Comparison

Zip ShiftBook vs Altametrics Clock

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Zip ShiftBook

This business app provides a digital logbook for shift managers to record notes on employee performance, customer interactions, and daily activities. It facilitates sharing information, managing contacts, storing documents, and tracking important dates and employee performance reports.

Highlights
  • Digital logbook for shift managers
  • Log and share employee notes
  • Manage business contacts
  • Cloud document storage
  • Calendar for important dates
  • Employee performance reporting
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Zip Shift Book is a simple logbook that allows shift managers to create and share notes with each other. Zip Shift Book places a digital logbook in the palm of your hands. Manage employee performance, customer experiences and business activity throughout the day! FEATURES FOR SHIFT MANAGERS: 1. Log notes and share them with your shift managers 2. Add disciplinary, commendation and informational notes about your employees 3. Create an address book of important contacts vital to your business’s day-to-day operations 4. Share important documents with Cloud Library 5. Manage important dates on the calendar 6. View the employee performance report

About

Altametrics Clock

This app streamlines employee timekeeping and labor management. It prevents costly labor law violations by alerting managers to potential issues and optimizes scheduling with sales forecasts. Employees can clock in from any web-enabled device, ensuring efficient shift changes.

Highlights
  • Real-time punch addition/maintenance
  • Labor law violation alerts
  • Web-enabled device clock-in
  • Sales forecast comparison
  • Manager approval for punch edits
  • Real-time scheduling adherence monitoring
Features
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Altametrics Clock not only provides features like real-time punch addition/maintenance but it saves money by prompting managers before labor law violations occur, allowing them to be proactive rather than reactive to changing conditions. Eliminate bottlenecks during shift changes by allowing employees to clock in from any web-enabled device. Built-in sales forecast allows you to compare actual to forecast and further refine future scheduling. Ensure accurate timekeeping with the manager's approval of all punch edits and deletions. Monitor real-time dashboard to ensure employees are adhering to the schedule.

Screenshots

Zip ShiftBook4 screens
Altametrics Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Altametrics Clock at 94% against Zip ShiftBook's 33%. Altametrics Clock also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (526 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Altametrics Clock holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Altametrics Clock has 526 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Zip ShiftBook's written reviews are positive against 94% of Altametrics Clock's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zip ShiftBook ships an update every 3 months, Altametrics Clock every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 3, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Zip ShiftBook versus Altametrics Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZip ShiftBookAltametrics Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (3 ratings)4.7 (526 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews94.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3526 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1515
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHubworks Interactive, LLCAltametrics Inc

Customer experience

Zip ShiftBook

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Altametrics Clock

All ratings526 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral0.4%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews472 reviews
Positive94.3%
Neutral0.2%
Negative5.5%

In-app purchases

None

Zip ShiftBook

No in-app purchases

None

Altametrics Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Zip ShiftBook free?
Zip ShiftBook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Altametrics Clock free?
Altametrics Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Zip ShiftBook or Altametrics Clock?
Altametrics Clock is rated higher. Zip ShiftBook averages 3.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Altametrics Clock averages 4.7 from 526 ratings.
Do Zip ShiftBook or Altametrics Clock have ads?
Neither Zip ShiftBook nor Altametrics Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Zip ShiftBook or Altametrics Clock?
Zip ShiftBook ships an update every 3 months, and Altametrics Clock every 4 months. Most recently, Zip ShiftBook was updated on September 3, 2026 and Altametrics Clock on September 21, 2026.

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