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CopApp is a well-liked shift calendar with a long track record. Here is what each one does, and which way of working it suits.
What CopApp is
CopApp is a shift calendar for people who work a repeating rotation. It has been on the App Store since 2012, it is made by MyProjectX, and a lot of officers have used it for years. Its own listing describes it as a simple calendar app for repeating shift schedules, where you set your rotation days once and the calendar fills in from there.
It carries a 4.9 rating from about 2,900 reviews. That is a strong record and it is worth saying plainly: officers like it.
What CopApp does well
- It is simple. You set the rotation, you see your days on and off, and that is the app.
- Templates and a 4-digit setup code mean you can be running in under a minute.
- Notes and colour highlights on any day.
- Its support has a reputation for answering fast, which shows up again and again in the reviews.
If all you need is to see which days you work, CopApp does that job and there is no reason to switch.
Where BlueShifts is different
BlueShifts starts from the same place — a repeating rotation on a calendar — and then keeps going into the part of the job that costs you money when it is not written down.
- Paid duty work. Every job is saved under the employer who hired you, with the hours, the pay, the kilometres and whether you have been paid.
- A report you can hand over. Any date range exports as a PDF with every job listed and the year totalled.
- The information you need on the road. Court, jail and hospital addresses, gate codes, tow companies, and vehicle maintenance. A document library of reference PDFs — SFST, HAZMAT, VIN and CVE — is in development.
- Holidays, including ones you add yourself. Your agency's holidays sit on the same calendar as your rotation.
- Backward as well as forward. The rotation fills in months you have already worked, not just the ones ahead.
One feature BlueShifts does not have yet: syncing your shifts into Apple Calendar or Google Calendar. That is in development.
One thing worth knowing before you choose: the CopApp listing itself points people to ShiftWave, the newer app from the same developer. The version shown on the CopApp listing is from March 2021. If you are picking between the two of theirs, that is worth a look.
Everything below is on your phone in a couple of minutes: the rotation, the off-duty work, and what it earned you.
Side by side
| BlueShifts | vs | CopApp |
|---|---|---|
| The rotation and calendar | ||
| Yes | Repeating rotation patterns | Yes |
| Yes | Build your own custom rotation | Yes |
| YesSave your own, apply from any day | Ready-made templates | YesTemplates and a 4-digit setup code |
| Yes | Fills the calendar backward over months already worked | Not stated |
| Yes | Notes and colour highlights on a day | Yes |
| Yes | Reminders and alerts | Yes |
| Yes | Holidays | Not stated |
| Yes | Custom holidays you add yourself | Not stated |
| In development | Sync with Apple and Google Calendar | Not stated |
| Yes | Share your schedule with someone | Yes |
| Yes | Import and export your schedule | Yes |
| Paid duty work and money | ||
| Yes | Paid duty jobs logged against the employer | Not stated |
| Yes | Pay recorded per job | Not stated |
| Yes | Paid and unpaid tracked separately | Not stated |
| Yes | Kilometres recorded per job | Not stated |
| Yes | Year totals for shifts, hours, kilometres and pay | Not stated |
| Yes | PDF report you can hand to someone | Not stated |
| Yes | Hourly rate or flat pay per job | Not stated |
| Yes | Travel time or travel pay, kept separate | Not stated |
| Yes | Kilometres reimbursement when a patrol car is used | Not stated |
| YesCancelled, pending, awaiting payment, paid | Four payment states, not just paid or unpaid | Not stated |
| Yes | Live earnings while you work the job | Not stated |
| On the road | ||
| Yes | Court, jail and hospital addresses | Not stated |
| Yes | Gate codes, tow companies, vehicle maintenance | Not stated |
| In development | Reference documents (SFST, HAZMAT, VIN, CVE) | Not stated |
| Yes | Address autocomplete, or drop a pin | Not stated |
| Yes | Navigate to the job from your calendar | Not stated |
| Yes | Send a directory entry or a scheduler by text | Not stated |
| YesA Court category; the subpoena details go in the notes | Court dates and subpoena details | Not stated |
| YesA Training category, with alerts before the day | Training dates, set well ahead | Not stated |
| What the year tells you | ||
| Yes | Which scheduler you get the most work through | Not stated |
| Yes | One employer against the average of the rest | Not stated |
| Yes | Your employers ranked by what they brought in | Not stated |
| Yes | The days you normally work for each employer | Not stated |
| The app itself | ||
| Yes | Works with no internet connection | Not stated |
| Yes | Backup and restore | Not stated |
| YesFour skins, dark mode in one tap | Skins and a full dark mode | YesLight and dark themes |
| Yes | No account needed | Not stated |
| Sharing with someone else | ||
| Yes | Link two phones by scanning a QR code | Not stated |
| Yes | Shifts and events shared, pay never shared | Not stated |
| Yes | Send someone your rotation template | Not stated |
| About the app | ||
| Updated 2026 | Latest version shown on its App Store listing | Version 2.12, March 2021 |
| None | Advertising | None listed |
From each app's own App Store listing, checked 1 August 2026 — the CopApp listing.
How this comparison was put together
Everything in the table comes from each app's own App Store listing, checked on 1 August 2026. Where a listing does not mention a feature, the table says not stated rather than no — an app may do something its listing never mentions. Nothing here is a test of the apps themselves. Anything marked in development is a BlueShifts feature being built now, not one you can use today.
Listings change. If something below is out of date or wrong, tell us and it gets fixed.
Coming from CopApp?
CopApp has been the squad-room default for a decade and it does the rotation well. What it never did is the money: the details you work, who owes you for them, and what the year came to.
Scan to install — or hold it up for the officer next to you.
