Smartplan vs BarOS Staff
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Smartplan
Manage your work schedule, track hours, and communicate with your team. Features include a smart punch clock, shift swapping, absence requests, and real-time notifications. Ideal for employees and managers to streamline daily operations.
- Schedule at a glance
- Smart punch clock with GPS
- Shift swapping and pickup
- Absence and overtime tracking
- Team messaging and collaboration
- Hours and salary overview
- Availability marking
- Admin management on mobile
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Take charge of your workday with Smartplan - the app for managing shifts, hours, absences, and more. Key features: β’ Your schedule at a glance: View upcoming shifts, check the full rota, and stay on top of changes with home screen widgets and Live Activities. β’ Smart punch clock: Clock in and out with just a tap - with GPS verification, break tracking, and real-time shift progress on your lock screen. β’ Shift management made easy: Swap shifts with colleagues, pick up available shifts, or hand over shifts when plans change. β’ Absence and overtime: Submit vacation, sick leave, or other absences and keep track of your overtime balance - all in one place. β’ Stay in the loop: Get push notifications for new shifts, swap requests, and approvals. Catch up on everything in the activity feed. β’ Messages and collaboration: Communicate with your team through messages, share files, and coordinate via day messages on the rota. β’ Hours and salary: Review attended hours, adjust entries for accuracy, and view your salary overview. β’ Mark your availability: Submit your preferences and availability when rotas open for planning requests. β’ Admin on the go: Create or update rotas, create shifts, approve absences and swaps, manage employees, and monitor punch clock activity - all from your phone. β’ Works the way you do: Multiple accounts for different jobs, and available in Danish, German, Norwegian, Swedish, and English. With Smartplan, managing your workday has never been easier - everything you need is right at your fingertips.
BarOS Staff
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BarOS Staff is the app for people who work behind the bar. YOUR SHIFTS Every shift you are on, with the times, from the moment your manager publishes the schedule. Subscribe to them in your own calendar app and they keep themselves up to date. SWAPS AND PICKUPS Put a shift up for pickup, take one someone else cannot do, or ask for different hours. Your manager approves it in a tap. MESSAGES Announcements from your manager land here, so the important stuff is not buried in a group chat. REPORTS Something broke, something ran out, something needs looking at. File it with a category and it reaches the person who can fix it. CHAT One thread for the bar. Who swapped, what blew, what needs doing before open. You need an invite from your bar to use this app. If your manager runs BarOS, ask them to add you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Smartplan at monthly against BarOS Staff's every 3 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Smartplan ships an update monthly, BarOS Staff every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smartplan | BarOS Staff |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | β |
| Update frequency | Monthly β better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | β |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Smartplan ApS | Jonas KobberΓΈ |
In-app purchases
Smartplan
No in-app purchases
BarOS Staff
No in-app purchases








