# ShiftForce (ShiftNote) review (2026): is it worth $50 a month?

> Manager logbook and employee scheduling for shift-based teams

Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA.

ShiftForce, the new name for ShiftNote, combines a manager logbook with an employee scheduler, task lists and team messaging. It is aimed at restaurants, hotels and other shift-based businesses, and is priced per location with unlimited employees and managers.

- **Category:** Shift Scheduling
- **Made by:** ShiftForce, LLC
- **Website:** https://www.shiftforce.com
- **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android
- **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you have many sites, as every location is paid for.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 12, 2026, ShiftForce (ShiftNote) is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $50 per location / month (logbook only); $100 with the scheduler.

- **Pricing model:** Free trial
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** 30-day free trial, no credit card required.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ShiftNote | $50 per location / month, billed monthly | Daily logbook, task list, cash management, document storage, shift reports and a stats tracker. $540 a year if paid yearly. |
| ShiftNote +Scheduler | $100 per location / month, billed monthly | Adds employee scheduling, templates, labor cost tracking, shift swaps, time-off requests and a mobile app. $1,080 a year if paid yearly. |
| Enterprise | $150 per location / month, billed monthly | Adds POS integration (Toast, Aloha, Square, Squirrel), labor management and custom reporting. $1,620 a year if paid yearly. |

Read from https://www.shiftforce.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with ShiftForce (ShiftNote) before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Yearly billing is cheaper than monthly** (Annual discount): The pricing page lists $540, $1,080 and $1,620 a year per location against $50, $100 and $150 a month. Source: https://www.shiftforce.com/pricing

## Key features

- **Employee scheduler:** Managers build schedules from templates with drag and drop, and employees can view shifts, request time off and swap shifts within rules the business sets.
- **Manager logbook:** A daily log where managers leave notes for the next shift and track stats such as sales and labor, kept as a searchable record.
- **Task management:** Tasks can be assigned and tracked per company, location, role or person.
- **Labor cost tracking:** The Scheduler plan tracks labor cost against schedules; the Enterprise plan adds labor management and a custom reporting dashboard.
- **POS data:** ShiftForce lists integrations with Toast, Square, Squirrel and NCR Aloha (through the Olo Omnivore API) to bring sales data next to labor.
- **Daily recap emails:** Recap emails keep owners and staff informed about each day at a location without logging in.

## Good for

- Restaurants and hotels that want a manager logbook next to scheduling
- Single or few-location businesses with many employees, since staff are not charged per head
- Operators on Toast, Square, Squirrel or Aloha who want sales data in the same tool

## Worth knowing

- Pricing is per location, so a business with many sites pays for each one; multi-location discounts are by request.
- Scheduling starts at the $100 plan; the $50 plan is the logbook without a scheduler.
- POS integration is listed under the $150 Enterprise plan, and setup fees may apply.
- ShiftNote was renamed ShiftForce, and the pricing page still uses the ShiftNote plan names.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. ShiftNote, now ShiftForce, is a manager logbook with an optional scheduler, priced per location. Scheduling starts at the $100 plan, and the POS link is listed on the $150 plan.

- **Value for money: C.** $50 a location a month for the logbook alone, $100 with the scheduler. Employees are unlimited, but for a team of five the scheduler plan works out to $20 a head against a $5.65 middle.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** A 30-day trial with no card, then paid. There is no free plan.
- **Features: C.** Logbook, tasks, scheduler, labour cost, POS data and daily recap emails. The scheduler is not in the $50 plan and POS integration is listed under Enterprise.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Logbooks, templates and staff have to be set up first.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web plus iOS and Android apps, with four POS integrations listed.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from ShiftNote'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

- ShiftForce (ShiftNote)'s GPA of 2.2 is higher than 6 of the 23 other shift scheduling apps we grade, and level with 4.
- It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 2 of 23) and worst on features (C, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $50 a month, against a middle price of $5.33 for the category: 17 of the 17 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 10 tools score higher and cost less.

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 ShiftForce (ShiftNote) you could make: tasks, time off and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 2 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 13 of the 23 other shift scheduling apps grade higher. It costs $600 a year.

- You could make: Tasks, time off and reports: 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: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Toast, Square, Squirrel, NCR Aloha

**Tags:** Shift scheduling, Tasks, Time off, Reports

## Alternatives

- [7shifts](https://toolgpa.com/tools/7shifts): Restaurant scheduling, time clock, tips and payroll, per location. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/7shifts-vs-shiftnote)
- [Homebase](https://toolgpa.com/tools/homebase): Small-business scheduling, time clock and payroll, priced per location. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/homebase-vs-shiftnote)
- [When I Work](https://toolgpa.com/tools/when-i-work): Staff scheduling with auto-fill, shift trades and an add-on time clock. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/shiftnote-vs-when-i-work)
- [Sling by Toast](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sling): Free shift scheduling for up to 30 users, with paid time clock tiers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/shiftnote-vs-sling)
- [Deputy](https://toolgpa.com/tools/deputy): Shift scheduling, time clock and labor-law tools for hourly teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/deputy-vs-shiftnote)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026:

- https://www.shiftforce.com/pricing
- https://www.shiftforce.com
- https://www.shiftforce.com/shiftnote-scheduler
- https://www.shiftforce.com/integrations
- https://www.shiftforce.com/about-us

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