Homebase: Scheduling & Payroll

Name: Homebase: Scheduling & Payroll
Rating: 4.8 (92814 reviews)
Author: Pioneer Works, Inc.

Small Business Team Management

Only for iPhone

Free · In‑App Purchases

93K Ratings
Age Rating

4+
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#52
Business
Developer

Pioneer Works, Inc.
Language

EN
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Size

200.5
MB

iPhone

Homebase is the easy-to-use app for small business owners who need to build work schedules, set up a time clock, manage payroll, hire employees, manage HR and more. Join 150,000+ small businesses already using Homebase to run their hourly teams, and save 5+ hours every month! Homebase is more than just an employee scheduling app. With Homebase, you can manage payroll, track employee hours, let your team clock in and out, build schedules with our schedule planner, manage costs, and monitor sales — all in one place. Your team's hours are sent automatically to timesheets, so you can review them for payroll. Homebase payroll makes it easy to pay your team. Our payroll tools save you hours and include built-in compliance monitoring. Build and share employee schedules in minutes. Manage multiple teams, approve time off requests, & enable shift trades. Create schedule planner templates or use our AI scheduling assistant to save even more time. Trusted at scale: 1.3B+ hours tracked, 7M+ paychecks processed, and $5B+ in payroll run through Homebase. Homebase has been recognized for small business time clock, payroll, and employee management: Best Payroll Services 2026, Forbes Best Employee Time Clock Software Reviewed in 2026, People Managing People Best Employee Scheduling Software 2025, B2B Reviews Best Payroll Services for 2025, PC Mag Best workforce scheduling software for small businesses – Zendesk Best overall time clock for small business 2025 – Fit Small Business Best for Overall Experience, Best Employee Scheduling Software – Business.com “Best employee communication tool ever!” - Theresa Fouquette, Owner, Bliss Small Batch Creamery “I’m saving hundreds of hours.” – Primo Stropoli, owner of Tetta’s Market Employee scheduling for small businesses is easier with Homebase. Manage shifts, payroll, HR, hiring, timesheets, team attendance and more from your phone. Download Homebase today! HOMEBASE FEATURES EMPLOYEE PAYCHECK & PAYROLL MANAGEMENT - Payroll management made simple with automated calculations - Generate employee time clock sheets with our payroll app - Handle time clock sheets and paycheck processing right in the app -Payroll app that works with providers like Gusto, Intuit QuickBooks Online Payroll, or Square SMALL BUSINESS SHIFT SCHEDULING APP - Use templates to quickly build & share schedules - Send shift reminders through our schedule planner - Use an employee availability schedule tracker - Manage time-off requests for each employee EMPLOYEES CAN CLOCK IN & OUT WITH ATTENDANCE TRACKING - See employee scheduling, hours, breaks, overtime, clock-in, and clock-out time - Get time clock alerts when employees are approaching overtime - Clock in with top POS systems like Clover, Square, Toast, & more TEAM ATTENDANCE & SCHEDULE PLANNER - Payroll & scheduling that work together to get wages right - Clock in and clock out directly with Homebase small business scheduling tools - See shift notes, expected earnings, & employee scheduling in one place - See time clock data, time-off requests, & shift trades EMPLOYEE & TEAM COMMUNICATION - Create group chats & connect with the team - Message employees & coworkers across your company HOMEBASE PLANS - Basic plan free for up to 10 employees - Essentials $24.49/mo with advanced employee scheduling - Plus $59.99/mo with hiring & PTO tracking - All-in-One $99.95/mo with hiring, onboarding & HR - Payroll, Tip Manager, Task Manager, & more available to add to any plan Subscribe to a paid plan for more features. The Account charges payment upon confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be disabled at any time in your settings after purchase. For more info, see the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Get support via phone, email, & chat. Terms of use: https://app.joinhomebase.com/terms Privacy policy: https://app.joinhomebase.com/privacy

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Ratings & Reviews

4.8

out of 5

93K Ratings

To keep communication
03/15/2025
>lele$@luv
Home base is a very highly use for communication volume that is very highly recommended for all workers that carry a title working for Carlo’s company. I do depend on Home Base it really helps me to keep in communication with my Boss and coworkers etc. and especially in this time of quarantine during this pandemic COVID-19 the Boss and coworkers been communicating with one another checking on each other during this time for me I feel that it brought out POSITIVE BLESSINGS to one another Home Base kept communication for us all. I am a worker for the Las Vegas Bakery I truly miss work can’t wait to go back, so I highly recommend that we can keep Home Base it really serves a lot of purpose for me and for my other coworkers, supervisors, bakers,assistant manager and our GENERAL MANAGER, with all that I have stated above this Is all from my HEART communication is very IMPORTANT so Home Base needs to be kept ( if I took this to seriously forgive me it’s my HEART ) that did the talking I was just the person following my HEART with communicating. Please everyone be safe wear your mask and hope that this all blow over soon so we all can get back to work and bond as one again. I thank you for giving me the time to express how important Home Base is to me. Thank you, Marguerite Aina ( retail associate from the Las Vegas store)

Developer Response
Thank you so much, Marguerite, for such a heartfelt review 💜. We’re truly honored to hear how important Homebase has been for you and your team at the Las Vegas Bakery — especially during such a difficult time. Knowing it’s helped keep you connected with your boss, coworkers, and managers in meaningful ways means the world to us. Communication is at the heart of strong teams, and your words show exactly why we built Homebase. We can’t wait for you to be back at work with your team again, and we’re grateful you’d recommend us so highly. Thank you for being the best part of Homebase 💜
To keep communication
03/15/2025
>lele$@luv

Home base is a very highly use for communication volume that is very highly recommended for all workers that carry a title working for Carlo’s company. I do depend on Home Base it really helps me to keep in communication with my Boss and coworkers etc. and especially in this time of quarantine during this pandemic COVID-19 the Boss and coworkers been communicating with one another checking on each other during this time for me I feel that it brought out POSITIVE BLESSINGS to one another Home Base kept communication for us all. I am a worker for the Las Vegas Bakery I truly miss work can’t wait to go back, so I highly recommend that we can keep Home Base it really serves a lot of purpose for me and for my other coworkers, supervisors, bakers,assistant manager and our GENERAL MANAGER, with all that I have stated above this Is all from my HEART communication is very IMPORTANT so Home Base needs to be kept ( if I took this to seriously forgive me it’s my HEART ) that did the talking I was just the person following my HEART with communicating. Please everyone be safe wear your mask and hope that this all blow over soon so we all can get back to work and bond as one again. I thank you for giving me the time to express how important Home Base is to me. Thank you, Marguerite Aina ( retail associate from the Las Vegas store)
Developer Response 08/25/2025
Thank you so much, Marguerite, for such a heartfelt review 💜. We’re truly honored to hear how important Homebase has been for you and your team at the Las Vegas Bakery — especially during such a difficult time. Knowing it’s helped keep you connected with your boss, coworkers, and managers in meaningful ways means the world to us. Communication is at the heart of strong teams, and your words show exactly why we built Homebase. We can’t wait for you to be back at work with your team again, and we’re grateful you’d recommend us so highly. Thank you for being the best part of Homebase 💜
Amazing App!
08/08/2022
TruthGiver888
I have used Hot Schedules multiple times, and this is the first company I have worked for that uses Homebase! Homebase blows Hot Scheduels out of the water, completely! The interface is amazing, coupled with the communication tools! The way you can release and have shifts covered is beautiful and simplistic! The creative to give the “work staff” personal profiles to allow for uniqueness outside of the work uniform is another great feature. You could perhaps call it a mini Facebook for work. Homebase will text you an hour before your shift to remind you of work that day! They will text you when the schedules is posted and will include the schedule within that text. They truly have so many great features. It’s incredible how companies like Hot Schedule dominate the market and there are wayyyyy better applications to use such as Homebase! I truly mean this. Lastly, Another great feature of Homebase is the ability to create separate chat groups. Ex; like a servers chat room, or kitchen chat room. That allows only the people in those position to see the message content that is clearly only related to them.
Amazing App!
08/08/2022
TruthGiver888

I have used Hot Schedules multiple times, and this is the first company I have worked for that uses Homebase! Homebase blows Hot Scheduels out of the water, completely! The interface is amazing, coupled with the communication tools! The way you can release and have shifts covered is beautiful and simplistic! The creative to give the “work staff” personal profiles to allow for uniqueness outside of the work uniform is another great feature. You could perhaps call it a mini Facebook for work. Homebase will text you an hour before your shift to remind you of work that day! They will text you when the schedules is posted and will include the schedule within that text. They truly have so many great features. It’s incredible how companies like Hot Schedule dominate the market and there are wayyyyy better applications to use such as Homebase! I truly mean this. Lastly, Another great feature of Homebase is the ability to create separate chat groups. Ex; like a servers chat room, or kitchen chat room. That allows only the people in those position to see the message content that is clearly only related to them.
It’s ok when it works
12/16/2022
reviews are dumb162725
Homebase has good features like reminders to your shift and being able to clock in and out from your phone. But somethings just don’t work properly. I have zero messages waiting for me, but it says I have 9 unread ones. On top of that, the message notifications I do get are stuffed behind other useless notifications from the app. Also the set up for “cash out” is slow and made me get stuck on a “loading” screen for several minutes twice. I had to close out of the app for it to response again. I then got a notification that cash was ready to go but when I check the app it says “bank ineligible”. Why would I be told its ready to use when it’s clearly not? There are times randomly when the app refuses to work as well. Like when I open the app and all it says “error 4400” or something along those lines. Then after 30-40 mins of it not working it makes me sign in again only for it to not work still. I really don’t understand how this app can be so glitchy and laggy when it’s used by many businesses.Last thing: if the cash out feature is for people who need money right away, why would you put restrictions on who could use it? It really blows my mind that you have a system in place to help, but you won’t help because of “low income deposits”It’s my money, it’s insulting that the app thinks I can’t handle it or that I don’t deserve it.
It’s ok when it works
12/16/2022
reviews are dumb162725

Homebase has good features like reminders to your shift and being able to clock in and out from your phone. But somethings just don’t work properly. I have zero messages waiting for me, but it says I have 9 unread ones. On top of that, the message notifications I do get are stuffed behind other useless notifications from the app. Also the set up for “cash out” is slow and made me get stuck on a “loading” screen for several minutes twice. I had to close out of the app for it to response again. I then got a notification that cash was ready to go but when I check the app it says “bank ineligible”. Why would I be told its ready to use when it’s clearly not? There are times randomly when the app refuses to work as well. Like when I open the app and all it says “error 4400” or something along those lines. Then after 30-40 mins of it not working it makes me sign in again only for it to not work still. I really don’t understand how this app can be so glitchy and laggy when it’s used by many businesses.Last thing: if the cash out feature is for people who need money right away, why would you put restrictions on who could use it? It really blows my mind that you have a system in place to help, but you won’t help because of “low income deposits”It’s my money, it’s insulting that the app thinks I can’t handle it or that I don’t deserve it.
AI sellouts who don’t care about the people who use their product
Feb 12
Alexiongame
Forced you to waste your time and chat with a support AI only to not adequately pair you with support. It seems the app has no formal process to report bugs with the UI seperate from any complaints, they recently must have needed money for their new AI so they took away features they previously had like the daily agenda layout for the daily schedule on IPhone, app constantly glitches and will tell people they are in the wrong location and can’t clock in thus looking money and wasting the companies time as employees have to seek out a manager in the facility just to clock in, it’s been auto logging people out leading to the same issue of people just standing around on the salesfloor for up to 10 mins trying to get the “homebase wheel of death” to load (and yes it just pops up again or logs you out if you close and re-open the app), mixing up or just straight up deleting profile pictures, and now mixing up request for other companies, as when a terminated employee gets a new job and they use homebase, it will start to share that new data with the old profile. Don’t worry they will do nothing to help. Don’t use unless your company makes you. As a hourly employee, it will do the job, but from the perspective of the managers who selected this app for scheduling. It has a LOT of improvements and possible security breaches that make me uncomfortable recommending it.

Developer Response
We’re really sorry you’ve had this experience—it’s not what we want for anyone using Homebase, and we truly appreciate you taking the time to share all of this. We understand how frustrating these issues have been, from the UI changes to login problems and support concerns.The good news is that we have an update rolling out this week that addresses many of the issues you mentioned, including stability, visibility, and layout concerns.We also want to make sure you can speak to a real person if you need help. The best way to do that is to go to https://support.joinhomebase.com/s/ and request a callback or chat with a live agent. We’re here and want to make this better for you.Thank you again for the feedback—it helps us improve for everyone. 💜
AI sellouts who don’t care about the people who use their product
Feb 12
Alexiongame

Forced you to waste your time and chat with a support AI only to not adequately pair you with support. It seems the app has no formal process to report bugs with the UI seperate from any complaints, they recently must have needed money for their new AI so they took away features they previously had like the daily agenda layout for the daily schedule on IPhone, app constantly glitches and will tell people they are in the wrong location and can’t clock in thus looking money and wasting the companies time as employees have to seek out a manager in the facility just to clock in, it’s been auto logging people out leading to the same issue of people just standing around on the salesfloor for up to 10 mins trying to get the “homebase wheel of death” to load (and yes it just pops up again or logs you out if you close and re-open the app), mixing up or just straight up deleting profile pictures, and now mixing up request for other companies, as when a terminated employee gets a new job and they use homebase, it will start to share that new data with the old profile. Don’t worry they will do nothing to help. Don’t use unless your company makes you. As a hourly employee, it will do the job, but from the perspective of the managers who selected this app for scheduling. It has a LOT of improvements and possible security breaches that make me uncomfortable recommending it.
Developer Response Feb 17
We’re really sorry you’ve had this experience—it’s not what we want for anyone using Homebase, and we truly appreciate you taking the time to share all of this. We understand how frustrating these issues have been, from the UI changes to login problems and support concerns.The good news is that we have an update rolling out this week that addresses many of the issues you mentioned, including stability, visibility, and layout concerns.We also want to make sure you can speak to a real person if you need help. The best way to do that is to go to https://support.joinhomebase.com/s/ and request a callback or chat with a live agent. We’re here and want to make this better for you.Thank you again for the feedback—it helps us improve for everyone. 💜

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