Comparison

Deputy vs Workforce.com

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

Head to head
About

Deputy

This app simplifies employee scheduling, time tracking, and workforce management for businesses. It allows for easy creation of balanced schedules, communication with staff, and integration with payroll systems. Employees can view their schedules, manage availability, and clock in/out.

Highlights
  • Create balanced, cost-effective schedules
  • Publish shift information via push notification
  • Fill open shifts with team pick-up
  • Approve leave and shift changes
  • Manage team communications and tasks
  • Track time and attendance
  • Integrate with payroll and POS systems
Features
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Deputy is the ultimate employee scheduling app, shift planner, staff timesheet app, & complete workforce management solution. Get started for free today! Over 250,000 workplaces in 90+ countries trust Deputy for their employee scheduling software, leave management, time & attendance tracking, team task management, staff communication, demand forecasting and performance management. HOW DEPUTY HELPS BUSINESSES ◆ Easily create balanced, cost-effective schedules in minutes from any device. ◆ Publish personalized shift information to your team via push notification, email, and SMS. ◆ Fill open shifts easily by pushing alerts to your team and letting them pick up available shifts. ◆ Approve leave from your mobile easily so you're never caught off guard. ◆ Quickly approve employee shift swaps and shift changes in seconds straight from a mobile device. ◆ Manage team communications easily in one place: broadcast announcements, assign tasks to specific individuals / shifts, and get confirmation that your team has seen it. ◆ Get greater insight and control of your business, and keep yourself compliant with inbuilt fair workweek compliance. ◆ Connect with your existing apps to give you end-to-end visibility. Deputy syncs with over 300+ of the world's most used solutions such as ADP, Square, QuickBooks, Xero, Gusto, NetSuite, Revel, LightSpeed and many more! HOW DEPUTY HELPS EMPLOYEES ◆ Get your work schedule on your device as soon as it’s published. ◆ View all your upcoming shifts in one place and receive alerts on days when you’re due to work. ◆ Manage your availability and time off easily, see what’s approved, and make it simple for your manager to know when you are and aren’t available. ◆ Clock in and out of work quickly from the app. ◆ See important company updates, manage your tasks and communicate with your team from your mobile device. TRY DEPUTY TODAY Setting up your business? Sign up for a free trial today. No setup fee. Pick the plan to suit your business: monthly, annually or flexi. Always know that you have the right people scheduled with our Shift Planner: Deputy makes it easy to create fully costed schedules in minutes, then notify staff when they’re working. Deputy will even automatically remind employees of their shifts on the morning that they are due to work. Manage employees’ leave requests or unavailability from a central location, then integrate with your online schedules so there’s no risk of scheduling someone who is not available. Need to be smart about staffing levels? Deputy integrates with your POS & payroll information to make sure you’re scheduling efficiently, and pulls in real-time weather information so you know if you need extra shifts or not! Clocking in to work is made simple with our time clock software, including GPS validation, to quickly track time and attendance (or optionally from a tablet Kiosk, using our inbuilt facial detection technology). Finalizing your timesheets and exporting to payroll can be done with one click from your mobile device. Joining an existing team? It's free - just log in. CUSTOMER TESTIMONIALS “Straightaway, the time and attendance headache disappeared. There’s no need to manually enter data from one system to another. It’s all uploaded effortlessly. And on our tablets or phones, we can sign off timesheets with a swipe." "Everyone gets alerted to their shifts, which they can check on their smartphones. Everyone knows where they should be, when they should be there and what they should be doing." "Deputy has been a revelation for our business. We’re saving approximately $30,000 a year in admin costs alone. But even more importantly, we’re now able to optimize all shifts and staffing levels." ABOUT DEPUTY APP Our staff scheduling app is updated regularly to make sure we’re always providing the best and most flexible features to the businesses we work with. Any feedback? Need help? Email experience+ios@deputy.com Terms of Use: https://www.deputy.com/subscription-agreement

About

Workforce.com

Manage your work schedule and time off requests directly from your mobile device. View shifts, cover for colleagues, and sync your roster to your calendar. Receive timely alerts for upcoming shifts and stay organized with all your work details in one place.

Highlights
  • View shifts
  • Manage time off
  • Cover shifts
  • View leave requests
  • Sync roster to calendar
  • Shift start alerts
Features
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The Workforce.com app puts all your work details into your pocket. - View your shifts - Managers can view their team's shifts - Cover shifts when your coworkers can't make it - View the status of your leave requests - Manage your time off if your workplace has it enabled - Sync your roster to your calendar - Set up alerts to remind you a shift is starting soon We're always working to make Workforce.com better. Expect to see improvements and new features appear regularly! ABOUT WORKFORCE.COM Workforce.com is the world's #1 platform for workforce success. We build cloud software for scheduling staff, managing attendance, and making business decisions. Our vision is to build a product that allows businesses to build truly productive workforces, so they can ultimately grow their business and create more jobs - we're doing this by helping staff be happier and more productive. “The fact that myself and my staff can access everything in one simple app, makes everything so much easier for all of us." – Cam, Manager at Urban Climb “I have found that the unavailability function in Tanda has been a godsend. The app now makes it ten times easier by having everything in one place.” – Lauren, Operations Manager at Pandora

Screenshots

Deputy4 screens
Workforce.com4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Workforce.com at none against Deputy's 2. Workforce.com also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Deputy's advantage is review sentiment (59% vs 39%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Deputy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $59.99 per month. Workforce.com asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Deputy against 4.8 for Workforce.com. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5.4K and 3K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of Deputy's written reviews are positive against 39% of Workforce.com's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Deputy ships an update weekly, Workforce.com every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Deputy versus Workforce.com: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeputyWorkforce.com
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5.4K ratings)4.8 (3K ratings)
Positive reviews58.9% of reviews — better39.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5.4K — better3K
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size285 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDeputy.comTanda

Customer experience

Deputy

All ratings5,355 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral1.2%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews423 reviews
Positive58.9%
Neutral9.9%
Negative31.2%

Workforce.com

All ratings2,963 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral1.8%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews246 reviews
Positive39.0%
Neutral7.3%
Negative53.7%

User reviews

Deputy

From 5.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 👍 Convenient for scheduling and timekeeping
  • 👍 Helpful for managing staff
  • 👍 Reliable and efficient

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitches and bugs
  • 🐛 Unreliable location tracking
  • 🐛 Inconsistent performance after updates
  • 🔍 Limited customization options
  • 💰 Expensive for some businesses

Workforce.com

From 3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Efficient and easy to use
  • 📅 Helpful for managing shifts and schedules
  • 💰 Provides estimated pay and earnings information
  • 👍 Overall good app experience

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 🔍 Difficult to navigate and find information
  • 🕰️ Issues with clock-in/clock-out functionality
  • 💳 Billing and payment problems

Bugs and requests

Deputy

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes or freezes frequently
  • Timesheets not accurately recording hours worked
  • Shift scheduling issues after updates
  • Notification system not reliable

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to cancel shifts
  • Improve communication features between employees
  • Provide more detailed reporting and analytics
  • Allow employees to view their leave balances
  • Integrate with more payroll/HR systems

Workforce.com

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login issues and inability to access account
  • Incorrect timesheet and pay calculations
  • Compatibility problems with newer devices
  • Unreliable performance after recent updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to see team schedules and rosters
  • Shift swap and leave request features
  • Integration with other calendar apps
  • Notification and reminder options

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Deputy

Subscriptions2
  • 10 users1 Month trial$59.991 Month
  • 25 users1 Month trial$144.991 Month
None

Workforce.com

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Deputy free?
Deputy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Workforce.com free?
Workforce.com is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Deputy or Workforce.com?
Deputy and Workforce.com are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5.4K and 3K ratings respectively.
Do Deputy or Workforce.com have ads?
Neither Deputy nor Workforce.com shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Deputy or Workforce.com?
Deputy ships an update weekly, and Workforce.com every 3 weeks. Most recently, Deputy was updated on September 27, 2026 and Workforce.com on September 26, 2026.

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