Comparison

BUKALA vs JOY TIME

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

Head to head
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.

About

JOY TIME

Features
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Joy Time System (JOYTIME) แพลตฟอร์มสำหรับจัดการงานด้านบุคลากรและการลงเวลาทำงาน จัดการได้ทุกที่ทุกเวลาตลอด 24 ชั่วโมง เพียงปลายนิ้วสัมผัส

Screenshots

BUKALA4 screens
JOY TIME4 screens

Verdict

The call

BUKALA and JOY TIME are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
BUKALA versus JOY TIME: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBUKALAJOY TIME
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews10.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB56 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperCompuPower Company LimitedLIVING JOY COMPANY LIMITED

In-app purchases

None

BUKALA

No in-app purchases

None

JOY TIME

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BUKALA free?
BUKALA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is JOY TIME free?
JOY TIME is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BUKALA or JOY TIME have ads?
Neither BUKALA nor JOY TIME shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BUKALA or JOY TIME?
BUKALA ships an update every 3 months, and JOY TIME every 3 months. Most recently, BUKALA was updated on June 1, 2026 and JOY TIME on September 10, 2026.

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