HotSchedules vs 1LV Crew
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
1LV Crew
Access company news, photos, and videos. Stay updated with the latest from leadership and company happenings. This app is for information, not for ordering food.
- Company news updates
- Photos and videos
- Latest from leadership
- Breaking news alerts
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The Raising Cane’s 1LV Crew App is your one-stop-shop for Cane’s info! Check out the latest and greatest news, photos and videos from across the Company. Get breaking news, hear the latest from Todd Graves, and more. The Crew App is not an online ordering app. For more info about our quality chicken finger meals, please visit RaisingCanes.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: 1LV Crew at Free against HotSchedules's $2.99. 1LV Crew also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 22%). HotSchedules's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 5 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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
1LV Crew is free to download; HotSchedules costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HotSchedules holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HotSchedules has 67K ratings behind it against 101, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 22% of HotSchedules's written reviews are positive against 50% of 1LV Crew's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
HotSchedules ships an update every 8 days, 1LV Crew every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HotSchedules | 1LV Crew |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (67K ratings) — better | 3.5 (101 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 21.6% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 67K — better | 101 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 5 months |
| 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 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 147 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HotSchedules | Raising Cane's USA LLC |
Customer experience
HotSchedules
1LV Crew
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
1LV Crew
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HotSchedules
No in-app purchases
1LV Crew
No in-app purchases
