Restaurant schedulingthat fits a 12-person team.
Scheduling for small restaurants shouldn't require a 6-month onboarding or a $300/month plan. Simplin gives you NFC clock-in, drag-and-drop schedules, and real-time team chat — built for kitchens where half your crew speaks Spanish, Korean, or Mandarin.
Three steps. No training required.
Stick it on the wall
One NFC sticker near the kitchen door. Your crew taps their phone to clock in. No app download, no PIN sheet on the wall.
Build this week's schedule
Drag shifts onto the calendar. Set recurring hours. Publish in one click — staff see it immediately in their own language.
Run payroll from anywhere
Export weekly hours to Excel or email straight to your accountant. Federal and state tax deductions calculated automatically.
WHO IT'S FOR
Restaurants like yours.
Owner runs front. Staff is mostly Korean.
The owner speaks English. The kitchen team speaks Korean. Simplin translates messages automatically — no WhatsApp group chaos, no misread shift changes.
Mixed crew, one system.
Your morning shift is Spanish-speaking. Afternoon is English. One schedule, everyone reads their shifts in their own language. No two separate group chats.
Same setup. Repeatable.
Already working at your flagship? Clone the setup to your second location in minutes. Each store gets its own schedule and NFC clock-in.
Replace that $500 kiosk with a sticker.
One free NFC sticker. Staff tap their phone at the door. GPS confirms they're on-site. Done — no tablet to charge, no kiosk to maintain.
- GPS-verified — clock events logged with location, so you always know who was actually there.
- Anti-buddy-punch — each employee links their own phone. No PIN sharing.
- Two stickers included — one for the front door, one for the back. Free shipping.
Team chat that speaks everyone's language.
Write in English. Your Spanish-speaking line cook reads it in Spanish. Automatically. No copy-pasting into Google Translate before every message.
Weekly scheduling without the group chat.
Drag shifts. Set recurring hours. Publish to the whole team in one click — they get notified in their language. No more texting out the schedule every Sunday night.
- Drag-and-drop — build a full week's schedule in under 10 minutes.
- Instant publish — staff see the schedule the moment you post it, with a push notification.
- No app required for viewing — employees can check their schedule from any browser.
Every tool your restaurant needs. Nothing more.
How Simplin stacks up against what restaurants actually use
 | Homebase | 7shifts | Traditional kiosk | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardware cost | $0 | Tablet needed | Tablet needed | $300 – $999 |
| Monthly price | Free | $20 – $60 | $30 – $70 | No features |
| GPS clock-in verification | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Tax compliance (federal + state) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Anti-buddy-punch | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Multilingual team chat | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Time to set up | 2 minutes | 30+ minutes | 30+ minutes | Professional install |
We built this because
we kept hearing the same story.
Small restaurant owners told us the same thing over and over: every scheduling app is built for chains, priced for chains, and supported for chains. If you have 12 employees and a kitchen full of people who don't all speak English, you were an afterthought.
So we started with what actually matters for your kitchen: NFC clock-in that works without an IT person, a schedule that takes 10 minutes to build, and team chat that every employee can read in their own language. That's it. We're not adding features until these are perfect.
Questions from restaurant owners
How does NFC clock-in work at a restaurant?
Can my Spanish or Korean-speaking staff use this?
How is Simplin different from 7shifts or Toast scheduling?
Does Simplin handle FOH and BOH separately?
Will my staff need to download another app?
Can I switch from my current scheduling tool?
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