Comparison

Chouette Central vs Shift Calendar · Baro

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

Head to head
About

Chouette Central

Features
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Chouette Central takes the hassle out of running a Chouette backgammon session. Designed for groups who play the classic multi-player format where one person (the Box) takes on the rest of the table, led by a Captain, Chouette Central automatically tracks who's in the Box, who's Captain, and how the rotation moves as games are won and lost. No more scribbled notes or manual math: the app keeps a running tally of each player's standing throughout the session, so balances stay accurate and disputes over who owes what become a thing of the past. This app requires an active subscription (Monthly, $2.99/month) or a one-time Lifetime purchase ($9.99) to access any features. There is no free tier. Key features: - Automatic Box and Captain rotation tracking - Live standings for every player in the session - Optional point-value and currency tracking to keep balances clear - Simple session setup - add your players and start playing - Clean, easy-to-read scoring screens designed for use at the table Whether you play casually with friends or run a regular game night, Chouette Central keeps the scoring simple so you can focus on the game. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Shift Calendar · Baro

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■ Know your shift, forever. You do not work a week. You work a cycle — days, nights, off-duty, rest, and around again. A normal calendar cannot say that in one line, so you end up counting on your fingers, or screenshotting the ward roster, or asking someone. Tap out your cycle once. Say which day it started. That is the whole setup, and it takes about twenty seconds. From then on the app knows what you are on for any date — next Tuesday, the wedding in eight months, the same week two years ago. ------------------------------- ● The answer is already on screen ------------------------------- Open the app and today's shift is one huge glyph filling the display. No loading, no splash, no ad, no sign-in, no empty state. Read it from across the room, or half awake at 3am, or through the window of a moving bus. Rest days are drawn in the app's one accent colour. Scan a month and your days off jump out before you have read a single character. ------------------------------- ● Any date. Any year. ------------------------------- • Scroll the month view backwards to any past year and forwards to any future year. It does not stop, in either direction — a cycle is just arithmetic, and the app does the arithmetic. • Tap any day to blow it up to full screen. • A home-screen widget shows the same glyph, worked out on the device itself, so it stays right without a network, a background task or a notification. ------------------------------- ● Reality is messier than a cycle ------------------------------- Swapped a shift? Covering for someone? Tap the big glyph and set that one day to whatever you actually worked. The cycle keeps running underneath, untouched, and the correction stays pinned to that date forever. Tap once more to put it back. ------------------------------- ● Share a cycle in two taps ------------------------------- Your rotation turns into a short code you can send to a coworker in any messaging app. They paste it and their calendar matches yours. No server sees it, no account is created, nothing is uploaded — the code is just your pattern and its start date, written down. ------------------------------- ● Private by design ------------------------------- • Zero network code. Nothing leaves this phone, ever — check it in airplane mode. • Requests no system permissions at all: no notifications, no calendar, no contacts, no camera, no microphone, no location. • No account, no login, no sign-up. Privacy label: Data Not Collected. • Zero analytics. Zero telemetry. Zero third-party SDKs. • No ads. No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. Your work schedule says where you are and when you are not home. It should never have left your pocket in the first place. ------------------------------- ● Built to be read, not operated ------------------------------- • Every control is at least 64 × 64 pt. • Single taps only. No double-taps, no long-presses, no swipes, no hidden gestures. • Deleting is never a tap on the thing being deleted. • High-contrast type on a true-black background — a full-screen glyph at 3am uses a fraction of the light a white calendar does. • Six languages: English, Korean, Japanese, German, French, Arabic, with right-to-left layout. ------------------------------- ● Made for ------------------------------- • Nurses, carers and hospital staff on 2-shift and 3-shift rotations • Firefighters, police and paramedics on 24/48, DuPont, Panama and Pitman cycles • Factory, plant and warehouse crews on 4-team 3-shift patterns • Security, transport, hospitality — anyone whose Monday is not everyone's Monday ------------------------------- ● The Baro promise ------------------------------- Shift Calendar is part of Baro — lightweight tools that respect your data, your battery, and your time. "The tools you reach for first."

Screenshots

Chouette Central4 screens
Shift Calendar · Baro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shift Calendar · Baro at none against Chouette Central's 2. Shift Calendar · Baro also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Chouette Central sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Shift Calendar · Baro asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chouette Central ships an update fortnightly, Shift Calendar · Baro every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Chouette Central versus Shift Calendar · Baro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChouette CentralShift Calendar · Baro
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSasha SenicaEuiseok Kim

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Chouette Central

Subscriptions1
  • Chouette Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$9.99
None

Shift Calendar · Baro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chouette Central free?
Chouette Central is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shift Calendar · Baro free?
Shift Calendar · Baro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chouette Central or Shift Calendar · Baro have ads?
Neither Chouette Central nor Shift Calendar · Baro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chouette Central or Shift Calendar · Baro?
Chouette Central ships an update fortnightly, and Shift Calendar · Baro every 2 days. Most recently, Chouette Central was updated on October 29, 2026 and Shift Calendar · Baro on October 31, 2026.

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