If you're a small business, you've been priced out.
Per-user pricing that only adds up at fifty staff. So the rota stays in a spreadsheet and the changes stay in WhatsApp.
Private early access is opening
Run every shift without the spreadsheet chaos.
Rotas, hours, holiday and team updates in one calm workspace — with a free app your staff will actually open.
- No spreadsheets, no WhatsApp groups, no paper
- Free mobile app for your whole team
- Set it up yourself, the same day you sign up
Why we built it
Most workforce software isn't built for businesses your size.
The big platforms are priced and designed for companies with an IT department. If you run a pub, a café, a care team or a few franchise sites, you get all the same scheduling headaches and none of that support — so most people end up back in a spreadsheet.
If you're growing, you're stuck in the middle.
Too big for a spreadsheet, too small for the enterprise stuff. Whatever got you this far starts falling over right when you can least afford it.
If you run franchises, every site does it differently.
Six locations, six ways of building a rota, and no way to compare hours or cost without someone rebuilding the lot by hand on a Monday.
The usual setup
- A rota in a spreadsheet nobody has the latest copy of
- Shift swaps agreed on WhatsApp and forgotten by Thursday
- Hours added up by hand at the end of the month
- Holiday requests in texts, emails and on paper
- “Am I in tomorrow?” at eleven at night
With CrewByte
- One rota, published, everyone seeing the same thing
- Cover requested and approved in the app
- Hours counted as they happen
- Holiday requested, approved and tracked in one place
- Their next shift already on their phone
One workspace
Everything that runs a shift, in one place.
Your rota, hours and holiday all in the same system, so nothing has to be copied from one tool into another.
Rotas
Build the week by dragging. Publish once and everyone has it — including the people who only ever check their phone.
Time & attendance
Staff clock in and out. Hours, breaks and lateness counted as they happen, not rebuilt from memory later.
Holiday & leave
Requests come in, you approve or decline, balances update. No more midnight texts you have to remember in the morning.
Shift cover
Someone cannot make a shift, they ask for cover in the app, and you decide. The rota stays true.
Multiple locations
One workspace across every site, with staff, rotas and reporting that know which site is which.
Team updates
Tell everyone once, in the place they already look — not a WhatsApp group that has scrolled away by Tuesday.
The CrewByte app
Your team gets an app. Not a login they will never use.
A lot of workforce software gives staff a web login they never bother using. CrewByte puts it on their phone instead, so checking a shift is as quick as checking a message.
- See their shifts — this week, next month, at a glance
- Clock in and out — breaks included, from their pocket
- Book holiday — and see what they have left
- Ask for cover — without a single phone call
- Read team updates — the ones that actually matter
Free for every member of your team, on every plan. Available on iPhone now, with Android coming.
Built for shift work
If your day depends on who is in, it is built for you.
Hospitality
Pubs, hotels and venues where the rota changes on a Friday afternoon.
Restaurants & cafés
Front and back of house on the same page, service after service.
Retail
Cover across one shop or twenty, with hours you can actually trust.
Care & support
People-first rotas where a gap in coverage is never acceptable.
Franchises
Every site run the same way, with numbers you can compare.
Anything shift-based
Salons, gyms, warehouses, events — if people work shifts, it fits.
Private early access
Close the spreadsheet for good.
We are opening access gradually so every early team gets proper support. Tell us about your business and we will be in touch when there is a place for you.
Early members get an access code and 50% off at launch.
Questions
Things worth asking.
When can my team get access?
We are opening access gradually so each early team gets proper support. Join the waiting list and we will email you when a place is ready.
Why do I need an access code?
CrewByte is invite-only for now. Your code unlocks registration when your place comes up, which keeps early onboarding focused and reliable.
What do early members get?
Launch updates, a private access code when invited, and a 50% off voucher to use when CrewByte launches.
Is the app included?
Yes. The CrewByte app is free for every member of your team, on every plan, from day one.
