MakeShift Connect vs ADP Time Kiosk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MakeShift Connect
This app facilitates secure and efficient communication among colleagues, managers, and teams. It offers one-on-one and group messaging with features like read receipts and instant notifications to keep everyone connected.
- Secure team chat
- One-on-one messaging
- Group messaging
- Read receipts
- Instant notifications
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MakeShift Connect gives you a fast and secure way to chat with your co-workers, managers or team. It supports one-on-one and group messaging, read receipts and more. Connect keeps you connected to the people you work with. To use MakeShift Connect, your company must be a MakeShift customer. For more information, visit MakeShift.ca. ABOUT MAKESHIFT MakeShift connects employees with their managers, making scheduling more efficient and communication more effective. It improves work/life balance for staff, helps managers spend less time building and maintaining schedules, and helps businesses cut costs and improve productivity. FEATURES • Chat with your co-workers, managers or employees • Send messages one-on-one or to a group • Get instant notifications when new messages are received • Check to see who has read your messages
ADP Time Kiosk
This app allows employees to easily punch in and out of work using their badge number or facial biometrics. It tracks meals, transfers work roles, and allows for declaration of tips and other pay. It syncs with ADP software and supports multiple devices.
- Punch in/out with badge or biometrics
- Track meals
- Transfer work roles
- Declare tips and expenses
- Review recent punches
- Sync with ADP software
- Offline connectivity support
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The ADP® Time Kiosk keeps your employees connected and simplifies your work, and is the perfect companion app to your WFN Essential Time, ADP Timekeeping and ADP Time & Attendance software-as-a-service (SaaS) with Workforce Now® (WFN) & RUN powered by ADP. Setup is quick and easy, and employees can instantly start using it, leveraging their ADP badge number or facial biometric. ADP Time Kiosk features: - Punch in and out with a simple badge number or optional biometric - Keep track of meals - Transfer into and out of work roles - Declare tips, receipts, mileage or any other pay - Quickly review your recent punches - Support multiple iPad devices with different needs - Sync information with your ADP software, and keep track even if internet connectivity is temporarily lost Use with WFN Essential Time, ADP Time & Attendance software with more extensive functionality for: - Timecard management and approval - Accrued time off - Time off requests and approvals - Employee schedules - Alerts - Reporting - Mobile (with geo-fencing) - Payroll preparation Use with Workforce Now & RUN powered by ADP, complete HCM solutions that offer: - Payroll and tax filing - HR and Hiring - Time and Attendance
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ADP Time Kiosk at 1.8 against MakeShift Connect's 1.0. ADP Time Kiosk also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (30 vs 3). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ADP Time Kiosk holds the better App Store score, 1.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ADP Time Kiosk has 30 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of MakeShift Connect's written reviews are positive against 8% of ADP Time Kiosk's.
MakeShift Connect ships an update every 11 months, ADP Time Kiosk monthly. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | MakeShift Connect | ADP Time Kiosk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (3 ratings) | 1.8 (30 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 8.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 122 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AppColony Inc. | ADP, Inc |
Customer experience
MakeShift Connect
ADP Time Kiosk
In-app purchases
MakeShift Connect
No in-app purchases
ADP Time Kiosk
No in-app purchases
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