Staff and PINs
Every sale has a name on it.
Everyone behind the counter signs in with their own PIN, and every sale remembers who rang it up. Nobody has to accuse anybody of anything.

One till, four people, no names
A counter with one phone and four people on it has a problem nobody wants to say out loud. When the day comes up short, there’s no way to know whose sale it was, so everybody is suspected a little and nobody can clear their name. The honest person on your team suffers most, because they can’t prove anything either.
Most shortages aren’t one thief. They’re a system with holes: a sale nobody rang up, change given wrong in a rush, a round that went out without being paid. Names on sales don’t accuse anybody. They make the holes visible, and they clear everyone who wasn’t near them.
A PIN each
On Pro, the till opens on a wall of names: everyone who works there. Each person taps theirs and types their own PIN, and from then until they switch, everything they ring up is theirs. When the shift changes, Switch user hands the till over and the next person signs in as themselves.
On a shared till you can turn on Lock after every sale, so it goes back to the names after each sale and whoever serves next has to say who they are. It’s a choice per till, made by the owner or a manager, and it’s off unless you turn it on. The owner’s own phone never locks itself.
Every sale remembers
Open any sale and it tells you who opened it, who added each round, and who took the money and how. So the question isn’t “who was on the counter at four?”, it’s “Kofi rang it up and Ama took the cash”, and a short drawer has an answer instead of a suspect.
The report adds it up by person too: what each of them took today, in cash and on MoMo. With shifts, each person’s drawer is counted against what it should hold, and short or over shows against their name the same night.
Owners, managers and cashiers
Not everybody needs to see everything. A cashier sells, takes money and opens tabs. A manager can also read Transactions and Payouts. The owner sees the lot, including where the money goes. What someone isn’t allowed to open isn’t greyed out on their screen; it simply isn’t there.
Customers lean on the counter, too. One tap hides every cedi figure on the screen and leaves the counts and the names, so the day’s takings aren’t on show to whoever’s standing there.
When somebody forgets their PIN
It happens every week somewhere. The owner sets a new one from the team list and it works at once, even with no network. Nobody has to call anybody.
How many people
The Free plan is one person on one till. Pro takes up to five people who can sign in and three tills. Chain takes fifteen people, nine tills and three places.
What it doesn’t do yet
It doesn’t clock people in and out or add up hours worked. It doesn’t ask a manager to approve a void or a refund. You can’t yet choose, person by person, exactly what each one may do beyond being a cashier, a manager or the owner. And it doesn’t watch for patterns and flag someone; it shows you who did what, and the judgement stays yours. When the drawer is short is our guide to using what it shows.
What people ask
How do I stop staff taking money from the till?
Give everyone their own PIN, so every sale carries the name of whoever rang it, and count the drawer at the end of each shift against what the till says it should hold. Short or over then shows by person, the same night.
Can several people share one phone or tablet?
Yes. The till opens on a screen of everyone’s names. Each person taps theirs and types their PIN, and Switch user hands it to the next person.
What if someone forgets their PIN?
The owner sets a new one for them from the team list, and it works straight away, even without a network.
Can a cashier see how much we made today?
Not the parts meant for the owner. Transactions and Payouts are for managers, and what a cashier can’t open simply isn’t there. On a shared screen, one tap hides every cedi figure.
Is it on the Free plan?
No. The Free plan is one person on one till. A PIN each, takings by person and shifts are on Pro, for up to five people, and Chain, for up to fifteen.
Read next
- What it doesClosing upOpen the drawer with a float, count it at closing and type the number. Tabworthy already knows what should be there, so short or over shows tonight.
- GuideWhen the drawer is shortMost shortages aren’t one thief, they’re a system with holes. Six habits that close them, from a PIN each to counting the drawer every shift.
- What it doesThe reportToday’s takings since opening: cash against MoMo, what’s still open, what sold and who sold it. Read it on your own phone from anywhere. On every plan.
Early access
Want it on your counter?
We’re opening Tabworthy to a first circle of food and drink businesses in Ghana, a few at a time. Ten short questions, about three minutes.