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ShiftWave is the newer shift calendar from the makers of CopApp. Below: what it does well, where the two differ, and how to tell which fits your week.
What ShiftWave is
ShiftWave is the newer shift calendar from MyProjectX, the same developer behind CopApp. The CopApp listing points people to it directly. It came out in 2025 and is updated regularly.
Its listing describes a simple calendar for repeating shift schedules, with color themes, notes on any day, holidays, backup and restore, and export to Apple Calendar and Google Calendar. It names the Pitman schedule, 4 on / 2 off and 5 on / 3 off as examples, and lets you build your own.
What ShiftWave does well
- Calendar export. Your shifts can go straight into Apple Calendar or Google Calendar today. The same thing is in development for BlueShifts but is not out yet, so if you need it right now, ShiftWave has it and BlueShifts does not.
- Backup and restore, added in 2026.
- Holidays built in.
- It is actively maintained, with several updates in the past year.
Two things to know from its App Store listing: Apple lists the app as containing advertising, and its premium subscription includes ad removal. Its privacy section lists third-party advertising identifiers among the data that may be collected. None of that is hidden — it is on the listing — but it is worth knowing before you install.
Where BlueShifts is different
ShiftWave and BlueShifts both start with a repeating rotation. They part company after that.
- ShiftWave shows you your schedule. BlueShifts tracks what your off-duty work earns you. Off-duty jobs, the employer who hired you, the pay, the miles, and what is still owed.
- A PDF report of any date range, with every job listed and the year totalled.
- Court, jail and hospital addresses, gate codes and tow companies for the road. A document library of reference PDFs — Miranda, SFST, HAZMAT, VIN and CVE — is in development.
- Custom holidays. ShiftWave has holidays. BlueShifts also lets you add your own, which matters when your agency's holiday list is not the standard one.
- No ads. Nothing on your screen but your calendar.
If you need Google Calendar sync today, ShiftWave has it and BlueShifts does not yet — ours is in development. If the off-duty money is the part you keep losing track of, that is the part BlueShifts was built for.
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 | ShiftWave |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | YesQuick setup codes |
| Yes | Fills the calendar backward over months already worked | Not stated |
| Yes | Notes and color highlights on a day | Yes |
| Yes | Holidays | Yes |
| Yes | Custom holidays you add yourself | Not stated |
| In development | Sync with Apple and Google Calendar | Yes |
| Yes | Backup and restore | Yes |
| Yes | Share your schedule with someone | Yes |
| Off-duty work and money | ||
| Yes | Off-duty jobs logged against the employer | Not stated |
| Yes | Pay recorded per job | Not stated |
| Yes | Paid and unpaid tracked separately | Not stated |
| Yes | Mileage recorded per job | Not stated |
| Yes | Year totals for shifts, hours, miles 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 | Mileage 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 (Miranda, 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 |
| YesThirteen intervals from 5 minutes to a week, or your own | Reminders and alerts | YesPro |
| Yes | Import and export your schedule | YesPro |
| 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 | ||
| None | Advertising | Listed by Apple as containing advertising |
From each app's own App Store listing, checked 1 August 2026 — the ShiftWave 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 ShiftWave?
ShiftWave is CopApp rebuilt, and the calendar half is genuinely good. Bring your rotation across and you keep that, plus a record of every off-duty job under the employer who hired you.
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