HotSchedules vs Restaurant365
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Shift swapping and pickup
- Time off requests
- Automatic calendar sync
- Manager schedule building
- Sales and labor monitoring
- Team messaging
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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
Restaurant365
This app allows restaurant employees to manage their schedules, request time off, and communicate with colleagues. Managers can handle logbook entries, inventory counts, and accounts payable tasks.
- View employee schedules
- Request shift changes
- Request time off
- View time punches
- Secure employee communication
- Manager logbook entries
- Inventory counting
- Accounts payable management
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The Restaurant365 (R365) mobile app makes it easy for restaurant employees to see their schedule, request shift changes, request time off, view their time punches, and securely communicate with other employees. Managers can make logbook entries, respond to all employee scheduling requests, count inventory, and manage accounts payable (AP) tasks. If your restaurant uses the Restaurant365 platform, the R365 app is the best way to accomplish your tasks on a mobile device. Download the Restaurant365 app now!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Restaurant365 at Free against HotSchedules's $2.99. Restaurant365 also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6). HotSchedules's advantage is chart position (#1 vs unranked). On review sentiment, ratings volume, 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
Restaurant365 is free to download; HotSchedules costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Restaurant365 holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 67K and 44K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of HotSchedules's written reviews are positive against 28% of Restaurant365's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | HotSchedules | Restaurant365 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (67K ratings) | 4.8 (44K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.7% of reviews | 27.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 67K — better | 44K |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #1 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.1 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | HotSchedules | Restaurant365 |
Customer experience
HotSchedules
Restaurant365
User reviews
HotSchedules
From 67K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Convenient for checking schedules
- 💡 Ability to pick up and swap shifts
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
- ⏱️ Slow loading times
- 🔍 Difficult to navigate and find information
- 🔄 Constant need to update app
- 💰 Paid app for employees
Restaurant365
From 44K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Efficient scheduling
- 💡 Useful for managers
- 👍 User-friendly interface
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and unreliable
- 🔍 Lacks important features
- 🤔 Confusing layout and navigation
- 🙅♀️ Poor communication and support
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
Restaurant365
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent crashes and app freezes
- Login and password reset issues
- Inventory count discrepancies
- Schedule and shift information not updating properly
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to contact employees directly
- Calendar sync for schedules
- Clearer shift assignment and pickup process
- Improved inventory management tools
In-app purchases
HotSchedules
No in-app purchases
Restaurant365
No in-app purchases









