Comparison

Toast Now vs Schedulefly

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

Head to head
About

Toast Now

Manage your business operations remotely with real-time sales data, delivery channel control, and labor management tools. Coordinate with your team, update inventory, and view performance across multiple locations from your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Real-time sales data
  • Delivery channel control
  • Manager log communication
  • Multi-location view
  • Stock management
  • Team labor management
Features
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Run your business on the go with Toast Now, Toast’s mobile app designed to give you total freedom. Real-time insights, channel controls, labor management, and more – all conveniently in your pocket. GET IMMEDIATE INSIGHTS Live sales data with hour-by-hour totals and helpful breakdowns, including comparisons to the same day last week and year. CONTROL DELIVERY CHANNELS Curb the flow of orders with easy on-off toggles for online ordering, Local by Toast, and third-party apps like Grubhub. COMMUNICATE & COORDINATE Add and edit entries to your manager log, synced with Toast Web, and reply quickly with simple conversational threads. EASILY TOGGLE BETWEEN LOCATIONS The multi-location view keeps things simple. Log in once and see all your locations and performance in a single place. MANAGE STOCK FROM ANYWHERE Mark items in stock and out of stock so employees can keep customers informed and solve for shortages and in real time. STAY CONNECTED TO YOUR TEAM See who’s clocked in or out, edit employee shifts, and view shift information, including tips earned and break times. Download Toast Now for iOS. Please note: Toast Now is only available for Toast customers.

About

Schedulefly

This app simplifies staff scheduling for restaurants. Employees can view schedules, communicate with colleagues, trade shifts, and request time off. Managers can broadcast messages, approve shift changes, and monitor labor costs.

Highlights
  • View schedules
  • Communicate with co-workers
  • Trade shifts
  • Request time off
  • Broadcast messages
  • Approve shift changes
  • View labor cost reports
Features
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Schedulefly is simple, fast, easy-to-use scheduling software built for restaurants. Our mobile app makes it easy for restaurant staff to: - Check the schedule - Communicate with co-workers - Trade shifts (with manager approval) - Request time off - View company messages and documents Managers can additionally: - Broadcast messages to staff via email and SMS - Approve/decline shift changes - View labor cost report - View site activity report - Communicate with managers via Fly Notes The Schedulefly mobile app requires an account at Schedulefly. Learn more about features and pricing at www.schedulefly.com.

Screenshots

Toast Now4 screens
Schedulefly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Toast Now at 4.9 against Schedulefly's 3.1. Toast Now also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 26 months) and ratings volume (12K vs 30). Schedulefly's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Toast Now holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Toast Now has 12K ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 32% of Toast Now's written reviews are positive against 36% of Schedulefly's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Toast Now ships an update weekly, Schedulefly every 26 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Toast Now versus Schedulefly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterToast NowSchedulefly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (12K ratings) — better3.1 (30 ratings)
Positive reviews32.4% of reviews35.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12K — better30
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 26 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size215 MB9 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperToast, Inc.Schedulefly

Customer experience

Toast Now

All ratings11,576 ratings
Positive98.7%
Neutral0.5%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive32.4%
Neutral12.7%
Negative54.9%

Schedulefly

All ratings30 ratings
Positive46.7%
Neutral10.0%
Negative43.3%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive35.7%
Neutral21.4%
Negative42.9%

Bugs and requests

Toast Now

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Double charging customers and failure to refund
  • Incorrect or outdated data on the reporting page

Requested features

4 requests
  • Weekly/monthly sales and labor reporting
  • Ability to view individual orders/tabs and transaction details
  • Separate reporting for cash vs. credit card sales, tips, etc.
  • Multi-location/group-level sales overview

Schedulefly

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Toast Now

No in-app purchases

None

Schedulefly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Toast Now free?
Toast Now is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Schedulefly free?
Schedulefly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Toast Now or Schedulefly?
Toast Now is rated higher. Toast Now averages 4.9 out of 5 from 12K ratings, while Schedulefly averages 3.1 from 30 ratings.
Do Toast Now or Schedulefly have ads?
Neither Toast Now nor Schedulefly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Toast Now or Schedulefly?
Toast Now ships an update weekly, and Schedulefly every 26 months. Most recently, Toast Now was updated on September 24, 2026 and Schedulefly on August 31, 2026.

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