Comparison

Workyard GPS Time Tracking App vs BuilderNiche

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

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About

Workyard GPS Time Tracking App

This app helps construction companies manage their workforce and projects more efficiently. It provides accurate GPS time tracking, detailed labor cost reports, and tools for improving crew productivity. The software aims to reduce payroll errors and increase client billing accuracy.

Highlights
  • Accurate GPS time tracking
  • Automated time cards
  • Real-time labor cost reports
  • Project and task tagging
  • Add notes, photos, and receipts
  • Track driving time and mileage
  • Crew scheduling and communication
Features
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Increase your project profits by better measuring and managing your construction crew. Workyard’s construction time tracking software uses the industry’s most precise GPS tracking to create accurate time cards and project cost reports. Workyard Helps Construction Companies Improve Project Profits *Eliminate excessive payroll expenses caused by inaccurate time cards. *Improve accuracy of client billing with automated breakdowns of labor costs for each client. *Increase crew efficiency by automatically displaying employee labor costs down to the individual task. *Manage your crew more effectively with scheduling software that consolidates communication about work Workyard Is Trusted By 1000s Of Contractors To Measure & Manage Their Labor “GPS location with time is precise and accurate, so I can easily see when people are on site or headed to another location.” John Massarra, Owner, Prestige Flooring “We’ve been able to track our labor expenses in real-time, with a cost capture that far outpaces what we were previously using. I would predict our client reimbursements will increase by 30% before the end of the year.” Kelly Adreani, General Manager, Earned Run Property Management “When I tried TSheets the GPS showed me clocking in 3 cities away from where I was at. Workyard is by far the best GPS technology in the industry.” Corey Jeffers, Owner, Deer Creek Construction “Once you factor in overtime, we’re looking at saving more than $1,500 per employee each year from eliminating those little time reporting mistakes.” Kathi Smith, Vice President, D&S Electric THE MOST ACCURATE GPS TIME CLOCK FOR CONSTRUCTION If you're using paper timesheets or a mobile app that shows your workers clocked in three cities away, you can bet you're losing money on payroll. Workyard’s mobile time clock captures precise GPS location, arrival, and departure information to give you confidence that every time card is accurate. Most companies say they’re saving up to $2,000 per employee each year by eliminating excess payroll costs caused by time reporting mistakes. TRACK DRIVING TIME & MILEAGE Since Workyard switches to super-high accuracy mode when your employees drive, you can count on the mileage we capture to be used in expense reporting. ADD NOTES, PHOTOS, & RECEIPTS TO TIME CARDS Workyard helps provide project updates and saves you time collecting paper receipts for expenses by giving your employees the ability to add photos and notes directly to their time cards. REAL-TIME LABOR COST REPORTS THAT HELP IMPROVE PROFITABILITY Collect up to 30% more in client invoices. By enabling employees to easily tag hours to projects and tasks using the Workyard app on their phone, you’ll get automated breakdowns of labor costs in actual dollar amounts for every client. All this comes in real-time, so no need to wait until the end of a pay period for valuable data. INCREASE YOUR CREW’S EFFICIENCY By automatically displaying your real-time labor costs down to the individual tasks done by each employee, Workyard helps you see how much you’re spending on each of your jobs. Workyard’s up-to-the-minute data helps you gauge if every employee’s time is being used efficiently. SCHEDULE & COMMUNICATE ABOUT WORK IN ONE APP Workyard consolidates all communication about your work – including tasks, notes, and photos – into the same app your team uses to track time, so you can more efficiently manage your team. EASILY FEED YOUR PAYROLL & ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS ACCURATE TIME & COST DATA With integrations to Quickbooks Desktop, Quickbooks Online, Foundation, ADP, Gusto, Quickbooks Payroll, and Paylocity, Workyard makes it easy to send accurate data to your existing accounting and payroll systems. SUPPORT FROM HUMANS Have questions? We hate waiting on hold struggling to find someone that can help us. That’s why we’ve got a team looking forward to giving you straight answers. Contact help@workyard.com

About

BuilderNiche

Features
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BuilderNiche is the all-in-one platform for residential builders: leads, schedules, jobs, plans, crews, budgets and estimating, in the office and on site. Built for custom home builders, remodelers and general contractors running several jobs at once. Every date, document and dollar lives in one place, and everyone on the job sees exactly what their role requires. LEADS Track inquiries, call notes and site visits from first contact. When a lead signs, convert it to a job in one step. MASTER SCHEDULE One schedule across every job, built on a true critical path. Move a date and everything downstream moves with it. See which delays push your finish date and which you can absorb, in calendar or Gantt view. JOBS Each job brings its schedule, team, documents, photos and budget together. Start from a 40-task new-build template and tailor it to the way you build. PLANS AND ROOM SCANS Draw floor plans to scale from tape measurements, or trace over an existing drawing. On iPhone Pro and iPad Pro, scan a room with LiDAR and get walls, doors and windows back measured. Every revision is saved, so you can show exactly what changed. TRADES Book a subcontractor on a task and they’re notified of their dates automatically, and again only when those dates change. ROLES AND ACCESS Separate logins for owners, office staff, field crews, subcontractors and homeowners. Each person sees what their role requires and nothing more. TIME TRACKING Crews clock in and out from their phones, with location recorded only at that moment. No background tracking, ever. BUDGETS AND FINANCE Cost codes, committed costs and actuals side by side, with what remains on every line. Catch overruns while there’s still time to act. AI ESTIMATOR Describe the job and get a line-item first draft to review and refine, or price it line by line yourself. DOCUMENTS AND PHOTOS Plans, permits, contracts and selections filed by job, with photos uploaded straight from site. You decide exactly what each homeowner can see. ALSO INCLUDED Face ID app lock, voice dictation for notes and messages, push notifications, and full English and Spanish support. A BuilderNiche company account is required to sign in. Designed with working builders, on real job sites.

Screenshots

Workyard GPS Time Tracking App4 screens
BuilderNiche4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: BuilderNiche at 5.0 against Workyard GPS Time Tracking App's 4.0. Workyard GPS Time Tracking App's advantage is ratings volume (244 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BuilderNiche holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Workyard GPS Time Tracking App has 244 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Workyard GPS Time Tracking App versus BuilderNiche: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkyard GPS Time Tracking AppBuilderNiche
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (244 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings244 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB3 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperWorkyard Pty LtdJosh Miles

Bugs and requests

Workyard GPS Time Tracking App

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • App crashes immediately after opening new update
  • Cannot clock out without adding break, but lacks clearance to add break
  • App auto clock-out feature activates unexpectedly
  • Location tracking continues even when app is closed
  • Constant location pings every few minutes even on weekends
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  • Biometric tracking without clear user consent
  • Time loss if not clocking in/out at exact minute

Requested features

6 requests
  • Dark mode for display
  • Show assigned tasks at top of clock-in screen instead of location
  • Display current projects when adding notes
  • Easy way to view miles traveled in specific time periods
  • Option to disable background location tracking when clocked out
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  • Ability to revert to previous app version

BuilderNiche

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Workyard GPS Time Tracking App

No in-app purchases

None

BuilderNiche

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Workyard GPS Time Tracking App free?
Workyard GPS Time Tracking App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BuilderNiche free?
BuilderNiche is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Workyard GPS Time Tracking App or BuilderNiche?
BuilderNiche is rated higher. Workyard GPS Time Tracking App averages 4.0 out of 5 from 244 ratings, while BuilderNiche averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Workyard GPS Time Tracking App or BuilderNiche have ads?
Neither Workyard GPS Time Tracking App nor BuilderNiche shows ads.

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