Fire Shifts vs Fire Shift Calendar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fire Shifts
This app provides a free, customizable calendar for Fire and EMS personnel to manage their work schedules. Users can select from various shift types and personalize labels and colors for easy visual organization of their personal schedule.
- Customizable shift calendar
- Multiple shift type options
- Personalized labels and colors
- Free updates
- Works indefinitely
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A free customizable Fire and EMS Shift Calendar. Easily select various shift types such as 24/48 (ABC), 48/96 (AABBCC), etc. Customize labels and colors for each of your shifts to easily highlight your personal schedule. Visit www.fireshifts.com to see a full list of scheduling options. Ad supported. Works indefinitely. No purchasing of yearly licenses, free updates, no subscriptions fees. Email kevin@fireshifts.com for support.
Fire Shift Calendar
This app simplifies complex work schedules for shift workers. It offers custom shift patterns, automatic time tracking for benefits and overtime, and cross-device synchronization. Designed for professionals in emergency services, healthcare, and other industries with non-traditional hours.
- Custom shift pattern creation
- Repeating rotation application
- Color-coded shifts
- Vacation, sick, and overtime tracking
- Automatic accrual calculations
- Cross-device synchronization
- Calendar integration
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The smarter calendar built for shift workers Keeping track of complex shifts, overtime, and time off shouldn’t feel like a second job. Fire Shift Calendar is designed for firefighters, nurses, EMTs, police officers, and anyone working non-traditional hours. With powerful scheduling tools, benefit tracking, and instant sync across devices, your work life finally fits into one clean, easy calendar. Shifts Made Simple • Create custom patterns: 24-on/48-off, 12-hour rotations, split shifts, Kelly days, and more • Apply repeating rotations in seconds • Color-code shifts for instant clarity • Support for full, partial, or multi-day shifts • Create templates to quickly add non-repeating shifts Track Your Time, Automatically • Vacation, sick, comp, and overtime tracking • Automatic accrual calculations (daily, monthly, yearly) • Log trades/swaps, training hours, and exposures • Visual summaries of earned vs. used time Stay Ahead, Stay Connected • Sync shifts and records instantly across devices • Calendar integration with Apple Calendar • Multiple style widgets to see your upcoming shifts and events at a glance Built for You • Clean, modern interface with dark mode • Multiple views • Extremely customizable styles and colors—make the calendar look and feel exactly how you want Perfect for Every Shift Worker • Firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, police • Nurses, doctors, technicians, hospital staff • Security, transportation, retail, manufacturing, and more Why Fire Shift Calendar? Other calendar apps weren’t built with shift workers in mind. Fire Shift Calendar was. From the most complex rotations to automatic benefit accruals, it gives you the clarity, accuracy, and control you need—without the headache. Take control of your schedule. Download Fire Shift Calendar today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fire Shift Calendar at 4.8 against Fire Shifts's 3.8. Fire Shift Calendar also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 27 months). Fire Shifts's advantage is review sentiment (37% vs 0%) and in-app purchases (none vs 8). On price 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
Both are free to download. Fire Shift Calendar sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Fire Shifts asks for nothing beyond the download.
Fire Shift Calendar holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 62 and 16 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 37% of Fire Shifts's written reviews are positive against 0% of Fire Shift Calendar's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Fire Shifts ships an update every 27 months, Fire Shift Calendar fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fire Shifts | Fire Shift Calendar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (62 ratings) | 4.8 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 219 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kevin Jordan | Ayodeji Shoola |
Customer experience
Fire Shifts
Fire Shift Calendar
Bugs and requests
Fire Shifts
Reported bugs
5 issues- App shows wrong year (2020 instead of 2018)
- Black screen issue
- App crashes
- App stopped working
- Calendar not highlighting current day
Requested features
13 requests- Ability to change shift colors
- Ability to write notes on days
- Make current day obvious
- Add white and gray colors
- Ability to change labels
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- Add alarms for days
- Add custom shift patterns
- Add notes to dates
- Add Kelly days
- Add payday
- Input notes into calendar
- Change week start to Monday
- Input schedule with numbers/letters and colors
Fire Shift Calendar
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Fire Shifts
No in-app purchases
Fire Shift Calendar
- Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- All Access7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
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- All Access$3.991 Month
- Yearly14 Days trial$19.991 Year
- All Access14 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Yearly14 Days trial$39.991 Year
- All Access$39.991 Year
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