late, left early, or worked beyond your original shift. UNDERSTAND YOUR OVERTIME Create pay profiles that reflect how you work. Configure overtime rules, pay rates, differentials, rounding, and other settings to estimate how additional hours affect your earnings. FIND YOUR MOST VALUABLE SHIFTS ShiftLedger's overtime tools can help identify when additional work may have the greatest estimated value based on your configured pay and overtime rules. SEE THE BIG PICTURE Quickly review: • Total hours worked • Scheduled vs. actual hours • Regular and overtime hours • Estimated earnings • Weekly, biweekly, and monthly totals • Overtime trends • Work across multiple jobs or pay profiles EXPORT YOUR RECORDS Generate clean reports when you need a record of your hours. Export your shift history and summaries for your own records, reconciliation, or review. BUILT FOR PRIVACY Your work history and pay information stay on your device. ShiftLedger is designed as a local-first app without advertising, behavioral tracking, or analytics collecting your shift data. You remain in control of your information and can create backups or exports when you choose. FLEXIBLE ENOUGH FOR REAL SHIFT WORK Schedules rarely fit neatly into a 9-to-5 calendar. ShiftLedger is designed for rotating schedules, overtime, call shifts, moonlighting, multiple employers, and the strange collection of rules employers have invented to calculate what an hour of your life is worth. ShiftLedger provides estimates based on the information and rules you enter. It is not payroll, legal, tax, or employment advice. Always verify pay and hours against your official records and applicable policies. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ShiftLedger at none against Documented's shown. ShiftLedger also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Documented's advantage is ratings volume (306 vs 1) and chart position (#147 vs unranked). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Documented sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month and ShiftLedger sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ShiftLedger holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Documented has 306 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Documented ships an update every 4 days, ShiftLedger every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Documented | ShiftLedger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (306 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 306 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #147 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rise Advertising LLC | Alan Chang |
Customer experience
Documented
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In-app purchases
Documented
- Documented Plus7 Days trial$17.991 Month
- Documented Plus14 Days trial$17.991 Month
- Documented Plus1 Month trial$17.991 Month
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- Documented Plus - Yearly7 Days trial$179.991 Year
- Documented Plus - Yearly14 Days trial$179.991 Year
- Documented Plus1 Month trial$179.991 Year
ShiftLedger
- Full Access Monthly14 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Lifetime Access$19.99
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