Comparison

FlexR (Shift planner) vs Coast

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

Head to head
About

FlexR (Shift planner)

Manage your work schedule with ease, track worked hours, and calculate your salary. This app offers a clear view of past and future shifts, with options to sync to your external calendar and generate reports.

Highlights
  • Shift scheduling
  • Work hour tracking
  • Salary calculation
  • Calendar sync
  • Work reports
  • Invoice creation
  • Cloud sync
Features
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FlexR is THE #1 app for people who work in varying shifts, giving you all options you want in an app for keeping track of your work schedule! FlexR shows a clear view of your personal schedule for the coming weeks, but also your schedule of the past. Paired with the ability to sync all of your schedule to your own external icloud (or google) Agenda. FlexR gives you the opportunity to quickly make a report of your worked hours, including your salary. All YOU have to do, is to tell the app when you have to work. The app does the rest! Some great functions; + Creating invoices + iCloud Calendar sync + Easy entering working schedule + One-click report + View your salary in an eyewink + Cloud-sync (to sync with FlexR on other devices) + Shift attachments (picture/documents) + Allowance/expense + multiple salary settings + Widget (also on lockscreen) + Unlimited shifts per day + Repeating any schedule you want + Dark App color theme 100.000+ happy users worldwide. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Coast

This app streamlines maintenance and asset management for deskless workforces. It offers an all-in-one solution for tracking work orders, managing assets, scheduling preventive maintenance, and automating inventory. Teams can easily communicate and access information from any device.

Highlights
  • Create, assign, and track work orders
  • Asset information retrieval via QR codes
  • Preventive maintenance scheduling with notifications
  • Automated parts inventory updates
  • Real-time equipment performance insights
  • Streamlined inspections with stored documents
  • Multi-location tracking
Features
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Coast is maintenance and asset management software built to match how your frontline team actually works. Set up maintenance management your way — no consultants, no long rollout — combining asset management, work orders, and preventive maintenance in one place, with communication built in. Coast for iPhone and iPad is now fully native: faster, smoother, and built for dark mode. It opens instantly — not a web app in a shell. Coast can help your team: • Create, assign, track, and complete work orders • Retrieve asset information instantly using QR codes • Schedule preventive maintenance with due-date notifications • Automate parts inventory updates • Get real-time insight into equipment performance • Streamline inspections with checklists and procedural documents • Track multiple locations from one app Over 10,000 teams use Coast to get work done, including McDonald's, Tim Hortons, Planet Fitness, Quest Diagnostics, and more. Whether it's sending a message, completing a checklist, tracking parts inventory, or closing out a work order, teams find Coast simple enough to use without training — from a phone, tablet, computer, or even SMS. Say goodbye to paper forms and slow software. Sign up for Coast today — it's free.

Screenshots

FlexR (Shift planner)4 screens
Coast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Coast at Free against FlexR (Shift planner)'s $3.99. Coast also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (88% vs 59%). FlexR (Shift planner)'s advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Coast is free to download; FlexR (Shift planner) costs $3.99 up front. FlexR (Shift planner) sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Coast asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FlexR (Shift planner) holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Coast has 883 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 59% of FlexR (Shift planner)'s written reviews are positive against 88% of Coast's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FlexR (Shift planner) ships an update fortnightly, Coast every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
FlexR (Shift planner) versus Coast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlexR (Shift planner)Coast
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.7 (883 ratings)
Positive reviews59.4% of reviews87.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3883 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB87 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGerrit kleyn WinkelOne Six Nine, Inc

Customer experience

FlexR (Shift planner)

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive59.4%
Neutral15.9%
Negative24.6%

Coast

All ratings883 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral1.7%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews89 reviews
Positive87.6%
Neutral1.1%
Negative11.2%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

FlexR (Shift planner)

Subscriptions1
  • FlexR Invoice Subscription$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • FlexR data sharing$1.99
None

Coast

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FlexR (Shift planner) free?
FlexR (Shift planner) costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Coast free?
Coast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FlexR (Shift planner) or Coast?
FlexR (Shift planner) is rated higher. FlexR (Shift planner) averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Coast averages 4.7 from 883 ratings.
Do FlexR (Shift planner) or Coast have ads?
Neither FlexR (Shift planner) nor Coast shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FlexR (Shift planner) or Coast?
FlexR (Shift planner) ships an update fortnightly, and Coast every 5 days. Most recently, FlexR (Shift planner) was updated on September 25, 2026 and Coast on September 22, 2026.

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