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Employee Scheduling Software for Hourly Teams

Employee scheduling

Build the week once. Everyone sees it on their phone.

Drag-and-drop schedules by job site, department or location. Publish and the whole team is notified — one live version, no group texts. The schedule shows what should happen; the time clock shows what did, side by side.

14 days freeNo credit card requiredEvery feature included

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Sound familiar?

Scheduling chaos has a shape. It usually looks like this.

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Three versions of the schedule

The spreadsheet, the group text, and the one taped to the wall. Nobody knows which is current.

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Swaps you find out about later

Two people traded Saturday. Neither told you. One of them is now in overtime.

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Time off approved blind

Three requests for the same Friday, approved separately. The opener is uncovered.

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Schedule and timesheet disagree

Scheduled 8–4, punched 7:50–4:20. You find the gap at payroll, every week.

Scheduling in PunchPro

Simplify your scheduling.

Build

Drag-and-drop by job, department and location.

Start from last week or a template, drag shifts onto people, and switch between job, department and location views to see coverage the way you think about it. Availability and existing time off show before you assign, so conflicts are caught while building, not after.

  • Job, department and location views
  • Templates for recurring weeks
  • Availability and approved time off visible while assigning
Publish

One live version. Everyone notified.

Publish and every employee gets the week on their phone — shifts, locations, addresses and notes. Change a shift and only the people affected are notified. There's never a second copy to argue about.

  • Push notifications on publish and on changes
  • Shift notes, addresses and job details on the employee's screen
  • Draft until you publish; nobody sees half a schedule
Scheduled vs. actual

The schedule says what should happen. The time clock shows what did.

Because scheduling and time tracking are the same app, every timesheet shows scheduled hours next to punched hours. Early punches, late starts, missed shifts and overtime building against the schedule are flagged during the week — not found at payroll.

  • Scheduled vs. worked on every timesheet
  • Overtime projected from remaining shifts
  • One record per employee across schedule, time and PTO
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Time off & coverage

Approve time off knowing who else is off.

Requests come in from the app with the balance after and who else is off those days. Approve or deny in one tap; approved time off appears on the schedule as unavailable, so you never assign someone who's on vacation.

  • Time off with coverage impact on every request
  • Approved PTO blocks assignment automatically
  • Balances and policies by role, team or location
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Straight answer

What PunchPro scheduling does — and doesn't do.

CapabilityPunchProNotes
Drag-and-drop weekly builder with templatesYesCopy last week, edit, publish
Job, department and location viewsYesCoverage the way you think about it
Availability and PTO shown while assigningYesApproved time off blocks assignment
Publish with phone notificationsYesOnly affected people notified on changes
Scheduled vs. actual from the time clockYesSame app, same record
Open-shift and conflict flagsYesWhile building
Employee-to-employee shift swappingNoManagers reassign; overtime stays controlled
Auto-scheduling / AI-generated schedulesNoYou build it; PunchPro flags problems
Labor forecasting from sales dataNoNot in PunchPro
Why PunchPro

A scheduling app vs. scheduling that knows the time clock.

Standalone scheduling app

  • Schedule in one app, punches in another
  • Time off approved without seeing coverage
  • Scheduled vs. actual reconciled by hand
  • Overtime discovered at payroll
  • Second login, second bill

PunchPro

  • Schedule, punches, PTO and records in one app
  • Coverage shown on every approval
  • Scheduled vs. actual on every timesheet
  • Overtime projected from remaining shifts
  • One plan, every feature
Pricing

Scheduling is included. So is everything else.

$39.99/month

per business, plus $7 per active user / month

A 20-person team: $179.99 / month · 14-day free trial, no credit card required

  • Employee scheduling
  • GPS time tracking
  • Time off & coverage
  • Overtime flags
  • Payroll review & export
  • Cost codes
  • Employee records
  • Hiring & onboarding
  • Handbook builder
  • Document tracking
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Common questions

Employee scheduling, answered plainly.

How do employees see their schedule?

In the PunchPro app on their phone, with shifts, locations, addresses and notes. They're notified when the week is published and when one of their shifts changes.

Can employees swap shifts with each other?

Not directly. Managers reassign shifts so coverage and overtime stay under control; the affected employees are notified immediately.

Does the schedule know about approved time off?

Yes. Approved PTO shows as unavailable while you build, and requests show coverage impact before you approve.

Can I schedule across multiple locations or job sites?

Yes. Build by location, department or job, and assign people to one or more sites. One employee record works across all of them.

Does PunchPro compare the schedule to actual hours?

Yes. Scheduling and time tracking share one record, so every timesheet shows scheduled vs. punched hours and flags missed shifts and overtime building against the schedule.

Does it build the schedule for me?

No. You build it from templates or last week; PunchPro flags open shifts, conflicts and overtime risk while you do.

Does it work for office teams?

Yes. Any team with shifts or hourly staff — clinics, offices, shops — uses the same builder, notifications and time clock.

What does it cost?

$39.99 per month per business plus $7 per active user per month, every feature included. 14-day free trial, no credit card required.

Publish next week's schedule today.

Build it in minutes, publish it once, and watch it line up with the time clock.

14 days freeNo credit card requiredEvery feature included