AboutTime vs Paperless eCapture
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AboutTime
This mobile application facilitates remote time and attendance tracking for employees, capturing IN/OUT punches, GPS coordinates, and project-specific data. It offers robust management tools for accountability, security, and transparency in the field, integrating seamlessly with a desktop software solution.
- Remote IN/OUT time punches
- GPS coordinate capture
- Cost code tracking
- Crew clocking
- Job budget visibility
- Asset assignment and tracking
- Field notes and photos
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IMPORTANT! To update this application please follow the steps below: 1) Sync existing data off all your devices in the field first. 2) Get updated to the latest SyncCenter 4.8.5 or later. 3) Update to the new application from the App Store. NOTE: You may want to turn OFF auto-updates from the App Store to prevent your employees from having their devices updated automatically if you prefer a controlled update process. This application only works with the AboutTime mobile time & attendance software. You will need to purchase a device license from About Time Technologies before you can use this application with your system. The AboutTime field clock is part of the award winning mobile time & attendance solution that can remotely process IN/OUT time punches for 10 employees up to 1000's of employees in small to very large enterprise level organizations. It has many management and productivity tools built in that help bring accountability, security, and transparency to the remote work environment. Time Management: - Sync only field collected data back to the office; only update device with the latest company data from the main office; or sync both at the same time over the internet. - Employees can authenticate with a 4 or 5 digit pin code. - Very easy and simple user interface and navigation. - Track 1000's of cost codes with powerful restriction capabilities in the back end software per job or per employee. - Powerful time limiter and rounding capability per job or company/division. - GPS coordinates collected on each IN/OUT punch. - Track what equipment you are working on. - Clock IN/OUT a crew at once. - Spot Check who's clocked in on a device at any time. - Digital timesheet entry of time or real-time collection of punches. - Redundant record recovery up to 15 days. Project Management: - Employee feedback functionality in the field, sent to the office on sync. - Enter production units on clock as you clock IN to another cost code, or out. - View up-to-date budget information on any job the device has access to see to see if you are ahead or behind budget from the field. - Job Photos from the field. - Job Cost Code Budgets to control cost from the field. - Fix time records if given privileges to do so from the field before sync to the office. - Allocation of cost codes between an employee's real IN/OUT punch. - Approval of time records with digital and physical signature in the field prior to sending to the office. - Per Diem tracking capability for employees. - Text or audio field notes from the field. Asset Management: - See what assets are assigned to employees in the field. - See what assets are assigned to a job in the field. - Track asset/equipment usage per job separate from employee time punches. Set hours, mileage and other info per date while the assets are used on the job. This is used commonly for billing equipment assigned to a job.
Paperless eCapture
Capture photos of job sites, receipts, and invoices directly from your smartphone. Submit images and data instantly to your pVault Enterprise Content Management system for storage and routing. Requires a licensed pVault account.
- Capture job photos
- Scan credit card receipts
- Record AP receiver tickets
- Digitize AP invoices
- Submit data to pVault ECM
- Instant storage and routing
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Capture Job Photos, Credit Card Receipts, AP Receiver Tickets or AP Invoices, from the field, by using the camera on your field user's smartphone! Photos and data are submitted from the field back to your pVault Enterprise Content Management system for instant storage and routing. Users must be setup as a web user on the linked pVault application server, which requires a purchased license.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Paperless eCapture at free against AboutTime's paid. AboutTime's advantage is review sentiment (16% vs 0%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AboutTime ships an update monthly, Paperless eCapture every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on July 3, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AboutTime | Paperless eCapture |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (36 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 16.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | About Time Technologies, L.L.C. | Paperless Environments LLC |
Customer experience
AboutTime
Paperless eCapture
In-app purchases
AboutTime
No in-app purchases
Paperless eCapture
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is AboutTime free?
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Do AboutTime or Paperless eCapture have ads?
Which is updated more often, AboutTime or Paperless eCapture?
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