Planday vs Rosie

Planday provides employee scheduling and workforce-management software for shift-working teams, on the web and on Android and iOS. Scheduling tools cover availability preferences, shift swaps, open and draft shifts, and reusable schedule templates. Workers can use Punch Clock to clock in and out from their devices, with location restrictions and rounding rules. Managers can compare scheduled and worked hours, approve shifts for payroll, and export timesheets through integrations. The mobile app also supports schedule viewing and updates, hour approvals and team communications. Planday connects with payroll, POS and HR systems, including Xero, Personio, Square, Lightspeed and ADP. Customers can configure working-time rules, contract hours and absence policies for automatic application to schedules, with real-time alerts for violations. The Starter plan includes Help Centre and live chat support; Pro includes dedicated phone support through a call-back service. Planday says it serves small, medium and enterprise businesses across industries such as hospitality, care homes, hotels, entertainment, retail, and fitness and wellness. There is no free plan; a 30-day trial is available. Starter costs £2.99 a month, billed per user/month, with a five-user minimum.

Rosie is staff scheduling and rostering software for hospitality, retail, healthcare, and services businesses, available on Android, iOS, and web. Its constraint solver considers availability, contracted hours, qualifications, rest periods, and fairness when generating rosters. Managers can adjust shifts in a drag-and-drop weekly grid and publish schedules to staff. Employees can clock in or out on a phone with GPS verification or at a shared tablet kiosk. Rosie says it enforces 22 scheduling rules and supports break, rest, young-worker, and leave requirements across six jurisdictions. The scheduler uses Google OR-Tools CP-SAT version 9.8.3296 rather than a language model. The free plan covers up to 15 people at one site. Pro costs $3.50 per month and covers up to 75 people at five sites; Business costs $5 per month and covers up to 150 people with unlimited sites. Business plans can send approved hours to Xero, while timesheets and reports can be exported as CSV. Rosie passes hours and rates to payroll but does not calculate tax or pay employees.