A Custom Restaurant Manager App

The restaurant manager app that runs the floor with you.

Crewli puts the whole shift in one place, tasks, routines, daily logs, and what every team member has done, so you manage from one dashboard instead of paper, texts, and three different tools. 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.

One manager dashboard
Your whole team
English & Spanish
See it in real time
A real person on your team

What is a restaurant manager app?

It's the one screen a manager runs the shift from. The day's tasks, opening and closing routines, daily logs, and what each team member has done, all in a single dashboard. Instead of juggling a clipboard, a group chat, and a couple of separate tools, you see the whole operation in one place and step in only where you're needed.

Opening complete · AM shift
1 task overdueRestock — needs a hand
6
6 on shiftAll checked in
Your Restaurant
Manager Dashboard
TodayOn track
Opening checklist — done
Prep list — done
Daily logs — done
Side work — in progress
Closing — not started

What does a restaurant manager app do?

A restaurant manager app pulls everything a manager has to keep an eye on into one place. As the team works through their checklists and tasks from their phones, it all rolls up to your dashboard in real time, so you can see at a glance what's done, what's behind, and where to step in. The shift stops living in your head and on scattered pieces of paper, and starts living somewhere you can actually manage it.

Good manager software does more than show a list. It tells you who's responsible for what, flags the things that are slipping before they turn into a problem, and gives you a clean record to sign off on at the end of the night. Because Crewli is built around how your restaurant actually runs, the dashboard matches your operation instead of forcing your managers to bend a generic tool to fit.

Manager's notes
Check if prep got done
Ask who closed last night
Did temps get logged??
Text Maria re: schedule
Follow up on the soda machine
How did last night close?
Who's on tomorrow AM?
…and the group chat
All in the manager's head
Three tools, none talking
Half of it by text
Nothing in one place

Managers run the floor on memory and texts.

Most managers hold the whole shift in their heads. What got prepped, who closed last night, whether the temps got logged, which task is still open, it's all spread across a clipboard, a group chat, and a couple of apps that don't talk to each other. So the manager becomes the system, and when they're off, the system walks out the door with them.

That's where the day starts slipping. A check that nobody followed up on becomes a problem at the worst time. A handoff that lived in a text gets buried before the next manager sees it. How last night actually closed takes a round of phone calls to piece together. The manager spends the shift chasing information instead of actually managing the floor and the team.

It doesn't scale and it burns people out. A manager who has to personally remember and verify everything can't develop the team, can't step away, and can't grow with you. A real manager app puts the whole operation in one view, so your managers lead the shift instead of holding it together by hand.

The whole shift, in one view.

Your team works from their phones. You manage it all from one dashboard, in real time.

Crewli manager dashboard showing the whole shift at a glance
The manager dashboard

Every checklist, task, and log in one view, so you can see what's done, what's behind, and where to step in.

Crewli shift checklist screen a manager can monitor in real time
Shift & team progress

Watch opening, closing, prep, and side work get completed by the team, with who's responsible for each.

Crewli branded bulletin board showing the day's specials in the restaurant's colors
One branded home base

Your whole operation lives in one app under your name, so the team always knows where to look and you run it all from one place.

Everything a manager runs, in one app.

One manager dashboard

The whole shift in a single view, so you see what's done, what's behind, and where to step in at a glance.

Real-time shift visibility

As the team works from their phones, it rolls up live, so you're never finding out about a problem the next morning.

See who's responsible

Every task and routine has an owner, so you know who's on what without asking around the floor.

End-of-shift sign-off

Review the night and sign off from the dashboard, with a clean record of what got done and who did it.

Clean shift handoffs

Every shift leaves a clear record, so the next manager picks up exactly where the last one left off instead of guessing.

Built around your restaurant

Not a generic management tool. Your routines, your team, your branding, set up for you before anyone logs in.

Cheaper, and more.

Most management apps are a blank tool your managers set up and maintain. Crewli is a custom, branded app, built and managed for you, with a real person behind it.

Crewli ★ Best value
Off-the-shelf app
Built around how your restaurant runs
Done for you
You build it
Your logo, name & branding
Fully yours
Their brand
A real person on your team
Always included
Support ticket
English & Spanish built in
Both, built in
~ Varies
Whole operation in one app
All in one
One piece only
Price
$150/mo
$250+/mo

One flat rate. No surprises.

Flat monthly rate
$150/month

Many platforms charge $250+/mo just for access to a generic app.

A custom app built around your restaurant
A real person on your team for help & changes
Your branding, in English & Spanish
Hosting, database & maintenance handled
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How the pricing works

It starts with a one-time setup fee, because we don't hand your managers a blank tool and disappear. We sit down with you, learn how your restaurant actually runs, and build the app around it: your routines, your dashboard, your brand, your workflow. That work happens before anyone 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 routine, adjust the dashboard, change how a shift runs, 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.

1. We learn your operation

We sit down and map how your restaurant runs and what your managers handle every shift, end to end.

2. We build the app under your brand

Your routines and dashboard go in, under your brand, ready to use. No template to wrangle, no setup on your end.

3. Your team runs it every shift

Staff complete their work from their phones and your managers run it all from the dashboard. We handle the upkeep.

Built around your kind of restaurant.

Because it's built for you, the dashboard fits how your spot actually runs, not a one-size-fits-all tool.

Full-service & fine dining

Managers see FOH and BOH at once, so the whole service runs from one view.

Quick service & fast casual

Fast shifts managed at a glance, so a shift lead can run the floor without missing a beat.

Bars & breweries

Closeout, stock, and cash overseen from one place, so the night adds up before lockup.

Cafés & coffee shops

Fast morning rushes and tight routines run from one dashboard, so the shift stays smooth from open.

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

The restaurant manager app, answered.

What is a restaurant manager app?

It's the one place a manager runs the operation from: the day's tasks, opening and closing routines, daily logs, and what each team member has done, all in a single dashboard. Instead of juggling paper, texts, and three different tools, the manager sees the whole shift in one view.

What can a manager do in Crewli?

A manager can see the day's checklists and tasks, who's responsible for what, what's been completed, and what's been missed, then sign off on the shift. Everything the team submits from their phones rolls up in real time, so the manager can run the floor instead of chasing paper.

Can I see what happened on a shift I wasn't there for?

Yes. Every shift is recorded as it happens, so you can open any day and see what got done, what was missed, and who signed off, even on the shifts you weren't on the floor for.

How is Crewli different from a generic management app?

Crewli is a fully managed app built under your brand, set up around how your restaurant actually runs rather than a blank template a manager has to configure. It works in English and Spanish, keeps the whole operation 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.

How do we get started?

Book a demo and we'll walk through how your restaurant runs and what your managers handle every shift. We build the app under your brand with your routines and dashboard already set up, then your team starts using it. Hosting and upkeep are handled for you.

Give your managers one place to run the floor.

Let's talk about how your restaurant runs and build the manager app that fits it.

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$150/mo — custom app, a real person included, no hidden cost.