Comparison

CrossShift vs Nostos

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

Head to head
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/

About

Nostos

Features
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Nostos(溯见)帮你把散落在各处的内容,变成真正能找回、能理解、能继续使用的个人记忆。 保存,不再只是收藏 从系统分享菜单保存网页、公众号、小红书等公开内容;也可以导入照片、视频、PDF 和其他文件,或直接记录文字与声音。 内容会被整理好 溯见会提取网页正文,识别图片中的文字,并为音频与视频生成转写。来源、原文和处理状态都会清楚保留。 不用记得标题,也能找到 用自然语言描述你记得的片段、地点或主题。溯见会从设备上的记忆库中找出相关内容。 从自己的记忆里得到答案 围绕多条已保存内容提问,查看带来源引用的回答。每个结论都能回到原始记忆核对。 本地优先,由你控制 无需注册即可保存、解析、搜索、导出和删除。只有在你主动使用同步、共享或高级 AI 功能时,必要内容才会发送到云端。 使用条款(Apple 标准 EULA):https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

CrossShift4 screens
Nostos4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: CrossShift at every 4 days against Nostos's fortnightly. Nostos's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 and Nostos sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CrossShift ships an update every 4 days, Nostos fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
CrossShift versus Nostos: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrossShiftNostos
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size128 MB1.0 GB
Age rating4+4+
Developer培培 李Chengliang Shi

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
4 purchases

Nostos

Subscriptions4
  • Nostos Plus Monthly$2.491 Month
  • Nostos Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Nostos Plus Annual$19.991 Year
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  • Nostos Pro Annual$49.991 Year

Questions

Is CrossShift free?
CrossShift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nostos free?
Nostos is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CrossShift or Nostos have ads?
Neither CrossShift nor Nostos shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CrossShift or Nostos?
CrossShift ships an update every 4 days, and Nostos fortnightly. Most recently, CrossShift was updated on November 10, 2026 and Nostos on November 10, 2026.

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