Built for hourly teams

Run your business from your pocket.

Huddle is a shift and staff management platform built for hourly teams.

GPS check-inEmma clocked in · 08:58
Shift swap approvedFri evening · Jack → Chloe
Manager
Huddle manager view
Employee
Huddle employee view
Features

Everything your team needs. Nothing it doesn't.

Seven tools, one app — designed for how hospitality teams actually work.

01

GPS Check-in

Employees can only clock in when they're at your business location.

✓ Emma checked in
02

Shift Planning

Build your weekly shift schedule in minutes.

03

Shift Swap

Employees can swap shifts with manager approval.

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04

Team Chat

Keep work communication in one app — instead of WhatsApp.

Hey team, who's opening tomorrow?
I'm on it! Shift starts at 08:00.
05

Push Notifications

Shift changes and announcements reach your team instantly.

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HuddleYour Friday shift starts at 17:00
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HuddleNext week's schedule is ready
06

Reports

View lateness, attendance, and shift reports at a glance.

07

Huddle AI

An AI that learns your business on its own and suggests the right shifts for you.

✦ HUDDLE AI

Saturday looks busy — add one more barista, 19:00–23:00?

Huddle AI writes next week's schedule. You just approve it.

Huddle AI learns how your venue actually runs — the busy nights, the reliable openers, who always swaps out of Sundays — and drafts the full week for you. No dragging shifts around a grid.

It reads every shift you've already run

Check-ins, late arrivals, overtime, swaps and no-shows all feed the model. There's nothing extra to log — the data comes from how your team already uses Huddle.

It finds your rhythm

After a few weeks it knows Friday from 20:00 needs three people on the floor, Tuesday morning needs one, and that the first week of the month always runs hot.

It knows your people

Availability, requested days off, contracted hours, who's still training and who's strongest on a closing shift — all of it is respected before a name lands on a shift.

It builds the week without being asked

Every Sunday a full rota is already waiting: coverage balanced, hours spread fairly, no double-bookings. Approve it, tweak a shift, or publish it as it is.

Next week · drafted automatically
Built by Huddle AI
Mon
Emma08–16
Jack16–24
Tue
Chloe08–16
Wed
Emma08–16
Liam16–24
Thu
Sophie08–16
Jack16–24
Fri
Chloe08–16
Liam16–24
Grace20–02
Sat
Sophie10–18
Jack18–02
Emma20–02
Sun
Noah10–18
Chloe18–24
34 shifts placed · 0 conflicts · 0 minutes of manual entry

You always have the last word

Nothing reaches your team until a manager publishes it. Every suggested shift can be edited, reassigned or thrown out.

It learns your venue, not an average one

The model works from your own history, so a neighbourhood café and a late-night bar never end up with the same week.

It gets sharper every week

Each published rota — and every edit you make to it — teaches Huddle AI what a good week looks like in your business.

How it works

Up and running in 3 steps

1

Create your business.

Set up your location, working areas, and roles from one dashboard.

2

Invite your team.

Send invite links to your managers, baristas, and floor staff.

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3

Start managing your shifts.

Plan the week, track check-ins automatically, and cut scheduling errors.

Be first in line.

Join the early access list and be among the first businesses to run on Huddle.