Comparison

HotSchedules vs Kendr

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

HotSchedules

This app simplifies employee scheduling and team communication. It allows for easy shift management, time-off requests, and calendar syncing. Managers benefit from faster schedule creation and performance monitoring, while teams stay connected through messaging.

Highlights
  • Shift swapping and pickup
  • Time off requests
  • Automatic calendar sync
  • Manager schedule building
  • Sales and labor monitoring
  • Team messaging
Features
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HotSchedules is the industry's leading employee scheduling app because it’s the fastest and easiest way to manage your schedule and communicate with your team. Team members love it because they can swap, pick-up or release shifts with one click. Work-life balance is easily managed with automatic shift pick ups when you want more hours, and time off requests for when you don’t. Calendar sync and notifications keep your Schedules and the roster automatically updated to your phone with any manager-approved changes. Managers appreciate the 75% time savings when building schedules and one-click approvals for shift changes. The ability to monitor business performance with sales and labor snapshots from anywhere, keeps them out of the back office. And most importantly, staying connected with broadcast and one-to-one messaging makes for a happy and productive team culture. NOTE: The HotSchedules application REQUIRES a valid HotSchedules user account through your employer. Need help? Contact Customer Care 24x7x365

About

Kendr

This app provides employees with a direct, anonymous channel to communicate ideas, questions, or issues to management. It facilitates safe reporting and ensures employees feel heard, leading to increased morale and improved workplace communication.

Highlights
  • Anonymous message submission
  • Categorize messages (ideas, questions, issues)
  • Attach photos or videos
  • Direct communication with HR/management
  • Multi-language translation
  • Manage conversations from inbox
  • Push notifications for new messages
Features
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A business's greatest resource are its employees. kendr allows them a direct, instant connection to report ideas, questions or issues to their ownership or upper management. Employees download a free app that allows direct access to HR or management of registered employers so they can safely (anonymously if desired) report any issues at work. Employees can choose which type of message they want to send (ideas, questions or issues), who will receive their messages, which location they work at and manage conversations from their inbox. Easily translate messages between English and other multiple languages to remove any barriers. Questions get answered, harassment gets reported, and morale increases when employees feel heard. Features: Employee App • Easy set-up with unique code to ID employer • Send anonymous messages to employer • Send questions, comments or concerns • Attach pictures or videos • Choose who will see the messages • Choose your employment location • Toggle between multiple employer accounts • Receive auto-responses when submitting messages • Manage communications from inbox • Receive push notifications when new messages arrive • Translate messages to multiple languages

Screenshots

HotSchedules4 screens
Kendr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Kendr at Free against HotSchedules's $2.99. Kendr also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.1). HotSchedules's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (67K vs 4). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Kendr is free to download; HotSchedules costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for HotSchedules against 4.5 for Kendr. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HotSchedules has 67K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HotSchedules ships an update every 8 days, Kendr every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
HotSchedules versus Kendr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHotSchedulesKendr
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (67K ratings) — better4.5 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews21.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings67K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#1 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.115.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB24 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHotSchedulesL&S Innovations, LLC

Customer experience

HotSchedules

All ratings67,307 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral3.4%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews385 reviews
Positive21.6%
Neutral12.7%
Negative65.7%

Kendr

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

HotSchedules

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login issues after updates
  • Calendar sync problems
  • Disappearing messages and data loss
  • Incompatibility with dark mode

Requested features

5 requests
  • Show shift end times
  • Categorize and filter inbox messages
  • Ability to view full team schedules
  • Automatic shift rotation algorithm
  • Integrated payroll and earnings tracking

Kendr

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

HotSchedules

No in-app purchases

None

Kendr

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HotSchedules free?
HotSchedules costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kendr free?
Kendr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HotSchedules or Kendr?
HotSchedules is rated higher. HotSchedules averages 4.6 out of 5 from 67K ratings, while Kendr averages 4.5 from 4 ratings.
Do HotSchedules or Kendr have ads?
Neither HotSchedules nor Kendr shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HotSchedules or Kendr?
HotSchedules ships an update every 8 days, and Kendr every 2 months. Most recently, HotSchedules was updated on October 28, 2026 and Kendr on October 7, 2026.

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