gibsonthe rota’s sorted.
Gibson does rotas, hours and holiday for bar teams. Your team logs shifts in two taps, managers approve from their phone, and a pickled onion keeps an eye on the rest.
three jobs, done properly.
Built behind a real UK bar, with the people who actually work the shifts. No spreadsheets, no group chat archaeology.
rotas
Plan months ahead. Rotas lock a week out, so the team knows where they stand, and a heads-up goes out the night before a shift.
hours
Log a shift at the end of the night, or clock in and out. Nobody types their own times in later: fixes go to a manager to approve.
holiday
Ask for time off in a few taps. Gibson counts working days, tracks time in lieu, and shows the manager who else is already off.
all you need is a phone.
Gibson runs the whole bar from the phones already in everyone’s pockets. A laptop or an iPad is a bonus, never a must.
phone
Everyone uses Gibson on their own phone: the rota, logging hours, holiday, jobs. Managers can do the lot from a phone too, rota included.
laptop
Got a laptop in the office? The rota opens as a big week grid, handy for planning a month at a time. Same login, nothing to install.
bar ipad
Prop a spare iPad or tablet behind the bar for the code to scan, who’s in, the jobs jar and notes. No iPad? Print the code instead.
Gibson is a web app, so there’s nothing to download from an app store. Open it, pop it on your home screen, and it works like any other app.
made for the phone in your back pocket.
Everything here is the real app running a made-up bar called The Copper Still.
do the rota on a laptop. or don’t.
The whole week on one screen: who’s on, who can’t work, and everyone’s hours against their contract.
- Copy last week and tweak, instead of starting from scratch.
- Can’t-work days show right on the grid, so no surprises.
- Approve hours, holiday and swaps from your phone between rounds.
- Payroll in one tap: an hours PDF or a spreadsheet at the end of the month.
an ipad that runs the shift.
Prop an iPad behind the bar and it becomes the bar’s own screen: who’s in, the jobs jar, handover notes and what’s running low.
- Scan to log. The team scans the QR code with their phone at the end of a shift.
- PIN to switch. Anyone can hop on with their own PIN, and it locks itself after two minutes.
- Running low list. Limes, oat milk, straws. Tap when it’s restocked.
free to start.
Free for up to 5 people. Bigger teams pay one flat price per bar, never per head, and both paid plans start with 30 days free.
pull up a stool.
Have a poke around a made-up bar, or tell us about yours and we'll get you set up.