Daypart

Retail scheduling

Employee scheduling for retail shops

Small retail runs on coverage around store hours, a part-time and seasonal crew, and the swaps that come with both. Daypart makes the weekly build quick, keeps availability straight, and gets the schedule onto everyone's phone — without an enterprise workforce platform.

Build the week around your busy hours, collect availability from students and seasonal hires, and let staff claim open shifts and trade among themselves. Publish once and the floor knows the plan.

Start free trialSee how it works
  • Sales associate
  • Cashier
  • Stock
  • Key holder
  • Manager

Built for how retail shops actually run.

  • Cover the peak hours

    See coverage by day and role so the busy afternoons and weekends are staffed, and fill the thin spots with open shifts.

  • Seasonal and part-time crews

    Onboard seasonal hires fast and collect availability from students and part-timers so the schedule fits real lives.

  • Swaps and time off, handled

    Staff request trades and time off from the app; managers approve from a clean queue with an undo and a full audit trail.

  • Everyone has the schedule

    Publish and the floor gets it on their phones, with a reminder before each shift — no printed sheet that's already out of date.

Built for how small shops actually work

The schedule, handled.

Four questions, answered fast: who's working, who's available, what's open, what changed.

  • Weekly schedule builder

    Drag a shift onto a day, snap to half-hour cells, copy last week with one button. The week comes together in minutes.

  • Availability collection

    Each teammate sets when they can work — split shifts welcome. The builder flags conflicts with a sunset ring before you publish.

  • Publish in one tap

    Push the week live and every assigned teammate gets the update — in the Activity feed, by email, or both. No group text needed.

  • Shift swaps & trades

    Crew requests a drop or a two-way trade. Manager approves with a 7-second undo. Full audit trail on every decision.

  • Open shifts to claim

    Post an unfilled shift; qualified teammates see it on the app. First come, first scheduled — the row drops out of the list.

  • Time-off requests

    A clean approval queue with the same undo-and-change-decision UX as swaps. Approvals flow straight onto the schedule.

  • Day-level events row

    Pin an Event, Promo, Holiday, Closure, or Note above each day so the whole week reads at a glance. Color-coded chips, manager-edited, employee read-only.

  • Smart notifications

    Schedule published. Swap approved. Shift starts in 30. Ten kinds of notifications, throttled so no one gets spammed during weekly planning.

  • Print-friendly schedule

    Black-and-white weekly schedule for the fridge or the back-of-house corkboard. Density toggle for poster or handout sizing.

What we're not building.

No payroll. No tax filings. No HR onboarding flows. No multi-state compliance maze. Daypart is a scheduling command center — not another HR platform you have to babysit. We'll integrate with the tools you already use for the rest.

Honest pricing

Honest pricing for small teams.

Start with a 30-day free trial of Team — no credit card. When it ends, keep going on Team or Business; upgrade right in the app.

  1. Free trial

    $0for 30 days

    Full Team features — no credit card.

    • Everything in Team, free for 30 days
    • No credit card to start
    • Upgrade anytime to keep going
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  2. Team

    Most popular
    $20/ month

    Where shops actually run their week.

    • Shift swaps + two-way trades
    • Time-off approvals + audit log
    • Multi-manager delegation
    • Up to 25 teammates · 3 locations
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  3. Business

    $40/ month

    Reporting & multiple locations under one roof.

    • Hours reporting + weekly email
    • Overtime heads-up alerts
    • CSV / payroll exports (Gusto, QuickBooks)
    • Multi-location aggregate view
    • Up to 75 teammates · 10 locations
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Compare plans

Try it free. Grow into the workflow you need.

Every business starts with 30 days of full Team features — free, no credit card. After the trial, Team ($20/mo) is where shops run their week (swaps, time-off approvals, audit log); Business adds operator reporting (hours, overtime alerts, weekly email), payroll-ready exports (Gusto, QuickBooks), a multi-location overview, and higher caps. Until you upgrade, the account goes read-only — your data is never deleted.

TrialTeamBusiness

Scale

  • Team size252575
  • Locations3310
  • Price$0 / 30 days$20 / mo$40 / mo

Always included

  • Weekly schedule builder
  • Drag-and-drop + copy last week
  • Conflict detection
  • Availability collection
  • Open shifts + claims
  • Roles (assign + filter)
  • Activity feed
  • Email notifications
  • Print-friendly schedule
  • Light & dark mode
  • iOS app (iPhone + iPad)

Team — the working product (yours during the trial)

  • Role color coding
  • Day-level events row
  • Shift swaps + two-way trades
  • Time-off requests + approvals
  • Approval audit log
  • Multiple managers
  • Publish 2+ weeks ahead

Business — operator reporting & multi-location

  • Hours reporting dashboard——
  • Overtime heads-up alerts——
  • Weekly email report——
  • CSV / payroll exports (Gusto, QuickBooks)——
  • Multi-location aggregate view——
Your 30-day trial includes everything in Team — no credit card. Keep going for $20/mo.

Retail — FAQ

Common questions

  • Is Daypart a good scheduling app for a small retail store?
    Yes — it's built for small teams and covers the retail basics: availability, open shifts, swaps, time-off approvals, and a mobile app. Most small shops are live in about 10 minutes.
  • Can it handle seasonal and part-time staff?
    Yes. Add people as you hire, collect their availability, and the price stays flat within your plan's headcount limit (25 on Team, 75 on Business).
  • Does Daypart include a time clock?
    No. Daypart is scheduling-only and doesn't include a time clock or payroll. Connect the tools you already use for those.