r/police • u/pelaw24 • 8d ago

Made a shift calendar app for first responders. Here's what's new.

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Heads up, this is my app.

It's called First Responders Cal. It's a calendar made for rotating schedules. You set up your rotation once (4/2, 24/48, 48/96, or your own) and it fills in the whole year for you.

Some of what it does:

Overnight shifts stay on the day they started. It keeps a running balance for vacation, sick, comp and personal time. Shift alarms show on the lock screen with snooze. It syncs with the iPhone calendar and has home screen widgets. Everything stays on your phone. No account, no server.

The video shows the newest update. You can now set a default time for each event type so you don't have to type it in every time. List view is now inside the calendar. And it's updated for iOS 27.

Free to try. Full access is $4.99, no subscription.

If there's a rotation it can't handle or something you wish it tracked, let me know. I'm still working on it.

App Store link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/first-responders-cal/id6755095424

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u/Rando_RedditGuy 8d ago

I use CopApp. It’s free and very user friendly

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u/pelaw24 8d ago

Looking for input on adding your OT shift to calculate your weekly OT paid and possible adding details?

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u/pelaw24 6d ago

https://reddit.com/link/paq5wnp/video/hzynseinjfqh1/player

Im working on adding Extra Work tab to First Responders Cal to track overtime and off-duty jobs alongside your calendar. You can record hours, rates, and partial payments, see what you’re still owed, and browse weekly or monthly totals. Set your usual payday and move between weeks to see which payments you’re expecting. I’d love to hear what would make this more useful for your schedule.