PreShifter

Restaurant Team Communication

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

The real-time operating system for restaurant service. Build the pre-shift, push live 86s and menu updates, keep the whole team aligned. Staff always free. Every system in your restaurant records the shift. POS records what sold. Scheduling records who worked. Payroll records what it cost. Nothing runs the shift itself. PreShifter does. PreShifter is the real-time operating system for restaurant service. It replaces the printed pre-shift sheet, the group text, the whiteboard, and the "did anyone tell the closers?" with one app the entire team actually opens. Built by New York hospitality veterans with decades on the floor, not by a software company guessing what a Friday night feels like. BUILD THE PRE-SHIFT IN MINUTES The PreShift Builder turns your daily briefing into a living document. Add new items, specials, 86s, item counts, sections and table assignments, reservation counts, prep lists, side work, POS updates, events and announcements. Tap Publish and every team member gets a push notification with the full brief on their phone. When the night changes, update one entry and the whole team sees it instantly. Archive past PreShifts for reference. KEEP THE MENU CURRENT, ALWAYS Menu Manager is the single source of truth for every dish and drink. Ingredients, allergens, recipes, availability, and photos, searchable and sortable from any station. A new special goes in once and shows up for every server before the first table sits. No more allergen guesses at table 12. ONE CHAT FOR THE WHOLE TEAM Team Chat keeps service communication in one thread the entire staff can see. Text and photos, real-time, with admin controls to keep it clean and professional. No personal numbers, no lost group texts, no "I never got that message." TWO-WAY, NOT TOP-DOWN Staff can submit menu items and PreShift updates directly from the floor. Managers approve with one tap and the update goes live for everyone. The bartender who noticed the last bottle of mezcal, the server who caught the typo on the special: their intel makes the whole team better. BUILT FOR HOW RESTAURANTS ACTUALLY WORK - Roles that make sense: managers run the restaurant, staff join the team - Invite staff by name or approve their join requests - Staff can hold memberships at multiple restaurants and switch between them - Push notifications for new PreShifts, approvals, and messages - Sign in with Apple, Google, or email - Light and dark mode - Works on iPhone and iPad WHO IT'S FOR Full-service restaurants, bars, cafes, and small groups. GMs and owner-operators who are tired of repeating themselves. Chefs who want the floor to know what's 86'd before a guest orders it. Servers and bartenders who want to walk in already knowing the plan. WHY IT WORKS Pre-shift is the highest-leverage twenty minutes in a restaurant, and most places run it on paper and memory. PreShifter makes it consistent, instant, and impossible to miss. Fewer mistakes at the table. Faster alignment across FOH and BOH. Managers get their time back. Guests get a team that knows the menu. PreShifter sits on top of the tools you already use. It does not replace your POS, scheduling, or reservations. It runs the part of the day they don't touch. FREE FOR STAFF. MANAGERS SUBSCRIBE. Team members always use PreShifter free. Managers who create a restaurant choose a plan sized to their team: - Core: up to 25 team members - Pro: up to 60 team members - Pro Max: unlimited team members Monthly and annual plans available. Annual plans include two months free. Subscriptions are billed to your Apple ID and renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.preshifter.com/preshifter-privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://www.preshifter.com/preshifter-terms-of-service/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Questions or want a walkthrough for your team? support@preshifter.com

  • 5.0
    out of 5
    4 Ratings

The biggest PreShifter update yet: roles and permissions, plans built around your team size, a front-to-back redesign, and a long list of fixes that make the app faster and more dependable on the floor. ROLES & PERMISSIONS Not everyone on the team needs the same keys. Owners can now make someone a Manager with full day-to-day control, or hand a trusted employee exactly the permissions they need: create menu items, approve submissions, edit or archive PreShift items, manage the team, and more. Set it once under Team Members > Roles & Permissions. Billing and deleting the restaurant stay with the owner. ONE SWITCH FOR EVERY RESTAURANT On more than one team? Pick your active restaurant once in Settings and Menu, PreShift, and Chat all follow. No more switching tab by tab. PRESHIFT BUILDER • Edit published PreShift items right from the list. Fix a count, update a special, change a table assignment, and the team sees it. • Drafts survive interruptions. Get pulled away mid-build and your items are still there when you come back. • Previously Added now shows full details for every item type before you publish. • Photos you add while creating a menu item and PreShift item together now land on both. MENU • A redesigned item detail with clearer allergen, dietary, and ingredient chips. • Redesigned filter chips and richer item cards. • Staff can always open an item, even one that was just edited or pulled from the live menu. TEAM CHAT • Scroll back through your full history. Pull down to load older messages. NEW PLANS: CORE, PRO, AND PRO MAX Plans are now sized to your team, monthly or annual, and staff accounts are still free. See exactly how many seats you're using while you invite, and a new Subscription Help screen puts Apple refund requests and support one tap away. A FRESH LOOK The whole app has been rebuilt on a new glass design with PreShifter teal running through it: a new welcome tour, redesigned Settings and Team screens, richer menu and PreShift cards, snappier buttons, and a loading screen that respects dark mode. Tuned for iOS 26. MORE DEPENDABLE • Live updates recover on their own after a dropped connection, so Menu, PreShift, and Chat keep flowing without a restart. • Approvals, declines, edits, and notes appear the instant you tap them. • Cold start goes straight to your dashboard, with no login-screen flash. • If loading ever stalls, you get a clear message and a way out instead of an endless spinner. • Signing up with Apple or Google now walks you through finishing your profile, on any device. • Clear guidance when you're offline or a restaurant's subscription needs attention. • Spanish translations completed across every screen. Plus dozens of smaller fixes to forms, keyboards, and address search. Questions or feedback? Find us under Settings & Support > Customer Support.

The developer, PreShifter LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

  • Data Linked to You

    The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

    • Purchases
    • Contact Info
    • User Content
  • Data Not Linked to You

    The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

    • Location
    • Contact Info
    • Identifiers
    • Usage Data
    • Diagnostics

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Seller
  • PreShifter LLC
Size
  • 43.1 MB
Category
  • Business
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
  • iPhone
    Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
  • iPad
    Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
  • Mac
    Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Languages
  • English and Spanish
Age Rating
18+
  • 18+
  • Contains
    Messaging and Chat
    User-Generated Content
In-App Purchases
Yes
  • Starter Plan: Full Access $49.99
  • Starter Plan: Full Access $529.99
  • Pro Max Annual - Founding Operator $2,299.99
  • Pro Max - Founding Operator $244.99
  • Pro Max (Annual) $3,299.99
  • Pro Max $349.99
  • Pro Annual - Founding Operator $1,299.99
  • Pro - Founding Operator $139.99
  • Pro (Annual) $1,899.99
  • Pro $199.99
Copyright
  • © 2026 PRESHIFTER LLC