Comparison

Text Delay vs Shift Day Work Calendar

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

Head to head
About

Text Delay

Schedule texts, tweets, and emails to be sent at a later time. Automate message delivery for convenience and to ensure messages are sent at the optimal moment. Offers a premium service for fully automatic sending without user interaction.

Highlights
  • Schedule text messages
  • Schedule tweets
  • Schedule emails
  • Automatic message sending
  • Delayed message delivery
Features
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** Over 250,000 messages have been scheduled using Text Delay! Thank you for all the support. ** Delay sending your texts, send when they make sense! Send texts, tweets and emails when it's the right time. This app also offers Text Delay Plus. A service that sends texts automatically when you want them sent. It's not a reminder, you don't have to tap anything, it just sends your text when you want it sent. Terms of Use: https://textdelay.app/terms

About

Shift Day Work Calendar

Easily track your work shifts with a clear, intuitive calendar. Assign colors and names to shifts, add reminders, and view your entire month at a glance. Share your schedule and sync across devices.

Highlights
  • Color-coded shift tracking
  • Intuitive rota interface
  • Shift widget
  • Schedule sharing
  • iCloud sync
  • Push notifications
Features
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Spoke: Shift Day Work Calendar Tracking your shifts has never been easier! With Spoke, you can see at a glance when you’re working. Suitable for your iPhone and/or iPad, the clear, easily readable calendar allows you to track your working days and hours with minimal effort – you can add or remove a shift with a single tap. Designed with shift workers in mind, Spoke enables you to see a full month of shifts on the screen, making it easier than ever to manage your working life. Key features: - Color-code your shifts and assign short-names for at-a-glance insights - Intuitive rota interface for quick rotation application - Add multiple memos for quick reminders of each day’s events - Shift widget enables you to see upcoming shifts without even opening the app - Share your schedule easily with friends and family - Sync with iCloud for real-time updates across your iPad and iPhone Additional benefits: - See up to two shifts per day. - Add unlimited shifts to your calendar. - Change your shift schedule just by tapping on the calendar. - Copy and paste shifts for rapid diary updates. - Add your rotation and automatically fill the calendar in a few simple steps. - Get push notifications for shift events. - Week number with four different patterns (1-2, 2-1, 1-52, 0-51). - Set the start day of your week to any day. - Email your shift events. - Share your monthly shift view (via email/SMS/print/photo album) The intuitive shift managing interface makes Spoke suitable for anyone who wants to take the pain out of their diary management. The app is perfect for those working random hours and days, as well as individuals working fixed shifts on rotation. People already benefitting from Shift Days include: - Nurses - Doctors - Emergency workers - Police- Firefighters - Military- Paramedics - Security Guards - Cleaners - Bartenders - Reporters - Students and part timers - Taxi or Uber drivers - Waiters and waitresses - Truckers - Construction workers - Men of the Night’s Watch --- -SUBSCRIPTION PRICING & TERMS Spoke is free to download. Spoke Subscription gives you unlimited access to our premium content and features. - Spoke's auto-renewing subscription options are $2.99 monthly or $24.99 annually - This price is for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary, and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. - Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of your subscription - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - The account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and at the cost of the chosen package - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. - Your subscription automatically renews unless you turn if off in Account Settings 24+ hours before the end of the billing period. - You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your iTunes account settings, but refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. [ Privacy Policy ]https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/77398254 [ Terms of Service ]https://www.iubenda.com/terms-and-conditions/77398254 [ Support ]Contact at 'support@pixo.co'

Screenshots

Text Delay4 screens
Shift Day Work Calendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Shift Day Work Calendar at 86% against Text Delay's 15%. Shift Day Work Calendar also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.1) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). Text Delay's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.3). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Text Delay sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Shift Day Work Calendar sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shift Day Work Calendar holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shift Day Work Calendar has 14K ratings behind it against 47, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of Text Delay's written reviews are positive against 86% of Shift Day Work Calendar's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Text Delay ships an update every 2 months, Shift Day Work Calendar every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Text Delay versus Shift Day Work Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText DelayShift Day Work Calendar
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (47 ratings)4.7 (14K ratings) — better
Positive reviews15.0% of reviews85.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4714K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.3
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB243 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNick WalterPIXO Incorporation

Customer experience

Text Delay

All ratings47 ratings
Positive23.4%
Neutral10.6%
Negative66.0%
Written reviews200 reviews
Positive15.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative80.0%

Shift Day Work Calendar

All ratings14,345 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral2.4%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews1,028 reviews
Positive85.9%
Neutral3.6%
Negative10.5%

User reviews

Text Delay

From 47 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and user-friendly interface
  • 💡 Helpful for organizing and scheduling messages
  • ⏰ Useful reminder functionality for deferred texts
  • 📝 Convenient for composing messages at inconvenient times
  • 🎯 Good for those who prefer manual send with reminders

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive monthly subscription required for core functionality
  • 🐛 Messages marked as 'overdue' but never sent
  • 📱 Texts send from random/different phone numbers
  • ❌ Auto-send feature doesn't actually work automatically
  • 🚫 No way to cancel subscription or contact support

Shift Day Work Calendar

From 14K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Simple and efficient
  • 👍 Easy to use and navigate
  • 🎨 Helpful color coding
  • 🗓️ Convenient for shift scheduling
  • ⏰ Shift reminders

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Paid upgrade required for full functionality
  • 🔀 Issues with syncing across devices
  • 🗓️ Limited view of calendar
  • 📝 Memos not prominently displayed

Bugs and requests

Text Delay

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Scheduled messages fail to send despite appearing sent
  • Messages marked 'overdue' without being delivered
  • Auto-send feature requires manual send despite paid subscription
  • Texts send from random/unknown phone numbers instead of user's number
  • App crashes during message composition and sending
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  • Support email contact form greyed out and non-functional
  • Signature not saving or persisting in app
  • No account recovery mechanism for forgotten credentials
  • Notification system fails to alert users at scheduled times
  • Messages sent with app advertisement footer
  • Free version lacks any meaningful functionality
  • Premium features still unavailable after purchase

Requested features

13 requests
  • One-time purchase option instead of monthly subscription
  • True automatic text sending without manual intervention
  • Send texts from user's own phone number
  • Edit functionality for pending/scheduled messages
  • Ability to resend previously sent messages at different times
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  • iMessage support in addition to SMS
  • Email scheduling with auto-send capability
  • Social media post scheduling with auto-send
  • Proper signature saving and display
  • Account recovery options (forgot password/username)
  • Multiple contact support options (phone, chat, etc.)
  • No signature option for messages
  • Expand to other communication platforms

Shift Day Work Calendar

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashing or closing unexpectedly
  • Shifts not displaying correctly
  • Issues with paid version not working after device change

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to add more than 2 shifts per day
  • Integration with other calendar apps
  • Customizable color options
  • Recurring memo/event feature
  • Week view option

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Text Delay

Subscriptions4
  • Text Delay Plus - Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Text Delay Plus - 3 Months7 Days trial$26.993 Months
  • Text Delay Plus - 6 Months7 Days trial$47.996 Months
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  • Text Delay Plus - Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time4
  • Add 1 Month$4.99
  • Add 3 Months$12.99
  • Add 6 Months$24.99
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  • Add 1 Year$44.99
10 purchases

Shift Day Work Calendar

Subscriptions8
  • Monthly Subscription Trial7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Month-Subscription2 variants$4.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription Trial3 Days trial$4.991 Month
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  • Yearly Subscription Intro Offer7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription Special Offer$24.991 Year
  • Yearly Pro Subscription Trial7 Days trial2 variants$34.991 Year
  • Year-Subscription2 variants$34.991 Year
  • Yearly Pro Subscription14 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time2
  • Pro Upgrade Now$2.99
  • Pro Upgrade$79.99

Questions

Is Text Delay free?
Text Delay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shift Day Work Calendar free?
Shift Day Work Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Text Delay or Shift Day Work Calendar?
Shift Day Work Calendar is rated higher. Text Delay averages 2.1 out of 5 from 47 ratings, while Shift Day Work Calendar averages 4.7 from 14K ratings.
Do Text Delay or Shift Day Work Calendar have ads?
Shift Day Work Calendar shows ads; Text Delay does not.
Which is updated more often, Text Delay or Shift Day Work Calendar?
Text Delay ships an update every 2 months, and Shift Day Work Calendar every 4 days. Most recently, Text Delay was updated on October 16, 2026 and Shift Day Work Calendar on October 20, 2026.

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