7punches vs CheddrSuite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
7punches
This free time-clocking system is designed for restaurants to simplify employee scheduling, payroll, and attendance. It allows staff to easily punch in and out, while managers can track labor costs, enforce policies, and manage punches securely.
- Employee time clocking
- Syncs with 7shifts scheduling
- Labor cost reduction tools
- Tip declaration
- Offline punch recording
- Punch editing and approval
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Meet 7punches, a free, easy, time-clocking system built specifically for restaurants. 7punches is a companion app to 7shifts — a free employee scheduling app built for restaurants. 7punches is designed to help restaurateurs manage scheduling, payroll, and attendance like a pro, and to help staff quickly and easily punch in and out for their shifts. How 7punches works: - 7punches app serves as an easy-to-use, secure, time-clocking punch pad for your employees. - Syncs with 7shifts to generate powerful insights about your sales, budgets, staff attendance, and productivity. - Reduce your labor costs when you set limits on early clock ins, program auto punch outs, enforce breaks, and prevent unauthorized punches. - Prompt staff to declare tips at the end of each shift. - Record and sync every employee punch, even when 7punches is not online. - Easily edit and/or approve all employee punches About 7shifts: - 7shifts is employee scheduling software for restaurant managers and employees. - It provides a powerful platform for restaurant owners and managers to schedule staff and manage requests on the go. - Employees can access schedules and submit time-off requests, availability updates, and swap shifts from anywhere. - 7shifts and 7punches work together to make employee punches simple, and to provide managers with valuable labor cost data.
CheddrSuite
This app simplifies employee scheduling and communication for restaurant staff and managers. It allows for easy shift management, time-off requests, and real-time sales and labor tracking. Employees can view their schedules, request trades, and communicate with colleagues.
- Manage employee schedules
- Time-off and shift trade requests
- Real-time sales and labor tracking
- In-app messaging and announcements
- Shift notifications via email/text
- View team schedules
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The CheddrSuite employee scheduling app makes it easy to manage schedules and communicate with co-workers on the go. With CheddrSuite, managers can edit work schedules and communicate with and engage staff, and track real-time sales and labor data. The employee app empowers your team to take time-off requests, shift trading, and communication into their own hands on their own time. The CheddrSuite app is free for all restaurant employees to use as part of your CheddrSuite subscription. Features for restaurant managers: - Manage the schedule with time-off and shifts automatically added. - Notify staff of their shifts automatically via email, text, or in-app messaging. - Approve or deny shift trades. - Approve or deny time-off requests. - Chat with staff or create team-wide announcements. - 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. - Request shift trades. - Request time off. - Chat with your co-workers. The CheddrSuite team is focused on making employee scheduling easier for managers in the restaurant industry, and making employees happier in the workplace. See what CheddrSuite can do for you today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CheddrSuite at 60% against 7punches's 10%. CheddrSuite also leads on rating (3.1 vs 2.0) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.0). 7punches's advantage is ratings volume (55 vs 12). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CheddrSuite holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 55 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of 7punches's written reviews are positive against 60% of CheddrSuite's.
7punches ships an update every 3 weeks, CheddrSuite every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 7punches | CheddrSuite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (55 ratings) | 3.1 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.0% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 55 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 7shifts, Inc. | RD Solutions, Inc. |
Customer experience
7punches
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In-app purchases
7punches
No in-app purchases
CheddrSuite
No in-app purchases
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