Ecolab KitchenIQ vs Shiftfish Employees
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ecolab KitchenIQ
This cloud-based software streamlines restaurant operations, workforce management, and food safety. It simplifies daily workflows and enhances visibility for food service providers, with support for Bluetooth temperature probes in checklists.
- Restaurant operations management
- Workforce management
- Food safety system
- Simplify daily workflows
- Enhance visibility
- Bluetooth temperature probe support
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KitchenIQ is a cloud-based restaurant operations management software, workforce management, and food safety system that helps food service providers simplify daily workflows and enhance visibility. We support the Thermapen One Bluetooth temperature probe in our checklists feature. You must have bluetooth enabled to use this feature.
Shiftfish Employees
This app gives employees control over their work schedules, eliminating the need for traditional time off requests or availability changes. It provides the flexibility of gig work while maintaining the benefits of a single employer.
- Employee schedule control
- Eliminates time off requests
- Manages availability changes
- Flexible on-demand scheduling
- Single employer benefits
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Shift Fish puts the power & flexibility of scheduling in the hands of team members. Shift Fish eliminates the need for time off requests & availability changes. In the past to get access to flexible, on-demand scheduling employees had to work for multiple employers & pick up gig shifts. Shift Fish grants employees full scheduling control while working for a single employer. This ensures employees get the benefits of working for a single employer, but the flexibility of choosing a schedule that works for them! “Your Schedule, Your Choice” -Shift Fish
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Shiftfish Employees at free against Ecolab KitchenIQ's freemium. Shiftfish Employees also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). Ecolab KitchenIQ's advantage is ratings volume (259 vs 2) and review sentiment (22% vs 0%). On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.9 for Ecolab KitchenIQ against 3.0 for Shiftfish Employees. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ecolab KitchenIQ has 259 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 22% of Ecolab KitchenIQ's written reviews are positive against 0% of Shiftfish Employees's.
Ecolab KitchenIQ ships an update every 3 weeks, Shiftfish Employees fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ecolab KitchenIQ | Shiftfish Employees |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (259 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 259 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jaywalking, LLC | Big Banyan Digital |
Customer experience
Ecolab KitchenIQ
Shiftfish Employees
Bugs and requests
Ecolab KitchenIQ
Reported bugs
32 issues- Bluetooth popup every time
- Shift lead assignment broken
- Checklists impossible to find
- Suggested break time feature is idiotic
- Safe count addition feature removed
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- Safe count entry requires 'enter' to save
- Waste screen is blank
- Breaks don't make sense/show all
- Scheduling doesn't sync
- Cannot see recognition/infractions well
- Morning/afternoon shifts mixed
- Shows suggested break time instead of arrival
- Checklists impossible to find/access
- Breaks show all areas, not specific
- People show up with two breaks
- Manual input of times changes hours
- App crashes when opening tokens
- App is randomly down/unusable
- Repeated login attempts required
- Randomly logs out
- Doesn't work half the time
- Glitchy
- Chat doesn't work consistently
- App stops working
- Cannot access from iPad/laptop/cell phone
- Cannot make an account
- Error: Couldn't get team feed data- 1064
- Checklist doesn't let you take pictures
- Redeemed reward took points but no reward
- App is useless on iPad
- App is a distraction
- Kicked off, not recognized as active store
Requested features
43 requests- Remove Bluetooth popup
- Revert to old version/features
- Bring back recognitions/top performers/birthdays/anniversaries
- Make shift lead assignment functional
- Simplify finding shift setups
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- Allow direct access to specific dayparts for setups
- Remove suggested break times
- Bring back safe count addition feature
- Make safe count entry easier
- Restore checklist point values
- Make waste tracking functional
- Allow sync with scheduling updates
- Improve visibility of recognition/infractions
- Make checklists easier to use
- Fix morning/afternoon shift mixing on roster
- Show actual shift arrival times, not suggested break times
- Make checklists easier to find/access
- Allow reordering of setup positions
- Bring back shift notes
- Make broadcasts more appealing
- Restore trainer data
- Restore previous shift leaders feature
- Show completion per shift, not just whole day
- Fix sync with Hot Schedules
- Show FOH people when making FOH setup
- Allow sorting setups by arrival time
- Fix constant sign-outs
- Improve WiFi connectivity requirements
- Add ability to zoom in/out
- Add ability to save photos
- Add more emojis
- Add desktop/iPad version
- Add ability to search message content
- Fix token redemption issues
- Fix profile picture changes
- Allow printing of infractions/recognitions
- Allow assigning checklists to groups
- Restore points for removed infractions
- Fix SQL syntax errors
- Fix team feed data errors
- Make app work on iPad
- Make app work on desktop
- Allow printing hard copies of infractions
Shiftfish Employees
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ecolab KitchenIQ
No in-app purchases
Shiftfish Employees
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Ecolab KitchenIQ free?
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