Comparison

uAttend vs PreShift

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

Head to head
About

uAttend

This app allows employees to clock in and out, manage timecards, and add tips and expenses. Supervisors and administrators gain real-time oversight of employee attendance, with features for editing timecards and managing departments.

Highlights
  • Clock in/out for work, lunch, and breaks
  • View and manage time cards
  • Add tips and expenses
  • Department transfers
  • Leave notes for supervisors
  • Real-time employee attendance oversight
  • Edit time cards
Features
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The uAttend mobile app works in conjunction with uAttend’s Cloud-Connected Time and Attendance System. Employees appreciate the convenience of in and out punching in the palm their hands while administrators and supervisors manage timecards with ease. For a personalized touch, the app displays your company logo upon login once you’ve added it to your existing uAttend account. SMART PUNCHING Hourly employees can clock in and out for work, lunches and breaks. It’s all possible in the app! To streamline the process, the app shows the next most likely punch option available to each employee. When someone is on their lunch break, they’ll return to a screen prompt to punch in from lunch.Once punched in, the employee will see their punch status along with the time, date and department they are punched into. They can even transfer departments with the touch of a button. DEPARTMENT TRANSFERS When transferring departments employees are prompted to enter the new department or search by name. Once you transfer it automatically punches you out of your existing department and punches you into the new one. EASY ACCESS TO TIME CARDS Employees with permission can view current and past time cards. It’s easy to approve or email their time cards to a supervisor or themselves in an instant. ADDING TIPS AND EXPENSES Employees can add tips and expenses right from the app. This comes in handy for reporting purposes and so payroll can handle. Add expenses based on the expense codes your account has set up. Track gas, team lunches or whatever you need by selecting the category and adding the amount. Once everything is entered, you can filter by gross pay, notes, tips and expenses. LEAVING NOTES Keep the lines of communication open knowing staff can write a short note to their supervisor with each punch. ADMINISTRATOR/SUPERVISOR FEATURES Administrators and supervisors enjoy real-time oversight on employee time and attendance regardless of location. The app provides a list of all employees and their punch status. At a glance you’ll know who’s in, who’s out and who’s missing. Filter by different statuses to identify who’s at lunch. Administrators view and edit all departments while supervisors view and edit departments or employees they are responsible for. Email timecards individually or to multiple people. EDITING TIME CARDS Within your account, you can filter by employee or department to return results. Search employees to show gross pay, overtime, benefit hours and more. Email the timecard summary for all employees and add notes before sending.As an administrator you can edit punches, facilitate group punches, approve timecards and even contact support directly from the app. If you change your pay period after the fact, there is a way to recalculate timecards as well.

About

PreShift

Streamline heavy equipment inspections with this app. Document defects with photos and text, track hour meter readings, and share reports in real-time. Build repair histories and post safety alerts for your team.

Highlights
  • Digital pre-shift inspections
  • Defect reporting with photos
  • Hour meter and odometer tracking
  • Real-time inspection sync
  • Repair history logging
  • Customizable inspection lists
  • Safety alerts
Features
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This easy to use app enables a heavy equipment operator to accurately and quickly note defects that are found during a walk-around inspection prior to starting a shift. Defects can be indicated per inspection item by tapping an icon and providing a text description of the issue. Optionally, a photo may be attached to further document the problem. On completing the inspection, the operator indicates the starting hour meter or odometer reading and then submits the inspection. As soon as the inspection form is submitted it can be viewed by anyone in your defined organization. Additionally, completed inspections can then be accessed throughout the shift to note any additional defects that arise throughout the work day, enabling the appropriate individual in the organization to dispatch a mechanic to repair the defect with the proper parts, addressing safety concerns immediately. Mechanics can view submitted inspections and add repair comments to build asset repair history. This history is saved and can be view or printed from any device. Safety notifications (reminders) appear when app is launched to inform employees of concerns on the project keeping safety first at the job site. The creator (administrator) of a Preshift organization can build their own custom inspection lists or use templated inspection forms and invite users to the network. Summary of features and benefits: • Customizable to fleet of any size, make or type of equipment including vehicles • Focuses on pre-shift inspection of assets to better monitor the condition of them so that you have the ability to implement repairs before failure to prevent costly downtime • Eliminates errors seen in paper inspections through typing and dictation enabled comment lines • Attach photos and video to help explain defect found in inspection • Real time sync of inspections so administrator is always update • Ability to retrieve PDF form of conducted inspections and share them via email and network drives for mobile device • Inspections stored via cloud eliminating usage on device • Create new inspections directly from your mobile device or use templated inspections • Quickly rate condition on components on the asset • Capture inspection information both online and offline • Collect necessary data on major equipment systems and notify mechanics about maintenance issues or repair services required • Post Safety Alerts to employees • Track equipment usage through capture of hour meter reading or mileage readings • Build and save equipment repair history files that are printable or downloadable to another program • Ability to create a Preshift organization and invite members to participate in monitoring your assets

Screenshots

uAttend4 screens
PreShift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: uAttend at every 6 weeks against PreShift's every 11 months. uAttend also leads on ratings volume (233 vs 5). PreShift's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.2). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.8 for uAttend against 1.8 for PreShift. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: uAttend has 233 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 5% of uAttend's written reviews are positive against 0% of PreShift's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

uAttend ships an update every 6 weeks, PreShift every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
uAttend versus PreShift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteruAttendPreShift
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (233 ratings) — better1.8 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews5.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings233 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.29.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size221 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWorkwell Technologies, Inc.BlueLid Labs, LLC

Customer experience

uAttend

All ratings231 ratings
Positive17.7%
Neutral3.5%
Negative78.8%
Written reviews132 reviews
Positive5.3%
Neutral2.3%
Negative92.4%

PreShift

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

uAttend

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Login issues
  • Punch in/out not working
  • Crashes on launch
  • Syncing issues
  • Compatibility problems with newer devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Bring it to Apple Watch
  • Add dark mode
  • Improve time card and accrual information
  • Add more employee-friendly features

PreShift

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

uAttend

No in-app purchases

None

PreShift

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is uAttend free?
uAttend is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PreShift free?
PreShift is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, uAttend or PreShift?
uAttend is rated higher. uAttend averages 1.8 out of 5 from 233 ratings, while PreShift averages 1.8 from 5 ratings.
Do uAttend or PreShift have ads?
Neither uAttend nor PreShift shows ads.
Which is updated more often, uAttend or PreShift?
uAttend ships an update every 6 weeks, and PreShift every 11 months. Most recently, uAttend was updated on October 13, 2026 and PreShift on October 4, 2026.

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