7shifts vs Kronto
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
7shifts
Streamline restaurant staff scheduling and communication. Managers can edit schedules, track labor data, and notify employees. Staff can manage availability, request time off, and trade shifts easily.
- Schedule management with auto-updates
- Staff notifications via email, text, push
- Shift trade and time-off request approval
- Real-time sales and labor tracking
- Employee shift viewing and earnings estimates
- Staff availability and engagement tracking
- Team-wide announcements and direct chat
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The 7shifts restaurant scheduling app makes it easy to manage schedules and communicate with staff on the go. With 7shifts, your managers can edit work schedules, communicate with and engage staff, track real-time sales and labor data, and stay labor compliant. The employee app empowers your team to take availability and time-off requests, shift trading, and communication into their own hands—anytime, anywhere. The 7shifts app is free for all restaurant employees to use as part of your 7shifts subscription. Features for restaurant managers: - Manage the schedule with time-off and availability automatically added - Notify staff of their shifts automatically via email, text, or push notification - Approve or deny shift trades - Approve or deny time-off requests - Track staff availability - Track staff engagement like lates and no-shows - Chat with staff or create team-wide announcements - Get overtime alerts if staff are at risk of going into overtime - Track real-time sales and labor to make smart decisions to reduce labor cost Features for restaurant employees: - View all of your shifts - See who you are working with for upcoming shifts - View hours and estimated earnings - Request shift trades - Request time off - Submit your availability - Chat with GIFs, pics, or emojis with your co-workers The 7shifts team is focused on making employee scheduling easier for managers in the restaurant industry, and make employees happier in the workplace. See how easy life is with 7shifts.
Kronto
Manage your work schedule effortlessly with this app designed for hospitality and quick-service businesses. View shifts instantly, clock in/out, and request time off with ease. Stay informed about your hours and team without relying on group chats or screenshots.
- Instant shift visibility
- Clock in/out functionality
- Time off requests
- Hours tracking
- Team awareness
- Shift reminders
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Kronto puts your work schedule right in your pocket—built for coffee shops, restaurants, and QSRs. See your shifts the moment they're posted. Clock in and out. Request time off in a tap. Always know your hours and who you're working with—no group texts, no screenshots of the schedule, no surprises. - See your schedule the second it's published - Shift reminders so you're never caught off guard - Clock in and out right from your phone - Track your hours and how they're adding up - Request time off and get a fast answer - Know your shift, your hours, your team—at a glance Spend less time wondering when you work. Download Kronto.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: 7shifts at 31K against Kronto's 2. 7shifts also leads on chart position (#91 vs unranked). Kronto's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kronto holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 7shifts has 31K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of 7shifts's written reviews are positive against 100% of Kronto's.
7shifts ships an update every 11 days, Kronto every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 7shifts | Kronto |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (31K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #91 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 170 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 7shifts, Inc. | Passcom Co. |
Customer experience
7shifts
Kronto
Bugs and requests
7shifts
Reported bugs
5 issues- Automatic log-outs and login issues
- Schedule not displaying correctly
- Announcement section not working
- Notifications not clearing or disappearing
- Shift bidding and pickup issues
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved notification system
- Better integration with calendar apps
- Ability to record hours and tips manually
- More customization options
Kronto
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
7shifts
No in-app purchases
Kronto
No in-app purchases









