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Last updated March 13th, 2026

# Page 3 - Reviews of Sling

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Ann T.  
Fitness instructor  
Non-Profit Organization Management  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "All in one employee communication tool"

October 16, 2024

4.0

Pros

Sling is useful scheduling tool. As an employee, I like to be able to see available shifts, as well as be reminded of upcoming shifts. It's any easy way to communicate with co-workers, having all relevant employees able to see and message each other in one place.

Cons

There are so many things that Sling can do, but I do feel that it takes some getting used to find and master all the features.

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CK

Camille K.  
Executive  
Executive Office  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Sling Review"

February 19, 2025

5.0

Overall, I had a positive experience with Sling! I appreciated how organized and visually aesthetic the app is, and notifications about shift conditions (started, changed, removed) was nice.

Pros

I loved how easy it was to see my schedule and communicate with my team.

Cons

While this may vary based on what organization is using Sling, it was difficult at times to put in for time-off or swap shifts with others.

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DE

Danielle E.  
Client Care Coordinator  
Veterinary  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Sling Review"

August 25, 2024

5.0

Pros

It is easy to see everyone’s work schedule and request time off. Also like the ability to message particular coworkers or groups of coworkers.

Cons

I get lots of notifications on the mobile app.

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AN

Ayishatu N.  
Community engagement Manager  
Health, Wellness and Fitness  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Great for all!"

October 16, 2024

5.0

I enjoyed it for my team! it wasn't hard to maneuver

Pros

Very user friendly and accessible for all employees

Cons

Too much accessibility to all employees.

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SJ

Sam J.  
Server  
Food & Beverages  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Sling - Simplistic, Yet Effective"

August 19, 2024

4.0

Great experience. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because I have used other apps that work just as good as this one that had maybe one or two more features. Other than that, I am very happy with sling and how easy it is to use.

Pros

The ease of use for this app is great. It is very simple and your eyes are directed at exactly what you're looking for. Simplistic look is what I'm trying to say. Not just the looks are simple, though. It is very easy to navigate, review schedules, timecards, communicate with your team, etc.

Cons

I genuinely can't think of anything off the top of my head.

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MM

Melinda M.  
Recreational Director  
Sports  
Used the software for: I used a free trial

### "Great employee scheduling system!"

November 7, 2024

5.0

Nothing bad to say about this software. Meets the needs of our company very well. It keeps staff organized and informed in a quick efficient manner.

Pros

Easy to use and quick to learn. The payroll and time sheet feature are my favourite!

Cons

Set up takes a little time. Adding employees when you first start up can be tedious.

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DC

Dianne C.  
Owner  
Restaurants  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Great for a small business owners"

October 21, 2024

4.0

Sling was the best platform I found to be able to schedule workers and communicate with them. It also integrated well with our payroll platform.

Pros

It made the tasks of scheduling workers and communicating with them much easier

Cons

It's a little bit expensive, otherwise not a lot of downside

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AS

Amy S.  
English Teacher  
Education Management  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Sling is pretty swell"

October 2, 2024

4.0

I enjoy the simplicity and how easy it is to navigate.

Pros

It is very easy to use and navigate this app.

Cons

This app glitches a lot and has to be reset.

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DP

Dave P.  
Recreation Supervisor  
Recreational Facilities and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Outstanding scheduling app!"

August 13, 2024

5.0

It's been a real game changer for my small operation. Couldn't be happier!

Pros

Free scheduling and easy to use, great for my small operation.

Cons

There's nothing I don't like about Sling!

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PH

Per H.  
Captain  
Restaurants  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "A very good employee scheduling tool."

August 15, 2024

5.0

It has made our planning and scheduling much better since we started using Sling.

Pros

It is very easy to plan and share the schedule to the employees.

Cons

There is nothing that comes to mind, everything work just fine.

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rR

robyn R.  
DIRECTOR  
Non-Profit Organization Management  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "We love Sling!"

July 30, 2024

5.0

quality product that does what it says it will for a reasonable cost.

Pros

Easy of use, quality service and no down time.

Cons

nothing, great program and offers a lot for the money

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KN

Kristen N.  
Coordinator  
Non-Profit Organization Management  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Great for mobile "

July 12, 2024

5.0

Pros

We use Sling for team chat and mobile access. I like the software.

Cons

I have nothing to complain. Mobile access is nice.

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JM

Jane M.  
Quality Assurance Analyst  
Individual & Family Services  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Recommended for team communication!"

June 4, 2024

5.0

So far, Sling has been very reliable from being a communication tool to a scheduling tool.

Pros

I love you can easily communicate with either a co worker to the higher management with just a few clicks.

Cons

Nothing really. I loved the overall product experience.

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MM

Martha M.  
owner  
Individual & Family Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "We LOVE using Sling"

July 17, 2023

5.0

Overall, we love everything about Sling!

Pros

Sling makes my scheduling task a breeze. I especially like: 1) being able to copy a previously posted schedule into a future period 2) employees being able to post unavailability 3) employees being able to make time off requests 4) employees being able to view who they are working with on a scheduled day 5) the ease in changing a schedule when a sick call comes in or an employee emergency happens

Cons

I really can't think of anything I do not like about Sling.

Reason for choosing Sling

My IT support technician gave me an article listing the top tested app based scheduling softwares after I reviewed many and was having a difficult time making a decision. Sling was his overall recommendation. Our choice was made first because of FEATURES and second because of PRICE. Features have improved since we started using Sling in July 2018.

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WP

Wyatt P.  
Production Manager  
Entertainment  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Production manager review for live productions"

July 13, 2023

4.0

Overall I have a great experience besides from the couple issues I've run into. I use it daily ad it makes it way easier to run a schedule my crews.

Pros

I really like how easy is is to schedule people, put up available shifts for employees and the reminders so people know to come in to work. It makes my job easier and gives me some peace of mind.

Cons

I have a couple issues.My least favorite thing is the mobile app, I said before it's just clunky and doesn't feel like a mobile app.I also need a way to view pdf's on the app without it downloading to your phone.And lastly it would make everything so much easier if I could have an hourly rate and a day rate option for employee's.That would solve all my issues and make me love using this scheduling system. I think I could even get some live music venues in the area to use it too because there isnt a program that does all of those things and your system is already really easy to use.

Alternatives considered

[7shifts](https://www.capterra.com/p/123038/7shifts-Restaurant-Scheduling/)[Slack](https://www.capterra.com/p/135003/Slack/)

Reason for choosing Sling

The layout of the program on desktop and the easy way to set everything up made me go with sling.

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HP

Hunter P.  
Owner  
Restaurants  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Review"

August 10, 2023

5.0

Sling has scratched an itch I didn't know I had. It does everything I need it to at a decent price.

Pros

Great software that ties into my pos. Free for staff makes it even better. Easy to use and easy to teach

Cons

The only thing I can think to improve would be the ability to look over various saved schedule templates easily.

Switched from

[HotSchedules](https://www.capterra.com/p/52611/HotSchedules/)

Cheaper and doesn't need staff to pay for the app.

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CK

Carrie K.  
Owner  
Events Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Game Changer for us."

October 3, 2023

5.0

In the nature of my business, it just works! I love that my employees can see who else is working where. BUT they can see who is working with them.The fees are totally afforadable! It makes life SO easy for me from what we were using before!!

Pros

What I like the most about Sling is... I used to text message all of my employees to ler ask if they can work and then again to let them know when they are working! I no longer need to do that. They all know if they cant work they do the "Time Off request" if they can never work on such day they do "Unavailible" The natrue of our business are only events so we are somewhere different every event. Sling connects the address to the date as well. Its just been a total Game Changer a fee that we can afford!!

Cons

This is a hard one! I really cant think of what I like least other than it needs to be intgrated with Apple Calendar, and the notification glitch I mentioned earlier.

Reason for choosing Sling

Price and how much it offered. Also I am not the most patient person and I felt that Sling was pretty easy to learn!

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BH

Beth H.  
Associate Director of Operations  
Facilities Services  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "A Game Changer for Our Smaller Company"

February 2, 2022

4.0

Overall experience with Sling has been great. As I said earlier, its deployment has brought our company into a new age with communication, timeclocks, and scheduling.

Pros

I originally went looking for an easy, free scheduling app. I happened to find Sling and immediately loved the way I could customize positions and make schedule templates. I then saw how Sling offered a timeclock, which our company really needed. We relied on Excel sheets for our employees, so using a timeclock app was like bringing us out of the dark ages. We use the Newsfeed all the time to communicate policy and procedure changes as well. It has changed the way we interface with our employees.

Cons

I would really love to see more customization for things like the timeclocks and working hours. For example, we are an umbrella of companies. We have physical properties that are staffed with managers and assistants (Great Atlantic Management), we have a Home Office staff (Great Atlantic Companies), and we have a maintenance staff (Great Atlantic Contracting). We also have some properties that are unmanned, so we have no computers at that location. So, it would be fantastic if we can choose the mobile timeclock for just certain employees (like our Contracting crew and the unmanned helpers). Our Contracting crew also works 10 hour days, so when they request a vacation day, it needs to be a 10hr block, but I can't tell the system to use 10hrs for this position vs 8hrs for that position unless I choose the "partial day" option, which cuts down on the convenience of the app. It would be GREAT if the "Position" option allowed more features, like enable different timeclocks, enable different working times, etc. Most companies have different departments that require different hours, etc., so being able to customize this would be very helpful.

Reason for choosing Sling

Timesheet Mobile was very customizable, so I could choose who was going to use the mobile timeclock vs a kiosk but there was not a real communication hub with them. If they had offered that feature, I probably would have went with them instead.

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CH

Chad H.  
Customer Service Manager  
Retail  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "User Friendly"

June 11, 2021

5.0

I believe Sling has reduced the amount of employees missing work or being late for work. Ability to make announcements to all of our employees to ensure our message gets out.

Pros

Being able to copy and paste the schedule weekly saves time when making a schedule. In my department alone I have 87 employees. The unavailability feature is great so that as managers we can ensure we are scheduling people when they are available. This reduces the amount of time we would need to make adjustments to schedules if we scheduled someone when they were not available. The messaging and announcement feature is great so that we can send out a group message to get an announcement out to all associates. Also being able to send private messages to employees is great so we do not have to give our personal phone number out to all employees.

Cons

Not being able to delete private messages. We can archive the messages but cannot delete them. We have to archive each one individually which is time consuming. Also when we want to delete an announcement we have to check two boxes and then hit delete. Would be better if we could just click on the announcement or multiple announcements and hit delete.

Alternatives considered

[Deputy](https://www.capterra.com/p/167811/Deputy/)

Reason for choosing Sling

When we started the process of opening our store knowing that we would have close to 600 employees throughout multiple departments I knew we would need some sort of scheduling software. Our other location which is much smaller in operation was using Excel for each department. I had roughly 200 associates in my department when we first opened. I searched online for a scheduling software and came across Sling. After using the free version I realized this would be perfect for our store. I brought it to our General Manager and he agreed that we should use this software. We have been using it store wide in all departments now for about a year and a half.

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CC

Chris C.  
Director of Operations  
Health, Wellness and Fitness  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Agency Scheduling"

October 12, 2023

4.0

It's a cost effective scheduling dashboard, that I can personally recommend despite the occasional bug. It will help you organize staff and operations with a quickness - transitioning to this system was very easy.

Pros

Transparent scheduling features, ease of use of the timeclock to report hours, and ability to modify reports through dates, locations, and employees.

Cons

Customer service usually doesn't have an answer for you - although they are polite - I wish that some of these bugs we encountered were ironed out sooner than later.

Switched from

[QuickBooks Time](https://www.capterra.com/p/151722/TSheets/)

Quickbooks Time was clumsy from a navigation standpoint.

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ZM

Zack M.  
Pharmacy Manager  
Health, Wellness and Fitness  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Extremely easy, inexpensive, and comprehensive scheduling tool"

July 14, 2022

5.0

Extremely positive; we were lacking an online scheduler and mobile access for about 2 to 3 years and the use of Sling made scheduling much easier (versus pen and paper) and reduced issues due to accidental missed shifts.

Pros

I looked through several scheduling tools before settling on Sling. This included simple Excel sheets, Homebase, and When I Work. I settled on Sling because of the wide array of features for no cost and mobile app access. The mobile app experience, per my team, was easy and extremely convenient. I personally was impressed with the ease of the drag-and-drop scheduler.

Cons

About the only issues I had with the software was the occasional challenge to invite a new user. We haven't used it in a while now, but the only problem was that it seemed hard to resend the invite email to download the app. That being said, I think it was only because there are a lot of features in the software, and it can be a little challenging to do once specific task simply because it can take a minute to find it.

Alternatives considered

[When I Work](https://www.capterra.com/p/121248/When-I-Work/)[Homebase](https://www.capterra.com/p/153076/Homebase/)[Microsoft Excel](https://www.capterra.com/p/176574/Excel/)

Reason for choosing Sling

More features for no cost; it was important that it not cost anything as it was a temporary product during a company transition.

Review Source

CM

Courtney M.  
Manager  
Government Relations  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Sling Software Saved Me So Much Time!"

June 3, 2021

4.0

I have used Sling for a few years now -- it meets my needs and goes above an beyond for the products it offers to the user. Sling support staff have been responsive to my needs and questions. A Great Product!

Pros

Above all, I love that Sling has saved me so much time when making the schedule for my employees! Used to take 3-4 hours, now it only takes me approximately 1 hour to create a weekly schedule. Sling is accessible by computer and by mobile application. I love that it has many different colors for the different shifts that I need to create. Love that I can copy and paste shifts.

Cons

I wish that the mobile application gave me a total count of hours for each employee. When approving an employee to pick up an extra shift, I currently need to go to a computer to see to total count of hours for that individual before I can approve. Wish I could see total count of hours on my phone, so that I can approve when I am initially notified (which is usually an app notification to my phone).

Reason for choosing Sling

I liked the color associated with the shifts and the price point. :)

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VV

Vanessa V.  
Head of Quality Care and Compliance  
Veterinary  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Sling for Scheduling"

December 6, 2021

4.0

Overall I am pleased with this software, our employees never have any negative feedback which is always nice.

Pros

I really appreciate that there is an accessible employee database. This feature allows me to not have to add every employee on my personal phone because I can reference the database for needed information. I also quite like the Newsfeed feature. We currently have different categories in which to post pertinent information. It is helpful in sharing information with the team when we are all not present.

Cons

I do not like that when on my desktop, the Newsfeed will alert me about new posts but the alert will not go away after I review the posts.

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LL

LINDA L.  
ED Office and Billing Coordinator  
Hospital & Health Care  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "ED SLING SCHEDULING"

January 8, 2024

5.0

It works with a staff of over 50 associates and makes scheduling much simpler with that number of staff. Covering 12- 15 different shifts per day in a 24/7 department.

Pros

The ease all the staff can enter the dates they want to work, so schedules can be covered. Cuts down on phone calls of management to see who is available for uncovered shits and days.

Cons

I would like the Staff- Off that day Days to be at the top of the Schedule so the person doing the scheduling would know who not to look for on that shift.

Switched from

[Microsoft Excel](https://www.capterra.com/p/176574/Excel/)

New Manger found the product and tried it and it worked well.

Review Source

AK

ANGELA K.  
Administration  
Consumer Goods  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Sling is a must have!"

April 10, 2024

5.0

Easy set up, many options for preferences. Employees found it super easy to use, minimal training involved. I like that you can schedule shifts, then assign employees to them. Customer service is very helpful and quick to respond.

Pros

Very easy to use, visually easy to read both in scheduling and time cards.

Cons

Can't think of anything! Zero complaints from me!

Alternatives considered

[Meevo](https://www.capterra.com/p/172058/Meevo-2/)

Reason for choosing Sling

Meevo was almost what we needed for scheduling appointments, and included a time clock option. We went with a different program that included routing, and does not have a time clock option.

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