About
Built by people from restaurants. One of them runs his own restaurant on it.
Patrono is a restaurant operations app that keeps food safety logs, staff schedules and recipe costing in one place, for independent US restaurants with one location or a small group of 3 to 5. Fran Kunčić founded it in October 2025 in Zagreb, Croatia.
Why we built Patrono
I'm Fran Kunčić, the founder of Patrono. I started it with people who had spent more than 15 years inside restaurants, delivery platforms and franchises.
They kept describing the same week: the schedule finished after close in a group text, the temperature log in a binder, a supplier price that went up and nobody noticed. The tools that did it all were built for chains and priced for them.
So we built one app for all three and charge one price per location. Independent restaurants in the US live the same week, and Patrono is built for them around the FDA Food Code.
What Patrono does
Food Safety
Temperatures, receiving, cleaning and the opening routine, each with the time and the person's name. A reading out of range cannot be saved without a corrective action. An owner or manager can print any month's log for a location.
Scheduling
You build the week once. When you publish it, each person gets an email with a link to their shifts. Staff confirm shifts and ask for swaps in the browser, and the planned hours add up for you.
Food Cost
Recipes per dish, costed from what you pay your suppliers. When an ingredient price goes up, every margin updates.
Group overview, for 3 or more locations
For each location, on one screen: today's checklists, out-of-range readings without a corrective action, who is on shift and unfilled shifts. Staff who work at two of your locations have one login.
What makes Patrono different
$149 for all three modules
One price per location per month, or $119 a month billed annually, with Food Safety, Scheduling and Food Cost included. One US food safety log app lists $99 to $299 per location per month (published price list, read October 30, 2026).
No setup fee
Setup costs nothing. The same app lists onboarding fees of $999 and $1,249 on its two larger plans (published price list, read October 30, 2026).
Records nobody can rewrite, not even you
A saved temperature or HACCP record cannot be edited or deleted by anyone, owner included, and every record shows who entered it. A correction is a new entry next to the original.
Nightly backups, a restore we tested
The whole database is backed up every night, encrypted. We tested a full restore on October 26, 2026: the same number of rows in every table, restored in 24 seconds.
A reply within 24 hours, 24/7
Help runs 24/7 by email and WhatsApp, and we reply within 24 hours. The team that builds Patrono answers.
Who Patrono is for
Patrono is for independent restaurants: one location, or a small group of 3 to 5. Owners and managers use it to run the week. Staff use it to see their shifts, ask for swaps and fill in the day's checklists and temperatures, and they never see food cost or the staff directory.
It runs in the browser on the phones, tablets and computers you already have, and it works next to your POS or with no POS at all. It is the wrong tool if you need a time clock, payroll, inventory counts or sensors. See everything Patrono does not do.
The team
Fran Kunčić, founder
Has run a software company since 2014 and led product teams of up to 15 people. Before Patrono, built delivery reporting software used by more than 150 restaurants.
Co-founder, from food science
A food and agricultural scientist with more than 15 years in restaurant operations, delivery platforms and franchise management. Works on business development and sales.
Co-founder, from delivery
Led delivery at one of Europe's largest food delivery platforms, with more than 15 years in restaurant operations, delivery and franchises. Owns a brunch restaurant in Zagreb that runs on Patrono. Works on business development and sales.
Engineer
The first developer on Patrono.
How it works
Getting started
Tell us about your restaurant and we email you your login, with no sales calls. Start with 14 days. $0 today, cancel before day 15 and nothing is charged.
Getting help
Write to support@getpatrono.com or message us on WhatsApp, 24/7. We reply within 24 hours, during setup and after it.
Leaving
Cancel anytime, in the app or by email, with no advance notice. The plan stays active through the end of the period you paid for. Ask us for your data and we send it in a machine-readable format.
Key facts
- Name
- Patrono
- Type
- Restaurant operations software, used in the browser
- Founded
- October 2025
- Founder
- Fran Kunčić
- Made by
- Cautus Sistemi d.o.o.
- Headquarters
- Hribarov prilaz 2, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
- Website
- getpatrono.com/us
- Offering
- Food Safety, Scheduling and Food Cost in one app, with a group overview for 3 or more locations
- Built for
- Independent US restaurants with 1 location or 3 to 5
- Pricing
- $149 per location per month, or $119 per month billed annually ($1,428 a year), plus applicable sales tax. No setup fee. For 3 or more locations, email us
- Contract terms
- Monthly plan: cancel anytime, with no advance notice. Annual plan: charged once a year, in advance
- Not included
- POS and payments, hardware and sensors, time clock, payroll and inventory counts
- Support
- support@getpatrono.com and WhatsApp, 24/7, a reply within 24 hours
- Data
- Hosted in the EU (Frankfurt), encrypted in transit and at rest, backed up every night
- Alternatives
- FoodDocs, Rotahr and Restaurant365, compared on our pages
Questions about Patrono
What is Patrono?
Patrono is a restaurant operations app for independent US restaurants. It keeps food safety logs, staff schedules and recipe costing in one place, at one price per location.
Who makes Patrono?
Cautus Sistemi d.o.o., a software company in Zagreb, Croatia, makes Patrono. Fran Kunčić founded Patrono in October 2025. The team comes from software, restaurant operations, delivery platforms and franchise management.
Where is Patrono based?
Zagreb, Croatia. The time difference is our problem, not yours. Prices for US restaurants are in USD, plus applicable sales tax, and help runs 24/7 by email and WhatsApp.
How much does Patrono cost?
$149 per location per month, or $119 per month billed annually ($1,428 a year), plus applicable sales tax. There is no setup fee. For 3 or more locations, email us at support@getpatrono.com.
Does Patrono replace my POS?
No. Patrono does not ring up sales, issue receipts or take card payments. Your POS keeps doing that, and Patrono also works with no POS at all.
Can anyone change a saved temperature record?
No. A saved temperature record cannot be edited or deleted by anyone, owner included, and a correction is a new entry next to the original. The whole database is backed up every night, encrypted.
How do I get started?
Tell us about your restaurant and we email you your login, with no sales calls and nothing charged for 14 days.
Keep reading
- Restaurant food safety software, 2026 Food Code.
- Restaurant health inspection checklist: what inspectors check.
- Most common restaurant inspection violations in NYC.
- Most common restaurant inspection violations in Chicago.
- Most common restaurant inspection violations in Seattle.
- Most common restaurant inspection violations in Los Angeles.
Get started with Patrono
Start with 14 days. $0 today, cancel before day 15 and nothing is charged.