The Shiftie Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Shiftie in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Shiftie
The Insider’s Guide
UK rota and time clock web app with one per-employee plan
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among shift scheduling apps, read from Shiftie’s own pages.
Made by Shiftie · checked Oct 18, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Shiftie’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Shiftie’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 18, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.0
GPA, above 0 of the 12 other shift scheduling apps we grade
Shiftie is a UK staff scheduling app used by visitor attractions, hospitality, retail and healthcare teams. Managers build rotas from templates and open shifts, staff clock in on their phones or at an on-site portal, and timesheets, leave, documents and team messages sit in the same web app. One plan includes every feature and is priced per employee.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Shiftie, taken from its own pages and our grades.
It's built for visitor attractions and venues, and can pull ticket bookings or till sales into the rota.
- 1
Best for UK venues that staff to bookings
Shiftie is a straightforward UK rota app with one plan and every feature on it, priced per employee.
- 2
Paid plans start at about $3.64 a month for each person
As its pricing page puts it: £2.75 per employee / month.
- 3
You can try it first
28-day free trial, no card details required
- 4
It runs on Web
Web.
- 5
Rota building
Shifts are added by drag and drop or from shift and schedule templates, with open shifts staff can volunteer for and suggestions for who to assign.
- 6
Swaps and conflict checks
Staff can swap shifts and acknowledge new ones, and conflict detection flags clashes in the rota, which can be split by team, role or location.
- 7
Clock-in with GPS limits
Staff clock in on their phones or at a shared on-site portal, with optional GPS restrictions, and managers see who is on site at any moment.
- 8
A 2.0 GPA, above 0 of 12
That is against the other shift scheduling apps we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
The plain part of Shiftie you could make: time off, employee records and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
Shiftie at a glance
- Pricing
- Free trial, from £2.75 per employee / month
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- 28-day free trial, no card details required
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- Shiftie
- Category
- Shift Scheduling
- Our grade
- 2.0 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for UK venues that staff to bookings
Shiftie is a straightforward UK rota app with one plan and every feature on it, priced per employee. It's built for visitor attractions and venues, and can pull ticket bookings or till sales into the rota. Just know there's no app to download: staff save the web app to their phone instead.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | £2.75 an employee a month, billed monthly with no yearly plan, so 15 staff cost £41.25 a month. Prices are in pounds only. That's above the middle of this category for a team that size, though it buys every feature. |
| Free plan and trial | C | No free plan, but a 28-day trial with no card details needed. Enough to run a month of real rotas before you pay. |
| Features | C | Rota templates, open shifts, swaps with conflict checks, GPS-limited clock-ins, timesheets, leave and documents, all on one plan. The gap the listing names is payroll: there's no payroll connection, only a timesheet export. |
| Ease of use | C | No App Store rating to go on, since there's no store app. Staff save the web app to their home screen, and a rota still needs teams, roles and templates set up first. |
| Platforms and integrations | C | Web only, as a progressive web app, with no native phone or desktop app. Its connections are UK ticketing, till and vetting tools such as DigiTickets and ICRTouch, and API access is by request. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Shiftie is for
- Great if you run a UK visitor attraction and want staffing to follow bookings
- Handy when you want every feature on one price with nothing locked away
- Good for employers tracking holiday allowances and absence patterns
Who it is not for
- Skip it if your staff expect a proper app from the App Store or Google Play
- Not for you if you pay in dollars, as prices are in pounds only
- Tight if you want hours sent straight to payroll, since it only exports timesheets
Good to know
Good for
- UK visitor attractions and hospitality venues that staff to bookings
- Small teams that want every feature on one per-employee price
- Employers tracking holiday allowances and absence patterns
Worth knowing
- Prices are shown in pounds sterling only; the site gives no dollar price.
- There is no native mobile app: Shiftie is a progressive web app that staff save to their phone's home screen.
- Listed integrations are UK ticketing, till and vetting tools; there is no named payroll integration, only a timesheet export, and API access is arranged on request.
- Billing is monthly for each user active in the previous month, with no annual plan, and teams of 200 or more need a quote.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
~$3.64
A month to start, for each person
Shiftie is a paid product with a free trial, starting at £2.75 per employee / month.
That's above the middle of this category for a team that size, though it buys every feature.
Monthly Plan
£2.75
per employee / month, £1.50 for each employee past 30
Every feature: scheduling, availability, leave, documents, time clock and timesheets, multiple venues, team messaging, reports and 7-day support.
Enterprise
Custom
For teams of 200 or more employees, priced by quote.
Trying it first
28-day free trial, no card details required
Read from shiftie.co on Oct 18, 2026.
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
1
Place it runs: Web
UK rota and time clock web app with one per-employee plan. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: reports, shift scheduling, time clock, employee records, time off.
Rota templates, open shifts, swaps with conflict checks, GPS-limited clock-ins, timesheets, leave and documents, all on one plan.
- Rota building
- Shifts are added by drag and drop or from shift and schedule templates, with open shifts staff can volunteer for and suggestions for who to assign.
- Swaps and conflict checks
- Staff can swap shifts and acknowledge new ones, and conflict detection flags clashes in the rota, which can be split by team, role or location.
- Clock-in with GPS limits
- Staff clock in on their phones or at a shared on-site portal, with optional GPS restrictions, and managers see who is on site at any moment.
- Timesheets for payroll
- Clock-ins create timesheet entries automatically, with auto-approval and auto clock-out settings, and approved timesheets export for payroll.
- Leave, absence and documents
- Holiday requests and allowances, absence tracking, an employee directory and stored documents such as policies and personal records.
- Booking-led scheduling
- Integrations with DigiTickets, TrekkSoft and ICRTouch bring pre-booked visitor numbers or till sales into the rota so staffing can follow demand.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- DigiTickets
- TrekkSoft
- eola
- ICRTouch
- Drawbridge
- InfoVetted
Shiftie is made by Shiftie.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
0/12
Other shift scheduling apps it is graded above
Shiftie's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 0 of the 12 other shift scheduling apps we grade.
Its paid plans start at about $3.64 a month for each person, against a middle price of $5.65 for the category: 4 of the 12 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 4 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 13 shift scheduling apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. Shiftie’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 2 of 12
- CFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 12
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 12
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 12
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 12
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 13 shift scheduling apps. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Shiftie is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
The plain part of Shiftie you could make: time off, employee records and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 12 of the 12 other shift scheduling apps grade higher. It costs $43.63 a year.
What you could make
- Time off, employee records and reports: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- A rota the whole staff sees on their phones, with swaps and alerts.
- Clocking in from a phone, checked against where and when.
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- It plugs into other products, DigiTickets, TrekkSoft and eola among them.
What this rests on. Shiftie’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.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
RotaCloud, Findmyshift, Planday, Deputy and When I Work
The 5 tools Shiftie is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.4GPA
RotaCloud
Free trial · from £10/mo
UK rota planning with leave tracking and an add-on clocking-in app.
- Only RotaCloud lists iOS and Android apps.
- 2.4GPA
Findmyshift
Free plan · from $24/mo
Drag-and-drop staff scheduler priced per team, free up to 5 employees.
- Findmyshift has a free plan. Shiftie does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Findmyshift lists iOS and Android apps.
- Shiftie also covers employee records.
- 2.6GPA
Planday
Free trial · from $2.99/mo
Rota planning, punch clock and payroll reports for shift-based teams.
- Only Planday lists iOS and Android apps.
- Shiftie also covers reports.
- Planday also covers auto-scheduling and team chat.
- 2.6GPA
Deputy
Free trial · from $5/mo
Shift scheduling, time clock and labor-law tools for hourly teams.
- Only Deputy lists iOS and Android apps.
- Shiftie also covers reports and employee records.
- Deputy also covers auto-scheduling and payroll.
- 2.8GPA
When I Work
Free trial · from $2.50/mo
Staff scheduling with auto-fill, shift trades and an add-on time clock.
- Only When I Work lists iOS and Android apps.
- Shiftie also covers reports and employee records.
- When I Work also covers auto-scheduling and team chat.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
12
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Shiftie free?
No, Shiftie is a paid product, but you can try it first. 28-day free trial, no card details required.
How much does Shiftie cost?
Shiftie lists 2 plans. Monthly Plan: £2.75 per employee / month, £1.50 for each employee past 30.
What platforms does Shiftie work on?
Shiftie is available on Web.
Does Shiftie have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 18, 2026. Shiftie is listed for Web.
Does Shiftie have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 18, 2026. Shiftie is listed for Web.
Is Shiftie open source?
Shiftie is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 18, 2026.
What does Shiftie integrate with?
Shiftie's listing names DigiTickets, TrekkSoft, eola, ICRTouch, Drawbridge and InfoVetted.
Who makes Shiftie?
Shiftie is made by Shiftie.
What are the alternatives to Shiftie?
The closest alternatives to Shiftie in our directory are RotaCloud, Findmyshift, Planday, Deputy and When I Work.
How does Shiftie compare with other shift scheduling apps?
Shiftie's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 0 of the 12 other shift scheduling apps we grade.
Is Shiftie good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Shiftie C for value for money. On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4.
Could I make my own version of Shiftie?
The plain part of Shiftie you could make: time off, employee records and reports.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Shiftie’s own pages on Oct 18, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 18, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Shiftie's own pages on 18 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Shiftie. Prices change, so check shiftie.co before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
2,068
Tools graded, in 57 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
ToolGPA is free to read. It may earn a commission from affiliate links and it works with sponsors, but anything paid for is labelled and no one can pay for a grade. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
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tools graded
57
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Shiftie, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/shiftie
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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Choosing software? Every tool graded, every price dated.
Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Shiftie’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. ToolGPA uses affiliate links and may earn a commission from them, and it works with sponsors; anything paid for is labelled, and no one can pay for a grade. Shiftie is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by Shiftie. Prices and plans change: check shiftie.co before you buy.