The 8 Best Time and Attendance Software Solutions for 2024
Looking for time and attendance software for your construction business? We’ve reviewed 8 of the best apps on the market to help you!
Teams hit peak efficiency when all hands are on deck. That’s why time and attendance software has become an indispensable tool in modern workforce management, ensuring sufficient staff coverage at all times.
With each passing year, the landscape of time and attendance software offers more solutions than ever, each one featuring a diverse set of tools to help you manage your teams.
In this article, we have meticulously researched and evaluated the top time and attendance scheduling software options for 2024. We’ll be examining each one’s key features in detail.
We’ll also listen to what real users say about them and assign a score based on an identical set of criteria.
Let’s start with a quick overview of the top options.
Top Picks
Below, you’ll find a summary of each app we’ve reviewed, with our scores, each app’s ideal use cases, its pricing, the availability of any free trials or free tiers, and the platforms on which the app is available. Each app has been thoroughly investigated and analyzed for users like you, with pros and cons, key features, integrations, and real user reviews.
Let’s take a look…
9.5 
14-day free trial, (no card needed)
8.4
14-day free trial
7.7 
Demo available upon request
EDITOR’S NOTE: We created Workyard – the first app reviewed here – to address issues we encountered while struggling to track and manage construction payrolls for over 700 workers in over 50 construction businesses. We built the Workyard app from the ground up to support construction companies like yours, with industry-essential features like the industry’s most accurate time clock app with GPS and geofencing, intuitive contractor scheduling, construction cost tracking tools, and more.
Learn more about how Workyard works on our main website, or sign up for a 14-day free trial today to see what Workyard can do for your business.
Workyard
Scoring
Key Features
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Best-in-class GPS time clock
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Scheduling for individual workers and teams
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Job-tracking with real-time data
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Job costing for all types of jobs
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Reporting with analysis and insights
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Integration with payroll systems and workflow in minutes
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Labor compliance in-app functionality
Streamlines scheduling for mobile teams
Great customer support
Reliable time clock for field workers
Field staff need onboarding to understand GPS tracking
Editing time entries could be easier
Occasional app bugs
Highlights
Best-in-Class GPS Time Clock
Workyard’s time clock is praised by users as one of the most accurate in the field. Workyard uses live phone-based GPS tracking alongside personalized geofencing to accurately track your employees’ locations at clock-in and clock-out.
Its precise GPS tracking shows you who showed up for work and who did not, keeping attendance records as well as labor costs.
Employees and even field workers don’t need to punch in their time cards manually. The app automates clock-in and clock-out for every team member, logging time records for your review.
Workyard also puts every team member on a live map so you can view team members’ locations at any time. This helps you verify attendance and workforce presence on worksites without the need to travel and verify for yourself.
Workyard also helps keep vehicle trip reimbursements accurate by calculating mileage and journeys via GPS.
With its precise GPS tracking, Workyard makes sure every time card submission and timesheet is correct and reflects actual labor costs so you can keep projects profitable.
See why 50,000+ workers and over 10,000 contractors use Workyard (and why construction managers and leaders like you have rated us 4.9 of 5 stars on Capterra). Explore Workyard and start a 14-day free trial today to see how we can speed up your construction and workforce management.
Scheduling
With Workyard, you can create schedules for mobile teams and employees in seconds. Simply drag and drop entries to assign team members to projects and tasks.
Workyard’s visual calendar dashboard makes it easy for you to see team schedules for the day. Together with its GPS and job-tracking solutions, you can check team attendance in real-time with a few clicks.
Workyard’s construction scheduling software helps you to:
- Schedule multiple jobs for any worker (or several workers to the same job)
- Assign job duration from start to completion
- Add to-do checklists to each job
- Track scheduled jobs by status
- See schedules by week, month, or task
- Organize schedules by job type, deadline, date, and others
- Repeat scheduled projects or tasks
Workyard’s mobile app syncs team members’ schedules in real-time so everyone stays on the same page.
Job Costing
Workyard’s live cost tracking solution captures job costs by recording and analyzing time card submissions.
You can group and filter job costs by:
- Employee
- Project type
- Duration of project
- Cost code
- Date
With each log and time card submission, Workyard automatically calculates job costs per task and employee. The platform automatically calculates job costs for every employee on your team and updates your dashboard in real-time.
Workyard synchronizes job cost data and timesheets with existing accounting systems for faster processing.
Job Tracking
Want to know how jobs are progressing in the field? Unlike other time and attendance trackers, Workyard goes further and employs job-tracking software to place key metrics and real-time project updates at your fingertips.
Use Workyard to easily:
- Capture job progress with the mobile app
- Increase transparency around project activity
- Speed up business processes
- Improve billing and job estimates with labor costs
Workyard’s platform provides vital field service data, including:
Labor time and costs. Every timecard submission includes hours worked per job and/or cost codes.
Site visits. Every employee clock-in and clock-out is automatically captured.
Worksite vehicle trips. Relevant driving trips to each job site are tracked and recorded.
Project updates. Every worker assigned to a job can share progress updates with notes and photos.
Receipts. Team members have the autonomy to record receipts and attach them to the relevant job.
Reporting
You can use Workyard to create customizable reports and dashboards. These help you derive insights for better business and workforce management.
Generate and customize the following reports in Workyard with a few clicks:
- Time cards (detail, summary)
- Time card notes
- Time off summary
- Pay period time
- Project and cost code time (detail, summary)
Use Workyard to create the following reports in minutes:
Task report. Filter and group entries by time, cost code, and project code
Project report. Create project reports on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis
Progress report. Export current project notes in PDF and CSV format, including image attachments
Employee time report. Create reports on teams’ worked hours, labor costs, and activity on job sites
Use Workyard to access key metrics and data to gain insight into project labor costs and employee productivity.
Labor Compliance
Workyard ensures labor rates and workers’ hours are compliant with labor laws and regulations. The app is equipped with built-in labor guidelines for managing compliance and is fully aligned with current Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) guidelines.
The platform stores employee records in an archive and creates automatic audit trails to document time records for your team.
Workyard sets rules for mandatory breaks and overtime by state to help you stay compliant with labor regulations anywhere in the U.S.
Integrations
The app seamlessly integrates with accounting and payroll systems for streamlined business processing. Workyard’s native integrations include QuickBooks, Gusto, Oracle NetSuite, Rippling, and others.
Workyard imports employee and project data to other systems within minutes for streamlined billing, invoicing, and job cost reporting.
The platform also exports data to CSVs for use in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets. Workyard’s open API allows you to connect to more systems not already on the list.
Reviews
Workyard users say the app is built around their needs, though some features could be improved.
iOS user cesarcien1980 says the app keeps employee time cards accurate:
iOS Review:
Accurate employee time cards ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I’ve been impressed with how well the GPS data has worked. When we started using Workyard we were trying to eliminate the time consuming back and forth that usually goes into making sure time cards are accurate. One of the biggest problems we have is that our employees forget to clock in when they arrive on site. Workyard allowed us to set the addresses for all of our job sites so that when an employee arrives to the project Workyard uses GPS to capture their actual arrival time. If they forgot to clock in and do it say an hour later we have that audit trail to compare to.We can see that they arrived on site at 7 AM vs an 8:15 AM clock in. Our workers love it because when they forget to clock in it’s almost always an honest mistake. This way they feel confident their time card is going to be accurate and they’ll get paid what they deserve.
Android user Casey Reeves says the app’s employee filter could be improved:
Google Play Review:
⭐⭐
The filter option resets regularly requiring a repeat of the process. Lately the filter does not update the list of workers requiring scrolling through hundreds of employees to approve only a few timecards. If my company did not mandate it, I would not use this app
Workyard user Sam D. says the app was very easy to roll out:
Capterra Review:
First time Geo-Fence Time Clock User – Love Workyard! ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Overall: We have loved getting onto digital timecards, and have found the direct export from Workyard to our payroll company to greatly reduce payroll errors and delays. We strongly recommend this service to any company looking to upgrade their payroll timecards.Pros: Workyard was incredibly simple to roll-out, easy to train our current staff how to use, and easy to geo-fence projects.
Cons: The geo-fence feature can get complicated with projects that are in the same building, or very close to each other.
Pricing
Free Trial?
14-day trial with no credit card required
Time Tracking
Annual: $6 / mo. per user + $50 base fee
Monthly: $8 / mo. per user + $50 base fee
Workforce Management
Annual: $13 / mo. per user + $50 base fee
Monthly: $16 / mo. per user + $50 base fee
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Buddy Punch
Scoring
Key Features
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Time-tracking with overtime monitoring
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Flexible punch options including 4-digit PIN and QR code
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Attendance and time tracking by job code and location
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GPS tracking for remote locations
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Multiple Single Sign On (SSO) options
User-friendly
Subscription flexibility
Easy payroll reporting process
Inflexible time entry format
QR codes for clock-in and clock-out can be unreliable
Reporting needs more customization
Highlights
Buddy Punch is online time clock software designed to help businesses manage workers and field teams. It offers time-tracking and attendance tools along with scheduling, timesheet management, and payroll integration.
You can track time worked along with PTO, time off requests, overtime, and sick and vacation times. Buddy Punch’s time clock offers flexible punch options, including 4-digit PINs, QR codes, facial recognition, and passwords.
The software also lets you monitor attendance and time worked by job codes or location. Employees can select their respective job assignments and locations when they clock in and out. In addition, the app includes GPS data for time records, further verifying on-site attendance.
Buddy Punch offers multiple Single Sign On (SSO) options, namely through Google, Okta, and OneLogin, to streamline attendance and time tracking.
Buddy Punch integrates with third-party apps like QuickBooks, Paychex, and ADP to name a few.
Reviews
Buddy Punch users say the app is helpful for streamlining certain business tasks like payroll, but has its share of issues, some of which embarrassed users.
iOS user South Florida Caterer says the app’s facial clock-in did not recognize dark skin, forcing them to go back to punch cards:
iOS Review:
Not good for certain industries ⭐⭐
We have a catering business with about 75 employees that we pull from based on the size of our events. Having to inactivate them all and then reactivate every month led to errors and hold ups when employees would clock in. The software would be better if it only charged for employees that actively punch in during a month while letting us leave all of our employees active in the system.Also – we had a pattern of some employees with darker skin having problems with facial recognition. So that was bit embarrassing and led to the final decision to put everyone back on punchcards.
Buddy Punch user Alejandra S. says the app keeps payroll accurate, but editing time cards should be easier:
Capterra Review:
Good for small companies to track hours ⭐⭐⭐
Overall: Accurate payroll submissionsPros: Remote access, online accessibility, real-time tracking
Cons: Missing: Module to Request Change, deletion in time card. making admin’s job more efficient.
Pricing
Free Trial?
14-day free trial
Standard
Monthly: $ 4.99 / user per mo. + $ 19.00 base fee
Annual: $ 3.99 / user per mo. + $ 19.00 base fee
Pro
Monthly: $ 5.99 / user per mo. + $ 19.00 base fee
Annual: $ 4.99 / user per mo. + $ 19.00 base fee
Premium
Monthly: $ 7.99 / user per mo. + $ 19.00 base fee
Annual: $ 6.99 / user per mo. + $ 19.00 base fee
Enterprise
Must contact sales for pricing
Clockify
Scoring
Key Features
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Time tracking across projects and locations
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Mobile time clock and kiosk device
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Monitoring and calculation of billable hours and labor costs
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Automatic reminders for login, timesheet submissions, and review
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Audit logs and trail for all timesheets and attendance records
Free time card app comes with good features
Simple interface
Good onboarding experience
Poor mobile experience
Time-tracking function not always reliable
Not easy to edit time card errors
Highlights
Clockify is time clock software serving various industries, including construction, startups, law firms, accounting, non-profits, and others.
Its time clock tracks employees’ hours across projects, office-based and remote locations, and offline. You can set up either the mobile app or a kiosk device for employees’ clock-in and clock-out.
Clockify lets you monitor and calculate billable hours and labor costs for payroll. You can also track attendance, breaks, and time off.
The app’s timesheet tool tracks time and logs weekly employee activities. It enables team admins like you to lock timesheets to prevent modification. Once records are approved by managers, Clockify prevents further timesheet changes.
The platform creates an audit trail of timesheet edits by person, date, and action. Timesheets can be printed and exported in Excel, CSV, and PDF.
Clockify integrates with QuickBooks and other project management apps, such as Asana, Trello, Wrike, Monday, and others.
Reviews
Clockify users were happy with its performance, but have cited several issues with the mobile app.
iOS user Alyssabeth9 says she had great hopes, but the app failed to track earnings correctly:
iOS Review:
Does not track earnings accurately ⭐⭐
I switched over to CLOCKIFY and I had great hopes. I’m an interior designer and I need to be able to track the total cost in labor for the project and to monitor when I’m close to or at the budget. I also need to send weekly reports and reports that reflect the total hours spent on a project.Reasons why I do not recommend CLOCKIFY at all…
(1) The earnings/ hours worked from the reports and the earnings/hours worked tracked under the project tab do not match so I don’t even know how much I’ve worked.
(2) The reports do not offer customizable dates so I cannot send the total time spent on a project if the project overlaps two different years.
(3) This software is not intuitive or easy to use.
(4) The CLOCKIFY app lags and glitches sometimes depending on how strong your wifi is. I lost tracking data one time because of this glitch and had to guess how much time I had worked on a project.
(5) The app for tracking your time doesn’t let you easily pause a project if you happen to have two different billing rates for the same client.
These are 5 huge flaws with Clockify. I went through customer service to try and determine why the hours on the project are not matching the hours on the reports and they had no answer or solution. How can I run a business and not even know what my earnings are? I will continue to search for a better software. I’m glad I only paid for two months and not the discounted 12 month option. What a waste.
Android user Wayne Rossiter says the app kicked him out for no reason:
Google Play Review:
⭐⭐
Was just starting to learn how to use this. Then it logged me out for no reason, then I couldn’t get logged back in because it kept sending the 6 digit code too late to log in. The codes had expired. Now it says to check my email, but none has been received.
Clockify user Vhavez H. says the app makes it easy to generate timesheets, but lacks reminders for clocking out:
Capterra Review:
My Overall Experience ⭐⭐⭐
Overall: Clockify makes it easier for folks at the company I work for and myself to generate a timesheet report for any specific period. Normally payroll would ask us for a monthly time report before they pay us so this comes in handy plus it’s very simple to generate with just a few clicks.Pros: As an end-user who uses this software every day, I’d say it’s pretty simple to use and makes time tracking easy. My company decided to replace our previous time tracking software with Clockify just over two years ago and it didn’t take long before the rest of the employees began using it. Credit should be given to its easy UI compared to the previous software we used which looked complicated and took some training. So overall I’d recommend this to business owners looking to make time tracking easy for their employees and themselves.
Cons: The only problem I have with software lol is that when I forgot to stop the timer before I sign off for the day it kept running all through the night until I manually stop it the next day. As a Sofware developer, my suggestion would be to learn how the user tracks time through some kind of pattern and show some a notification to let the user know that the timer was left running and silently pause it for them.
Pricing
Free Trial?
7-day free trial
Basic
Annual: $3.99 / mo. per user
Monthly: $4.99 / mo. per user
Standard
Annual: $5.49 / mo. per user
Monthly: $6.99 / mo. per user
Pro
Annual: $7.99 / mo. per user
Monthly: $9.99 / mo. per user
Enterprise
Annual: $11.99 / mo. per user
Monthly: $14.99 / mo. per user
Remote
Scoring
Key Features
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Time tracking for specific tasks and projects
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Attendance monitoring across time zones and locations
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Leave tracking with built-in compliance guidance
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Country-specific monitoring and notification of public holidays
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Payroll calculation with overtime and on-call hours
Good onboarding experience
Good features for managing global teams
Affordable
Users report frequent issues with live tracking
Time-tracking tool lacks childcare leave
Poor customer service
Highlights
Remote is a global HR platform providing time and attendance tracking for global, distributed teams.
Its platform lets you track time for specific tasks and projects with additional notes and photos for context. You can also monitor teams’ attendance across time zones and locations around the world.
The app helps you track and manage employee leaves according to pertinent labor codes and regulations applicable to your area. It also notifies you of upcoming public holidays in your team members’ countries of residence to help you maintain compliance with country-specific labor laws.
The app calculates payroll with overtime, on-call, and working hours for different employee categories.
Remote integrates with plenty of other third-party apps through Zapier like Gusto, BambooHR, and Xero.
Reviews
Remote users say it’s easy to use, but the customer support team needs to get it together.
iOS user TLonBI says the app is easy to use:
iOS Review:
Easy to use ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Was difficult to find the app but once I found it I really love it! Super easy to use and better than me having to make sure to be at home to put in a PTO request
Remote user Abu N. says the app has great pricing for small businesses, but customer support was lacking:
Capterra Review:
Very unprofessional and poor customer service. ⭐⭐
Overall: Scheduled a meeting with the remote team and [SENSITIVE CONTENT] at remote.com but they cancelled my meeting without any attempt to reschedule nor stating the reason for the cancellation. I was not using Gmail or any other account, I was using my corporate email address. Very unprofessional and poor customer service.Pros: good platform great price 1 remote employee free
Cons: Very unprofessional and poor customer service Not included all countries included
Pricing
Free Trial?
Demo available upon request
Employer of Record
Annual: $599 / mo.
Payroll
$50 / employee per mo.
Contractor Management
$29 / contractor per mo.
Contractor Management Plus
$99 / contractor per mo.
HR Management
FREE
Remote Talent
$119 / mo.
Jibble
Scoring
Key Features
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Time-tracking with location details via GPS
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Automated attendance management with overtime and breaks
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Live location tracking with route optimization
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Offline mode with automatic data synchronization
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Timesheet export for payroll processing
Easy to set up
Good customer service
User-friendly
Lacks customization
Users report frequent app crashes
Time cards not easy to change or edit
Highlights
Jibble is time tracking software for various industries, including construction, healthcare, education, hospitality, consulting, and remote teams.
It offers tools for monitoring attendance for online and remote teams. You can track time using Jibble’s mobile time clock app or set up an online kiosk for employees’ clock-in and clock-out.
Jibble automates attendance management, keeping track of overtime and breaks. It also provides live location tracking via GPS, with options for setting up geofences and route optimization.
Employees can use Jibble’s offline mode to track time when they are out of range of data connections. The app automatically syncs logged hours with the platform once a signal is restored.
The app allows you to export timesheets for payroll processing and integrates with third-party systems, including ADP, QuickBooks Online, Sage, and others.
Reviews
Jibble users appreciate the range of features for small teams, but some cited issues with clocking in on devices.
iOS user kingstephanie_7 says the app is good for small teams:
iOS Review:
Works for small church ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Our church is using Jibble to record our employee working hours. The app and web interface take some time to get used to, but once you figure out the nuances it isn’t bad. The reports are nice and export into Excel for easy review or updates. The only feature I wish Jibble would bring back is entering various hours and minutes when requesting time off (example: entering 1 hour and 15 minutes of vacation time off). Right now it’s restricted to hour increments and I have to go in and make adjustments to my employee time cards each week so that the system doesn’t take more vacation time than they actually used.
Android user Hannah Pittman says the app makes it hard to fix missed clock-ins:
Google Play Review:
Header ⭐⭐⭐
If you forget to clock out it’s a real pain to fix. Not super user friendly. Integrations work well though. Doesn’t track mileage.
Jibble user Ivana R. says the app is okay, but clocking in is restricted to desktop computers:
Capterra Review:
Jibble for work ⭐⭐⭐
Overall: It’s okay but i really would like to clock in and clock out through my ipad, would be way easierPros: The overview is easy and you can clock in and clock out easily
Cons: You can’t clock in on your other devices besides the computer.
Pricing
Free Trial?
Free plan
Free
$0 forever
Unlimited time tracking for unlimited users
Premium
$3.99 per user per month
Ultimate
$7.99 per user per month
Enterprise
Contact Jibble for more information
Insightful
Scoring
Key Features
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Automated time and attendance tracking via desktop app
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Actionable productivity insights and reports
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Activity and screen monitoring
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Location insights into performance and productivity
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Timesheet integration with many payroll systems
Intuitive interface
Easy to set up
Good level of online productivity insights
Activity monitoring not always accurate
Occasional time tracking failure
Standardized features lack flexibility
Highlights
Insightful is cloud-based employee monitoring and productivity management software designed for work-from-home and hybrid teams.
It offers tools for tracking time and attendance for computer-based teams. It also keeps tabs on desktop activities, including websites and apps used during work hours.
Insightful tracks time through automated and manual time clocks on employees’ computer workstations. It records work start and end times, online activities, app usage, and screen activity.
The platform offers tools for deriving productivity insights, including comparative performance analysis for office-based and remote teams.
The app integrates timesheets with its in-house payroll or with external systems. It also integrates with project management systems and data warehouses.
Reviews
Insightful users say it’s been easy to set up. However, some reported issues with the time clock.
Insightful user Rohit T. says Insightful is easy to set up and has great features, but cited issues with clocking in:
Capterra Review:
Everything is one place, centralized, easy to use, detailed functionality!! 2 Thumbs up 🙂 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Overall: The project of data in a new way, and the reporting structure (with some more tweaks) will be complete.Pros: It’s light, easy to set up, no downtime, great tech support, great features, especially Real Time Monitor with screen shots.
Cons: The Clock In time does not gets replicated immediately with the system time. There is a lag and takes about 24 hours to replicate to the workstation time zone. The reports could still get more updated in the sense when I select the details for the month, I should see the aggregate totals of each employee as a spread and not daily tabular for each employee in one place. In this case I have to extract the details and apply a PIVOT to come to the totals of each employee.
Pricing
Free Trial?
7-day free trial
Productivity Management
$8/mo. per user
Time Tracking
$10/mo. per user
Process Improvement
$15/mo. per user
Enterprise Solution
Custom quote available on inquiry
Homebase
Scoring
Key Features
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Mobile time clock with GPS location data
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Time-tracking with early clock-in prevention
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Pre-shift employee reminders and alerts
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Team messaging channel
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Timesheet conversion and integration with payroll
Good range of employee actions
Multiple time clock options
Easy to set up
Not easy to use for older workers / non-technical people
Time card errors difficult to correct
Issues with processing time cards for payroll
Highlights
Homebase is primarily a general HR and employee management app for small businesses. It offers tools for scheduling, time-tracking, attendance, and task management.
Its time clock app tracks time across projects and locations via GPS. You can set up the app to prevent early clock-in and automate clock-out for employees. The app also allows you to set up alerts and reminders before shifts to boost attendance.
Homebase comes with a team messaging channel to help you reach team members immediately. Employees can use the mobile app to coordinate shift trade and coverage by themselves, reducing unnecessary back-and-forth with managers.
Homebase automatically logs time, breaks, and overtime. It also computes multiple wage rates for employees and calculates non-exempt paid overtime.
The time card app prevents early clock-in and automates clock-out to reduce time theft. It alerts you if workers are nearing unauthorized overtime or are missing breaks. This is part of the app’s built-in guidelines for compliance with federal, city, and state laws.
You can run payroll by directly syncing timesheets with Homebase’s in-house payroll system or with an external provider such as QuickBooks or Gusto.
Reviews
Homebase users say the app does its job, but mentioned issues with the time tracking and clock feature.
iOS user Madison Mafi says the app is decent, but the notification feature is frustrating:
iOS Review:
Message notifications and Shift changes won’t update ⭐⭐
We’ve had a decent time using Homebase at my work, but everyone on our team has mentioned that it’s frustrating that the notification numbers for messages are just a running total, and they don’t update once you’ve read a message. Also some of my employees won’t get certain team messages at all- they’ve even pulled up the chats and showed me how it won’t update. As a manager it can also be frustrating to not have the option on the app to see at a glance what schedule changes have been proposed, and to try to delete them if possible.One time my app was open and my hand must have brushed it, causing some accidental changes to shifts, and I can’t see what was changed, only that there are 9 proposed changes. I’ve tried quitting and re-uploading the app- three weeks later those 9 proposed changes are still there and I can’t clear them. I can now no longer make changes to the schedule on the app because I have no idea what those accidental changes were and don’t want to approve them.
Android user K R says the app shows the wrong time for shifts unless refreshed:
Google Play Review:
⭐⭐⭐
Glitches, show the incorrect time for shifts if screen is not refreshed first. Also the sync feature for the calendar does not work consistently regardless of android device or calender used. It does this on All of my androids. I shouldn’t have to reinstall the already up-to-date app every time I publish a schedule And it still won’t sync with the calendar. I have to click on the date, then refresh the screen before I can trust that the time it shows me is for the correct date. Very frustrating
Homebase user Jeremy K. says the app monitors time well, but the last update made it harder to use:
Capterra Review:
Nimble and robust scheduling and payroll app ⭐⭐
Overall: Its a well integrated software for scheduling and time clock monitoring as well as payroll functionality. It has some unfortunate quirks, but none that outweigh the benefits of the app.Pros: Its very intuitive and easy to navigate. Online connectivity makes it easy for multiple managers to use it for specific roles.
Cons: Homebase “updated” their online scheduling and now its more cumbersome to use – multiple refreshes are necessary to keep up with changes (its frustrating)
Pricing
Free Trial?
14-day free trial
Basic
$0 / mo. for 1 location
Essentials
Monthly: $24.95 / location per mo.
Annual: $20 / location per mo.
Plus
Monthly: $59.95 / location per mo.
Annual: $48 / location per mo.
All-in-One
Annual: $80 / location per mo.
Monthly: $99.95 / location per mo.
Payroll
Add-on: $39/mo. base fee + $6/mo. per active employee
Connecteam
Scoring
Key Features
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Time-tracking app with digital timesheets
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Shift reminders with in-app chat and instant updates
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Shift acceptance or rejection for employee accountability
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Team messaging channels and notification
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Payroll integration with automatic overtime and breaks
Great customer support
Easy to set up
User-friendly
Occasional GPS tracking issues
Lacks manager functions (ex. marking availability)
Limited integrations
Highlights
Connecteam is employee management software designed for overseeing ‘deskless’ or mobile teams in construction, cleaning services, field services, homecare, retail, and other industries.
It provides tools for scheduling, time-tracking, team communication, payroll, and others.
You can track time using Connecteam’s mobile app or set up an on-site kiosk device for employee clock-in and clock-out. This can be further bolstered with a digital geofence to add a layer of verification to time records.
The platform also helps you monitor attendance in real-time with notifications for late or missed clock-ins. You can use the app to manage absences, time off requests, and overtime.
Employees can receive reminders about upcoming shifts on their mobile phones. They can also use the app to accept or reject shifts, or to communicate with management via the in-app messaging channel.
The app instantly populates digital timesheets to reduce errors when running payroll. Connecteam automatically calculates overtime and breaks to keep payslips accurate.
Connecteam integrates with payroll systems, including Gusto, QuickBooks, Paychex, and Xero.
Reviews
Connecteam users say the app is easy to use, but some complained about the time clock and timesheet features.
iOS user Txkilroy says the app does its job well, but needs one thing for night shift workers:
iOS Review:
Good App but needs one thing… ⭐⭐⭐⭐
We use this app at work as security officers abd it does things well and saves paperwork but it needsvone big option esp with some of us with vision issues but also the graveyard guys is we need to be sble to go to DARKMode euther along with phone settings or as a option in the app settings. Its very tough to look st a bright screen after vision adjusts for darkness then try n be blinded by working on paperwork then having to wait for. vision to adjust to darkness again. Hopefully the Dev’s see this n fixes it soon to help us and others out. Otherwise no complaints really elsewise.
Android user Lost Soul says the app gives her a headache when clocking in:
Google Play Review:
⭐⭐⭐
Update: Connecteam reached out and said that it isn’t their fault and that its set up differently place by place. It needs to use your exact location to clock in, I have all of my internal location tracking turned off on my device and use a VPN. The headache that is having to change every setting on my device temporarily every time I need to click in is outstanding
Connecteam user Becky T. says the app is cost effective, but needs to streamline timesheet management:
Capterra Review:
Practical, efficient & cost effective solution ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Overall: Use it everyday, works well for what we need within our budget.Pros: Easy to setup and implement with a large team. Video tutorials make teaching your less than tech savvy employees simple.
Cons: Would like for it to link the different areas together, user info to timesheets, schedule, workflows, etc. Feel like you are duplicating some important info. Needs timesheet approval flow.
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Final Thoughts
Selecting the right time and attendance software is crucial for businesses looking to increase team attendance and efficiency.
When evaluating time and attendance software, you should consider clock-in/out capabilities, time tracking tools, timesheet management, and payroll options such as integration with external systems. By prioritizing these factors, you can choose a solution that not only addresses current challenges in managing teams but also adapts to present workforce management requirements.
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Our Scoring System Explained
Our 8-part scoring system was created to help you understand the potential value of any software we review simply and fairly.
We created it after reviewing dozens of software products, which we covered in depth, but without providing a direct and simple way for readers to compare products on their merits – without spending a lot of time looking through our articles for the information they needed to make an informed decision.
Every app we review will include Customer Support and Company scores, which we’ll explain in more detail below. Many of the factors reviewed in this article will also be consistent across most (or all) of our software reviews, with some differences:
The 8 factors assessed and their contribution to a product’s overall score may differ slightly from product to product based on various factors, such as the use case we’re reviewing for, the type of business these products are tailored to, and other considerations. However, all reviews will feature an 8-part score, weighted and combined to calculate each product’s overall score.
How We Score Software
All factors in our reviews are scored on a 10-point scale – technically 11 points – from 0-10. However, we only give products a score of 0 if it does not include an essential feature at all, and we try to avoid giving out 0 scores if a product can demonstrate any functionality in line with the specific factor being reviewed.
In general, the 0-10 range translates as:
- 9.0 – 10 – One of the absolute best in its category (amazing).
- 7.5 – 8.9 – Very good, but with some minor issues (very good).
- 6.0 – 7.4 – Mediocre performance with notable shortcomings (average).
- 3.0 – 5.9 – This feature is not ready for prime time (borderline).
- 1.0 – 2.9 – This feature actually makes its product worse (unacceptable).
- 0 – The product doesn’t include this important feature at all.
How We Calculate Overall Scores
The 8 factors reviewed are weighted based on an overall total of 100%:
- Ease of Use: 20%
- Time Tracking Accuracy: 20%
- Scheduling Features: 15%
- Job Tracking: 15%
- Integrations: 10%
- Customer Support: 15%
- Company: 5%
Methodology for Each Factor
Ease of Use
We evaluate a product’s ease of use based on three main considerations:
- How easy is it to set up this app?
- How easy is it for managers to use the backend dashboard?
- How easy is it for frontline workers to use the (mobile) app?
These three considerations cover the main ways you and your team would use the software being reviewed – when you first obtain it, when someone (a manager, executive, team leader, or similar role) needs to use it to manage people, money, data, and other things, and when workers you’re tracking use the app (usually a mobile version of the software designed for frontline and/or field team members) to clock in, clock out, record time worked, or address other day-to-day needs.
Time Tracking Accuracy
Every minute matters when you’re trying to control payroll costs. This factor accounts for various features and common needs in time-tracking apps, such as…
- How accurate or precise is its GPS tracking capability?
- How accurate – and how customizable – is its geofencing feature?
- How accurate is its travel and mileage tracking (if available)?
- Can it automatically clock workers in and out based on the above?
- Can you set and/or restrict rules for clocking in and out?
- Can the app continue tracking workers while offline?
- How easy is its mobile app and/or kiosk for frontline workers?
Scheduling Features
Many construction businesses prefer to manage as many aspects of employee labor activity as possible in a single app, which is why many time-tracking apps also include worker scheduling as a core feature.
When we consider a product’s scheduling features, we look at:
- Its dashboard customizability (daily, weekly, or monthly views).
- Its project-based scheduling and visibility.
- Its real-time updates and notifications for workers.
- Its real-time map views of worker locations for best-fit scheduling.
- Its recurring schedule (copies to subsequent weeks, etc.) functionality.
Job Tracking
This factor helps you understand if the software can also provide insight into specific projects, which is particularly handy when your business deals with many customers or clients who generally need shorter-term work. Effective job tracking typically also includes accurate job costing functionality for construction companies.
We assess several things when calculating a product’s job tracking score:
- Its project-based tracking for multiple projects per day/week/etc.
- Its ability to track multiple / many projects simultaneously.
- Its use of (and your ability to customize) construction cost codes.
- Any built-in job costing views.
- Any integrations for cost coding (QuickBooks etc.)
Integrations
No business can operate on a single app, which is why integrations with other apps and tools are such important aspects of modern business software.
To calculate a product’s integration score, we’ll examine:
- How many native integrations (the simplest connection) does it offer?
- How effective and easy-to-use are its integrations with payroll software?
- Does it have robust data import and export features?
Customer Support
Learning how to use a new app can be frustrating, even if it’s meant to be the most user-friendly app around. That’s why great customer support is so essential when considering which time-tracking app to use.
Customer support scores are calculated based on:
- Live support channels available (phone, email, chat, etc.).
- Live support hours (business hours only, 24/7, etc.).
- The strength of the product’s online help center and/or FAQs.
- What other users say about support in online reviews.
Company
A great company with a highly customer-friendly approach can often make up for shortcomings in their software products – at least up to a point.
When assessing this score, we’ll examine:
- Transparency (easy-to-find pricing, etc.)
- Trial period (duration, feature availability, credit card requirements, etc.).
- Subscription flexibility (contracts, required durations, etc.).
- Ease of cancellation or pausing subscriptions.
- Customer perceptions (online product reviews).
- Website (a minor consideration, but great companies tend to have great websites).
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