shift management platform · flutter, firestore, hive
Shiftly
A shift-management app for teams whose rota changes faster than a spreadsheet can be re-sent.
Overview
Rotas move; spreadsheets do not
One schedule everybody actually sees
Shiftly keeps shifts, swaps and availability in a single Firestore-backed schedule, with Hive caching locally so the roster is readable the moment the app opens — and still readable when the signal drops mid-shift.
How it was built
- 01Discovery
Watching where the schedule breaks down
The failure is rarely the rota itself — it is the version of it someone is looking at. That pointed the product at a single shared source of truth, with changes propagating rather than being re-announced.
- 02Development
Offline-first, then online
Hive holds a local copy of the schedule and Firestore reconciles it, so the app opens straight into content instead of a spinner. Writes queue and settle when connectivity returns, which matters on a shop floor or a back-of-house network.
- 03Strategy
Keeping the daily action one tap deep
Managers and staff use the same app for different reasons. Roles change what the home screen offers, but both land on the thing they opened it for — the current shift — without navigating for it.
Project details
- Role
- Mobile design and development
- Type
- Team scheduling application
- Stack
- Flutter, Firestore, Hive
The Result
A scheduling app that stays usable offline and keeps one version of the rota in front of everyone who depends on it.
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