A Custom Restaurant Task Management App

The restaurant task management app your team actually follows through on.

Crewli is a restaurant task management app that turns the texts, sticky notes, and "I'll get to it" into assigned tasks with a name and a due date, 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.

Built for your operation
Tasks with an owner
English & Spanish
You see what got done
A real person on your team

What is a restaurant task management app?

It's one place to assign work and watch it get done. Instead of tasks living in a group chat, on a whiteboard, or in your head, every job gets a name attached and a due date. Recurring shift work shows up on its own, one-off fixes get handed to the right person, and you see what's open, what's overdue, and what's finished without asking around.

Task complete · Restock dry storage
Fix walk-in gasketDue today · assigned to Luis
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Maria picked up a taskPrep · 9:06am
Your Restaurant
Today's Tasks
Open tasks3 of 5 done
Restock dry storage — Maria
Deep-clean fryer — Luis
Call linen vendor — Sam
Fix walk-in gasket — Luis
Update specials board — open

What does restaurant task management software do?

Restaurant task management software takes the running list of things that need to happen and gives every one of them an owner and a deadline. You assign a task to a person or a role, the app reminds them, and you can see in real time whether it's open, in progress, or done. The work that used to slip between shifts now has a clear home, so the next person isn't guessing what got handled and what didn't.

Good task management does more than make a to-do list. Recurring jobs repeat on their own so nobody has to remember them, one-off fixes get tracked the same way as daily routines, and everything your team completes is captured and timestamped. Because Crewli is built around how your restaurant actually runs, the tasks match your operation instead of forcing your team into a generic tool that wasn't made for a kitchen.

Stuff to do…
Order to-go boxes (?)
Someone fix the soda machine
Call rep back??
Deep clean — who?
Replace burnt-out hood light
Reprint allergen sheet
Ask Maria about schedule
(illegible)
No name on any of it
Half of this is two weeks old
"I thought you were doing it"
Buried in the group chat

Tasks without an owner don't get done.

A task you mention in passing, drop in the group chat, or scribble on the whiteboard isn't really assigned to anyone. Everyone assumes someone else has it, so it sits there until it becomes a problem you can't ignore, usually at the worst possible moment.

That gap is where the day-to-day breaks down. The repair nobody booked turns into a piece of equipment down during service. The vendor call nobody made turns into a missing delivery. The cleaning task that got "mentioned" but never owned turns into the thing the health inspector notices. When a task has no name and no due date, it's not managed, it's just hoped for.

It hits your managers hardest. They end up holding the entire list in their heads, re-explaining the same jobs every shift, and chasing people to find out what actually happened. Real task management gives every job an owner and a deadline, so the work moves on its own instead of living and dying with whoever happened to remember it.

The whole list, in their pocket.

Your team picks up and completes their tasks from their phones. You watch it move from open to done in real time.

Crewli task list screen showing assigned restaurant tasks for the shift
Assigned tasks

Each person opens their phone and sees exactly what's theirs for the shift, with due dates and priority.

Crewli recurring task and logs screen for daily restaurant routines
Recurring & one-off work

Daily routines repeat on their own; one-off fixes get assigned the same way and tracked to done.

Crewli manager dashboard showing open, overdue, and completed tasks
The manager view

See what's open, what's overdue, and what's done, with who's responsible, all from one dashboard.

Every task your restaurant runs on, in one app.

Assign tasks to a person or role

Every task gets a name attached, so there's no more "I thought you had it." The right person sees it on their phone.

Recurring tasks on autopilot

The jobs that repeat every shift show up automatically for the right person, so nobody has to remember them.

Due dates & priorities

Set when something's due and how urgent it is, so the important work rises to the top instead of getting buried.

One-off fixes & follow-ups

Repairs, vendor calls, and the random jobs that come up get tracked the same as daily work, instead of being forgotten.

Live status & accountability

See what's open, in progress, overdue, and done, with who's responsible, all from the manager dashboard.

Built around your restaurant

Not a generic to-do app. Your tasks, your routines, your branding, set up for you before your team logs in.

Cheaper, and more.

Most task apps are a blank tool you set up and maintain yourself. 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 your actual tasks & routines
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
Tasks 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 you a blank tool and disappear. We sit down with you, learn how your restaurant actually runs, and build the app around it: your tasks, your routines, 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 new recurring task, adjust who owns what, 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.

1. We learn your operation

We sit down and map the work your team runs every day, the recurring routines and the one-off jobs that always come up.

2. We build the app under your brand

Your tasks and routines go in, under your brand, ready to assign. No blank tool to configure, no setup on your end.

3. Your team runs it every shift

Staff pick up and complete tasks 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 tasks fit how your spot actually runs, not a one-size-fits-all tool.

Full-service & fine dining

FOH and BOH tasks, repairs, and follow-ups, each with an owner, kept moving every service.

Quick service & fast casual

Fast, repeatable shift tasks assigned across the team so nothing gets dropped in the rush.

Bars & breweries

Stock runs, repairs, and closeout tasks that actually get owned instead of passed around.

Cafés & multi-unit

The same tasks owned the same way 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 task management, answered.

What is a restaurant task management app?

It replaces the texts, sticky notes, and verbal handoffs your team relies on with one place to assign tasks, set who's responsible, and track what gets done. It covers recurring shift work, one-off fixes, prep, and follow-ups, and gives managers a clear view of what's open, what's overdue, and what's complete.

How does Crewli help me assign and track tasks?

You assign a task to a person or a role, set when it's due, and the app tracks it from open to done. As your team completes work from their phones, every task is timestamped and rolled up to a manager view, so nothing lives only in someone's head or a thread you'll never scroll back to.

Can I set up recurring tasks for every shift?

Yes. The routines that repeat every open, close, and shift change can be set as recurring tasks so they show up automatically for the right person, while one-off jobs like a repair or a vendor follow-up get assigned as they come up. Both live in the same app.

How is Crewli different from a generic task app?

Crewli is a fully managed app built under your brand, set up around how your restaurant actually runs rather than a blank template you have to configure. It works in English and Spanish, keeps your 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 the tasks your team manages every day. We build the app under your brand with your tasks and routines already set up, then your team starts using it. Hosting and upkeep are handled for you.

Trade the group chat for tasks that actually get done.

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

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