Aplano

Aplano is a cloud-based workforce management solution developed in Germany, covering shift scheduling, time tracking, and absence management for small and medium-sized businesses. It is used across industries such as retail, hospitality, healthcare, logistics, construction, education, cleaning, and security, and serves more than 100,000 users.

Shift Scheduling: Schedules are built via drag & drop in week, month, day, or board views. Employee availabilities can be entered by staff through the mobile app to prevent scheduling conflicts, and schedules synchronize in real time across devices.

Time Tracking: Employees clock in and out of assigned shifts via smartphone, or on a tablet used as a stationary punch clock. Managers confirm recorded hours before they are applied, and overtime is calculated automatically.

Absence Management: A vacation planner handles absence types such as illness, vacation, and compensatory time off, with support for custom absence reasons, calendar and list views, and filtering options.

Additional capabilities include shift swap and change requests, built-in chat, and reporting that collects shift data in filterable lists. Aplano offers iOS and Android apps, is GDPR-compliant with 256-bit encryption, and provides a free trial with pricing starting at around $2 per user per month.