# Rotaready Evo review (2026): is it worth it? > Rota, HR and time tracking software for hospitality teams Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Rotaready Evo is the current version of Rotaready, a rota and workforce management product that The Access Group sells to hospitality businesses. It covers rota scheduling with forecasting, time and attendance, HR records, messaging and shift-feedback sentiment tools. Pricing is by quote through a calculator. - **Category:** Shift Scheduling - **Made by:** The Access Group - **Website:** https://www.theaccessgroup.com/en-gb/our-brands/rotaready-evo/ - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want a posted price, as the pages show a calculator and quote buttons only. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing Rotaready Evo's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## Key features - **Rota scheduling:** A drag-and-drop rota editor with live labor cost calculations, working-time rules, shift swaps, approvals and a rota assistant that suggests who to put on each open shift. - **Forecasting and budgeting:** Sales forecasts draw on weather, reservations and notable events; the Pro + Forecasting and Premium plans carry the forecasting feature set. - **Time and attendance:** Clock in by GPS, PIN or photo, match attendance to shifts, flag issues automatically and export timesheets to payroll. - **HR records:** Employee records, holiday allowances, absence, unlimited document storage and legal e-signatures, with onboarding through the app. - **Wellbeing insights:** Employees give feedback at the end of each shift, and managers see sentiment by location, manager and shift. - **Integrations and API:** Integrations with EPOS, reservations, payroll, applicant tracking and property management systems, plus an open API, webhooks and SSO. ## Good for - Pubs, restaurants and hotel groups, especially in the UK - Hospitality managers who want wage cost and forecast shown live while building a rota - Groups that want HR records, time tracking and rotas in one system ## Worth knowing - Prices are not shown: the pricing page offers a calculator and Get a quote buttons for Pro, Pro + Forecasting and Premium. - It is built for hospitality; the product page does not address other industries. - A fully managed payroll bureau is listed as an extra-cost option. - Rotaready is now presented as Rotaready Evo, a brand of The Access Group, and its pages sit on the Access Group site. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Rotaready plans rotas, forecasts demand and handles time, HR records and wellbeing insights for hospitality teams. Its prices are quote-only, it is now sold as Rotaready Evo by The Access Group, and the pages do not cover other industries. - **Value for money: C.** No price is shown. The pricing page offers a calculator and quote buttons for three tiers, so nothing sits against the $5.65 middle. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no trial on record, so you pay before you use it. - **Features: C.** Rotas, forecasting and budgeting, time and attendance, HR records, wellbeing insights and an API. A managed payroll bureau is an extra-cost option, and the pages speak only to hospitality. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Rotas, staff and forecasts have to be set up first. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web plus iOS and Android apps, with an API listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Rotaready's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among shift scheduling apps - Rotaready Evo's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 1 of the 23 other shift scheduling apps we grade, and level with 3. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 2 of 23) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/shift-scheduling ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of Rotaready Evo you could make: time off and employee records. What surrounds it you could not. The 6 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 19 of the 23 other shift scheduling apps grade higher. - You could make: Time off and employee records: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: A rota the whole staff sees on their phones, with swaps and alerts. - You could not: Clocking in from a phone, checked against where and when. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: An API that other software can build on. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Shift scheduling, Time clock, Time off, Employee records, AI features, Public API ## Alternatives - [Planday](https://toolgpa.com/tools/planday): Rota planning, punch clock and payroll reports for shift-based teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/planday-vs-rotaready) - [Deputy](https://toolgpa.com/tools/deputy): Shift scheduling, time clock and labor-law tools for hourly teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/deputy-vs-rotaready) - [7shifts](https://toolgpa.com/tools/7shifts): Restaurant scheduling, time clock, tips and payroll, per location. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/7shifts-vs-rotaready) - [RotaCloud](https://toolgpa.com/tools/rotacloud): UK rota planning with leave tracking and an add-on clocking-in app. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/rotacloud-vs-rotaready) - [Shiftbase](https://toolgpa.com/tools/shiftbase): Dutch shift scheduling, time clock and absence app, free to 15 staff. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/rotaready-vs-shiftbase) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.theaccessgroup.com/en-gb/our-brands/rotaready-evo/ - https://www.theaccessgroup.com/en-gb/our-brands/rotaready-evo/pricing/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/rotaready Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).