RosterElf review (2026): is it worth $6 a month per user, billed yearly?
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Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for Australian shift teams on a small budget
RosterElf covers rostering, time and attendance and award interpretation from A$6 a user a month billed annually. Payroll is exported to Xero or MYOB, not run inside it, and annual billing needs at least 10 seats.
Who RosterElf is for
- Fits if you run an Australian team and need award rules on a low per-user price
- Works for businesses that already run payroll in Xero or MYOB
Who RosterElf is not for
- Skip it if you want annual billing for a small team, as it needs at least 10 seats
- Not for you if you want payroll run inside the app, since it exports to Xero or MYOB
- Watch out: admins and managers are billed as active users
- Watch out: billing is in Australian dollars plus GST, and the Flex plan for volunteers is not in the plan table
Why RosterElf gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for moneyA$6 per user a month plus GST billed annually (A$8 monthly), and A$7 for Full Suite. That is inside the category's cheaper quarter.
- DFree plan and trialA 15-day free trial on all plans; the page doesn't say whether a card is needed.
- BFeaturesRostering, clocking, award interpretation, team chat, leave and analytics. Payroll goes out to Xero or MYOB, which is a scope choice.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. Award rules need setting up per business.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb plus iPhone and Android apps, with Xero and MYOB exports. No desktop app on the listing.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from RosterElf's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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RosterElf's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 34 of the 49 other shift scheduling apps we grade, and level with 7.
It stands best on value for money (B, above 38 of 49) and worst on free plan and trial (D, above 23).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 50 shift scheduling apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. RosterElf’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 38 of 49, level with 11
- DFree plan and trialAbove 23 of 49, level with 4
- BFeaturesAbove 23 of 49, level with 26
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 49, level with 42
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 16 of 49, level with 33
Keep RosterElf, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace RosterElf you would be making payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.4 is higher than 34 of the 49 other shift scheduling apps we grade.
What you could make
- Time off and employee records: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you.
- Chat that a whole team counts on staying up.
- A rota the whole staff sees on their phones, with swaps and alerts.
- Clocking in from a phone, checked against where and when.
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. RosterElf’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is RosterElf?
RosterElf is rostering software for Australian businesses that run on shifts. Managers build rosters, approve timesheets and send payroll-ready hours to Xero or MYOB with award rates applied. An HR Hub adds onboarding, contracts and certificates, and staff use an iOS and Android app for shifts, swaps and clock-ins.
Worth knowing
- Billed in Australian dollars plus GST, per active employee, including admins and managers.
- Annual billing needs at least 10 seats; monthly billing needs at least 3 active staff. Enterprise pricing starts above 250 employees.
- Payroll is exported to Xero or MYOB rather than run inside RosterElf.
- A Flex plan at $10.60 per rostered staff member a month, for volunteer and event teams, is not in the plan table.
Key features
- Rostering
- Roster templates, staff availability, open shifts, shift swaps, break planning and labour cost forecasting, with roster warnings.
- Time and attendance
- Clock in with GPS and photo proof, or on a tablet time clock, with timesheet approvals and live attendance.
- Award interpretation
- Applies award rates to each shift and exports payroll-ready hours to Xero or MYOB.
- HR Hub
- Employee profiles, digital onboarding and contracts, policies, certificates and a document store, on the HR and Full Suite plans.
- Team communication
- Team messaging, staff notifications, shift notes, tasks and a newsfeed inside the staff app.
- Analytics
- Reports across rosters, wages, attendance and leave.
RosterElf pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, RosterElf is a paid product with a free trial, starting at A$6 per user / month + GST, billed annually (A$8 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- A$6 per user / month + GST, billed annually (A$8 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 15-day free trial on all plans
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| HR | A$3per user / month + GST, billed annually (A$4 billed monthly) | HR tools only: employee profiles, digital onboarding, contracts, policies, certificates and leave. |
| Core | A$6per user / month + GST, billed annually (A$8 billed monthly) | Rostering, time and attendance, award interpretation, Xero and MYOB exports, team chat, shift swaps and leave. |
| Full Suite | A$7per user / month + GST, billed annually (A$10 billed monthly) | Everything in Core plus the HR Hub, digital onboarding and contracts and the Workwise AI compliance assistant. |
Read from rosterelf.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with RosterElf before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountUp to 30% off with annual billing
Annual billing saves up to 30%: Full Suite drops from A$10 to A$7, and Core and HR by 25%. Annual plans need at least 10 seats.
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Common questions
Does RosterElf have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. RosterElf is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does RosterElf have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. RosterElf is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is RosterElf open source?
RosterElf is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.