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AI · March 6, 2021

Simple Rota Maker

Create & share team rosters. Automatic rolling shift pattern

Simple Rota Maker launched on March 6, 2021 with 61 votes, #1,170 of 3,696 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

In plain words

Simple Rota Maker is a scheduling tool that creates and manages rotas for workers assigned to hourly or daily shifts. It generates automatic rolling shift patterns, allows users to create timetables and personal schedules, and enables sharing via links. The tool supports task management, audio notes, and exports to spreadsheet apps, with built-in statistics tracking. It's designed for small to large teams managing shift-based work or personal schedules.

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From the sources

The simplest tool to create and share a rota for rostering workers into hourly or daily shifts. Create timetables, personal rosters, weekly and monthly shifts. Export rota to spreadsheet apps. Share links to your Rota. See rota statistics.

Create rolling rotas to schedule workers in hourly or daily shifts. Easily manage your work shifts, tasks, and personal schedules with this free rota tool

Simple Rota Maker takes the pain out of schedule planning. Generate smart rotas, share dynamic links, and stay in control with built-in task management. Perfect for small or large teams, and shift-based work. Perfect for scheduling multiple workers over an indefinite period. Ideal for managing your work shifts, personal schedules, appointments, or customizing worker rota patterns. Organize your to-do lists alongside your work shifts to stay super productive and on top of your schedule. In a hurry? Quickly record an audio note to replay anytime. Seamlessly create tasks, assign them to workers, and share dynamic links that open the task directly on their devices — automatically saving a copy…from simplerotamaker.app

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