Comparison

Facility Grid vs Viewpoint Payroll Time Entry

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

Head to head
About

Facility Grid

This application streamlines field commissioning and quality control for teams. It offers customizable roles and permissions, an intuitive interface, and offline access to project data. Keep projects on track and teams aligned with seamless synchronization.

Highlights
  • Customizable roles and permissions
  • Intuitive interface for all skill levels
  • Offline access to project data
  • Automatic data synchronization
  • Seamless connection to FacilityGrid.net
Features
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Facility Grid makes it easy for your whole team to stay on top of commissioning and quality control in the field. Whether someone is highly technical or brand new to the process, the app gives everyone the right information at the right time—online or offline. Key Highlights: • See only what matters with customizable roles and permissions • Simple, intuitive interface for all skill levels • Access project data, activities, and equipment details anywhere • Work confidently offline; sync automatically when reconnected • Seamlessly connected to FacilityGrid.net Keep your projects moving, your team aligned, and your work on track—wherever the day takes you. Requires an active FacilityGrid.net account.

About

Viewpoint Payroll Time Entry

This app allows construction professionals to record and manage labor and equipment hours for various jobs. It helps improve job cost reporting accuracy and control labor expenses by streamlining data entry from the field.

Highlights
  • Record employee hours by job
  • Track equipment usage and cost
  • Update job production quantities
  • Support for multiple active jobs
  • Security and access control
  • Direct field data entry
  • Synchronizes with Viewpoint Spectrum
Features
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For Viewpoint Spectrum users, Payroll Time Entry lets you record and manage labor and equipment hours associated with all your different construction jobs, all from one easy-to-use app. With Payroll Time Entry, you have much more than a time entry tool – you have the ability to improve the accuracy of job cost reporting and to better control labor and equipment costs. •Payroll Entry: Quickly record the hours of every employee assigned to any of your jobs •Equipment Usage: Track the usage and cost of all equipment assigned to any of your jobs •Job Quantities: Update the production quantities of all phases of your jobs •Multiple Job Support: Record and track labor and equipment usage by job, across all your active jobs •Security and Access Control: Limit views and data entry to only the jobs that users should be able to see •Streamlined Information: Record information directly from the field on mobile devices, eliminating duplicate entry and errors •Full Integration: Payroll Time Entry synchronizes with Viewpoint's Spectrum Construction Software Note: Payroll Time Entry uses GPS to record the location of the time entry. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Screenshots

Facility Grid4 screens
Viewpoint Payroll Time Entry2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Facility Grid at 3.4 against Viewpoint Payroll Time Entry's 1.6. Facility Grid also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). Viewpoint Payroll Time Entry's advantage is review sentiment (20% vs 0%) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, 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

Facility Grid holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 20 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Facility Grid's written reviews are positive against 20% of Viewpoint Payroll Time Entry's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Facility Grid ships an update monthly, Viewpoint Payroll Time Entry every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Facility Grid versus Viewpoint Payroll Time Entry: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFacility GridViewpoint Payroll Time Entry
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (13 ratings) — better1.6 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews20.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1320 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.610.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB146 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFacility Grid, LLCTACinsight

Customer experience

Facility Grid

All ratings13 ratings
Positive53.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative46.2%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Viewpoint Payroll Time Entry

All ratings20 ratings
Positive15.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative85.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

In-app purchases

None

Facility Grid

No in-app purchases

None

Viewpoint Payroll Time Entry

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Facility Grid free?
Facility Grid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Viewpoint Payroll Time Entry free?
Viewpoint Payroll Time Entry is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Facility Grid or Viewpoint Payroll Time Entry?
Facility Grid is rated higher. Facility Grid averages 3.4 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Viewpoint Payroll Time Entry averages 1.6 from 20 ratings.
Do Facility Grid or Viewpoint Payroll Time Entry have ads?
Neither Facility Grid nor Viewpoint Payroll Time Entry shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Facility Grid or Viewpoint Payroll Time Entry?
Facility Grid ships an update monthly, and Viewpoint Payroll Time Entry every 2 months. Most recently, Facility Grid was updated on November 6, 2026 and Viewpoint Payroll Time Entry on November 2, 2026.

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