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DIALFORGE

Everyday health

Shift Calendar

Your rotating shift pattern on your wrist, so you stop counting days on your fingers.

Coming to Connect IQ Unlock €4.99

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Beta: free for 30 days

The app works fully and for free for the first 30 days after you first open it. After that you can buy a one-time unlock code below. No subscription.

Shift Calendar tracks any rotating roster: day, afternoon, night, off, in a cycle from 1 to 28 days, anchored to a start date you pick. Use a ready-made preset (4 on 4 off, 2-2-3 Panama, 12-hour 4-brigade, 5 days plus 2 off) or build your own pattern letter by letter, on the watch or in Garmin Connect.

  • Today plus the next 7 days, with shift hours
  • Month calendar, colour per shift type plus letters, reads on black and white too
  • Presets: 4 on 4 off, 2-2-3 Panama, 12h 4-brigade, 5 days + 2 off
  • Custom pattern (D/A/N/O, 1 to 28 days), editable on watch or in Garmin Connect
  • Glance shows today and tomorrow
  • Correct 12h/24h time, date math stays correct across DST changes

How to use it

Add Shift Calendar to the widget loop (swipe through widgets on the watch).

Swipe, tap, or UP/DOWN switches between the 7-day list and month view. START or holding UP opens the menu, which edits the pattern on the watch: move cursor, select cycles D-A-N-O, menu adds/removes a day and saves.

Manual

Shift Calendar: user manual

What it does

Shift Calendar shows where you are in a rotating roster: today and the next 7 days with shift hours, plus a month calendar. Days are D (Day), A (Afternoon), N (Night) or O (Off), in a cycle of 1 to 28 days.

Requirements and supported watches

Needs Connect IQ 3.3.0+ and the Connect IQ or Garmin Connect phone app. Supported watches:

  • Round AMOLED: epix 2 and epix Pro 2, fēnix 8, E, Forerunner 165, 265, 570, 965, 970, Instinct 3 AMOLED, Crossover AMOLED, Venu 2, 3, 4, vivoactive 5, 6.
  • Round MIP: enduro 3, fēnix 7 series, 8 Solar, Forerunner 55, 245, 255, vivoactive 4.
  • Square and rectangular AMOLED: Venu Sq 2, Venu X1.

Installation

In the Connect IQ app on your phone (or Garmin Connect, then the Connect IQ Store) find "Shift Calendar" by Dialforge, tap Install and sync the watch. Find it in your glances (UP or DOWN on the watch face, or swipe) and press START or tap to open it.

First launch

It starts with the pattern DDNNOOOO counted from 2026-01-01. In the phone settings choose a preset or your own pattern and the real start date of your cycle. The 30-day free beta starts the first time you open it.

Controls

Watches with buttons (START, UP, DOWN, BACK)

  • UP or DOWN switches between the 7-day list and the month. START (ENTER) or holding UP opens the menu: Edit pattern. BACK leaves.
  • Edit pattern: UP and DOWN move the cursor, START changes the letter (D, A, N, O). Holding UP opens Add day, Remove day, Save (sets the preset to Custom), Cancel.
  • BACK in the editor offers Save and Cancel after a change, so nothing saves silently.

Touch watches (tap, hold, swipe)

  • A tap or swipe in any direction switches list and month. Long press opens the menu. In the editor, tap a cell to move the cursor, tap it again to change its letter.

Settings

Phone: Connect IQ app, Shift Calendar, Settings (the unlock code fields are there too).

  • Preset pattern: Custom (see below), 4 on 4 off, 2-2-3 Panama, 12h 4-brigade, 5 days + 2 off. Default: Custom (see below).
  • Custom pattern (D/A/N/O, 1-28): text. Default: DDNNOOOO.
  • Cycle start date (YYYY-MM-DD): text. Default: 2026-01-01.
  • Day shift start hour: number. Default: 7.
  • Day shift end hour: number. Default: 15.
  • Afternoon shift start hour: number. Default: 15.
  • Afternoon shift end hour: number. Default: 23.
  • Night shift start hour: number. Default: 23.
  • Night shift end hour: number. Default: 7.

License

  • Free beta: 30 days from the first launch, everything works.
  • Price: 4.99 EUR once at dialforge.dev, no subscription. The 8-character code is tied to your watch's UID.
  • Where to enter it: phone, Connect IQ app, Shift Calendar, Settings. Read the UID in "Watch UID (needed to buy a code)", buy the code, then type it into "Unlock code from dialforge.dev". The end-of-beta screen on the watch shows the UID too.
  • After the beta without a code: an end-of-beta screen with the UID replaces the app. Enter the code, then open it again. New watch? Write to us and the code moves for free.

Privacy and permissions

No special permissions.

No internet use. Data stays on the watch.

Health note: not a medical device, no diagnosis or treatment, no substitute for a doctor. Medical decisions belong to your doctor or pharmacist.

Troubleshooting

The code does not work. Check that the UID you bought for matches "Watch UID (needed to buy a code)" and type all 8 characters (case is ignored, no 0, O, 1 or I). A code for another app does not fit. Sync, then reopen.

It says Check settings. The custom pattern or the start date is invalid. Use 1 to 28 letters D, A, N, O and a date as YYYY-MM-DD.

How does the start date work? It is day one of your pattern; the cycle repeats before and after it.

What does Night until 07 mean? After midnight, during a night shift that began yesterday, the first row shows the shift end instead of today's Off.

Contact

kontakt@dialforge.dev or dialforge.dev. Please write before leaving a low rating.

Permissions and privacy

This product does not use the internet and sends no data to our servers.

Compatible watches

51mm, D2 Air X15, D2 Mach 1 Pro, Enduro 2, Enduro 3, epix (Gen 2), epix Pro (Gen 2) 42mm, epix Pro (Gen 2) 47mm, epix Pro (Gen 2) 51mm, Forerunner 165, Forerunner 165 Music, Forerunner 245, Forerunner 245 Music, Forerunner 255, Forerunner 255 Music, Forerunner 255s, Forerunner 255s Music, Forerunner 265, Forerunner 265s, Forerunner 55, Forerunner 570 42mm, Forerunner 570 47mm, Forerunner 965, Forerunner 970, fēnix 7, fēnix 7 Pro, fēnix 7 Pro - Solar Edition (no Wi-Fi), fēnix 7S, fēnix 7S Pro, fēnix 7X, fēnix 7X Pro, fēnix 7X Pro - Solar Edition (no Wi-Fi), fēnix 8 43mm, fēnix 8 47mm, fēnix 8 Pro 47mm, fēnix 8 Solar 47mm, fēnix 8 Solar 51mm, fēnix E, Instinct 3 AMOLED 45mm, Instinct 3 AMOLED 50mm, Instinct Crossover AMOLED, MicroLED, quatix 7, quatix 7 Pro, quatix 7 Sapphire, quatix 7X Solar, quatix 8 47mm, quatix 8 Pro 47mm, tactix 7, tactix 7 – AMOLED Edition, tactix 8 47mm, tactix 8 Solar 51mm, Venu 2, Venu 2 Plus, Venu 2S, Venu 3, Venu 3S, Venu 4 41mm, Venu 4 45mm, Venu Sq 2, Venu Sq 2 Music, Venu X1, vívoactive 4, vívoactive 4S, vívoactive 5, vívoactive 6

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FAQ

What happens after the 30-day beta?

The app shows a screen asking for a one-time unlock code from dialforge.dev instead of opening normally. Buy the code once below, no subscription.

Does the app send my data to Dialforge?

No. The app works fully offline, and the unlock code is checked on the watch itself, without contacting any server.

The app does not work as described on my watch. Can I get a refund?

Yes. Write through the feedback form below, or to the e-mail in the footer. If we cannot fix it, we refund you, as described in the terms.

Changing your watch?

Write to me and I will move your code for free.

Changelog

Unlock

€4.99

One-time payment. No subscription. The code works on the watch whose UID you enter.

  1. Install the app from the Connect IQ store. It works fully and for free for the first 30 days.
  2. Find your 10-digit UID: Connect IQ app on the phone > My Device > Apps or Data Fields > this app > Settings > Watch UID.
  3. Enter UID and e-mail, pay with PayPal (cards work without a PayPal account). The code appears here at once.
  4. Type the code into the same settings page, field "Unlock code". The watch checks it offline.

Tell us how to make it better

Missing a data field, a colour, a layout? Found a bug on your watch model? Write it here. We read every message and ship improvements in updates.