Shift Calendar vs ShiftDeck
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Shift Calendar
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The shift calendar for people on a rotation. Pick your pattern once and ShiftCheck fills in every shift, from last month to a year ahead. Built for hospital nurses on 3Ć12s first, then fire and EMS crews on 24/48s, 48/96s and Kelly schedules, and plant and warehouse crews on DuPont, Pitman and 2-2-3. No account. No ads. Works offline. YOUR ROTATION, MONTHS AHEAD ⢠12 presets named the way crews say them: 2-2-3 (Panama), Pitman, DuPont, 4 on 4 off, 48/96, 24/48, Kelly, 14 on 14 off, 3Ć12, Continental, 5-5-4, and 4 on 3 off (4Ć10s) ⢠Or build your own repeat ⢠Picked up an extra shift? The pattern never overwrites a day you changed by hand, and a rotation day you erase stays erased ⢠Unlimited shift types, each with its own color EVERY DAY, AS IT REALLY WENT ⢠Mark a shift as a pickup, charge, or cancelled, and add a note ⢠Stayed late or left early? Record your actual hours and the estimate counts the real minutes ⢠Vacation and sick days on the calendar AT A GLANCE ⢠Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets: your next shift and your week ⢠Apple Watch app with complications for your next shift ⢠A reminder 12 or 2 hours before each shift, off until you turn it on ⢠On shift, a Live Activity shows your earnings on the Lock Screen ⢠Works on iPhone and iPad ON ALL YOUR DEVICES iCloud sync keeps your iPhone and iPad in step through your own iCloud. There is no ShiftCheck account. Sync is on by default for new installs when you're signed in to iCloud; turn it off any time in Settings. SHIFTCHECK PRO: THE PAYCHECK, AND YOUR PARTNER'S CALENDAR The calendar is free, including a basic pay estimate for the month. Pro is a one-time unlock that adds: ⢠Partner calendar sharing: your shifts go into a "ShiftCheck" calendar in Apple Calendar that you share with your partner, family, or coworkers. It updates when your schedule changes, and they don't need the app ⢠This paycheck, for your pay period: weekly, every 2 weeks, twice a month, or monthly ⢠Overtime the way your employer counts it: weekly, daily, California, the 8/80 hospital rule, or 7(k) work periods for fire and police, with limits you set, and off-day pickups paid as overtime if that's your rule ⢠Night, weekend, and holiday premiums, split correctly across midnight ⢠Paid time off in the forecast, a take-home estimate, and your next payday ⢠More than one job, each with its own overtime rules and paycheck ⢠A different rate on any single shift ⢠Paycheck reports with CSV export One-time unlock. No subscription. No ads. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your schedule stays on your devices and in your own iCloud. No account, no ads, and nothing is sold. ShiftCheck sends anonymous usage counts (which screens and features get used, with a random ID that isn't tied to you) so we can see what to fix and improve. It never sends your schedule, pay, names, or notes, and you can turn it off in Settings āŗ Privacy. Free calculators and schedule guides: stackcurious.com/shiftcalendar
ShiftDeck
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Enter your rotating schedule once. ShiftDeck draws your whole working year, wakes you before every shift and never on a day off, and counts your hours and overtime. Free with no ads: the full calendar, an alarm before every shift, paid hours, widgets and every export. One optional, one-time unlock adds the rest. No subscription. No account needed. Any rotating schedule Start from 2-2-3 (Panama), 4 on 4 off, DuPont, 7 on 7 off, 24 on 48 off or a weekly pattern, or build any cycle day by day, such as Pitman, Continental or nights only. A live preview shows your year as you go. One-off changes sit on top of your pattern without touching it. Night shifts that show both days A night shift sits on the day it starts, with its start time, and its finish shows on the next morning. The week view draws the whole block across midnight. Hours are real time worked, even on the nights the clocks change. An alarm before every shift Alarms follow your pattern, swaps and sick days, so they ring before shifts and stay quiet on days off. They are real alarms, not plain notifications. Alarm health checks everything on your phone that could stop one, and tells you how to fix it. Swap in two taps Pick the day and the date to trade with. ShiftDeck shows what the change affects before you apply it, moves the alarm with the shift, and keeps every change one tap from undo. Hours, nights and overtime Paid hours with unpaid breaks taken off, night hours, overtime by week, fortnight or four weeks, and an estimate of gross pay from your hourly rate. A recovery plan from your shifts Sleep windows and advice for early starts and runs of nights, worked out from your real schedule. Each suggestion shows the study behind it. It is not medical advice. Your next shift at a glance Home and lock screen widgets, a next-shift Live Activity, and an Apple Watch app with a complication. A schedule that survives a new phone One backup file restores everything. Export to your calendar (.ics) or a printable PDF, or publish a calendar link that stays up to date. Share with your partner and team A read-only link or QR code with shift times only: no pay, no notes. Compare with a colleague to find days you are both off, or run a team schedule with swap requests. Sharing needs a free account. Nothing else does. Read a printed schedule Take a photo of a paper schedule. The text is read on your phone, matched to your shift types, and you check each day before one undoable change. Private by design Your schedule lives on your phone and works offline, in a basement or on a night shift with no signal. No ads, no tracking. Anonymous usage statistics only if you say yes. Built for everyone VoiceOver reads the month as a table, text scales to 200%, color is never the only signal, and a pre-dawn palette keeps early mornings easy on the eyes. Free, with no ads ⢠One schedule and the full calendar ⢠An alarm before every shift ⢠Paid hours and night hours ⢠Widgets, six languages and the pre-dawn palette ⢠Backup, calendar and PDF exports, and a calendar link One-time unlock ⢠Up to three schedules, for second jobs ⢠Extra alarms and lead times ⢠Overtime rules and pay estimates ⢠Bulk edits ⢠Partner page, colleague compare and teams ⢠Recovery plan and paper schedule import ⢠Apple Watch and the next-shift Live Activity Every paid feature is free for your first 7 days, with no card and nothing to cancel. Questions? support@retroselfie.me Privacy: https://retroselfie.me/shiftdeck/privacy Terms: https://retroselfie.me/shiftdeck/terms
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Verdict
Shift Calendar and ShiftDeck are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters ā price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them ā neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Shift Calendar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ShiftDeck sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Shift Calendar | ShiftDeck |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | ā |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dave Oakley | Atanas Dimitrov |
In-app purchases
Shift Calendar
- ShiftCheck Pro ā Lifetime$24.99
ShiftDeck
- ShiftDeck Unlock$6.99
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