Rostering for cafés, bars and restaurants
Build next week’s roster in minutes, not Sunday night.
Tell Rosie who works for you and when they’re free. It writes the roster and checks it against rest and hours rules. You look it over, then send it out. On Team and up, it goes straight to the staff app on everyone’s phone.
From $29 a month, 25 staff included. Free for 30 days on any plan, no card. Made in New Zealand.
What happens next: pick a plan, open the sign-in link we email you, then add your team or start from a photo or spreadsheet of your current roster. Check it and send it out.
Roster
Roster
The whole job
Five steps, start to published.
This is the entire weekly routine. Not a highlight reel, the actual sequence.
Roster
Auto-fill
0.0s
- Reading your staff and shifts
- Working out who can work each shift
- Saving the roster
24
Shifts placed
1
Left unfilled
My Shifts
View and manage your shifts
20
Upcoming Shifts
4
This Week
30h
Hours This Week
08:00 - 16:00(7.5h)
Harbourside Café
Shift Lead
08:00 - 16:00(7.5h)
Harbourside Café
Shift Lead
12:00 - 19:30(7.5h)
Harbourside Café
Shift Lead
Start with your people.
Who they are, the roles they can work, and the days they are free. Open anyone from the roster and change it in place. That is the whole setup before a first roster.
Who it's for
Built for the places that close up.
Cafés, bars, restaurants and the kitchens behind them. Anywhere a week of work has to be shaped around real people, and the rules that apply to them.
Cafés
Openers, closers, and the barista who can only do Tuesdays.
Bars
Late finishes, and the rest gap the law wants before the next shift.
Restaurants
Front and back of house on one roster, with a wage estimate on Team and up.
Kitchens
Certifications that expire, and a roster that knows before you do.
The shape of it
One shift, all the way to payroll.
01You roster it
Sat 11 Apr
Sione Tapu
06:00 – 14:00
Open · Floor
02They clock inTeam and up
Sat 11 Apr
In 05:52
Out 14:06
Eight minutes early
03You approve itTeam and up
Sat 11 Apr
06:00 – 14:00
30 min break · 7.5 h
Clock kept: 05:52 / 14:06
04It goes to payrollTeam and up
Sat 11 Apr
Sione Tapu
7.5 h
Xero, or a payroll file
Notice what stage three keeps. Fix a clock-in and Rosie holds on to what the clock really said, right beside your correction, so you can always see what changed and who changed it. Clock-in and timesheets are on Team and up. Approved hours go to Xero or a payroll file. On Roster you can export the roster as a CSV.
Why a shift went unfilled
Every gap comes with its reason.
Bartender · Sat 14 June · 18:00–02:00
14 checked- Wrong role6
- Outside availabilityPriya N., Tom H., Aroha W.3
- Under-18 curfewJesse K., Liam O.2
- On approved leaveMarcus R.1
- Lapsed certificationSam D.1
- Eligible1
Sample data. You get this for every shift it cannot fill.
Every one of these rules used to live in someone’s head, at 9pm on a Sunday.
Staff app
Your team never opens a spreadsheet.
My Shifts
View and manage your shifts
20
Upcoming Shifts
4
This Week
30h
Hours This Week
08:00 - 16:00(7.5h)
Harbourside Café
Shift Lead
08:00 - 16:00(7.5h)
Harbourside Café
Shift Lead
12:00 - 19:30(7.5h)
Harbourside Café
Shift Lead
- See your roster the moment it is published
- Clock in and out from their phone (on Business, you can limit it to the venue)
- Request leave and pick up shifts from others
- Managers approve without opening a laptop
Free to download. The staff app is on Team and up. On Roster, you print or export the roster instead.
The rest of it
The roster is the start, not the whole thing.
Needs attention
All clear
Where your week stands, the moment you log in.
Sione Tapu
06:00 – 14:00 · 7.5h
3 waiting on you
What they actually worked, ready to approve.
Riley Chen
ANNUALWed 8 – Thu 9 Apr · 2 days
Asked for, approved, and off next week's roster.
Hours, cost and coverage, without a spreadsheet.
Timesheets, leave and the staff app are on Team and up. The roster and auto-fill are on every plan.
Rules
It already knows the rules where you are.
- Breaks, and when they are due
- Rest between shifts
- What under-18s can work
- Leave, sick days and public holidays
- Your own maximum hours and minimum rest, on every plan
- Rules for each employment type and weekend and holiday pay rates, on Team and up
Upkeep
Rule changes, written down.
- Added parental, bereavement, jury duty and study leave
- Rules can now differ per venue, not just per business, on Business
- Added the US advance-notice rules, city by city
- Added five Australian awards, with estimated pay rates to check
- Added right-to-disconnect support for Australia and Ireland
The full list, with the date each rule came into force, is on How it works.
See all 7
The week you publish is somebody else’s Tuesday.
The maths
What is Sunday night actually costing you?
| Hours saved, your estimate | 2.0 / week | 104 / year |
|---|---|---|
| Those hours, valued at | $40 / hour | $4,160 |
| Rosie, Team | $59 / month, 12 staff | $708 |
This only uses the numbers you entered. How much time Rosie saves is your own estimate: we have not measured it. Rosie’s side is the real USD Team price: the monthly base plus the amount for each staff member.
Price
$29 a month for your roster.
Roster
$29
a month for 12 staff
$29 a month flat, with 25 staff included.
Build the roster and share it by printing or exporting it. Your staff don’t get the Rosie app on this plan.
- Rosters and shift templates
- Rosie writes the roster for you (auto-fill)
- Maximum hours and minimum rest between shifts
- Your staff, roles and up to 3 venues
- Print or export the roster
- $1.20 a month for each staff member over 25
Team
$59
a month for 12 staff
$29 a month plus $2.50 for each staff member. Above 25 staff, each extra one adds $1.20, as on Roster.
Adds the staff app, timesheets, leave, shift swaps and Xero.
- Everything in Roster, plus
- The staff app: shifts, clock-in and leave on their phone
- Timesheets, and hours sent to Xero
- Who is free, leave and shift swaps
- Rules for each employment type, and weekend and public holiday pay rates
- Certificates, reports, up to 10 venues
Business
$77
a month for 12 staff
$29 a month plus $4 for each staff member. Above 25 staff, each extra one adds $1.20, as on Roster.
For groups running several venues.
- Everything in Team, plus
- A clock-in tablet at the venue
- You can require staff to be at the venue to clock in
- Your own break rules, and break sign-off at clock-out
- Different rules for each venue
- Unlimited venues
Free for 30 days on any plan, no card. The trial runs on the plan you pick, and you can change plan any time.
Prices are in USD. Manager and owner logins are free: you pay for your staff, not for the people running the roster. Export your roster and staff list as CSV (plus timesheets and reports on Team and up), and close the account yourself, any time.
Straight answers
The things people ask before they start.
How long before I have a roster I can publish?
Rosie needs three things: your staff, the roles they work, and one venue. Add those, or start from a photo or spreadsheet of your current roster, and Rosie can write the week. Setup also covers things like leave and clock-in, but none of that has to be done before your first roster.
Which plan should I try?
If you want the roster written and will print it or share it yourself, try Roster. If you want staff to see their shifts on their phone, clock in and ask for leave, try Team. If you need different rules at each venue, a clock-in tablet, or your own break rules and break sign-off at clock-out, try Business. Every plan is free for 30 days, and you can change plan any time.
Do I have to retype my current roster?
No. Take a photo of the roster on the wall, or upload a spreadsheet (CSV or Excel) or a PDF. Rosie reads it and adds the staff and shifts for you.
What if Rosie puts someone in the wrong place?
Drag them. The roster Rosie writes is a starting point, not a decision. Every shift stays editable, and for any shift it can’t fill, it tells you why. Nothing reaches your staff until you press Publish.
Will it actually pay for itself?
Only you can say, and we would rather not guess for you. It comes down to what an hour of your Sunday is worth against one monthly price. Every plan is free for 30 days, so you can check before you pay anything.
What happens to my data if I leave?
Export your roster and staff list as CSV (plus timesheets and reports on Team and up), then delete the account yourself. You do it in the app, not through a support ticket. There is no exit interview and no retention call.
Do my staff have to learn something new?
On Team and up, staff get a phone app that shows their shifts, clocks them in and takes leave requests. They never see the manager side. On Roster, staff don't get the app, so you print or export the roster for them.
Why it exists
Built by two people who had the problem.
“We both ran tourism operations for years. Rostering was the worst part of the week, and every tool we tried made it worse. So we built the one we wanted.”
Rosie is early, and there is no pretending otherwise. Everything on this page can be checked instead. Open the demo, read how it decides, and judge from that.
Build a roster this week.
Free for 30 days on any plan. No card, and you can change plan any time.
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