InSync vs Shift Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
InSync
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For couples who work shifts. Each of you adds your rota once, and you both see in one calendar who's working, who's off and which days you're both off: no more asking, no more photos of the rota. And the household stuff too: shopping, chores, notes and trips, always the same on both phones. WORK SHIFTS Set up your shifts with their colour and their pattern (rotating ones included) and the calendar fills itself in. Changing a single day is one gesture, not a rebuild of the whole pattern. If you both work shifts, each of you has your own and you see them side by side. A GENUINELY SHARED CALENDAR Month, fortnight, week and day views. What one of you creates shows up on the other's phone in seconds, with nothing to refresh. And it keeps working with no signal: it syncs when you are back. YOUR OTHER CALENDARS, INSIDE Bring in the calendars you already have on your iPhone โ iCloud, work, or the Google and Outlook ones you have set up in Settings โ and see your usual events next to the group's. One for free, up to five with InSync Pro. You decide which ones are shared and which stay yours. LISTS AND ERRANDS A shopping list sorted by supermarket, tasks with someone assigned to them, and notes with checklists. Tick things off from either phone. TRIPS Plan the trip day by day: journeys, accommodation, itinerary and whatever attachments you need, in the same place as the rest of the calendar. WIDGET AND SIRI Home screen widgets: today and this week, free; the month, four weeks and the shopping list, with InSync Pro. And you can ask Siri what you have on today without opening the app. ALERTS Reminders for your events, and a heads-up when the other person adds or changes something. Events you import from other calendars never trigger notifications. PRIVACY Your data belongs to you and to the people you share the calendar with. No ads and no selling your data. We only count, anonymously, which parts of the app get used. You can delete your account from inside the app. INSYNC PRO The essentials are free: the shared calendar, the shifts, the shopping list, the errands, the today and this-week widgets, and one trip, one note and one list. With InSync Pro: up to 6 people in the group (shifts for two of them), 5 external calendars, 100 trips, 500 notes and 500 lists, 500 MB for attachments, 10 shift styles and the month, four-week and shopping list widgets. It is a monthly or yearly subscription; the yearly one starts with a free trial, and you see how long it lasts before you subscribe. The subscription renews itself unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends; you can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. No ads and no data selling on either plan. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://idanidev-portfolio.vercel.app/insync/privacidad.html
Shift Planner
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Your roster, your hours and your alarm โ in one place, and completely private. Your data stays on your device. Shift Planner is built for everyone who does not work nine to five: nursing, emergency services, manufacturing, hospitality, security, rail. Private by design No account, no login, no sign-up โ just open the app and start All your data is stored on your device by default No analytics, no tracking, no ads, no third-party SDKs Optional iCloud sync runs through your own private iCloud โ never our servers When you share a plan, only date, label, colour and time travel with it โ your hourly rate never leaves your device The plan at a glance Colour-coded shifts in a month grid, several per day Work, vacation, sick, training and days off, counted correctly Personal events with emoji right in the calendar Quick edit: pick a shift type, tap the days, done A note per shift โ "swapped with Kim" shows up on the PDF too Set the pattern once Define a rotation and roll it out across months Five ready-made templates: 2-2-2-2, 4 on / 4 off, Continental, 2-2-3 and DuPont Days you changed by hand survive every regeneration โ swapped shifts are never overwritten Public holidays for all 16 German states, Austria and Switzerland โ calculated, never out of date An alarm that actually wakes you One wake time per shift type, armed automatically Rings on silent, through Focus and after a restart A night shift starting at two? The alarm counts across midnight correctly Quiet reminders before your shift begins, if you want them Hours and money Working time per shift type, week, month, year or a range you pick Your hourly rate, and what a month is actually worth Night, Sunday and public-holiday premiums preconfigured to German ยง3b EStG and fully editable By the hour โ a night shift from 22:00 to 06:00 earns the premium for exactly the hours inside the window Overtime against your target, weekly or monthly Outside the app Your next shift as a widget on the Home Screen and Lock Screen The month as a grid, or the coming shifts as a list A Live Activity that counts down while you are on duty Apple Watch: your next shift on your wrist and in your complications Siri: "When is my next shift?", "How many hours this month?", "Report sick" Hand it over PDF as a clean A4 sheet โ month or year, to share or print, without a single wage figure on it Export to Apple, iCloud, Google or Outlook โ exporting again updates the events instead of duplicating them Share your plan with colleagues: their shifts appear as a second row in your own month, so swapping days no longer needs a screenshot in the chat Free and Premium Free: month calendar, up to three shift types, one rotation, shift alarms, the monthly report with hours and overtime, and the next-shift widget. Premium unlocks unlimited shift types and rotations, pay and premium calculation, every report range, PDF and calendar export, shared plans, the month and agenda widgets, iCloud sync and eleven more accent colours. Subscriptions Auto-renewable Premium plans (1 month, 1 year with a free trial) A one-time Lifetime unlock is also available Payment is charged to your Apple ID account Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple account settings Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://darianhanci-legal.web.app/datenschutz
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: InSync at every 3 days against Shift Planner's every 3 weeks. InSync also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. InSync sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Shift Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
InSync ships an update every 3 days, Shift Planner every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | InSync | Shift Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days โ better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 โ better | 26.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DANIEL BENITO DIAZ | Cengiz Darian Hanci |
In-app purchases
InSync
- InSync Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- InSync Pro Yearly2 Months trial$17.991 Year
- Un cafรฉ$1.99
- Una caรฑa$2.99
- Una comida.$8.99
Shift Planner
- Premium Monthly$1.491 Month
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$12.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$34.99









