Comparison

Happy Work vs BUKALA

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

Head to head
About

Happy Work

This HR digital application streamlines HR tasks for companies in the digital age. It helps reduce HR team workload while enhancing employee performance and organizational happiness through various functions.

Highlights
  • Digital check-in/out system
  • Personalized time attendance
  • Paperless leave and reimbursement approval
  • Multi-level approval workflows
  • Employee engagement and reward system
  • Performance enhancement tools
Features
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HappyWork, HR Digital Application that meet the needs of the companies in digital age, helping to reduce the work of HR team. However, it can take care of employees more thoroughly, enhancing performance while simultaneously creating happiness for people in the organization. HappyWork has a variety of functions that suits all types of organizations, whether it is a public, enterprise or SMEs - Check-in/out system that can be done both in the office and on-site, even though there are many branches located, the time information will be sent directly to the center immediately. - Personalized time attendance system that is suitable for organizations that have different types of working hours - Leave and reimbursement approval level of the applicant without using any paperwork. And what is even more special about this function is the approval can be done by multi-level of people, reducing the time and hassle of hunting for signatures from supervisors. - Employee Engagement & Reward ,the scoring system, is designed to create good relationships among employees as well as boosting up work efficiency. There are also many other systems designed to help employees to be happier with work and, on the other hand, executives and HR team can also take care of works more thoroughly.

About

BUKALA

Manage employee time attendance and leave requests directly from your mobile device. Employees can submit and track leave, while supervisors can approve requests and view attendance statistics. Stay informed with timely notifications for all actions.

Highlights
  • Online leave request submission
  • Leave record monitoring
  • Supervisor leave approval
  • Real-time notifications
  • Monthly attendance statistics
  • Leave privilege tracking
Features
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Bukkala mobile application developed by CompuPower provides a user friendly platform for workplace employee to handle many aspects of time attendance management via your IOS device. With this application, employee can submit an online leave request to a respective supervisor for approval. Employee is also able to monitor existing leave records as well as remaining leave privileges still available for future request. For supervisor, this application enables leave requests from subordinates to be approved anywhere via mobile device. Notification is sent to alert supervisor when there is new request being submitted into the system. This allows supervisor to give a timely response to subordinate. Supervisor also has access to subordinate leave records together with remaining leave privileges, and could take this information into consideration when approving subordinate leave requests. When supervisor approves or else disapproves the request, notification is promptly sent to subordinate. In addition to leave request management, time-attendance monthly statistics is available for employee and a respective supervisor to monitor. This statistics includes time in/out, late, absent, leave and overtime records taking place within period of each month. It is illustrated in a form of monthly calendar. Any irregularity or discrepancy can be observed and acted upon by both employee and his/her respective supervisor.

Screenshots

Happy Work4 screens
BUKALA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: BUKALA at 12.0 against Happy Work's 15.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Happy Work ships an update every 6 weeks, BUKALA every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Happy Work versus BUKALA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHappy WorkBUKALA
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—10.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJENOSIZE Co.,Ltd.CompuPower Company Limited

Customer experience

Happy Work

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

BUKALA

Written reviews20 reviews
Positive10.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative75.0%

In-app purchases

None

Happy Work

No in-app purchases

None

BUKALA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Happy Work free?
Happy Work is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BUKALA free?
BUKALA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Happy Work or BUKALA have ads?
Neither Happy Work nor BUKALA shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Happy Work or BUKALA?
Happy Work ships an update every 6 weeks, and BUKALA every 3 months. Most recently, Happy Work was updated on September 21, 2026 and BUKALA on June 1, 2026.

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