Comparison

Shift Work Calendar vs Shift Calendar

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

Head to head
About

Shift Work Calendar

This app helps shift workers manage complex schedules, track hours, and estimate earnings. It offers customizable shift types, rotations, and time-off planning, with optional Pro features for advanced sharing and calendar syncing.

Highlights
  • Customizable shift colors, icons, and codes
  • Track hours and estimate gross pay
  • Build and manage repeating shift rotations
  • Plan time off and breaks
  • Multiple job scheduling
  • Shift reminders and widgets
Features
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Planr gives you one place to see all your shifts, track your hours, follow your earnings, and find time for everything outside work. No account needed. Your calendar is ready within the first 30 seconds, instantly add shifts and make it yours and private. Planr is used by nurses, healthcare staff, emergency services, retail teams, manufacturing employees, transportation workers, and many other shift based professions, Planr turns a complicated schedule into a calendar you can read at a glance and feel at ease. KNOW YOUR SCHEDULE Open Planr and see what’s coming up. Each shift can have its own name, code, color, icon, and hours, making even a busy calendar easier to scan. Adding work is simple: tap a date and choose a shift. If you work more than one job, you can keep those schedules together while still seeing which shift belongs where. TRACK HOURS, PAY AND EARNINGS Different shifts can mean different pay. Set an hourly rate or an amount per shift, and Planr brings those details into your earnings view. Use gross pay estimates to understand how your scheduled work adds up. You can also choose the currency used to display your amounts BUILD ROTATIONS You shouldn’t have to enter the same pattern over and over. Build a rotation from your shift types and days off, then check a calendar preview before it fills your schedule. Plans change. When you edit, pause, or switch a rotation, Planr helps you review what will happen to future shifts while keeping earlier work intact. PLAN YOUR BREAKS Knowing when you’re off is just as useful as knowing when you’re on. Check a date before making plans, or use the Pro Time Off Planner to explore a longer break. Look for time away that fits your schedule, compare possible trip dates, and see which shifts and estimated earnings each choice may affect. KEEP THE NEXT SHIFT CLOSE Planr can remind you before work and send helpful updates about your schedule. Widgets give you a quick look at your current or upcoming shift without opening the app. During an active shift, a Live Activity can show its details and a countdown on your Lock Screen. SEND A SCHEDULE SOMEONE CAN USE Share your working dates when family, friends, or colleagues need them. With Planr Pro, you can create polished PDF and image schedules or sync shifts one way to iPhone Calendar. MADE FOR SHIFT WORKERS Planr is not a generic calendar, it has been built for shift workers. Schedules don’t always fit neatly into Monday through Friday. Planr handles named shift types, overnight hours, days off, rotations, multiple jobs, and changing pay in a single experience designed around shift work. FEATURES - Calendar with clear shift colors, icons, and codes
 - Add a shift directly from a calendar date
 - Shift types for days, nights, on-call work, and more
 - Separate jobs in one schedule
 - Repeating rotations with a preview before applying
 - Hourly and per-shift gross pay estimates
 - Earnings view and currency selection
 - Shift reminders and schedule notifications
 - Home Screen widgets
 - Lock Screen Live Activities for active shifts
 - Schedule sharing - Supports Pitman, DuPont, 4-on-4-off, 24/48 rotation patterns - Automatic iCloud backup and restore 
 - Pro Time Off Planner
 - Pro PDF and image exports
 - Pro one-way sync to iPhone Calendar PLANR PRO You can build and follow your schedule with Planr’s free version. Planr Pro gives you unlimited jobs and shift types, more saved rotations, the full Time Off Planner, PDF and image exports, and iPhone Calendar sync with an Ad free experience. ABOUT PLANR Planr is built around a simple idea: your work calendar should help you make decisions, not just hold dates. It should show what’s next, help you understand your pay, and make it easier to say yes to plans when you’re free. Make space for work and everything else with Planr. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ https://hanhaj.com/apps/planr/terms

About

Shift Calendar

This app helps you organize your work schedule and track your pay across multiple jobs. It allows for detailed shift customization, overtime calculation, and leave credit tracking. Share your schedule with others or export reports for comprehensive time and earnings management.

Highlights
  • Customizable shift planning
  • Multi-job pay tracking
  • Overtime and premium calculation
  • Leave credit management
  • Schedule sharing and export
  • Apple Watch and widget support
Features
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A calmer way to see your work and your time. Shift Calendar brings shifts, days off and a personal pay diary together on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Your schedule stays on your device unless you turn on sync with your own private iCloud. No app account or ads. PLAN YOUR RHYTHM • Explore your month, browse an agenda or see the year. • Give shifts their own colors, symbols, short labels, notes and locations. • Reuse templates, add shifts to several dates and undo changes. • Build repeating rotations with any mix of work and rest days, including cycles without an end date. • Change one shift or adjust a rotation from a future date while keeping individual exceptions. • Plan overnight shifts and keep times in each workplace’s time zone when you travel. UNDERSTAND YOUR HOURS • Confirm work as planned or record actual times and paid or unpaid breaks. • Keep multiple jobs and currencies separate. • Set dated hourly rates, daily or weekly overtime and custom time-based or per-shift premiums. • See the calculation behind gross estimates, add explained manual adjustments and compare with a gross pay statement. • Keep a history of corrections and saved comparisons. • Track your own leave credits and time used. KEEP LIFE IN VIEW • Find shifts by title, notes, location or date. • Use Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets with an optional private display. • Set local reminders for shifts and breaks. • Optionally show Apple Calendar events and export shifts to a separate calendar. • Share PDF schedules, calendar files or read-only calendar snapshots. Export work reports as CSV. • Create password-protected backups and preview a backup before restoring it. LIVE SHARING AND HOLIDAY PAY • Share a live, read-only view of your shifts with family or coworkers through iCloud. They always see your latest schedule; pay, jobs, locations and notes are never shared. • Add the public holidays of your country or German state, with an extra rate for time worked on them. ALARMS, APPLE WATCH AND SYNC • Set real wake-up alarms that ring even on silent, once for each type of shift (iOS 26). • Watch your pay grow during a shift: the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island show the time left and what you have earned so far. • See your next shift, a countdown and this month's hours on Apple Watch, with complications for your watch face. • Glance at your next shift on the Lock Screen and in StandBy. • Ask Siri when your next shift is, or use it in Shortcuts and the Action button. • Optionally sync your iPhone and iPad through your own private iCloud. Sync stays off until you turn it on. Make room for your life. Choose annual access with a 7-day free trial if eligible, or purchase lifetime access once. Annual access renews automatically until cancelled with Apple. Existing lifetime purchases remain valid. Export, backup and deletion remain available when access ends. New customers need annual or lifetime access to use the calendar and pay tools. An eligible 7-day trial automatically becomes a paid annual subscription unless cancelled at least 24 hours before it ends. The App Store shows your regional price before confirmation. Original 14-day trials and existing lifetime purchases keep their rights. Pay figures are gross estimates based on your settings and recorded work, not tax or take-home pay calculations. Reminders follow your iOS notification settings. Shared files are snapshots. Live sharing is read-only. Payslips Keep your payslips here and compare them with your recorded work whenever you need. PDFs stay on your device, or in your private iCloud if you turn on sync. Saved payslip PDFs are included in your backup. Privacy: https://shiftcalendar.jelluna.com/privacy/ Terms: https://shiftcalendar.jelluna.com/terms/ Terms of use (Apple EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Shift Work Calendar4 screens
Shift Calendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Shift Work Calendar at 100% against Shift Calendar's 0%. Shift Work Calendar also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.0). Shift Calendar's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Shift Work Calendar sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Shift Calendar sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shift Work Calendar holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Shift Work Calendar's written reviews are positive against 0% of Shift Calendar's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Shift Work Calendar versus Shift Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShift Work CalendarShift Calendar
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHanhaj Enterprises LLPJulian Sainz Martinez

Customer experience

Shift Work Calendar

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Shift Calendar

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Shift Work Calendar

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Planr Pro Lifetime$49.99
4 purchases

Shift Calendar

Subscriptions1
  • Annual Access7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time3
  • 14-day TrialFree
  • Lifetime Access$9.99
  • Lifetime Access$39.99

Questions

Is Shift Work Calendar free?
Shift Work Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shift Calendar free?
Shift Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Shift Work Calendar or Shift Calendar?
Shift Work Calendar is rated higher. Shift Work Calendar averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Shift Calendar averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Shift Work Calendar or Shift Calendar have ads?
Shift Work Calendar shows ads; Shift Calendar does not.
Which is updated more often, Shift Work Calendar or Shift Calendar?
Shift Work Calendar ships an update fortnightly, and Shift Calendar fortnightly. Most recently, Shift Work Calendar was updated on October 29, 2026 and Shift Calendar on October 26, 2026.

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