Sked: Work Schedule Maker is a shift-management app for hourly workers on iOS that tracks hours, earnings, and shared schedules.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
The app removes the cognitive friction of manual shift tracking and family coordination by centralizing work hours and pay data in one place.
For Hourly workers and shift-based employees who need to track hours, earnings, and coordinate schedules with family.
What does it look like?
Key features
Manual entry of work shifts with support for rotating patterns and recurring intervals.
Integration with iOS system calendars to enable Apple Watch notifications.
In-app synchronization of work schedules with contacts and family members.
Calculation of hours worked, pay earned, and generation of invoices.
How much does it cost?
Subscription model anchored at $29.99 per year, gating advanced scheduling and financial tracking features.
Velocity
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Sked: Work Schedule Maker has been inactive for 664 days, placing it firmly in the zombie category. The development history shows only a single minor release in the observed window, which consisted solely of bug fixes. There is no evidence of ongoing feature development, live operations, or maintenance updates. The lack of activity over the past two years indicates that the project is no longer receiving active support.
Who built it?
Owen Schick
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What do users think recently?
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
Not enough recent reviews to extract reliable themes yet.
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Competitive landscape for Sked: Work Schedule Maker
How's the Productivity market?
Sked maintains a niche position in the Productivity category with a 3.7-star rating across 164 reviews. The 22-month update gap suggests a stagnant market presence that fails to compete with active scheduling platforms.
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Key takeaways for Sked: Work Schedule Maker
Where is it heading?
The shift-management market is consolidating around automated, employer-integrated tools, leaving manual-entry apps like Sked increasingly isolated. Without a clear roadmap to address the 22-month development freeze, the app faces a terminal decline in active users.
- The 22-month update gap indicates a zombie-state development cycle, which will likely lead to increased churn as OS compatibility issues emerge.
The SWOT
- Native iOS calendar integration enables Apple Watch alerts
- Automated calendar parsing could replace manual entry
Next best moves
Sunset the subscription tier because the 22-month update gap makes the value proposition untenable → reduce user churn
The counter-intuitive read
The lack of updates is not just a failure of maintenance…
Read the full takeSince the last report: The intelligence profile for Sked has shifted from a maintenance-mode assessment to a terminal decline warning, with the primary change being a formal recommendation to sunset paid subscription tiers.
Bottom line
The 22-month update gap invalidates the current subscription model, as users are paying for a stagnant product that risks OS-level obsolescence. Sunset the paid tiers to manage user expectations until a development roadmap is established.
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Are there free alternatives to Sked?
Sources
- [1] App Store, source
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