Comparison

Deputy vs Leeloo

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

Head to head
About

Deputy

This app simplifies employee scheduling, time tracking, and workforce management for businesses. It allows for easy creation of balanced schedules, communication with staff, and integration with payroll systems. Employees can view their schedules, manage availability, and clock in/out.

Highlights
  • Create balanced, cost-effective schedules
  • Publish shift information via push notification
  • Fill open shifts with team pick-up
  • Approve leave and shift changes
  • Manage team communications and tasks
  • Track time and attendance
  • Integrate with payroll and POS systems
Features
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Deputy is the ultimate employee scheduling app, shift planner, staff timesheet app, & complete workforce management solution. Get started for free today! Over 250,000 workplaces in 90+ countries trust Deputy for their employee scheduling software, leave management, time & attendance tracking, team task management, staff communication, demand forecasting and performance management. HOW DEPUTY HELPS BUSINESSES ◆ Easily create balanced, cost-effective schedules in minutes from any device. ◆ Publish personalized shift information to your team via push notification, email, and SMS. ◆ Fill open shifts easily by pushing alerts to your team and letting them pick up available shifts. ◆ Approve leave from your mobile easily so you're never caught off guard. ◆ Quickly approve employee shift swaps and shift changes in seconds straight from a mobile device. ◆ Manage team communications easily in one place: broadcast announcements, assign tasks to specific individuals / shifts, and get confirmation that your team has seen it. ◆ Get greater insight and control of your business, and keep yourself compliant with inbuilt fair workweek compliance. ◆ Connect with your existing apps to give you end-to-end visibility. Deputy syncs with over 300+ of the world's most used solutions such as ADP, Square, QuickBooks, Xero, Gusto, NetSuite, Revel, LightSpeed and many more! HOW DEPUTY HELPS EMPLOYEES ◆ Get your work schedule on your device as soon as it’s published. ◆ View all your upcoming shifts in one place and receive alerts on days when you’re due to work. ◆ Manage your availability and time off easily, see what’s approved, and make it simple for your manager to know when you are and aren’t available. ◆ Clock in and out of work quickly from the app. ◆ See important company updates, manage your tasks and communicate with your team from your mobile device. TRY DEPUTY TODAY Setting up your business? Sign up for a free trial today. No setup fee. Pick the plan to suit your business: monthly, annually or flexi. Always know that you have the right people scheduled with our Shift Planner: Deputy makes it easy to create fully costed schedules in minutes, then notify staff when they’re working. Deputy will even automatically remind employees of their shifts on the morning that they are due to work. Manage employees’ leave requests or unavailability from a central location, then integrate with your online schedules so there’s no risk of scheduling someone who is not available. Need to be smart about staffing levels? Deputy integrates with your POS & payroll information to make sure you’re scheduling efficiently, and pulls in real-time weather information so you know if you need extra shifts or not! Clocking in to work is made simple with our time clock software, including GPS validation, to quickly track time and attendance (or optionally from a tablet Kiosk, using our inbuilt facial detection technology). Finalizing your timesheets and exporting to payroll can be done with one click from your mobile device. Joining an existing team? It's free - just log in. CUSTOMER TESTIMONIALS “Straightaway, the time and attendance headache disappeared. There’s no need to manually enter data from one system to another. It’s all uploaded effortlessly. And on our tablets or phones, we can sign off timesheets with a swipe." "Everyone gets alerted to their shifts, which they can check on their smartphones. Everyone knows where they should be, when they should be there and what they should be doing." "Deputy has been a revelation for our business. We’re saving approximately $30,000 a year in admin costs alone. But even more importantly, we’re now able to optimize all shifts and staffing levels." ABOUT DEPUTY APP Our staff scheduling app is updated regularly to make sure we’re always providing the best and most flexible features to the businesses we work with. Any feedback? Need help? Email experience+ios@deputy.com Terms of Use: https://www.deputy.com/subscription-agreement

About

Leeloo

Manage your beauty business appointments and clients efficiently. This app offers automated SMS reminders, online booking, and financial reporting to help self-employed beauty professionals streamline operations and increase revenue.

Highlights
  • Appointment scheduling
  • Automated SMS reminders
  • Client management with notes
  • 24/7 online booking
  • Financial and cost reports
  • Revenue and income statistics
Features
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Leeloo is tailored for hair stylists, colorists, makeup artists, hair extensions specialists, nail artists, hair removal specialists, lash stylists, brow artists, cosmetologists and more self-employed beauty professionals. The Leeloo app is a quick and efficient way to manage your business from wherever you are. Scheduling appointments has never been so easy! Features: Appointment Scheduler - Control your own schedule and clients appointments from your phone. Quick appointment scheduling for new, existing and walk-in customers. Sms Text Reminder About Appointments - Leeloo automatically sends appointment sms text reminders and confirms to your clients. If your client gets a reminder 24 hours or 2 hours before the appointment there is less possibility that they will miss it. Client Management - View customer details and track appointment history. Keep private notes to remember birthdays, preferences, etc. Personal approach will keep small business customer-oriented and your services in demand. Online Booking 24/7 - Your schedule is available to your clients 24/7, so they can book your free slots if you are busy. Access Financial & Costs Reports - Control your own revenue and costs. Now you can monitor your financial results and view income statistics in terms of the day / week and month. Download the Leeloo app and increase revenue from existing and new customers! Site: http://leeloostore.com Questions and suggestions: info@leeloostore.com

Screenshots

Deputy4 screens
Leeloo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Deputy at weekly against Leeloo's every 6 weeks. Deputy also leads on ratings volume (5.4K vs 5). Leeloo's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Deputy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $59.99 per month and Leeloo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Leeloo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Deputy has 5.4K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Deputy's written reviews are positive against 67% of Leeloo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Deputy ships an update weekly, Leeloo every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Deputy versus Leeloo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeputyLeeloo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5.4K ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.9% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5.4K — better5
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size285 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDeputy.comООО "Умный бизнес"

Customer experience

Deputy

All ratings5,355 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral1.2%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews423 reviews
Positive58.9%
Neutral9.9%
Negative31.2%

Leeloo

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Deputy

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes or freezes frequently
  • Timesheets not accurately recording hours worked
  • Shift scheduling issues after updates
  • Notification system not reliable

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to cancel shifts
  • Improve communication features between employees
  • Provide more detailed reporting and analytics
  • Allow employees to view their leave balances
  • Integrate with more payroll/HR systems

Leeloo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Deputy

Subscriptions2
  • 10 users1 Month trial$59.991 Month
  • 25 users1 Month trial$144.991 Month
3 purchases

Leeloo

Subscriptions3
  • LEELOO PREMIUM1 Month trial$5.991 Month
  • LEELOO PREMIUM1 Month trial$21.996 Months
  • LEELOO PREMIUM1 Month trial$36.991 Year

Questions

Is Deputy free?
Deputy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Leeloo free?
Leeloo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Deputy or Leeloo?
Leeloo is rated higher. Deputy averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5.4K ratings, while Leeloo averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Deputy or Leeloo have ads?
Neither Deputy nor Leeloo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Deputy or Leeloo?
Deputy ships an update weekly, and Leeloo every 6 weeks. Most recently, Deputy was updated on September 24, 2026 and Leeloo on August 12, 2026.

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