Comparison

HotSchedules vs GratShare

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

GratShare

This app connects to a cloud-based service for restaurants to manage tip receipts, fairly allocate and distribute tips to employees, and securely archive records. It is designed for registered users of the gratuity management software.

Highlights
  • Automated gratuity management
  • Tip receipt management
  • Fair tip allocation
  • Employee tip distribution
  • Secure record archiving
Features
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GratShare user application (registered users only) Connection to Automated Gratuity Management Software as a service solution that protects your restaurant and your tipped employees by accurately managing tip receipts, fairly allocating and distributing tips to your employees and securely archiving your records.

Screenshots

HotSchedules4 screens
GratShare4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: GratShare at Free against HotSchedules's $2.99. GratShare also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 17.1). HotSchedules's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 1.8) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

GratShare 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

HotSchedules holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HotSchedules has 67K ratings behind it against 43, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of HotSchedules's written reviews are positive against 11% of GratShare's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HotSchedules ships an update every 8 days, GratShare every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
HotSchedules versus GratShare: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHotSchedulesGratShare
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (67K ratings) — better1.8 (43 ratings)
Positive reviews21.6% of reviews — better10.5% of reviews
Number of ratings67K — better43
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#1 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.17.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB7 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHotSchedulesGratuity LLC

Customer experience

HotSchedules

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

GratShare

All ratings43 ratings
Positive16.3%
Neutral4.7%
Negative79.1%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive10.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative89.5%

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

GratShare

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

HotSchedules

No in-app purchases

None

GratShare

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HotSchedules free?
HotSchedules costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is GratShare free?
GratShare is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HotSchedules or GratShare?
HotSchedules is rated higher. HotSchedules averages 4.6 out of 5 from 67K ratings, while GratShare averages 1.8 from 43 ratings.
Do HotSchedules or GratShare have ads?
Neither HotSchedules nor GratShare shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HotSchedules or GratShare?
HotSchedules ships an update every 8 days, and GratShare every 2 months. Most recently, HotSchedules was updated on October 21, 2026 and GratShare on September 24, 2026.

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