Shift Calendar / Schedule vs RotaDays
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shift Calendar / Schedule
Easily manage your work schedule with customizable shifts. Set your entire roster in seconds by selecting date ranges and share your planner with friends via email or other apps. Designed for efficient scheduling for shift workers.
- Customizable shift creation
- Set shifts for date ranges
- Quick schedule setup
- Share schedule via email/apps
- User-friendly interface
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This app is designed for all hard-working shift workers. You can add customized shifts easily. The major feature of this App is 'Easy to Use'. When editing your shifts, you can select a range of days (rather than one day) to set. Thus, you can set your schedule (roster, planner) in few seconds. Then, you can send your schedule (roster, planner) to your friends via email or other apps by clicking one button. If you have any suggestion/question, welcome to send an email to me. E-mail: kigurumi.shia@gmail.com
RotaDays
This app helps rotation and shift workers visualize their work schedules for months ahead. It supports various preset and custom patterns, allowing users to track workdays, days off, and travel days. Users can also add personal events and share their schedules.
- Customizable shift patterns
- Monthly and yearly calendar views
- Live countdowns to shift changes
- Multiple rotation support
- Custom labels and colors
- Schedule sharing (text, image, PDF)
- Apple Calendar export
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RotaDays turns your rotation into a schedule you can actually read. Enter your pattern once — 2/2, 14/14, DuPont, Panama, swing or fully custom — and every workday, day off and travel day is laid out for months ahead. Built for rotation and shift workers: oilfield and drilling crews, offshore and rig work, FIFO, maritime, mining, aviation, factory and manufacturing shifts, security, and anyone on a repeating schedule. SET IT ONCE, SEE MONTHS AHEAD • Choose a preset — 14/14, 7/7, 21/21, 28/28, 4/4, 2-2-3, DuPont, Panama — or build a fully custom days-on / days-off pattern • RotaDays auto-fills your calendar with every work day, day off and travel day • Month view and full-year view • Live countdown to your next shift change and your next days off MADE FOR REAL ROTATIONS • Run multiple rotations for complex or changing schedules • Custom labels and colors for each shift type (on site, R&R, fly day, night, and more) • Add personal events — paydays, flights, appointments and reminders • Week numbers, first-day-of-week and light or dark themes SHARE & EXPORT • Share your schedule as text, image or PDF • Export straight to Apple Calendar PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account and no sign-up • Your schedule stays on your device • No ads and no cross-app tracking FREE TO START — UNLOCK ONCE Start free with your first rotation. Unlock Lifetime Full Access with a single one-time purchase — no subscription, no weekly or monthly fees — for unlimited rotations, full-year planning, Apple Calendar export and personal events. No account required. Your schedule stays private on your device. Support: support@rotadays.app Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shift Calendar / Schedule at none against RotaDays's 2. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. RotaDays sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per year. Shift Calendar / Schedule asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Shift Calendar / Schedule against 5.0 for RotaDays. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Shift Calendar / Schedule ships an update every 3 weeks, RotaDays every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shift Calendar / Schedule | RotaDays |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lin Chih-YU | Kathrin Margarete Kraus |
Customer experience
Shift Calendar / Schedule
RotaDays
Bugs and requests
Shift Calendar / Schedule
Reported bugs
3 issues- Shifts and notes not saving properly
- App crashing after recent updates
- Inability to restore data on new devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add holiday and overtime shift options
- Ability to input multiple shifts per day
- Sync with other calendars or cloud services
- Apple Watch compatibility
RotaDays
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shift Calendar / Schedule
No in-app purchases
RotaDays
- Full Access, Yearly$12.991 Year
- Full Access$29.99
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