Comparison

Attendance and Time Sheets vs Simple Visitor Log

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

Head to head
About

Attendance and Time Sheets

This app helps organizations monitor on-site staff and visitors with digital sign-in/out capabilities. It automates timesheets for payroll and provides email alerts for arrivals, enhancing workplace safety and efficiency.

Highlights
  • Digital sign-in/out for staff and visitors
  • Automated timesheet generation
  • Email alerts for visitor arrivals
  • Touchless sign-in option
  • Customizable welcome screen and branding
  • Roll call for emergencies
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Monitor attendance at your organization: - find out who is on site, - receive email alerts when your visitors arrive, - manage staff timesheets and download for use in your payroll system. Place iPads at your reception desk, construction sites, schools, community centers and other places of work. Have staff and visitors sign in when they arrive, and sign out when they leave. Impress your visitors: - replace your visitor log book, - print labels for visitors, - personalize the app with a welcome screen, logo and color scheme. Support your staff: - automate timesheets, - record in/out times and meal breaks for payroll, - log hours against activities or job codes. Enhance workplace health & safety: - let people sign in and out without touching the screen, - know who is on site at all times, - perform a roll call in an emergency. The app is supported by the Attendance Dashboard: - monitor and annotate in/out times and timesheets, - prepare and download timesheets, - review attendance history for companies and individuals.

About

Simple Visitor Log

Replace your paper visitor log with a digital solution. This app allows you to track visitors, capture signatures and photos for badges, and customize the appearance. It also supports host notifications and custom fields for a streamlined check-in process.

Highlights
  • Digital visitor log book
  • Visitor signatures and photos
  • Customizable badges
  • Host notifications
  • Custom fields
  • Email report export
Features
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Make a great first impression with a fully customizable visitor log book. Get rid of the pen and paper. Print visitor badges Keep track of visitors Accept visitor signatures Take a picture of your visitors and print it on the badge Fully customizable. Change the font color, logo and background Add your own custom fields Export your reports by email, files or share. Keep a host / employee list with pictures NEW: Online visitor dashboard See your visitor log from any computer or phone at frontdeskgenie.com. Create your free account right on the iPad, and every sign-in syncs automatically. - See who's on site right now, from anywhere - Sign visitors out remotely if they forget on the way out - Search past visitors and export a CSV from your browser - Connect more than one iPad to the same account - Private by design: visitor photos and signatures stay on the iPad NEW: Visitor invites with QR check-in Send invites from the dashboard before guests arrive. They hold the QR code from their invite email up to the iPad camera and they're signed in, with no typing. Instant host notifications (Pro) Let hosts know the moment their visitor arrives. Visitor Log sends sign-in and sign-out alerts straight to Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat or Discord. It can also post to any webhook, so it works with Zapier, Make and n8n. - Use one office-wide channel, or give each employee their own webhook so alerts go straight to the right host - Choose to be alerted on sign-in, sign-out or both - Private by design: visitor photos and signatures never leave the iPad

Screenshots

Attendance and Time Sheets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Attendance and Time Sheets at 100% against Simple Visitor Log's 33%. Attendance and Time Sheets also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Simple Visitor Log's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Simple Visitor Log sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Attendance and Time Sheets asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Attendance and Time Sheets holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Attendance and Time Sheets's written reviews are positive against 33% of Simple Visitor Log's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Attendance and Time Sheets ships an update every 3 months, Simple Visitor Log fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Attendance and Time Sheets versus Simple Visitor Log: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAttendance and Time SheetsSimple Visitor Log
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better2.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLeighs ComputingOrionbelt.com LLC

Customer experience

Attendance and Time Sheets

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Simple Visitor Log

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

In-app purchases

None

Attendance and Time Sheets

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Simple Visitor Log

One-time1
  • Add Un-Limited Visit Logs$39.99

Questions

Is Attendance and Time Sheets free?
Attendance and Time Sheets is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple Visitor Log free?
Simple Visitor Log is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Attendance and Time Sheets or Simple Visitor Log?
Attendance and Time Sheets is rated higher. Attendance and Time Sheets averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Simple Visitor Log averages 2.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Attendance and Time Sheets or Simple Visitor Log have ads?
Neither Attendance and Time Sheets nor Simple Visitor Log shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Attendance and Time Sheets or Simple Visitor Log?
Attendance and Time Sheets ships an update every 3 months, and Simple Visitor Log fortnightly. Most recently, Attendance and Time Sheets was updated on November 2, 2026 and Simple Visitor Log on November 6, 2026.

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