Daypart
What it is
Daypart is a shift scheduling app for owner-run teams that need to build weekly schedules, collect availability, and coordinate coverage. Its schedule builder supports drag-and-drop shifts, half-hour time slots, role colors, day-level events, and copying the previous week. Managers can flag availability conflicts before publishing and post open shifts for qualified teammates to claim. Team features include shift swaps, two-way trades, time-off approvals, and an audit log of approval decisions, alongside hours reports, overtime alerts, weekly email reports, and CSV payroll exports with Gusto and QuickBooks presets. Daypart is available on the web and as a native iOS app for iPhone and iPad, with shift alerts, Apple Calendar updates, and open-shift claims. It is designed for teams of 3 to 75 in businesses such as cafés, salons, bars, retail shops, and cleaning crews. A 30-day trial includes Team features without a credit card; after the trial, accounts that have not upgraded become read-only, but their data is not deleted. Team costs $20 per month.
For and against
For
- Drag-and-drop weekly schedules with half-hour slots
- Open shifts can be claimed by qualified teammates
- Includes swaps, trades, and time-off approvals
- Exports payroll-ready CSVs with Gusto and QuickBooks presets
- Native iOS app includes shift alerts and calendar updates
Against
- No free plan; Team costs $20 per month
- Does not provide payroll or tax filings
- No HR onboarding or multi-state compliance features
- Imports from other scheduling tools are unavailable in version 1
The verdict
Daypart combines scheduling, coverage, approvals, and reporting for small shift-based teams. Its limits matter for businesses that need payroll processing, HR onboarding, compliance tools, or an import from another scheduling system.
Who it suits
Daypart suits owner-run shift teams of 3 to 75 in cafés, salons, bars, retail shops, cleaning crews, and other service businesses. It can fit managers who need availability collection, shift coverage, and time-off approvals.
Plans and prices
Free trial
30 days · full Team features · no credit card
Read 28 Sep 2026 · daypart.app
Team
Up to 75 teammates · 10 locations · shift swaps · time-off approvals
Read 28 Sep 2026 · daypart.app
On the record
- Approvals
- Team includes shift swaps, two-way trades, time-off approvals, and an audit log of approval decisions.daypart.app · read 28 Sep 2026
- 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.daypart.app · read 28 Sep 2026
- Coverage
- Managers can post open shifts for qualified teammates to claim, and availability conflicts are flagged before publishing.daypart.app · read 28 Sep 2026
- Import limits
- Daypart says importing from another scheduling tool is not available in version 1.daypart.app · read 28 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- Daypart names Gusto and QuickBooks for payroll-ready CSV export presets and says shifts sync with Apple Calendar.daypart.app · read 28 Sep 2026
- Maker
- The site identifies Travis Rudisill of Ghostwood Software as the one developer who builds and runs Daypart.daypart.app · read 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.daypart.app · read 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.daypart.app · read 28 Sep 2026
- Product scope
- Daypart does not provide payroll, tax filings, HR onboarding, or multi-state compliance features.daypart.app · read 28 Sep 2026
- Reporting
- Team includes hours reporting, overtime heads-up alerts, weekly email reports, and CSV payroll exports with Gusto and QuickBooks presets.daypart.app · read 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.daypart.app · read 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.daypart.app · read 28 Sep 2026
- Support
- The maker says customer email goes directly to the developer who builds Daypart rather than to a ticket queue.daypart.app · read 28 Sep 2026
- Trial end
- After the 30-day trial, an account that has not upgraded becomes read-only and its data is not deleted.daypart.app · read 28 Sep 2026
