ExpressTime Mobile vs Simplitime
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ExpressTime Mobile
This business tool allows employees to manage their work time, view schedules, and request time off directly from their iPhone. It captures GPS coordinates for clock-ins and outs, ensuring accurate timekeeping for various locations and services.
- Clock in/out of work
- View employee schedules
- Track hours worked
- Order supplies
- Request open shifts
- Request time off
- GPS location capture
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An application for the iPhone, which allows employees to clock in/out, view schedules, view hours worked, view building information, order supplies, request an open shift, request time off and much more. ExpressTime Mobile is an industry standard when it comes to managing employees clocking in and out of locations. Employees will be able to clock in to and out of a particular schedule or unscheduled service by building number. The GPS coordinates are captured upon clocking in or out of a location, facility or service.
Simplitime
This app streamlines employee time tracking and labor cost management. It allows for real-time monitoring of shifts, PTO requests, and payroll processing with features like geofencing and automated alerts for overtime.
- Real-time shift monitoring with geofencing
- Employee PTO and shift change requests
- Automated overtime alerts
- Seamless payroll processing
- Labor cost optimization
- Integration with UKG Pro
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This app is the mobile endpoint for the Simplitime system. Here's why you should Simplitime: Stay in control, be in compliance and empower your employees to Clock IN and OUT faster and smarter from anywhere in the world while at the same time managing labor costs. View daily shifts in real-time with Geo fence-enabled location tracking and interactive map. Always know who's clocked in, who's on break, who's on PTO, and who clocked out in real-time. Employees can request a shift change, schedule, or PTO directly from their App Manage your Time Off requests, shift requests, and other requests all from the palm of your hand Quickly set up a PTO plan and assign it to one or multiple employees. Request a paid or unpaid PTO, and once approved, it flows directly into your timesheet. Manage your PTO balance, time taken, and accruals directly on your app Forgot to clock in? Request a new or change a shift; upon approval from your manager, your shift is displayed in your timesheet in real-time. Review all your requests and their statuses all from a single page. Simplify time tracking and payroll: Easily track employee hours and costs and export timesheets for seamless payroll processing. Enable geofencing and time clock alerts, prevent early clock-in, and clock out automatically for better time clock accuracy. Real-time dashboard of all hours worked by pay code and dollar amounts Real-time labor tracking against budget and against schedules Pay policy (pay codes, calc rules, wage rules, holidays) Timecard Action ( approvals, edits. labor allocations, audit, GPS locations, etc) Overtime rules are built for every country, state, and union group. Rules editable with a single drag and drop Real-time overtime alerts as well as daily and weekly digest as well as overtime approaching alerts to all managers and admin Full mobile timecard functionality ( everything you do on the web you can do on mobile) SimpliTime Features: -Direct integration with UKG Pro by Ultimate Kronos Group -Web Timesheet: daily, weekly, monthly, and custom ranges -Clock in and out from Physical Clock, App, QR Code, and more -Report generation: compare your budget with actuals -Overtime Rules that are compliant with state laws, like those of California -Labor cost optimization – Manage your daily. Weekly, and monthly costs to a specific org level -Alerts when approaching overtime, mis punches, meal violations, and more -Employees can request a shift change, a PTO request, and more -Web, mobile app, and mobile web support Whether you're managing a team of 5 or 500, SimpliTime will save you valuable hours and manage your labor cost
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Simplitime at 5.0 against ExpressTime Mobile's 2.5. ExpressTime Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (47 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.2 vs 15.6). 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.
Simplitime holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ExpressTime Mobile has 47 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | ExpressTime Mobile | Simplitime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (47 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 47 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 143 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David H Lee Enterprises Inc | Simplitime Inc. |
Customer experience
ExpressTime Mobile
Simplitime
In-app purchases
ExpressTime Mobile
No in-app purchases
Simplitime
No in-app purchases
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