Trail app - hospitality operations software that keeps every site to your standard

Trail gives you a timestamped, evidenced record of every check your team completes, for every site, in one place.

What is Trail? 

Trail app is hospitality operations software that gives every site a clear daily routine on a phone or tablet. Your team knows what to do and when, and you get a named, timestamped record of every check. 

Tasks built around the way you run your business 

Every hospitality business has its own way of doing things. With Trail, you build your tasks around the way you already work.

  • Any check you need: build as many custom tasks as you like, from fridge temperatures to brand standards 

  • Your fields, your ranges: record logs with the fields, targets and guidance for every department in your business  

  • One task, different sites: set up a task once, and it adapts to each of your sites, so every site only sees the steps that apply to it 

  • Easy to update: draft, publish and archive tasks, so every site moves to a new process at the same time 

  • A head start: import up to 10 existing checklists for free, or start from the template library 

Four things Trail does for every site, every day

Trail is built around the daily operational routine of a hospitality site. These are the four areas where it makes the biggest difference. 

What does Trail give each part of your business?

Everything your team needs to do, everything you need to see 

Trail is built around the daily rhythm of a hospitality site. Set up your checks once and let Trail handle the rest - from the first task of the day to the end-of-day report. 

Plan

  • Build your task lists in Trail once by importing your existing paper checks for free or starting from the templates library, then set your schedules, define acceptable ranges, and choose which checks need a manager's approval.

Do

  • Your team opens Trail on a phone or tablet and works through a structured list of checks organised by time of day, logging temperatures, attaching photos, and signing off with a personal PIN.
  • If a check is failed, Trail captures it immediately and raises a corrective action rather than letting it go unrecorded.

Review

  • Managers and head office see tasks completed as they happen, and a daily score for every site, with the ability to filter straight to the sites that need attention, review missed tasks and examine the evidence behind each one.
  • When an EHO visit happens, a full audit trail with embedded, timestamped photos exports as PDFs.

Built for every type of hospitality site 

Trail works across the full range of hospitality operations, from a single independent site to a multi-site estate with hundreds of locations. 

Restaurants 

Food safety checks, allergen records, temperature logs, and kitchen opening and closing routines. 

Explore Trail for restaurants

Pubs and bars 

Cellar checks, cleaning schedules, fire safety, and shift handover, with a record head office can see remotely. 

Explore Trail for pubs and bars

Hotels 

Housekeeping checklists, maintenance checks, and brand standards, consistent across every property. 

Explore Trail for hotels

Coffee shops and cafes 

Opening checks, allergen management, cleaning schedules, and barista handover, all logged and timestamped. 

Explore Trail for coffee shops

Retail 

Store opening and closing checks, compliance records, and task management across every location. 

Explore Trail for retail

Bakeries 

Food safety checks, temperature monitoring, and opening and closing routines, built around a bakery's early starts 

Explore Trail for bakeries

Schools 

Food safety, maintenance, and health and safety checks, with a clear record for environmental health visits and governors. 

Explore Trail for schools

Spas and gyms 

Pool safety checks, equipment maintenance, incident logging, and compliance records across every facility. 

Explore Trail for spas and gyms

The standard you set, kept every day

Try it free for 14 days with no card required or let us show you around first. 

Common questions about Trail 

What is the Trail app?

Trail is hospitality operations software that replaces paper checklists with a digital task list for every site. Teams complete daily checks on a phone or tablet. Head office sees a live record of what was done, when, and by whom, with evidence attached. 

How do I log in to Trail?

Trail runs in any browser at web.trailapp.com, so there is nothing to download. Your account administrator sends you an invitation to set up your login, and once you are in, you can pin Trail to any device home screen for quick access.  

Does Trail work offline?

Yes. Once the day's tasks have loaded, your team can keep working without a signal, so basements and walk-in fridges aren't a problem. Offline, they can complete checks, log temperatures, add comments, mark tasks as done and snooze tasks. Trail syncs everything when the device reconnects, and each task keeps the time it was actually completed. 

A few things need a connection. The day's tasks have to load while the device is online, and photos, file attachments and admin settings only work online. Each device also needs to sync at least once a day. If it doesn't sync before that day's site score is calculated, tasks completed offline will count as missed in the score. 

Is Trail a food safety management system?

Trail is not a food safety management system. It does not write your HACCP plan, risk assessments or safety policy. Trail is the layer that executes and evidences the plan you already have: a verification, monitoring and corrective action tool that works alongside any food safety consultant or framework. 

Can Trail be used across multiple sites?

Trail is built for multi-site operators; you can manage unlimited sites on any plan, roll out task templates across your whole estate from one place, group sites into areas for reporting, and see every site's daily score from a single view. 

Does Trail integrate with other systems?

Trail connects to thousands of tools through Zapier, and has direct integrations with Access Maintain, Infogrid, SafetyCulture, Feed It Back and Google Sheets, as well as Task and Scores APIs for connecting to BI tools such as Power BI and Tableau.