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Overview

The Rootly mobile app includes a home screen widget that shows your on-call status without opening the app. At a glance you can see whether you’re on call right now, when your current shift ends or your next one starts, and which schedules you’re covering. The widget is available on both iOS and Android, in several sizes.
This page covers the widget you add to your phone’s home screen. For the on-call status card in the Rootly web app’s sidebar, see On-Call Widget.
Rootly home screen widget with a green background reading You're on-call, showing an avatar and a Shift ends at time

The small widget while you're on call

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What the widget shows

The widget always reflects your own on-call status — not your team’s. It has three states: Alongside the status, the widget shows:
  • Your Rootly avatar
  • Shift ends at when you’re on call, or Shift starts at for your next upcoming shift
  • Always on-call for N Escalation Policies when that applies
  • The names of the schedules you’re on call for, and an N more shifts row when there are more than fit
Rootly home screen widget with a grey background reading Not on-call, showing an avatar and a Shift starts at time for the next shift

The widget when you're not on call

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Widget sizes

All three sizes show your status and either a shift time or, when you’re always on call, the Always on-call for N Escalation Policies summary. The larger sizes add a list of schedules — the ones you’re currently on call for, or the ones your upcoming shifts are on when you’re off call — and anything that doesn’t fit collapses into an N more shifts row. On iOS you pick the size when you add the widget, and you can add more than one. On Android there’s a single widget you can resize on the home screen — it switches between the layouts above as you make it bigger or smaller.
Rootly home screen widget showing a shift end time, the schedules Platform Team, DevOps Team, and Payments On-Call, and a 2 more shifts row

A larger widget listing the schedules you're on call for

When you’re off call, the same space lists the schedules your upcoming shifts are on instead.
Rootly home screen widget with a grey background showing a shift start time, upcoming schedules Platform Team, DevOps Team, and Payments On-Call, and a 7 more shifts row

A larger widget while you're off call, listing upcoming shifts

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Add the widget

1

Enter edit mode

Touch and hold an empty area of your home screen until the app icons jiggle, then tap + — or Edit → Add Widget on newer iOS versions — in the top-left corner.
2

Find Rootly

Search for Rootly and select it. The widget is listed as On-Call Widget.
3

Choose a size and place it

Swipe between the small, medium, and large previews, tap Add Widget, then drag it where you want it and tap Done.

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Requirements

  • Rootly mobile app 2.0.0 or later — see Mobile App for download links and supported operating systems.
  • You must be signed in to the app. Open Rootly at least once after adding the widget so it has your schedule data — until then it appears empty.
  • An on-call seat, like all mobile app functionality.

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Frequently Asked Questions

No. The widget follows whichever organization is currently selected in the app. If you switch organizations, the widget shows the one you switched to.
The widget needs data from the app. Make sure you’re signed in, then open Rootly and go to the home screen. If it stays empty, remove the widget and add it again.
No. Tapping the widget opens the Rootly app. There are no buttons or tappable areas within the widget itself.
No — the widget is for your home screen only. While your alert notifications are muted, Rootly does show a countdown outside the app — a Lock Screen Live Activity on iOS, an ongoing notification on Android — but that’s a separate feature. See Alert Muting.
Yes. You can add several widgets in different sizes, but they all show the same account and the same on-call status.
No. It shows your on-call status and shifts only — it doesn’t change when a page arrives. For alerts and incidents, open the app, where you’ll also see a You’ve been paged card. The On-Call Widget in the web sidebar does show a paged state.

Mobile App

Download, sign in, and set up push notifications for on-call responders.

On-Call Widget

The equivalent status card in the Rootly web app’s sidebar.

On-Call Shifts

How shifts, rotations, and overrides determine what the widget shows.