7shifts: Employee Scheduling

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About this app

7shifts is the only all-in-one team management app built specifically for restaurants. The goal? Making the daily operations of restaurant owners, managers, and employees easier. We help restaurants simplify their work with one app to schedule, time clock, communicate with their team, stay labor compliant, run payroll, pool tips, pay tips, and more. The mobile app is free for teams to use as part of their restaurant’s 7shifts subscription.

Manager features:
- Manage the schedule with time-off and availability automatically added
- Notify staff of their shifts automatically via email, text, or push notification
- Approve or deny shift trades
- Approve or deny time-off requests
- Track staff availability
- Track staff engagement like lates and no-shows
- Chat with staff or create team-wide announcements
- Get overtime alerts if staff are at risk of going into overtime
- Track real-time sales and labor to make smart decisions to reduce labor cost

Staff features:
- View all of your shifts
- See who you’re working with on upcoming shifts
- View hours and estimated earnings
- Request shift trades
- Request time off
- Submit your availability
- Chat using GIFs, pics, or emojis with your co-workers

SCHEDULING MADE EASY
Say goodbye to manual scheduling headaches! Our intuitive interface lets you create, edit, and distribute schedules in minutes, not hours. Drag-and-drop shifts, set availability, and handle shift swaps effortlessly. With smart tools like Auto Scheduling, ensure optimal labor costs while meeting staffing needs.

SEAMLESS TEAM COMMUNICATION
Communication is key! Keep everyone in the loop with instant messaging, shift reminders, and real-time updates. Share announcements, updates, and policies instantly. Your team stays engaged, informed, and ready for success.

LABOR MANAGEMENT & COST CONTROL
Maximize efficiency and minimize labor costs. Track labor budgets, forecast sales, and manage overtime seamlessly. Get insights into labor cost percentages to make informed decisions that positively impact your bottom line.

EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT & HAPPINESS
Empower your team with easy access to schedules and shift updates on their mobile devices. Give employees the flexibility to swap shifts, set their availability, and request time off. Happy employees equal better retention and increased productivity.

TIME & ATTENDANCE TRACKING
Accurate timekeeping is possible! Track clock-ins, breaks, and overtime without error. Say goodbye to tedious timesheets and embrace precision in payroll processing.

REPORTING & INSIGHTS
Unlock the power of data! Access comprehensive reports and analytics on labor costs, employee performance, and scheduling trends. Make data-driven decisions to optimize your restaurant's operations.

INTEGRATIONS & CUSTOMIZATION
Seamlessly integrate 7shifts with your chosen POS system or payroll provider. Customize settings to fit your unique restaurant needs and workflows.

Take it from our customers:
“If you're a restaurant professional, this is a mandate. If this is a hobby for you, by all means, use something else. Use Excel, use post-it notes if you write it down. But if you're a professional and this is your career and your actual goal is to earn profit for your business, then there's no viable solution or anything that would make sense other than this, there just isn't."

“Communication in this business is everything. 7shifts has saved the day and made it possible for me to get through that first opening, and I continue to use 7shifts to open my other restaurants and it’s the one consistent thing that keeps us together.”

Join the 1,000,000+ restaurant pros already using 7shifts to simplify their team management.
Simplify restaurant scheduling, payroll, time clocking, tips & communication.
Updated on
Nov 9, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • No data shared with third parties
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  • This app may collect these data types
    Personal info, Messages and 6 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

9.05K reviews
Tal Mitchell
July 19, 2026
this app is so finicky even when I'm on good wi-fi. It can take anywhere from 5-20 seconds for the schedule to load when navigating from another menu. at one point it was sending me back to the late 1800s & not letting me navigate back to 2026. It takes several seconds too long to load chats. Sometimes when I'm actively typing in a chat the screen will go blank and then after 5 second of loading, it will kick me to messages main screen, losing whatever information I was typing.
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7shifts, Inc.
July 23, 2026
Hello, thanks for sharing your feedback. Please connect with our support team so we can assist you in getting things working as expected!
Tera G
July 26, 2026
annoying. it auto notifies you of tasks only for there to be no tasks it doesn't send accurate notifications just generic ones that aren't even applicable. on demand pay approved me when my pay was only like $400 I got $200. but when pay went over $1200 it won't even approve a $100 advance. insane that I've worked over $1200 in pay and it won't approve but it did when my pay was only $400 I'm assuming using AI which explains the insane decision making. so if you want an advance skip this app
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7shifts, Inc.
August 12, 2026
Hey, thanks for sharing your thoughts. Please reach out to our support team if you have more feedback to share, we’re always looking for ways to improve.
Yukiko Nagasawa
August 27, 2026
Works okayyy... except that I can never see how much I've made. It's never correct and takes so long just to load. Then once it's finally done loading, it's still not correct. I've updated the app as well.
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7shifts, Inc.
August 27, 2026
Hello, thanks for sharing your feedback. Please connect with our support team so we can assist you in getting things working as expected!

What’s new

Fixed:
- Employee notifications now open the right place when tapped, so important training updates don’t get lost in the shuffle.
- Offering up a shift no longer sends employees on an unwanted detour to connect a POS.