Free weekly shift scheduler. Build your week right here.
Add employees, set this week's shifts, and save when you are ready. No account is required to start.
Try Free SchedulerTotals and tips stay with the shift's start date and source week. Review provincial pay allocation and daylight-saving changes separately.
Guest draft: up to 6 employees.
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One documented restaurant workflow
Maxuod Shift is on iPhone and iPad.
The weekly scheduler above stays free in any browser. The app is what the team carries into service: managers publish the week, and employees see it, confirm it, and clock in.
For managers
Publish the week, pin announcements, review timecards and reports, and split tips.
For employees
See your shifts, confirm the published week, clock in, and check your own recorded tips.
Free download for iPhone and iPad · iOS 15.1+
From zero to scheduled in 2 minutes
No onboarding. No setup. Just open and start building.
Step 01
Open the scheduler
No account. No form. Click once and start building.
Step 02
Add employees & shifts
Type a name, click a cell, set start/end times. Hours update instantly.
Step 03
See your totals
Daily and weekly totals to the minute — no calculator needed.
Step 04
Download or save it
Download a PDF as a guest. Sign up free to keep schedules, track overtime, estimate pay, and export CSV/XLSX.
Tips calculator
Tips by group, hours, and redistribution
Daily tips can be split by configured groups, worked hours, automatic redistribution, fallback group, or unallocated review.

Keep this week useful next week
Start the current week without an account. Create a free account only when you want the schedule to remain editable.
Schedule history
A free account keeps up to 8 weeks of schedule history across devices. The 7-day guest draft stays only in the browser where it was created.
Active employees
The temporary scheduler stops at 6 people. A free account supports up to 12 active employees without introducing a paid plan.
PDF export & print
Download the current week as a PDF now. A free account also adds print-ready PDF, CSV, and XLSX handoff options.
The next constraint is clear: a free account supports up to 12 active employees and 8 weeks of history. Pricing only matters if you later reach that boundary.
Schedule, tips, payroll estimates.
Free!
A free account covers schedules, tip distribution methods, payroll estimate preparation, exports, and province-aware review prompts.
Overtime tracking
Automatic OT flags with configurable thresholds plus province-aware review prompts for Canadian payroll prep.
Payroll estimates
Estimate regular pay, overtime, gross wages, and review-only province adjustments before export.
Tips calculator
Split daily tips by group percentage, hours worked, auto-redistribution, fallback group, or keep-unallocated review.
Keep schedule history
A free account keeps up to 8 weeks of schedule history across devices. The 7-day guest draft stays only in the browser where it was created.
Continue a larger roster
The temporary scheduler stops at 6 people. A free account supports up to 12 active employees without introducing a paid plan.
PDF export & print
Download the current week as a PDF now. A free account also adds print-ready PDF, CSV, and XLSX handoff options.
Check holiday service before publishing the week
Holidays can change service hours, orders and staff availability, not just pay. Test the planning scenarios against your own bookings and past results.
Business and coverage check
Our 2026 planning view, low confidence: if regulars gather at home, a Chinese or Japanese restaurant could have normal-to-softer dine-in demand, with work shifting toward takeout or surrounding days. Strong bookings, pre-orders, visitors or nearby closures could offset it. Cuisine alone cannot choose the scenario; use your own history before changing coverage.
These are planning hypotheses, not measured forecasts or guarantees of sales or staffing needs. Maxuod Shift does not predict your demand. Use your own records and current local conditions; review employment rules and agreements before changing shifts. This is not legal or financial advice.
Historical evidence and our outlook (English)Illustrative 2026–2027 roster, not customer data or a staffing recommendation. Select a dot to inspect another dated week; holiday eligibility and substitute days require separate review.
Tools & Calculators
Free tools for small teams, restaurants, cafés, and retail businesses.
Shift Schedule Maker
Add employees, plan weekly shifts, see hour totals, and download a PDF.
Employee Hours Calculator
Enter real shifts and see daily, employee, and team hour totals immediately.
Overtime Calculator
Review weekly overtime thresholds, multipliers, and labour-cost planning guidance.
Restaurant Tip Pool Calculator
Split tips by hours or role percentages and export exact-cent results.
Restaurant Labour Cost Calculator
Compare actual and scheduled labour using sales, wages, employer costs, tips, and paid hours.
Templates and restaurant scenarios
Latest operator notes
Practical notes for the next schedule
Labour rules, scheduling habits, and payroll handoff notes from the Maxuod Shift blog.
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