ServerLife vs ClockIn
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ServerLife
This app helps tipped and commission-based workers track their income shift by shift. It provides insights into earnings, hourly averages, and income trends, with forecasting features to predict month-end totals. An upgrade offers advanced tools for deeper financial analysis.
- Track tips and hours
- Log earnings by shift
- Income forecasting
- Daily, weekly, monthly totals
- Separate cash/credit tips
- Track expenses and mileage
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Stop guessing what you made — or what you'll make. ServerLife is a powerful Tip Tracker and Income Tracker built for tipped and commission-based workers who want to clearly see their real take-home pay — shift by shift. Over 750,000 workers have used ServerLife to log more than 65 million income entries and understand exactly where their money comes from. If your income changes week to week, ServerLife brings clarity. Built for Variable Income Perfect for: • Servers & Bartenders • Gaming Dealers • Uber, Lyft & Delivery Drivers • Shipt & Instacart Shoppers • Stylists, Barbers & Makeup Artists • Fitness & Yoga Instructors • Commission Sales • Freelancers & Independent Contractors • Self-Employed Workers If you earn tips, commissions, or shift-based income — ServerLife helps you track it all. Track Your Shifts in Seconds Log your earnings at the end of your shift and instantly see: • Total earnings • Hourly averages • Weekly & monthly totals • Your best-paying days • Income trends over time No more mental math. No more guessing if it was a "good week." Free Features • Track tips • Track hours • Add notes • Daily, weekly, monthly & yearly totals • Custom pay week start • Entry reminders • Income forecasting — see your projected month-end total based on your own shift history ServerLife makes it simple to stay consistent and build a clear record of your earnings. Know What You'll Make Before the Month Ends ServerLife's Forecasting tab uses your last 90 days of shifts to predict what you're likely to earn for the rest of the month — based entirely on your own patterns, not industry averages. • See how much you've earned so far and what's projected for the rest of the month • Understand your average earnings and how often you work each day of the week • Confidence level shows how reliable your estimate is as your history grows The more you log, the smarter your forecast gets. Upgrade to Premium for Advanced Income Tracking Unlock deeper insight and powerful comparison tools: • Forecast range — see a realistic earnings spread, not just a single number • What-if scenarios — find out what picking up an extra shift would add to your month • Goal check — see how many shifts you'd need to hit your monthly target • Separate Cash & Credit tips • Service charges • Tip Out & Tip In • Hourly wages • Sales totals & Tip % • Covers & sales per cover • Expenses • Work schedule • Multiple jobs & positions • Goals & progress tracking • Mileage & delivery fees • Shift, job & role comparisons • Advanced filtering See which shifts, sections, or roles make you the most money — and plan smarter. Built for Real Workers Cash income is easy to spend and hard to measure. ServerLife gives you a clear, organized view of your earnings so you can make better financial decisions with confidence. Safe & Secure Your data is securely backed up to the cloud automatically. Switch phones? Nothing is lost. Access your income history anytime across devices. ServerLife — The Tip Tracker trusted by over 750,000 workers.
ClockIn
Easily track earnings for multiple jobs, including overtime, tips, and adjustments. Estimate take-home pay with tax considerations and support for various pay period formats. Generate reports and export data for analysis.
- Track pay for multiple jobs
- Calculate overtime and tips
- Estimate take-home pay
- Support for various pay periods
- Generate reports and summaries
- Export data to CSV
- Automatic break calculation
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Clean, simple and effective hourly wage tracking for employees paid by the hour or those who are self employed. • Track pay for multiple jobs, including overtime, breaks, tips and other adjustments. • Estimate take-home pay for a pay period, accounting for tax, overtime and pre or post tax adjustments. • Support for many of the most common pay period formats, such as weekly, bi-weekly, last working day, last Friday or monthly. Pay periods can also automatically be set to finish on the most week-day if a period ends on the weekend. • Reports and summaries for each pay period. Clearly see how much you earnt along with all tips, deductions and other adjustments. • Customise your ClockIn experience in the preferences menu. • Export your data to CSV for your own records or to perform your own analysis in other software packages. • Backup your data and restore ClockIn – Hours and Pay from a backup made on a different device. • Automatic overtime can be set for each job individually, for example if your pay is doubled after eight hours of work in one shift, this can be calculated automatically. You can also set a threshold and rate for overtime in a period. For example if each hour over 40 in a week is paid at a certain rate. • Automatic breaks can be calculated, for example automatically adding a 30 minute break if the shift is longer than six hours. • Pre-tax and post-tax adjustments can be made both to periods and individual shifts. The Free Edition of ClockIn – Hours and Pay can store up to three jobs, and 30 shift entries. The Pro Upgrade, available as an In App Purchase, removes the limits allowing the user to store an unlimited number of Jobs and Shifts, as well as removing advertising inside the App.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ServerLife at 80% against ClockIn's 0%. ServerLife also leads on ratings volume (9.4K vs 9) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. ServerLife sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and ClockIn sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ServerLife holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ServerLife has 9.4K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of ServerLife's written reviews are positive against 0% of ClockIn's.
ServerLife ships an update every 3 weeks, ClockIn every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ServerLife | ClockIn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (9.4K ratings) — better | 4.6 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 79.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9.4K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #58 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MZBApps LLC | James Woodcock |
Customer experience
ServerLife
ClockIn
Bugs and requests
ServerLife
Reported bugs
2 issues- Randomly deleting user data
- Login and account issues causing data loss
Requested features
3 requests- Add ability to track credit card tips separately
- Improve offline functionality
- Implement a tax calculator feature
ClockIn
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ServerLife
- Remove Ads - Monthly$0.991 Month
- Premium - Monthly1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Remove Ads - Yearly$3.991 Year
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- Premium Monthly1 Month trial$4.991 Month
- Premium - 6 Months1 Month trial$11.996 Months
- Premium - Yearly1 Month trial$19.991 Year
- Premium 6 Months1 Month trial$19.996 Months
- Premium Yearly1 Month trial$24.991 Year
- Premium Yearly1 Month trial$29.991 Year
- Premium Features$5.99
- Premium Features$6.99
ClockIn
- ClockIn - Pro$1.99









