Stop scheduling
in a spreadsheet.
FreeRoster is a free weekly schedule for kitchens and restaurants. Fill the week in minutes, see hours and labor as you go, and print a clean copy for the wall.
Free means free. Not free for fifteen people.
A schedule you can build with one hand on the pass
Type shifts straight into the grid, group people by department, and know the week's hours before you post it.
Week grid
People down the side, days across the top. Click to add, drag to move, copy last week in one tap.
Stations
Line, prep, pastry, dish. Every shift carries its station and the day view groups by it.
Hours and coverage
Weekly hours per person and per day, so you know the week before you post it.
Labor cost
Add wages once and the week totals its cost. Only owners and managers ever see it.
Post and share
Post the week and hand out a link that always shows the latest version. Print it for the wall.
Time off and templates
Log days off so nobody gets scheduled over them. Save a week as a template and reuse it.
From the Excel grid on the fridge to a schedule that adds up
The spreadsheet
- Retype the same week every Sunday night
- Count hours by hand to catch overtime
- No idea what the week costs until payroll
- Someone edits it after it's on the wall
The schedule
- Copy last week, change what's different
- Hours totaled per person as you go
- Labor cost on the screen for managers
- Post it and everyone sees the same version
See it in your kitchen
Build the week in one screen
People down the side, days across the top, shifts colored by station. Click a cell to add a shift, drag one to move it, copy last week when nothing changed.
- Hours per person and per day as you go
- Templates for the weeks you run over and over
See who's on, station by station
Flip to the day view for a timeline of the shift: who opens, who closes, and where the gaps are, grouped by line, prep, pastry, and dish.
- Coverage at a glance for any day
- Overlaps and conflicts flagged before you post
Post it once, everyone sees the same week
Log time off so nobody gets scheduled on their day away. When the week is ready, post it: it gets a version number and a link that always shows the latest copy, no logins needed.
- Time off by person, with a reason
- Print the wall copy straight from the grid
The schedule is free. The operation is ApronOps.
We don't count your people. Pay only when you want the rest of the kitchen's operations in one place.
- Unlimited staff and shifts
- Week grid, day view, copy last week, templates
- Stations, time off, staff without logins
- Hours and labor cost for managers
- Post, share link, print
- Everything in FreeRoster
- Multi-location and cross-location staff
- Publish with email, staff time-off requests
- Coverage rules and overtime warnings before save
- Recipes, inventory, invoices, prep lists