Shifts – Shift Worker Calendar App Reviews

I love the stripped down interface, its quick and works well for my long hours military schedule. I request a feature to share an editable version of my calendar instead of just a screen capture as we in the military tend to edit each others schedules based on dynamic day to day events.

Certainly better then most calendars that assume a 9-5, M-F work week. I do think theres room for improvement. I want to be able to add more than 2 shifts a day (newsflash: sometimes I work 3 different jobs a day), Id love to start my calendar week on Monday instead of Sunday and the shift rotation set up is a little confusing.

This app does what it advertises. It has a clean interface and I like the NC widget integration. What would make it a 5 star app is if it could tie into and edit an Apple or Google calendar. Adding a shift with 2 taps is great but I can only see it in this app.

I was excited for this app since I have a confusing bi weekly work schedule and wanted to free up the calendar on my phone for other uses besides just work. I followed the developer blog up to the release of this app. Unfortunately I was disappointed with the results. The interface has a learning curve. I tried to use the rotation feature since I have a bi-weekly rotation at my work; so I set up the rotation and applied it. The rotation applied my shifts incorrectly for the year. Then I came to find that once the shifts are applied you can ONLY REMOVE SHIFTS ONE AT A TIME. The only way to fix this is to delete the app and try again. The ability to sync to my stock calendar on my phone is poorly integrated. I have my shifts loaded in my calendar on my phone, as of right now there is no ability to convert this calendar to a shift calendar (Im betting this is a lot to ask of a calendar app) The best app I have found to be worthwhile is Fantastical. I use that for my shifts. It has a straightforward interface AND has the ability to move a single shift to another day (in the event should you need to switch a day with a co-worker). Right now in Shifts to move a shift you have to delete the shift and re add the shift. Not very intuitive especially when many other calendar apps have this feature. The Notification Center screen is also poorly done. Instead of showing the monthly calendar view (like Fantastical), Shifts displays a list of the next weeks shifts. Since the whole point of this app is to display your shifts clearly on a monthly calendar this doesnt make sense. If there was an ability to remove multiple shifts then at least I could delete the rotation that added incorrectly to give it another go around.

As a nurse, I work shifts that span from one day to the next and all the other calendar apps I have tried make viewing and deciphering my schedule a nightmare, not to mention how tedious and time consuming actually entering my schedule is. Shifts solves all of that! It is simple and elegant. I can easily see what Im working and I can literally plug in six weeks worth of my schedule in seconds. The only drawback for me is that Shifts uses pictures to represent shifts which works great for my day, evening, and night shifts. But my work also has 3 other standard shifts and random others that arent easily assigned pics. If I could customize a combo of letters and numbers to represent those other shifts, this app would be perfect for me. For example, 11am-7pm is 11A8, an 8 hour shift that begins at 11am. Overall, though, this app is awesome!

Entering calendar shifts into this app doesnt automatically enter them into the apple calendar. The problems this creates is 1- You will not be able to see your shifts on your other devices like MacBook or iPad. 2- if you have a shared calendar with anyone these shifts will not be added to the shared calendar. The only true calendar syncing for this is it will take your events that are already loaded into your apple calendar and make them visible in the shifts calendar. I have contacted the app support to learn about solutions to these problems but still have not received a response after a few days. This will be a cool app once these issues are addressed, until then I think this app is a waste of money. Upto is a better calendar app.

I can not add many times because when Im going to put a time that is early morning, you are stuck and I can not climb to the top to choose the time, Fix it please.

Rather decent app so far. A couple things I would like to see... - On the fly edit of shifts for those random days where a shift may be from 10-7:30 but the next day is like 10:15-7:45. This type of shift may be a once or twice thing for a month, no need to create it as an actual shift from the selector. OR... Something as simple as the next idea below. - Shifts with notes have some sort of indicator on the NC Today view. That way one would know theres some other involvement with that particular shift. - Sync to Apple Cal/Fantastical OR next point below... - Calendar overlay support for multiple calendars. Some have a personal cal plus Business cal. Would be nice to view them both along with shifts. - Also on the NC Today View, would be nice if the shift that has been completed (based on end time) auto dismisses itself from the list. Almost got confused by looking at the top of the list and assuming it was reflecting the next days shift but its in facts todays shift.

Simple to add shifts and great to see my times in a visual format. Only suggestion would be to add the shifts automagically to iCal.

I bought this app believing it would sync with the calendar on my phone. Feel its a waste

This app is exactly what Ive needed to input my work schedule quickly as it varies from month to month. However, it would be perfect if it could sync the shifts back to iOSs native Calendar app. Sometimes I open my calendar to see how my day looks and it is misleading to not have my work present there. Ill definitely give it five stars when that happens.

I got this App and had a few questions about using it. Sent an e-mail to the developer. Its been several weeks no hint of a reply. Very poor customer service.

Love the design, but there lack of true calendar integration is impossible to get past. I have to enter my shifts twice because of this lacking key feature. Im also completely baffled by the "Rotations" feature.

There are better free apps available. Sadly,the mediocre widget is the best thing about this app.

This app is exactly what I need in a calendar, work scheduling app, except for one major flaw. It doesnt always accurately display my schedule. One day Ill look at it and it will have my exact schedule, just as I entered it (3 days) the next week I look at it and there are 4 shifts logged in. And Im not sure which ones are the correct ones. If this but could be fixed I would give this app 5/5 stars. Im just frustrated not being able to trust it and had to delete it.