Shifty: Shift Work Calendar
Alan Naughton
Whether you're a nurse working 12-hour rotations, a retail worker juggling weekends, or a hospitality professional on a 4-on-4-off pattern, Shifty makes managing your shift schedule effortless. Why Shifty? Designed specifically for shift workers who need to see their rotation pattern at a glance — not buried in a generic calendar app. Shifty shows you exactly when you're working, what shift you're on, and how many hours you're scheduled — weeks and months in advance. Core Features: • Custom Shift Types — Define up to 5 shifts with custom names, times, and colors (Day, Night, Evening, Off, or your own) • Pattern Builder — Create 1-8 week rotation patterns that repeat automatically • Shift Reminders — Get notified before your shifts start • One-Tap Scheduling — Tap any day to cycle through shifts, long-press for quick options • Three Beautiful Themes — Midnight (OLED black), Dark Mode, and Daylight • Statistics & Hours — See shift counts and estimated hours by week, month, or year • Export to Any Calendar — One-tap export to Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, Outlook • Snapshot Export/Import — Back up your full schedule as a single JSON file; import auto-detects format • Personal Notes — Add memos to any day (appointments, reminders, swap notes) • Holiday Markers — Automatic UK, Ireland, and USA bank holiday indicators • Shift Swap Tracker — Log swaps with colleague names, track who owes whom • Overtime Counter — Set your weekly hour threshold; auto-tallies overtime and affected weeks Perfect For: Nurses & Healthcare Workers — 12-hour rotations, continental shifts, 2-2-3 patterns Retail & Hospitality — Weekend rotations, closing shifts, seasonal schedules Emergency Services — Firefighters, police, paramedics with rotating rosters Manufacturing & Industrial — 4-on-4-off, DuPont, Panama schedules Anyone with a repeating shift pattern Your Schedule, Your Way: Unlike generic calendar apps, Shifty is built around your rotation pattern. Set it once, and Shifty automatically fills in your schedule for the entire year. No manual entry. No guesswork. Just your pattern, perfectly displayed.