Shift-worker sleep · Privacy-first · On-device
Looking for an
OffShift alternative?
OffShift is a well-made sleep app for the same people AfterShift serves: nurses and hospital staff, paramedics, firefighters, and factory and logistics crews on rotating, night, or on-call shifts. Both apps keep your data on the device and need no account. If OffShift fits your routine, keep using it. AfterShift starts from your roster: it measures the sleep between the end of one shift and the start of the next, naps included, and times your caffeine cut-off to the shift ahead.
How does AfterShift compare to OffShift?
OffShift is a serious app with a clear point of view, and AfterShift isn't better at everything. What follows is where the two apps emphasize different things in daily use.
How naps factor into your recovery
AfterShift: Naps count toward the sleep between your shifts, whether Apple Health records them or you log them yourself. A 25-minute nap timer on the Lock Screen logs the nap when you end it, and Premium adds a Naps detail card.
OffShift: Tracks naps and has nap-window guidance as part of the sleep plan, but core night sleep is the dominant score driver.
OffShift: Tracks naps and has nap-window guidance as part of the sleep plan, but core night sleep is the dominant score driver.
How caffeine timing is calculated
AfterShift: Timed to your actual next shift. The cut-off reminder moves with your next shift start and adapts to the dose you drink and your caffeine sensitivity. There is no fixed 2 p.m. rule.
OffShift: Caffeine cutoffs are part of the personalised sleep plan and shift around your block. Both apps share this idea; AfterShift ties it more tightly to each specific shift.
OffShift: Caffeine cutoffs are part of the personalised sleep plan and shift around your block. Both apps share this idea; AfterShift ties it more tightly to each specific shift.
Rotation pattern awareness
AfterShift: Presets cover Three-shift rotation, 4 on / 4 off, 4 on / 3 off, 2 days / 2 nights, Panama (2-2-3), Fixed nights, and Fixed days. You can also build your own cycle of 1 to 28 days, which fits patterns like DuPont. AfterShift fills the next 8 weeks and keeps topping them up. On-call is its own shift type, and a sleep-debt trend charts your debt cycle by cycle and labels it Building, Stable, or Recovering.
OffShift: Has rotation templates and detects shift patterns from your history. It suits power users who set up templates once and reuse them.
OffShift: Has rotation templates and detects shift patterns from your history. It suits power users who set up templates once and reuse them.
Privacy model
AfterShift: No account and no third-party SDKs. Calendar and health data stay on your iPhone and are never sent to a server. Privacy Manifest.
OffShift: Also has no account, ads, or tracking. On privacy the two apps are roughly equal.
OffShift: Also has no account, ads, or tracking. On privacy the two apps are roughly equal.
Apple Watch & widgets
AfterShift: An iPhone app that imports sleep from Apple Health, so it needs an Apple Watch or another sleep app that saves sleep there. It has seven Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets (four free) and a shift countdown on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. There is no Watch app.
OffShift: Has a dedicated Watch app, complications, Live Activity, and Dynamic Island. If you live on your Watch, OffShift is stronger here.
OffShift: Has a dedicated Watch app, complications, Live Activity, and Dynamic Island. If you live on your Watch, OffShift is stronger here.
Pricing
AfterShift: Free to use, with Premium at $3.99/month, $24.99/year, or $39.99 once for lifetime. Family Sharing is on for every plan.
OffShift: Free with Pro at $3.99/month, $29.99/year, or a one-time lifetime option. Both apps offer a lifetime purchase.
OffShift: Free with Pro at $3.99/month, $29.99/year, or a one-time lifetime option. Both apps offer a lifetime purchase.
Who should pick AfterShift vs OffShift?
Pick AfterShift if…
- You nap before nights and want those naps included in the sleep between your shifts
- You want a caffeine cut-off that moves when your next shift moves
- You work a repeating rotation such as Panama (2-2-3), 4 on / 4 off, or your own cycle like DuPont, and want it to fill your roster for you
- An iPhone app is enough, and you don't need a dedicated Apple Watch app
Stick with OffShift if…
- You wear an Apple Watch and want a strong dedicated Watch app + complications
- Your rotation is fixed and complex, and OffShift's template engine is the feature you use most
- You already have months of OffShift sleep history you don't want to lose
About AfterShift
Questions
FAQ
What is the best alternative to OffShift on iPhone?
AfterShift is built for the same people as OffShift: nurses and hospital staff, paramedics, firefighters, and factory and logistics crews on night, rotating, or on-call shifts. It shares OffShift's privacy model, with no account and your data kept on your iPhone. AfterShift measures recovery shift to shift with naps included, times the caffeine cut-off to your next shift, and fills your roster 8 weeks ahead from a preset rotation or your own cycle of 1 to 28 days, which also fits patterns like DuPont.
How is AfterShift different from OffShift?
OffShift and AfterShift share most of their audience and the same privacy model. AfterShift differs in three ways. It measures each window between your actual shifts, so sleep debt and Readiness follow your roster instead of the calendar day, and naps count toward the sleep between your shifts. It times the caffeine cut-off reminder to the start of your next shift and adapts it to the dose and your caffeine sensitivity. It also fills your roster from presets such as Panama (2-2-3), 4 on / 4 off, and 2 days / 2 nights, or from your own cycle of 1 to 28 days. Readiness is part of Premium. OffShift has a dedicated Apple Watch app with complications; AfterShift has none.
Does AfterShift have an Apple Watch app?
No. AfterShift has no Apple Watch app. An iPhone records no sleep on its own, so AfterShift imports the sleep your Apple Watch or another sleep app saves to Apple Health, even in the background. You can also log naps in the app and log sleep through Siri. AfterShift is iPhone only, with seven Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets (four of them free) and a countdown to your next shift on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island.
Does AfterShift sell my health data?
No. AfterShift has no account, no ads, no analytics, and no third-party SDKs, and it never sends your data to a server. Your sleep, naps, and shifts stay on your iPhone, and the app only reads from Apple Health. Data leaves the phone only when you share an export report yourself.
Is AfterShift free?
Yes. The free version includes the rotation builder, Sleep Timing and Sleep Stages, the Recovery Timeline, the sleep-debt trend, the Recovery plan, shift-timed reminders including the caffeine cut-off, 21 sleep techniques, four of the seven widgets, and calendar import from one calendar for the next 14 days. Premium ($3.99 a month, $24.99 a year, or $39.99 once for lifetime) adds Readiness, the Sleep Score and Shift Recovery Score, Sleep Continuity, Trends, automatic sync from multiple calendars with overtime tracking, and a PDF report. Family Sharing is on for every plan.
Try it
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AfterShift measures the sleep between your shifts, naps included, and times your caffeine cut-off to the shift ahead. It needs no account and keeps your data on your iPhone.
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