Comparison

Shift Alarm vs CrossShift

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

Head to head
About

Shift Alarm

Features
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Work shifts and lost track of which days you're on or off? Shift Alarm is the alarm clock that turns itself on for your work days and off for your days off, automatically, based on your schedule. Built for anyone working 12x36, 6x2, 6x4, or rotating shifts: nurses, security guards, factory workers, or any job with a schedule that keeps changing. WORKS WITH ANY SCHEDULE Set up your shift cycle once (6x2, 6x4, 12x36, or any other combination of work days and days off) and the app figures out on its own, every single day, whether today's alarm should be on or off. ROTATING SHIFTS (MORNING / AFTERNOON / NIGHT) Work in a factory with shifts that rotate between morning, afternoon, and night? Set each shift with its own alarm time and the app switches the alarm time automatically based on the day's shift. VISUAL CALENDAR See at a glance, on a monthly calendar, which days will have the alarm on and which are your days off, before the day even arrives. WORKS OFFLINE, NO ACCOUNT NEEDED No login, no internet required. Everything stays saved on your own phone. A REAL ALARM Rings for real, with sound and vibration, even with the phone locked, and if you restart the phone, alarms are rescheduled automatically. No more forgetting the alarm on during your day off or off during a work day. Set it up once and let Shift Alarm handle the rest. Free 15 day trial. After that, choose an annual subscription or a one time purchase (lifetime). Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

CrossShift

Manage your work schedule, set custom alarms, and track work hours. Offers features for individual users and business teams, including roster management, leave requests, and pay estimates. Supports various import and export options for seamless integration.

Highlights
  • Customizable shift alarms
  • Rotation and date change support
  • Team roster management
  • Leave and overtime request handling
  • Work hour and pay estimates
  • Schedule import (ICS, image)
  • Export reports (PDF, CSV)
Features
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Room for life, even when shifts change. Rosters, alarms and work records for rotating shifts and irregular routines. SCHEDULES & ALARMS Set shift hours and alarms. Cycles, dated changes, multiple daily shifts, batch edits and regional holiday/make-up days. Customize rest-day names/icons/colors; default: no alarm, work hours or leave deduction. Name alarms; choose personal or one team calendar for alarms, independently of the calendar viewed. WEATHER REMINDERS Home shows weather, shift and alarm. Tap to edit; confirm each change. With consent, ongoing cloud reminders use the last synced area, roster and alarms, including cycles/holidays. Sync changes; forecasts/alerts depend on network, system and permissions. VOICE & TIMING Optional on-device speech reads shifts/available forecasts: Chinese voices, three speeds, preview; off by default. Move automatic alarms 1–180 minutes by weekday/date. Dates take priority; one-time manual edits stay. Guided setup: skip, resume, saved drafts. BUSINESS TEAMS Owners manage people/shifts, review/publish rosters and handle swap, overtime, leave and handover requests. Members view their roster and request free; they set their own alarms, never activated by publication. Plans, hours, leave balances and exports follow permissions, not actual attendance/payroll. Business includes personal Pro for its holder, not all members. Delegation/ownership transfer require rights and Business eligibility. HOURS, LEAVE & PAY Free completed-shift counts by month/year/custom period; custom closing dates or fixed-day cycles. Pro: planned/counted hours, differences, overtime, notes, rates, leave quotas and time off in lieu. Enter overtime or calculate from planned/actual end times and breaks. Date details/editors show saved records: edit/delete/revoke, full-screen overtime, daily/total leave deductions. Pro estimates pay by pay period, records received pay and differences, not employer payroll. LIVE ACTIVITIES Pro: ring, large countdown or today's earnings; progress, estimated pay, anniversaries. Choose content/hide amounts. Push refresh depends on network/system. Pay is timestamped, refreshed on opening, not continuous actual income. IMPORT & EXPORT Free Calendar/ICS/image imports; unlimited on-device recognition. Review/match/create shifts and edit dates/times first. Optional Pro cloud recognition requires consent each use: images, including names, employee IDs and rosters, go to CrossShift/recognition providers. Check results. Pro exports PDF, CSV and long-image reports. THEMES & LIFE Pro photo themes: position, colors, card opacity, saved variants; edit built-in light/dark themes. Local wallpaper on all five tabs or Home only. Original shift colors, saturation, clearer selected dates. Share rosters, each person managing their own; member notes stay local. Birthday/anniversary/exam reminders. Widgets: alarms, calendars, shared rosters, hours, anniversaries; some need Pro. YOUR SETUP iPhone/iPad; avatars, sounds, time formats, dark mode, Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, 18 languages. No account for personal rosters/alarms; sharing needs one. Apple sign-in; regional mini-program login. Optional sync: supported shifts, rosters, leave quotas, overtime; excludes alarms, pay, anniversaries, wallpaper, member notes. Location optional for basic rosters/alarms. Update checks, guides, FAQ, feedback. Free iCloud Drive automatic/versioned backups; manual JSON restore. UP TO 3 MONTHS OF PRO First work roster: 1 month; qualifying referrals: 1 each, up to 2. Friends complete a roster and confirm your code in Settings. Sign in to claim; see in-app rules. Apple offer codes start auto-renewing monthly Pro; local App Store prices apply after the free period. Cancel in Apple subscriptions. Annual members can save referral rewards until expiry; annual renewal unchanged. Pro/Business prices and benefits in-app. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://crossshiftalarm.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Shift Alarm4 screens
CrossShift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shift Alarm at none against CrossShift's 4. On price, update cadence, 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. CrossShift sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Shift Alarm asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shift Alarm ships an update weekly, CrossShift every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Shift Alarm versus CrossShift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShift AlarmCrossShift
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.126.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB128 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoao Paulo Ferreira da Luz培培 李

In-app purchases

None

Shift Alarm

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

CrossShift

Subscriptions4
  • CrossShift Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Business Monthly$3.991 Month
  • CrossShift Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
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  • Business Yearly$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Shift Alarm free?
Shift Alarm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CrossShift free?
CrossShift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Shift Alarm or CrossShift have ads?
Neither Shift Alarm nor CrossShift shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shift Alarm or CrossShift?
Shift Alarm ships an update weekly, and CrossShift every 4 days. Most recently, Shift Alarm was updated on November 10, 2026 and CrossShift on November 10, 2026.

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