Restaurant checklist software your team will actually use.
Crewli is a restaurant checklist app that swaps the clipboard for digital opening, closing, prep, and side-work checklists, all built around how your restaurant runs and branded with your name and logo.
$150/mo — a custom app built around your restaurant, plus a real person on your team. No hidden cost.
What is restaurant checklist software?
It replaces the paper logs and clipboards on your wall with digital checklists your team runs from their phones, opening and closing routines, prep lists, station checks, and side work. Managers get a live view of what was finished, what slipped, and who signed off, instead of taking the closeout on faith.
What does a restaurant checklist app do?
A restaurant checklist app turns the routines you already run into something you can actually see. As your team checks off each task, the app records who did it and when, then rolls everything up to a manager dashboard in real time. Your standards stay consistent from shift to shift and across every location, because the whole team works from the same list instead of whatever they happen to remember.
Good restaurant checklist software does more than put a list on a screen. Everything your team completes is captured digitally, so it's organized and easy to pull up instead of scattered across a binder. New hires follow the exact steps from day one instead of shadowing whoever is on shift. And because Crewli is built around how your restaurant actually runs, your checklists match your operation rather than forcing your team into a generic template.
Paper checklists don't hold anyone accountable.
The clipboard by the door gets initialed at the end of the night whether the work happened or not. There's no timestamp, no name you can trust, and no real way to tell what actually got done once the shift is over.
That gap shows up where you feel it most. A prep step that gets skipped becomes an 86 in the middle of service. A restock that never happened becomes a "we're out of it" mid-rush. A closing task that got initialed but not done becomes the morning crew's problem. When no one is truly accountable, the same mistakes keep repeating and you're the last to hear about them.
It hits training and new hires the hardest. People learn by copying whoever they're paired with, so your standards drift a little with every shift and every new face. Without a clear, trackable list, there's no single source of truth for how things are supposed to be done, and that knowledge walks out the door every time someone quits. Accountability is what keeps your standards consistent, your team trained the same way, and your restaurant running the way you actually built it to.
The whole shift, in their pocket.
Your team works through their checklists from their phones. You watch it roll up in real time.
Station checks before the first table and a full closeout at the end of the night, step by step.
Temps and storage checks captured digitally, organized and easy to find instead of buried in a binder.
See what was completed, what was missed, and who signed off, all from one dashboard.
Every checklist your restaurant runs, in one app.
Station checks before the first table and a full closeout at night, built around your restaurant so nothing gets skipped.
The kitchen works through prep before service from the same list every day, so the line is set no matter who's on.
Everything your team completes is captured and timestamped, so it's organized and easy to pull up later.
The small stuff that keeps a shift tight, assigned and tracked, so it stops falling through the cracks.
See what was completed, what was missed, and who signed off, all from the manager dashboard.
Not a generic template. Your checklists, your steps, your branding, set up for you before your team logs in.
Cheaper, and more.
Most checklist software is a generic template you set up yourself. Crewli is a custom, branded app, built and managed for you, with a real person behind it.
One flat rate. No surprises.
Many platforms charge $250+/mo just for access to a generic app.
How the pricing works
It starts with a one-time setup fee, because we don't hand you a template and disappear. We sit down with you, learn how your restaurant actually runs, and build the app around it: your checklists, your brand, your workflow. That work happens before your team ever opens it.
From there it's a flat $150 a month. That covers everything it takes to keep the app running, hosting, the database, updates, and maintenance, along with the real person on your team who's there whenever you need a change or a hand.
This isn't set-it-and-forget-it software. As your restaurant changes, the app changes with it. Add a checklist, adjust a workflow, open a second location, we handle it. You're not emailing a faceless support queue, you've got a partner who grows with you. Being there to actually help is the whole point of what we do.
Set up for you, not by you.
We sit down and map how your restaurant actually runs, your opening, closing, prep, and side-work routines.
Your checklists go in, under your brand, ready to use. No templates to wrangle, no configuration on your end.
Staff complete checklists from their phones and you track it all from the dashboard. We handle the upkeep.
Built around your kind of restaurant.
Because it's built for you, the checklists fit how your spot actually runs, not a one-size-fits-all template.
FOH and BOH opening, closing, and side work, kept consistent every service.
Fast, repeatable line checks and daily logs across every shift.
Bar cleaning, keg and stock checks, and closeout that actually gets done.
The same standards across every location, with one place to see it all.
We're not a software company that wandered into restaurants. We've worked the line, run the floor, and built Crewli for the people still doing it.
— The Crewli team, decades of restaurant & tech experience
Restaurant checklist software, answered.
What is restaurant checklist software?
It replaces paper logs and clipboards with digital checklists your team completes from their phones. It covers opening and closing routines, prep lists, station checks, and side work, and it gives managers a clear view of what was finished, what was missed, and who signed off.
What checklists can my team run in Crewli?
Opening and closing checklists, daily prep lists, station and side work checks, and closeout tasks. Every checklist is built around how your restaurant actually runs rather than a generic template you have to bend to fit.
How is Crewli different from a generic checklist app?
Crewli is a fully managed app built under your brand, with your logo, your name, and your checklists set up for you. It works in English and Spanish, lives alongside the rest of your operations in one app, and a real person is on your team for help and changes whenever you need them.
How much does Crewli cost?
Crewli is $150 a month, plus a one-time setup fee to design and build the app around your restaurant. The monthly covers hosting, the database, updates, maintenance, and the real person on your team. Many platforms charge more than that just for access to a generic app.
Can managers see when checklists are completed?
Yes. Everything your team submits rolls up to the manager dashboard, so you can review which checklists were completed each shift, what was skipped, and who signed off, without chasing paper or asking around.
How do we get started?
Book a demo and we'll walk through how your restaurant runs. We build the app under your brand with your checklists already set up, then your team starts using it. Hosting and upkeep are handled for you.
Trade the clipboard for an app your team uses.
Let's talk about how your restaurant runs and build the checklist app that fits it.
Get a Demo$150/mo — custom app, a real person included, no hidden cost.