** ShiftLens is the smarter way to plan, track, and understand your work schedule.

** Built for shift workers, freelancers, rotating schedules, and anyone who needs a clear overview of their work life, ShiftLens turns your calendar into a powerful, flexible, and beautifully organized shift planner.

Whether you work mornings, nights, split shifts, rotating patterns, or anything in between, ShiftLens helps you stay on top of your time — without spreadsheets, guesswork, or clutter.

** A Clear View of Your Work Life **

ShiftLens gives you a clean, structured calendar designed specifically for shift‑based work.

Create shifts in seconds, customize your schedule, and instantly see your upcoming days, weeks, and months at a glance.

- Add shifts with custom times

- Color‑code roles, locations, or shift types

- Track multiple jobs or positions

- View your schedule by day, week, or month

- Plan ahead with a layout built for real‑world work patterns

** Your Next Shift — Right on Your Lock Screen **

ShiftLens includes a Lock Screen Accessory Inline widget that shows your next upcoming shift at a glance.

- No need to open the app — your schedule is always visible, always up to date, and always where you need it.

- Perfect for early mornings, busy days, or anyone who wants instant clarity.

** Powerful Insights — Automatically **

ShiftLens helps you understand your work, not just record it.

- Total hours per day, week, month

- Overtime and extra hours

- Pay estimates (optional)

- Workload trends and patterns

- Multi‑day summaries

Your time becomes data — clear, visual, and actionable.

** Custom Fields for Real‑World Flexibility **

Every job is different. ShiftLens adapts to yours.

- Add notes, tags, or custom fields

- Location address with map preview - tap to go to your destination!

- Track breaks, locations, tasks, or anything else

- Build the workflow that matches your work style

- iCloud Sync Across All Devices

- Your schedule stays up to date everywhere.

** iCloud Sync Across All Devices **

Your schedule stays up to date everywhere.

- Automatic iCloud sync

- Seamless updates between iPhone, iPad, and Mac

- Private, secure, and fast

Your data is yours — always.

** Smart Notifications & Conflict Detection **

ShiftLens helps you avoid surprises.

- Notifications before each shift

- Alerts for overlapping or conflicting shifts

- Notifications for long days or double‑bookings

Stay organized without thinking about it.

** Export & Share **

Need to send your schedule to your manager, partner, or team?

- Export to PDF

- Export to calendar

- Share your monthly or weekly plan

- Save reports for payroll or HR

ShiftLens makes your schedule portable and professional.

** Multi‑Day Plans & Templates **

For repeating patterns or rotating schedules:

- Create templates for common shift types

- Apply multi‑day plans in one tap

- Build complex rotations effortlessly

- Perfect for nurses, retail workers, hospitality, aviation, logistics, emergency services, and more.

** ShiftLens Pro **

Upgrade to unlock the full experience:

- Full insights & analytics

- Unlimited custom fields

- Unlimited exports

- Advanced reminders

- Conflict rules

- Multi‑day plans

- iCloud sync

- Lock Screen widget

- All future Pro features

Available as Monthly, Yearly, or Lifetime.

Designed for Shift Workers, by Shift Workers!

ShiftLens is crafted for people who rely on their schedule every day.

Fast, reliable, private, and built to make your work life easier.

- ShiftLens is free to download and use. ShiftLens Pro Subscription gives you unlimited access to our premium content and features.

- Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of your subscription. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period.

ShiftLens Help Manual

This manual documents ShiftLens behavior for iPhone and iPad, including feature differences, calculations, limits, and troubleshooting.

1. App Overview

ShiftLens is a shift calendar app with three primary work areas:

• Calendar

• Stats

• Insights

It supports:

• Multiple calendars/jobs

• Shift templates and rotations

• Notes, tags, availability status

• Optional map/location data

• Optional iCloud sync

• In-app purchases for ShiftLens Pro

2. Navigation and Layout

iPhone

• Main navigation is a tab bar:

  • Calendar

  • Stats

  • Insights

• Top-right controls in main views:

  • Theme menu (...)

  • Settings (gear icon)

• Day details open as a bottom sheet/modal from Calendar.

iPad

• Uses NavigationSplitView with:

  • Sidebar (Calendar, Stats, Insights, Settings)

  • Detail content pane

• In Calendar landscape wide mode, the screen splits approximately:

  • 55% calendar pane (left)

  • 45% day details pane (right)

• In narrower iPad width, day details can appear in sheet-style flow.

3. Appearance and Theme

Theme is controlled by app settings and can be changed quickly:

• iPhone: ... menu in top bar

• iPad: Theme picker in sidebar

Theme choices:

• Light

• Dark

The app applies the selected theme globally using app-level color scheme preference.

4. Calendar Screen

4.1 Monthly Calendar

The month view includes:

• Month title with previous/next month controls

• Weekday headers

• Day grid

• Shift indicators per day

• Today shortcut

• Add Shift button

Each day can show:

• Shift indicators (visual dots/markers)

• Availability markers

• Other status hints (depending on your data)

4.2 Day Selection Behavior

• Tap a day to view/edit details.

• iPhone: opens Day Details sheet.

• iPad (wide): updates right-hand Day Details pane.

5. Day Details

Day Details is the operational center for one date.

Sections can include:

• Conflicts

• Calendar selector

• Shifts list

• Shift Actions

• Availability

• Custom Fields (Pro)

• Multi-day Plans/Blocks (Pro)

• Location (Pro)

• Tags

• Notes

5.1 Calendar Selector

Choose which calendar/job this day entry belongs to.

5.2 Shifts List

Shows all shifts assigned to the selected day.

You can:

• Add shift

• Delete shift

5.3 Shift Actions

Available actions include:

• Add Shift

• Duplicate Previous

• Bulk Apply

• Apply Template

• Apply Rotation

• Apply Pattern

• Clear All

Bulk Apply durations

Supported durations:

• 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 14, 18, 21, 28, 30, 45, 60 days

Free tier applies shorter limits; Pro unlocks full range.

5.4 Availability

Availability status options:

• Available

• Unavailable

• Sick Leave

• Time Off

5.5 Custom Fields (Pro)

Per-calendar custom fields can be configured and populated per date.

5.6 Multi-day Plans (Pro)

Create a work block spanning multiple days.

Supported durations:

• 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 14, 21, 28, 30, 60, 90, 120, 180, 365 days

5.7 Location (Pro)

Add location text and optional map preview for a day.

5.8 Notes and Tags

• Add free-text notes to the day

• Add tags to classify shifts/day context

5.9 Clear All

Removes all day-specific content for selected date, including:

• Shifts

• Availability

• Active work blocks

• Tags

• Location data

6. Settings

Settings includes multiple operational sections.

6.1 Pro Section

Shows entitlement state:

• Free

• ShiftLens Pro

Actions:

• Upgrade

• Manage subscription (where applicable)

• Restore purchases

6.2 Profile

Set display name used in profile-related places.

6.3 Workflow Shortcuts

Navigation to managers:

• Manage Shifts

• Manage Templates

• Manage Rotations

6.4 Visible Calendars

Per-calendar controls:

• Rename calendar

• Toggle visibility

Free tier limits how many calendars can be actively visible/managed.

6.5 Appearance

Options include:

• Theme

• Calendar appearance mode

• Map preview toggle

• Chart animation toggle

6.6 Shift Notifications (Pro)

Options:

• Enable/disable notifications

• Lead time preset

Lead time presets include short and long windows up to 30 days.

6.7 Conflict Rules (Pro)

Configurable constraints:

• Conflict rules on/off

• Max shifts per day

• Minimum rest hours

• Maximum weekly hours

6.8 Custom Fields and Tags

• Configure custom fields per calendar

• Manage reusable tags

Some tag editing capabilities are Pro-gated.

6.9 Sync (Pro)

• iCloud sync can be enabled/disabled

• Local-only workflow is supported if sync is off

7. Manage Shifts

Create and edit shift types with:

• Name

• Color

• Start and end hour

• Break duration

• Optional SF Symbol icon

You can also set a default shift type for quick actions.

Free tier has a smaller shift-type limit; Pro raises this limit.

8. Manage Templates

Template fields typically include:

• Template name

• Shift type

• Optional location

• Optional tags

Use templates from Day Details to apply consistent entries quickly.

9. Manage Rotations

Build repeating sequences of shift types.

Workflow:

• Create rotation

• Add shift types to sequence in order

• Apply from Day Details

Free tier has a smaller rotation limit; Pro unlocks more.

10. Stats

Stats view provides workload analytics by period.

Content includes:

• Summary cards (total, night, weekend, overtime)

• Period bars

• Workload ring

• Metric detail sheet

Date-range options are broader in Pro.

Export

• Free: upgrade prompt

• Pro:

  • Share text report

  • Share ICS schedule

  • Generate/share PDF report

11. Insights

Insights are generated from your shift data and shown as cards.

11.1 Insight Card Actions

Each card supports:

• Help (?) button

• Dismiss

Help behavior

• iPad: popover anchored to card control

• iPhone: medium sheet presentation for readability

Dismiss behavior

• Dismiss hides the card from current visible set.

• Dismissed card state is local and tied to card identity/content.

11.2 How Insights Re-generate

Insights are re-generated automatically when underlying data changes.

A dismissed card can reappear when:

• Its underlying message changes due to new data

• You use Restore Insights when all visible cards are dismissed

Also:

• If all current cards are dismissed, a Restore Insights action is shown.

11.3 Free vs Pro Insights

Free tier shows a subset (up to 3 cards).

Current free set:

• Next 7 Days

• Monthly Summary

• Suggestions

Pro unlocks additional insights.

11.4 Insight Definitions and Calculation Basis

Next 7 Days

What it shows:

• Planned hours in next 7 days

• Number of planned shifts

• Longest run of consecutive work days in that 7-day window

How data is produced:

• Scans upcoming 7 calendar days

• Counts visible planned shifts

• Sums estimated shift hours

• Computes longest consecutive run of days containing at least one shift

Monthly Summary

What it shows:

• Current month total hours

• Night hours

• Weekend hours

• Overtime hours

How data is produced:

• Scans shifts in the current calendar month

• Classifies each shift by time/day rules

• Aggregates category totals

Suggestions

What it shows:

• Simple practical recommendation based on near-term schedule

How data is produced:

• Uses rule-based checks around upcoming/off days and load patterns

• Generates plain-language advice text

Patterns (Pro)

What it shows:

• Repetition hints in current month scheduling

How data is produced:

• Compares day-to-day shift signatures

• Detects repeated sequences or frequent identical patterns

Rest & Fatigue (Pro)

What it shows:

• Warning-style hints for long streaks or short rest windows

How data is produced:

• Evaluates consecutive work-day runs

• Evaluates gap between shift end/start times

• Applies configured thresholds

Conflicts (Pro)

What it shows:

• Potential schedule conflicts requiring review

How data is produced:

• Applies conflict rules (max/day, min rest, weekly limits)

• Summarizes any breaches

Longest Upcoming Streak (Pro)

What it shows:

• Maximum consecutive upcoming work-day run

How data is produced:

• Scans next 14 days

• Counts consecutive days with at least one planned shift

• Returns maximum streak length

Overtime Pace (Pro)

What it shows:

• Whether overtime is trending up/down this month

• Projected month-end overtime estimate

How data is produced:

• Reads overtime accumulated so far in current month

• Computes elapsed-day pace

• Projects end-of-month overtime using current pace

Weekend Load Trend (Pro)

What it shows:

• Weekend workload trend compared to previous month

How data is produced:

• Computes current month weekend hours

• Computes previous month weekend hours

• Reports difference and trend direction

12. Monetization and Plans

ShiftLens currently supports:

• Monthly subscription

• Yearly subscription

• Lifetime purchase

Use Restore Purchases when access is missing after reinstall/device change.

13. Known Platform Behaviors

• iPad layout adapts to available width; pane behavior changes with size class and width.

• Popovers and sheets differ between iPhone and iPad by system UI rules.

• Some iPad full-screen interactions are intentionally sidebar-first for native behavior.

14. Troubleshooting

14.1 Insights card missing

• Check if it was dismissed

• Use Restore Insights

• Ensure enough schedule data exists for that insight type

• Check Pro entitlement for Pro-only cards

14.2 Theme not changing

• Confirm selection in theme control

• Ensure no conflicting system overrides in current test mode

14.3 Missing Pro features after purchase

• Use Restore Purchases

• Reopen app

• Verify product environment (local StoreKit config vs App Store/TestFlight)

14.4 iPad detail pane too narrow/wide

• Behavior depends on window width and split layout mode

• In wider landscape, app uses explicit calendar/detail split

15. Feature Availability Summary

Free:

• 2 Shift types

• 1 Template

• 1 Rotation

• Bulk apply up to 7 days

• 3 Insights Cards

• Stats: This Week, This Month

Pro:

• Unlimited Shift types

• Unlimited Templates

• Unlimited Rotations

• Bulk apply up to 90 days

• Full Insights Suite

• Stats: This Week, This Month, This Year

• Exports (Share, Text, ICS, PDF Reports)

• Shift reminders

• Conflict rules

• iCloud sync

• Custom fields and Multi-Day plans

If you want, this manual can be split into an in-app Help Center format next (searchable sections + quick links + FAQ cards).

16. New Features and Setup Notes

16.1 Lock Screen Next Shift Widget

ShiftLens includes an inline Lock Screen widget that shows your next shift countdown.

How to activate:

1. Make sure at least one future shift exists.

2. Open ShiftLens once after creating/updating shifts.

3. On iPhone Lock Screen, long-press the screen.

4. Tap Customize → Lock Screen → Add Widgets.

5. Select ShiftLens and choose the inline widget.

6. Tap Done.

If the widget shows No upcoming shift:

• Verify future shifts are scheduled.

• Open the app once to refresh shared widget data.

• Remove and re-add the widget if it remains stale.

16.2 Weekly Overtime Threshold

The Weekly overtime threshold in Settings controls when overtime starts being counted in Stats.

• Example: if threshold is 40h, hours above that weekly pace contribute to overtime.

• You can tune this to match your contract or policy.

• In current plan rules, this threshold is Pro-only.

16.3 Pro Access and Paywall

ShiftLens uses StoreKit products for Pro:

• Monthly

• Yearly

• Lifetime

After purchase/restore:

• Pro status is applied automatically.

• Locked features become available immediately.

• If something remains locked, use Restore Purchases and reopen the app.

16.4 Free Plan Lock Behavior

When you hit a Free limit:

• Create actions are disabled in relevant screens.

• A lock message explains the limit and points to upgrade.

• Existing data remains visible; only gated actions are blocked.

16.5 Export Availability

Exports are Pro-only:

• Text report

• ICS schedule

• PDF report

In Free, Stats shows an upgrade prompt in the Export section.

ShiftLens Support

Welcome to the official support page for ShiftLens. If you need help with the app, you’re in the right place.

Help & Documentation

Full in‑app documentation is available here:

ShiftLens Help Manual

Contact Support

If you need direct assistance, you can reach the developer at:

Email: tim.tampouris@yahoo.com

Useful Links

• ShiftLens Website

• Privacy Policy

• Support Page

App Store Requirements

This support page complies with Apple’s App Store Review Guidelines, including:

• Providing a clear support contact

• Providing accessible help documentation

• Providing links to privacy and policy information

Thank you for using ShiftLens.

ShiftLens Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 2026

ShiftLens respects your privacy. This policy explains what data the app collects, how it is used, and your rights as a user. ShiftLens is developed and maintained by a single independent developer.

1. Data Collected by the App

ShiftLens stores your scheduling data locally on your device. This includes:

• Shifts and work hours

• Notes, tags, and availability

• Templates, rotations, and custom fields

• Optional location text (if you choose to enter it)

No personal data is collected automatically.

2. iCloud Sync (Optional)

If you enable iCloud Sync, your data is stored securely in your private iCloud account using Apple’s CloudKit. Only you can access this data.

ShiftLens does not have access to your iCloud credentials or your iCloud data.

3. No Third‑Party Analytics

ShiftLens does not use:

• Analytics SDKs

• Advertising frameworks

• Tracking technologies

• Third‑party data processors

4. No Data Sharing

Your data is never shared with any third party. It remains on your device or in your private iCloud account if sync is enabled.

5. Permissions

ShiftLens may request the following permissions:

• Notifications — optional, for shift reminders (Pro feature)

• Location — optional, only if you manually add a location to a shift

All permissions are optional and can be changed at any time in system settings.

6. Data Retention & Deletion

You control all data stored in ShiftLens. You may delete:

• Individual shifts or notes

• Entire calendars

• All app data by deleting the app

If iCloud Sync is enabled, deleting the app may also remove synced data from your iCloud account depending on your system settings.

7. Children’s Privacy

ShiftLens does not target children and does not collect personal information from minors.

8. Contact

If you have questions about this policy, contact the developer:

Email: tim.tampouris@yahoo.com

9. Useful Links

• ShiftLens Website

• Help Manual

• Support Page

This privacy policy complies with Apple’s App Store Review Guidelines, including sections 5.1.1, 5.1.2, and 5.1.5.

Privacy Policy URL: https://ops-eng.github.io/ShiftLens/privacy.html

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/