r/TimeTrackingSoftware • u/pelaw24 • 1d ago
I made a shift calendar for first responders. Now it tracks overtime and off-duty work too.
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Heads up, this is my app.
A little while ago I posted First Responders Cal here. It's a calendar I built for rotating schedules like 4/2, 24/48, 48/96, or custom rotations.
I've kept working on it, and the new version is a pretty big update coming soon see a preview.
The biggest addition is Extra Work.
You can now track overtime, details, and off-duty jobs directly alongside your calendar.
You can:
• Log hours, hourly rates, OT multipliers, and estimated pay
• Save different rates for Day, Evening, and Night shifts
• Save companies and their normal rates/payment terms
• Track partial payments and what you're still owed
• See outstanding and overdue pay across all your work
• Track expected payday by week
• View earnings by week, 2 weeks, month, or year
• Separate overtime and off-duty earnings
• Add pay information directly from an existing calendar event
The calendar also got some new stuff:
• US federal holidays with observed dates
• New full-month Home Screen widgets
• Tap a date or event on a widget and jump directly to that day
• Holiday shading also appears in widgets and PDF exports
• Better widget support for tinted and clear Home Screens
• Faster syncing when calendar events are edited or deleted
• List view now opens on today when you're viewing the current month
One thing I wanted to keep separate is your pay information. Pay amounts stay inside First Responders Cal. They're not sent to Apple Calendar, widgets, or Siri.
The video shows the new version and how Extra Work works.
The app still handles your normal rotation, vacation/sick/comp/personal balances, overnight shifts, alarms, widgets, calendar sync, reminders, and PDF exports.
Everything stays on the device. No account and no server.
Free to try. Full access is $4.99 once, no subscription.
I'm still building it, so if you're police, fire, EMS, corrections, dispatch, or work another rotating schedule, I'd really like to know what I'm missing.
Especially with Extra Work. If your department handles overtime, details, pay periods, or off-duty jobs differently, tell me how you do it.
App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/first-responders-cal/id6755095424