Daypart
Daypart is a shift scheduling app for small teams.
What Daypart is
Daypart is a shift scheduling app for small teams. Managers can build weekly schedules with drag-and-drop shifts, half-hour cells, role colors, day-level events, and an option to copy the previous week. The app gathers availability, flags conflicts before publication, and lets managers post open shifts for qualified teammates to claim. The Team plan adds shift swaps, two-way trades, time-off approvals, and an audit log, alongside hours reporting, overtime alerts, weekly email reports, and CSV payroll exports with Gusto and QuickBooks presets. Daypart runs on the web and has a native iOS app for iPhone and iPad; mobile features include shift alerts, Apple Calendar updates, and open-shift claims. It is designed for owner-run teams of 3 to 75, including cafés, bars, salons, retail shops, cleaning crews, and service businesses. A 30-day trial includes Team features without a credit card. The Team plan costs $20/ month. Daypart does not provide payroll, tax filings, HR onboarding, or multi-state compliance features.
Good
- Schedule builder supports half-hour cells and role colors.
- Availability conflicts are flagged before publishing.
- Qualified teammates can claim open shifts.
- Team includes time-off approvals and shift swaps.
- iOS app offers alerts and open-shift claims.
Watch out
- No payroll, tax filings, or HR onboarding.
- No multi-state compliance features.
- Imports from another scheduling tool are unavailable in version 1.
- After the trial, non-upgraded accounts become read-only.
Who it suits
Daypart is intended for owner-run shift teams of 3 to 75, such as cafés, salons, retail shops, and service businesses. It may suit teams that need availability collection, shift changes, and staff notifications.
Verdict
Daypart covers weekly shift planning and common schedule changes, with reporting and payroll-ready CSV exports on Team. Its scope stops short of payroll processing and broader HR functions.
Plans and prices
From Daypart's own pricing page, checked 28 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free trial | Free | 30 days · full Team features · no credit card |
| Team | $20 a month | Up to 75 teammates · 10 locations · shift swaps · time-off approvals · reporting · CSV/payroll exports · $20/ month |
The facts
Each one read from Daypart's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Approvals
- Team includes shift swaps, two-way trades, time-off approvals, and an audit log of approval decisions.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Mobile app
- Daypart offers a native iOS app for iPhone and iPad with shift alerts, Apple Calendar updates, and open-shift claims.checked 28 Sep 2026
What it does
- Audience
- Daypart says it is designed for owner-run shift teams of 3 to 75, including bars, salons, cafés, cleaning crews, retail shops, and service businesses.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Coverage
- Managers can post open shifts for qualified teammates to claim, and availability conflicts are flagged before publishing.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Import limits
- Daypart says importing from another scheduling tool is not available in version 1.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- Daypart names Gusto and QuickBooks for payroll-ready CSV export presets and says shifts sync with Apple Calendar.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Product
- Daypart is a shift scheduling app for small teams to build weekly schedules, collect availability, manage shift swaps, and notify staff.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Product scope
- Daypart does not provide payroll, tax filings, HR onboarding, or multi-state compliance features.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Reporting
- Team includes hours reporting, overtime heads-up alerts, weekly email reports, and CSV payroll exports with Gusto and QuickBooks presets.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Scheduling
- The schedule builder supports drag-and-drop shifts, half-hour cells, copying the prior week, role colors, and day-level events.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Security
- Daypart says it uses a single US-region Postgres database, nightly encrypted backups to Cloudflare R2, and HTTPS via HSTS preload.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Support
- The maker says customer email goes directly to the developer who builds Daypart rather than to a ticket queue.checked 28 Sep 2026
The company
- Maker
- The site identifies Travis Rudisill of Ghostwood Software as the one developer who builds and runs Daypart.checked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Trial end
- After the 30-day trial, an account that has not upgraded becomes read-only and its data is not deleted.checked 28 Sep 2026
