Beacon vs CenterPoint Time Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beacon
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Information is a power in today's vibrant business environment. Communication of powerful information is the Next Big Thing to Come. Beacon Live provides visibility on key statistics of retail and manufacturing supply chain. Powered by mobility, transparency and instant flow of vital statistics, this App keeps the top executives up to speed on key performance indicators of their replenishment business, helping them to make instant decisions that drive efficiency for their enterprise. On Beacon Live, visibility begins when a consumer buy an underwear or a pair of sock and this visibility extends from sales to stock ratio to expected receipts against a given sku, from future anticipated sales through actual warehouse receipts, from upcoming container deliveries to each bit of work in process at manufacturing facilities. While you are in Beacon Live, you are actually living and breathing in a cloud of most wanted tactical information. Now that you have Beacon Live providing you with the right information, pls. make the right decisions....
CenterPoint Time Clock
This app allows employees to clock in and out or enter time directly from their smart devices. It serves as a digital alternative to traditional time clock hardware and paper timesheets, offering built-in features for supervisors to approve time and manage time-off requests.
- Clock in/out from smart devices
- Digital alternative to hardware time clocks
- Replaces paper timesheets
- Supervisory time approval
- Time-off request management
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CenterPoint Time Clock is a cloud-based time tracking and entry companion app for CenterPoint Payroll that allows employees to clock in and out or enter time from their smart devices. The CenterPoint Time Clock app can be used as an alternative to more conventional but expensive time-clock hardware. It can also be used to replace paper-based time sheet entry with built-in supervisory functions like time approval and time-off requests.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Beacon at every 6 weeks against CenterPoint Time Clock's every 5 months. CenterPoint Time Clock's advantage is iOS requirement (12.2 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Beacon ships an update every 6 weeks, CenterPoint Time Clock every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beacon | CenterPoint Time Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.2 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 38.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tracko Interactive Service (Private) Limited | RED WING SOFTWARE INC |
In-app purchases
Beacon
No in-app purchases
CenterPoint Time Clock
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Do Beacon or CenterPoint Time Clock have ads?
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