Comparison

ShiftCheck vs Nurse Pay

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

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About

ShiftCheck

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Nurses work twelve-hour shifts with night differentials, weekend differentials, charge pay and overtime stacked on top. Paychecks get it wrong, and working out what you were owed by hand takes longer than the error is worth chasing. ShiftCheck logs your shifts and does that work for you. **Track every shift** Log shifts in seconds on a calendar built for twelve-hour blocks. Repeat a shift weekly for a whole rotation. Mark the shifts you were in charge or precepting. Nights, weekends and holidays are picked up automatically from the times you worked. **Know what you should be paid** See your expected gross for the current pay period, broken down line by line — base hours, each differential, and overtime — with an explanation of the rule behind every line. **Then check it actually arrived** Enter what your paystub says, or photograph it, and ShiftCheck compares the two line by line. When something is short it tells you which line and why, in words you can send straight to payroll. It catches the two most common errors: • **Overtime paid on your base rate.** Under the FLSA, overtime is paid on the regular rate, which includes your shift differentials. Payroll systems routinely use the base rate instead. On a fortnight with eight overtime hours that is real money. • **Meal breaks you never took.** Many hospitals deduct thirty minutes automatically. If you worked through it, those hours are payable. **Built for how nurses are actually paid** United States: hourly rates with flat differentials, FLSA 40-hour overtime, the hospital 8/80 rule, and California daily overtime including the 3Ɨ12 alternative workweek. United Kingdom: NHS Agenda for Change. Pick your band and pay point and your rate, Section 2 unsocial hours enhancements and overtime rules follow from the national agreement. Please note the England pay structure is supported; Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland use separate pay circulars. **Reminders that earn their place** One before your shift, if you want it. One on payday, to check your check. That is all. **Your data stays on your phone** No account. No sign-up. Nothing uploaded. Your pay rates and paychecks never leave your device — we could not read them if we wanted to. **Also included** Track more than one job for per-diem and agency work. Keep a running time-off balance in hours, which is the only way it works out on twelve-hour shifts. --- **ShiftCheck Pro** Shift tracking and expected pay are free, and stay free. Pro adds paycheck comparison, paystub scanning, multiple jobs and time-off tracking. $4.99 per month, or $29.99 per year with a 7-day free trial. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends. Payment is charged to your store account at confirmation. Manage or cancel in your account settings. Terms of Use: https://coralcellcompany-boop.github.io/shiftcheck/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://coralcellcompany-boop.github.io/shiftcheck/privacy/ ShiftCheck provides estimates for personal record-keeping only. It is not legal, tax, or payroll advice. Always verify with your employer.

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Nurse Pay

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Know what the night is worth — before you work it. Nurse Pay turns any shift into a number: base pay, differentials, overtime, double time, holiday premium, and your real hourly rate. WHY IT EXISTS You are not paid one rate. You are paid a base rate, plus differentials that only apply to certain hours, plus overtime that depends on where the shift falls in your workweek — and for travel nurses, a low taxable rate wrapped in large untaxed stipends. The result is that most nurses cannot say what a shift will pay before they work it, or which of two contracts is actually worth more. Nurse Pay answers both questions. CALCULATE A SHIFT Enter the shift once and see the money broken out line by line: • Base hourly pay • Night, evening and weekend differentials • Charge, preceptor, float and custom differentials • Daily and weekly overtime • Double time • Holiday pay • Shift bonuses • Unpaid break deductions • Effective hourly rate for the whole shift Set your pay up once, and a shift takes seconds after that. OVERTIME THAT MATCHES YOUR EMPLOYER Generic paycheck calculators assume 40 hours and time and a half. Nurse Pay lets you set what your employer actually does: • Daily overtime after 8, 12 or any threshold — or none at all • Weekly overtime after 40 hours — or none • Your own overtime and double-time multipliers • Holiday multiplier • Whether differentials are blended into your overtime rate (the FLSA-style weighted regular rate) or premiums are paid on base only A shift that starts Saturday night and ends Sunday morning is split at the workweek boundary, so overtime counts in the week it belongs to. COMPARE TWO OFFERS Two contracts can look almost identical and pay very differently. Enter both and compare: • Taxable hourly pay • Guaranteed weekly hours • Housing stipend • Meals and incidentals stipend • Overtime • Sign-on and completion bonuses • Travel reimbursement • Contract length • Expected housing costs You get one answer: which offer pays more, by how much, and which line items decided it. The offer with the higher hourly rate is often not the one that pays more. PAY PERIODS Add the shifts in a pay period and see the total, with overtime carried across the full week instead of shift by shift, plus your effective rate for the period. YOUR NUMBERS STAY ON YOUR PHONE No sign-up. No employer login. No payroll connection. There is no Nurse Pay account and no Nurse Pay server — your rates and shifts live on your device. WHAT IS FREE, WHAT IS PRO Free: the full shift calculator with your own differentials and overtime rules, up to five saved shifts, and entering offers. Nurse Pay Pro adds side-by-side offer comparison, the pay-period calculator, percentage-of-base and time-window differentials, multiple pay profiles for different employers or units, and unlimited saved shifts and offers. Pro is a monthly or annual subscription. WHO IT IS FOR Staff nurses, travel nurses, PRN and per-diem nurses, night-shift and weekend-option nurses, and new grads reading a first contract. If you are paid hourly with differentials, overtime or bonuses, it works — RN, LPN and techs included. Nurse Pay produces estimates from the rates and rules you enter. Actual payroll, overtime, taxes, stipend treatment and employer policy may differ. Nurse Pay is not payroll and does not provide tax advice. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://gabrielwpetersen.github.io/nurse-pay/privacy.html

Screenshots

ShiftCheck4 screens
Nurse Pay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ShiftCheck at daily against Nurse Pay's every 9 days. ShiftCheck also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. ShiftCheck sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Nurse Pay sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShiftCheck ships an update daily, Nurse Pay every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
ShiftCheck versus Nurse Pay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShiftCheckNurse Pay
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCoralcell LimitedGabriel Petersen

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ShiftCheck

Subscriptions2
  • ShiftCheck Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • ShiftCheck Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro — Lifetime$59.99
2 purchases

Nurse Pay

Subscriptions2
  • Nurse Pay Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Nurse Pay Pro - Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is ShiftCheck free?
ShiftCheck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nurse Pay free?
Nurse Pay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ShiftCheck or Nurse Pay have ads?
Neither ShiftCheck nor Nurse Pay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ShiftCheck or Nurse Pay?
ShiftCheck ships an update daily, and Nurse Pay every 9 days. Most recently, ShiftCheck was updated on October 31, 2026 and Nurse Pay on November 6, 2026.

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