Now Available for Companies

Built for the Patch.
Built for Your Life.

Canada's first app built for oilsands rotation workers and their families.

Shift scheduling, family connection, money management, wellbeing, crew chat, and Fort McMurray local life — all in one place. Free for workers. Enterprise licensing available for employers.

Free to download
iOS & Android
Built in Fort McMurray
60,000+ workers

Everything a rotation worker needs

One daily habit. Six powerful modules. Built to work offline in camp when signal drops.

9:41
Wednesday, May 1
Crew Network
Camp Horizon — 12 members
DL
Devon L.
Anyone on the 6am flight YMM‑YYC tomorrow?
JR
James R.
I am! Seat 14A. Want to share a cab?
Perfect. Meet at gate 3 ✈️
Shift swap board
Urgent — May 8 night shift
Marcus T. needs coverage — offering May 15 day shift
I'll cover this ›
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Shifts
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Family
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Money
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Crew
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Fort Mac
Crew Network
9:41
Thursday, May 1 — Day 2
Hey Marcus
AT HOME
Day 2 of 14
12
days until work
Home startBack to work
How are you feeling today?
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😐
😶
😊
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Coming Home Mode — active in 10 days
Prompts for you + your partner
Conversation starters activate 48 hrs before you walk through the door
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Shift Calendar
14/7 rotation
View full year ›
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Family Sync
Priya + 2 kids
Send ping ›
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Home
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Family
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Wellbeing
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Money
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Fort Mac
Home Screen
9:41
Wednesday, May 1
Money Manager
This rotation earned
$6,240
Goal: Truck paid off — $14,000 remaining
62% of goal reached
Days-off budget
Spent$1,840 of $2,500
74% used — 3 days remaining
Certifications
H2S AliveNov 2025
First AidMar 2026
WHMISRenew soon
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Shifts
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Family
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Money
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Wellbeing
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Fort Mac
Money Manager

Rotation life is hard. No app was built for it.

University of Alberta research and Globe and Mail reporting confirm a documented crisis among oilsands commuter workers. ShiftBuddy was built to address every single gap.

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    Difficulty maintaining relationships during 14, 21, or 28-day rotations away from home

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    Loneliness and poor morale during camp stays — up to 6 hours of unstructured downtime nightly

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    Poor financial habits despite high wages — many earn $100K–$180K but retire with little savings

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    Sleep disruption from 12-hour rotating shifts leading to chronic fatigue

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    No single tool designed for their unique lifestyle — existing apps only solve scheduling

60,000+
Rotation workers in Fort McMurray alone
1.5M
Canadians living this rotation lifestyle
$0
Apps that serve the complete life of a shift worker — until now
$80K
Cost to replace one heavy equipment operator — ShiftBuddy improves retention

Everything in one app

Each module solves a real, documented problem for rotation workers. Together they create a daily habit that workers actually open.

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Shift Hub

The daily habit hook. Set your rotation pattern once and the app auto-generates your full year calendar.

Bold "Home in X days" countdown — checked every morning
Shift type tags: day, night, travel, layover — colour coded
Export to Google, Apple & Outlook calendar with one tap
Paycheck estimator based on shift type and rate
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Family Sync

Keeps families connected during long rotations. Partners and kids get a free companion app.

Shared family calendar — schedule appears on everyone's phone
"I'm thinking of you" one-tap messages during downtime
Milestone manager — warns 2 weeks before you'll miss a family event
Coming Home Mode — activates 48 hrs before rotation ends
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Money Manager

Addresses a documented crisis — high earners with poor savings habits and no structure.

Paycheck tracker and annual earnings dashboard
Days-off budget planner — the most dangerous spending period
Savings goals with visual progress tracking
Certifications wallet with H2S Alive, First Aid renewal alerts
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Wellbeing

Backed by documented oilsands mental health data. The module that gets employer attention.

Daily mood check-in — 5-second emoji log, trend graph over time
Sleep tracker with patterns against shift type
Anonymous peer community and crisis support one-tap access
Anonymized aggregate wellbeing reports for employers (never individual)
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Fort Mac Life

Makes ShiftBuddy a true Fort McMurray companion — not just a work tool.

Days-off activity planner: outdoors, family, restaurants, events
Local deals board — businesses post shift-worker specials
Fort McMurray newcomer guide for FIFO workers
Weather widget with extreme cold and wildfire smoke alerts
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Crew Network

Auto-matches workers by employer, rotation pattern, and site to build real crew connections.

Private crew channels: General, Carpools, Shift Swaps, Gear for Sale
"Who's on my flight" matching — one tap to group chat
Shift Swap Marketplace — post, discover, and confirm within crew
SMS bridging via Twilio — non-app users pulled into the network

For workers. For companies.

Workers download free. Companies license ShiftBuddy as an employee wellness platform — workers get premium features at no cost to them.

For Workers
Individual Premium
$7.99/month

Or $59.99/year. Free tier available with basic shift calendar, countdown, and family sync for 2 members.

  • Unlimited Family Sync (up to 5 members)
  • Full Money Manager with savings goals
  • Wellbeing trends and sleep tracker
  • Certifications wallet with renewal alerts
  • Full Shift Swap Marketplace
  • Coming Home Mode
  • Fort Mac Life deals and events
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Why Suncor, CNRL, and Syncrude should care

The business case is clear. ShiftBuddy gives HR and HSE managers data and tools they've never had — while workers actually use it daily.

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Retention that pays for itself
Replacing one heavy equipment operator costs $30,000–$80,000. A 5% retention improvement pays for ShiftBuddy many times over.
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Real wellbeing data for HSE
Fatigue and poor mental health are leading contributors to workplace incidents. The sleep and mood tracker gives HSE managers data they've never had.
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Recruitment advantage
"We provide ShiftBuddy for all employees and their families" is a real job posting differentiator in a competitive labour market.
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Worker privacy guaranteed
Individual worker data is never visible to employers — period. Employers receive only anonymized aggregate data. Workers own their own data.
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Enterprise Pricing Tiers

200–500 employees (contractor)
$8/employee/mo
500–2,000 employees (mid operator)
$6/employee/mo
2,000–10,000 employees (major operator)
$4/employee/mo
10,000+ employees (Suncor-scale)
$3/employee/mo
Free 90-Day Pilot
Zero cost, zero commitment. We deploy to 200 of your workers, run for 90 days, then give you an anonymized wellness report your HSE team has never seen before. If it works, we talk contract.

Ready to bring ShiftBuddy to your crew?

Whether you're a worker wanting to try the app, or an employer interested in a corporate pilot, we'd love to talk.