Rosie vs ShiftCal

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.

ShiftCal provides shift scheduling, clock-ins by GPS or kiosk, time-off management, and payroll exports for shift-based businesses, including gyms. Its assistant and solver draft rosters around coverage, availability, rest, and fairness rules. Gym scheduling supports class-shaped shifts, instructors working across multiple gyms, and shift swaps to arrange cover. The assistant can extract roles, shifts, sites, rules, and coverage needs from Excel, PDF, CSV files, and schedule photos. A confirmation card appears before changes are applied or published. Employees can use Android and iOS apps for calendars, push notifications, clock-ins, leave requests, and shift swaps; the service also runs on the web. Timesheets and payroll can be exported in CSV, Excel, or PDF formats, but no specific payroll integrations are named. The free plan is listed at free for five people and one site, with no card required and cancellation anytime. The pricing note lists paid plans from €2.99/mo and a 14-day trial; the plan details also list Pro at €299 a month and Crew at €999 a month. Precise location is collected only at workplace clock-in, not tracked in the background.