Underground Safety vs Viewpoint Payroll Time Entry
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Underground Safety
This tool helps construction professionals compare excavation methods. Input soil type and excavation dimensions to get calculated results and a visual guide. Save and share findings as PDFs.
- Excavation method comparison
- Soil type input
- Dimension calculation
- Visual excavation guide
- PDF report generation
- Email sharing
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Underground Safety Equipment provides solutions that make construction work safer, more productive, and more profitable. This Slope Calculator is a handy, easy-to-use tool that compares the “pros and cons” of sloping an excavation versus using shoring and shielding equipment. Simply enter the Soil Type you will be are working in —Type A, B, or C — along with the dimensions of your excavation to see the calculated results, AND a drawing to guide you and your crews. You can even save the results and data as a PDF, and send them to anyone, anywhere via e-mail.
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Underground Safety at 4.1 against Viewpoint Payroll Time Entry's 1.6. Underground Safety also leads on review sentiment (57% vs 20%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 10.3). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Underground Safety holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Underground Safety's written reviews are positive against 20% of Viewpoint Payroll Time Entry's.
Underground Safety ships an update every 4 months, Viewpoint Payroll Time Entry every 2 months. Both last shipped on June 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Underground Safety | Viewpoint Payroll Time Entry |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (35 ratings) — better | 1.6 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 10.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 146 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DevDigital LLC | TAC INSIGHT LLC |
Customer experience
Underground Safety
Viewpoint Payroll Time Entry
In-app purchases
Underground Safety
No in-app purchases
Viewpoint Payroll Time Entry
No in-app purchases
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