Every feature, by category
Rota Management is the admin/web app; Rota Sync is the free staff mobile companion. Tags show which Rota Management plan unlocks each feature.
Rota Management
Rota Building
Auto-Scheduler
FREEOne-click rota generation respecting rest periods, certifications and hour budgets.
Shift Patterns
FREEReusable named shift templates with start and end time.
Shift Checklists
FREECustom checklists per shift pattern, ticked off by staff live. Six ready-made sector templates included.
Custom Rota View
STANDARD+A filterable, printable list of every published assignment across all your clients and sites — useful for a whole-team view or a paper handout.
Availability, Leave & Swaps
Availability & Leave Requests
STANDARD+Monthly availability submission and time-off requests, with admin-controlled locking — globally or per staff member.
Shift Swaps
STANDARD+A carer offers a shift to several eligible colleagues at once; first acceptance wins, with optional admin approval before it's final.
Open Shifts
FREEPost an uncovered shift to the whole team or specific staff; first to claim it in Rota Sync gets it.
Team Leave Calendar
STANDARD+A read-only, whole-organisation month view of who's off each day.
Compliance & Legal
Compliance Dashboard & Inspection-Pack Export
COMPLIANCE+One screen summarising notice compliance, WTR breaches and guaranteed-hours status, with a one-click evidence export.
Cancellation Register
COMPLIANCE+An evidential, tamper-resistant log of every cancelled, curtailed or moved shift and the notice given (ERA 2025 s.3).
Travel-Time NMW Check
PROAverage hourly rate over a pay period including travel time between different sites on the same day, flagged when it falls below the National Living Wage.
Guaranteed-Hours Tracking
COMPLIANCE+Compares average scheduled hours against contracted hours to flag qualifying staff (ERA 2025 s.1).
WTR 48-Hour Opt-Out Register
COMPLIANCE+Records and tracks signed opt-outs from the 48-hour average working week, with full history.
Pre-Publish Compliance Checks
COMPLIANCE+Warns before publishing a rota that would breach notice periods, rest requirements or working-time limits.
CQC Inspection Report
CARE EDITIONA single exportable report composing DBS/training expiry evidence, staffing-coverage figures and notice/cancellation aggregates, framed against Regulation 12/18 of the 2014 CQC regulations. It is an evidence pack, not a CQC accreditation or a guarantee of inspection outcome.
Certification & Licence Tracking
STANDARD+DBS, right-to-work, driving licence, training and SIA security-licence expiry — an expired credential automatically blocks that shift assignment.
Training Management
FREESchedule training sessions — distinct from certification expiry tracking above.
Important Dates
FREEPer-client date tracking — appointments, family or authority visits, and other one-off staffing requirements — that the auto-scheduler respects.
Time & Pay
Rota Sync Check-In + Geofencing
STANDARD+Staff clock in/out from their phone; optional geofencing flags an out-of-range check-in for admin review without blocking it.
Check-In/Check-Out Time Tolerance
STANDARD+Define how much variance from a shift's start/end time counts as "on time," shown purely as information alongside the geofence flag.
Timesheets
STANDARD+Scheduled vs. actual hours with variance flagging, and a manager approval flow before pay records lock.
Pay Records
STANDARD+Pence-accurate weekly pay, including overtime, at each staff member's configured rate.
Care & Handover
Structured Handover Notes
COMPLIANCE+Incident reports, ABC notes, health reports, body maps, and periodic welfare-check entries, captured on shift with photo attachments.
AI Shift & Period Summaries
COMPLIANCE+AI-generated summaries of handover notes across a shift or date range, always shown alongside the original source notes.
Key Worker Continuity Scheduling
CARE EDITIONAssign a named key worker to a service user; the auto-scheduler then actively favours rostering that key worker onto their shifts.
Admin, Staff & Site Management
Staff Management & Onboarding
FREEFull staff records with email, phone and address, and one-tap onboarding via an emailed connection link.
Staff Groups & Team Leaders
FREEPool staff into per-client scheduling groups, and designate team leaders per service user or organisation-wide.
Clients / Service Users & Sites
FREESet up each location you schedule staff against, with its own check-in geofence.
Bulk Data Operations
FREEImport or export your shifts, staff, clients and training in one Excel workbook.
Reports & Exports
STANDARD+Leave balances and hours-worked tables, exportable to CSV.
Admin Accounts (Office Staff)
FREEGive colleagues their own office-staff sign-in, separate from your carer/employee register.
Organisation Profile & Settings
FREEThe configuration hub behind most of the features above — sector, leave rules, pay defaults, currency, and admin notification preferences.
Notification Centre
Notification Centre
FREEA persistent notification inbox, not just a passing alert.
Subscription & Billing
Subscription Management
FREEChange plan, add staff capacity, or update payment details, without leaving the app.
Demo Account
Demo Account
FREEExplore a fully set-up organisation with every feature unlocked, with no sign-up and no card.
Rota Sync
Getting Linked & Your Rota
Link to Rota Manager
FREEConnect your account to your employer's organisation.
My Rota & Notifications
FREESee your upcoming shifts and stay on top of anything that changes.
Availability, Leave & Swaps
Availability Submission
STANDARD+Tell your employer when you can work each month.
Holiday & Sick Leave
STANDARD+Request time off and see your leave balance.
Shift Swaps
STANDARD+Offer a shift you can't work to colleagues, or respond to one offered to you.
Available (Open) Shifts
FREEClaim an uncovered shift your manager has posted.
On Shift
Check-In / Check-Out
STANDARD+Clock in and out for a shift directly from your phone.
Shift Checklists
FREETick off your shift's checklist as you go.
Handover Notes
COMPLIANCE+Log a structured note for the next person on shift.
Personal Toolkit
Overtime, night-rate & weekend-premium pay
FREEFactored automatically into your Reports and pay figures from your employer's configured pay settings — no separate pay-rules screen to set up.
Mileage & expenses
FREELog parking, tolls, mileage and other work costs against any of your real shifts, or as a general expense.
Leave tracker
FREEAnnual and sick leave balances, including carry-over from the previous year.
Reports
FREEHours, earnings, overtime and holiday pay for any period, broken down by shift type.
PDF & CSV export
FREEPrint or share your schedule and earnings for any date range.
Calendar export
FREEWrites your shifts to your device's calendar, including Google and Outlook accounts synced to it.
Shift alarms, overtime alerts & rest-time warnings
FREEA reminder before each shift at the lead time you choose; a warning the evening before a shift takes you past your employer's weekly hours cap; and a flag if a shift leaves you too little rest beforehand.
Decision advisor
FREEWeighs up a real open shift you're viewing against its effect on your pay, your week, and your rest between shifts.
Rota Sync Pro
AI Assistant
PROAn AI assistant built into Rota Sync.
AI Rota Scanner
PROPhotograph a paper or printed rota and have it read into the app.
Salary Calculator
PROA five-country salary calculator.
Tax & Deductions in Reports
PROTax and deductions shown in reports (UK PAYE or a global calculator).
Cloud Sync
PROCloud sync across devices.