Altametrics Clock vs HME Now
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Altametrics Clock
This app streamlines employee timekeeping and labor management. It prevents costly labor law violations by alerting managers to potential issues and optimizes scheduling with sales forecasts. Employees can clock in from any web-enabled device, ensuring efficient shift changes.
- Real-time punch addition/maintenance
- Labor law violation alerts
- Web-enabled device clock-in
- Sales forecast comparison
- Manager approval for punch edits
- Real-time scheduling adherence monitoring
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Altametrics Clock not only provides features like real-time punch addition/maintenance but it saves money by prompting managers before labor law violations occur, allowing them to be proactive rather than reactive to changing conditions. Eliminate bottlenecks during shift changes by allowing employees to clock in from any web-enabled device. Built-in sales forecast allows you to compare actual to forecast and further refine future scheduling. Ensure accurate timekeeping with the manager's approval of all punch edits and deletions. Monitor real-time dashboard to ensure employees are adhering to the schedule.
HME Now
Monitor drive-thru performance in real-time with customizable alerts. Access key metrics for all your stores at a glance, broken down by hour, daypart, or day. Set personalized alerts for speed of service issues and car count goals.
- Real-time drive-thru performance metrics
- Store performance breakdown by time
- Customizable speed of service alerts
- Car count total alerts
- User-specific alert preferences
- View all drive-thru components
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The Power of Drive-Thru Analytics in One Mobile App The all-new companion app to the HME CLOUD and the DTOS system makes it easier than ever to meet, and exceed, drive-thru performance goals by enabling you to set alerts and access real-time drive-thru metrics right from your phone. Actionable Insight at Your Fingertips • Access real-time drive-thru performance of all your stores at a glance • Break down a store’s performance by hour, daypart, or day • See each part of the drive-thru in one view Customizable, Real-Time Performance Alerts • Get immediately alerted of any speed of service issues • Set alerts for as many stores and drive-thru events as you’d like • Find out in real-time when you surpass target car count totals Individualized Preferences • Select user-specific alerts and preferences • Set separate alerts for each user without affecting others • Choose the frequency of alerts that best suits your operational goals
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Altametrics Clock at 94% against HME Now's 17%. Altametrics Clock also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.1) and ratings volume (537 vs 27). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Altametrics Clock holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Altametrics Clock has 537 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Altametrics Clock's written reviews are positive against 17% of HME Now's.
Altametrics Clock ships an update every 4 months, HME Now every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Altametrics Clock | HME Now |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (537 ratings) — better | 2.1 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.3% of reviews — better | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 537 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Altametrics Inc | HM Electronics, Inc. |
Customer experience
Altametrics Clock
HME Now
In-app purchases
Altametrics Clock
No in-app purchases
HME Now
No in-app purchases
