HostedTime vs StaffLion
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HostedTime
Track your work hours and view your upcoming shifts. This app allows you to check your timecards, view schedules, and monitor your available balances. You can also send and receive messages directly within the application.
- View timecards
- View schedules
- View balances
- Send messages
- Receive messages
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Time/Attendance Mobile Application * View Timecards * View Schedules * View Balances * Send/Receive Messages
StaffLion
This app streamlines shift management, allowing employees to easily pick up open shifts and view their upcoming schedules for the next 90 days. It also keeps staff informed with company-wide news and updates, fostering better communication and flexibility.
- Seamless shift pick-ups
- View 90-day schedule
- Company news and updates
- Improved work-life balance
- Enhanced employee satisfaction
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Simplifying Shift Pick-Ups and Schedule Management Key Features: Shift Pick-Ups: StaffLion introduces a seamless and user-friendly process for staff members to pick up open shifts. With just a few taps, employees can easily browse available shifts, select the ones that suit their preferences and availability, and secure the assignments they desire. This feature promotes flexibility and empowers staff to take control of their schedules. View Your Next 90 days of your Schedule: StaffLion offers a clear and concise overview of each employee's schedule for the upcoming two weeks. This allows staff members to plan their personal lives and commitments accordingly, ensuring better work-life balance and minimizing scheduling conflicts. Company-Wide News, alerts, and Updates: Stay informed and connected with your companies integrated news and updates feature. The platform enables employees to access important company-wide announcements, events, and other relevant information. This fosters better communication and keeps everyone in your company up to date with the latest news. StaffLion simplifies the process of shift pick-ups, provides a convenient view of upcoming schedules, and facilitates seamless communication between staff and management. With StaffLion, organizations can improve scheduling flexibility, enhance employee satisfaction, and foster a more engaged workforce.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: StaffLion at 67% against HostedTime's 5%. StaffLion also leads on rating (2.3 vs 1.7). HostedTime's advantage is ratings volume (159 vs 6) and update cadence (every 11 days vs monthly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
StaffLion holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HostedTime has 159 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 5% of HostedTime's written reviews are positive against 67% of StaffLion's.
HostedTime ships an update every 11 days, StaffLion monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HostedTime | StaffLion |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (159 ratings) | 2.3 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 5.3% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 159 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.1 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bektek Enterprises, Inc. | StaffLion |
Customer experience
HostedTime
StaffLion
Bugs and requests
HostedTime
Reported bugs
84 issues- Keeps logging me out
- Locked out for days
- Messes up every weekend
- Can't get paid right
- Won't let me back in
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- Picks you out often
- Frequently does not work
- PTO is always messed up
- Desktop version does not recognize login and password
- Pay stubs currently stuck loading
- Cannot access my information
- Continue to get message that I am locked out
- Cannot access any of my information
- No type of help from app support
- Cannot log in
- Worst app
- App has logged me out and will not log me back in
- Won't let you contact developer
- Took the update on 1/16/25 now I cannot login
- Get an error 'cannot communicate with server'
- New update kicked me out and now I'm unable to log back in
- Can't get my paycheck on my HostedTime anymore
- Unable to download paystubs
- Cannot see paychecks
- Cannot see w2s
- Since update every time I press on messages it says no conversation yet
- Won't let me press on links sent to me
- When viewing pay stubs in the app it just says the pdf downloaded and can't see anything
- App only works when it wants to
- Has my account locked
- Will not even allow me to use one time code to access
- Online doesn't have account either
- How do I get account unlocked?
- Saying that it's 5/30/2024 for time
- Can't see scheduled PTO days
- Don't have an update available
- App Store says last update was 9 months ago
- Couldn't get it to work on my phone
- Recently logged me out and I can't get back in
- It says I've been locked out
- This app is nothing but problems and error
- Has logged me out for some reason and it will not allow me to log back in
- Wouldn't let me logged into another facility
- Basically useless
- I have been locked out of my account and there's nothing I can do about it
- Keeps logging me out and not able to sign back in
- It doesn't show all the information needed
- Just get a blank screen
- Won't work for my apple phone or apple tablet
- Can't download time sensitive check stubs
- App updated on my phone. Now I can't log in.
- This app will only allow for 1 account
- Can't log in even after trying multiple time and both ways
- The app does not work
- Newest version isn't showing correct hours
- All hours (paid reg, shift difference, service worker and sick hours) are all calculated together
- Cannot see your PTO with the new update
- Have to download your check to files just to see it
- Hour totals incorrect
- No period hour totals
- Does not scroll on time card correctly
- Practically useless
- Can't view actual hours that I have actually worked
- Everything is thrown together hours and shift differences are calculated together
- Horrible update. Change it back!!!
- Can't even see my PTO time
- Can't seem to log in or update
- Unable to see the balances on my account after the update
- Can't see PTO with new update
- This new update is trash
- The old version was better
- Screen does not load completely
- It doesn't show a total of your time
- Keeps saying username or password is incorrect
- Unable to get into the app
- When you need to view anything important. App is giving you a hard time.
- Unable to login with the correct login information
- App tends to crash anytime I try to see any of the messages from my facility
- Get the can't connect to server error message
- Server not available
- Unable to log in. Stating 'wrong ID and or Password'
- Gives an error as of lately saying wrong User ID and Password
- Can't do the App Support because it asks for email and password which I do not have
- No app update for it to do
Requested features
9 requests- Allow changes to banking info for direct deposit
- Improve app for users
- Add ability to see PTO
- Put back actual hours worked to the time clock
- Separate hours worked from shift differences
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- Allow viewing paychecks without downloading
- Fix app so it works for Apple phones/tablets
- Allow multiple accounts for users working for multiple companies
- Fix app so it works on iPhone 14
StaffLion
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HostedTime
No in-app purchases
StaffLion
No in-app purchases
