Comparison

Clocket vs Buddy Punch

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

Head to head
About

Clocket

Easily track your work hours with a simple timer or manual entries. Log breaks, tips, and notes while jobs are color-coded with custom rates. Automatically calculate overtime and round time for accurate pay.

Highlights
  • Start timer or add manual entries
  • Log breaks, tips, and notes
  • Color-coded jobs with hourly rates
  • Automatic overtime calculation
  • Time rounding options
  • Scheduled clock-in/out reminders
  • Export timesheets in multiple formats
Features
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Clocket makes tracking work hours simple. Built for hourly workers, freelancers, and anyone who needs accurate timesheets and earnings calculations. TRACK YOUR TIME • Start a timer or add entries manually — past, present, or future • Log breaks, tips, and notes with every entry • See your earnings grow in real time as you work STAY ORGANIZED • Create color-coded jobs with hourly rates and pay periods • View entries by day, week, month, or pay period • Entries display in a calendar with a detailed list below GET PAID ACCURATELY • Configure daily and weekly overtime with custom multipliers • Round time automatically — start/end times or total duration • Support for weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, monthly, and 4-week pay periods NEVER FORGET TO CLOCK IN • Schedule reminders for specific times • Get notified when arriving or leaving a location • Set clock-out reminders after working a set duration UNDERSTAND YOUR TIME • Visual reports break down hours and earnings by job or period • Export timesheets as PDF, CSV, HTML, or plain text • Share via email, messages, or save to any app MAKE IT YOURS • Choose from a variety of app icons • Customize duration formats and first day of week • Add the active timer widget to your home screen Download Clocket and take control of your time. ----- Privacy Policy: https://www.clocket.com/privacy Terms and Conditions: https://www.clocket.com/terms

About

Buddy Punch

This employee time tracking app allows staff to clock in and out from any internet-connected device. It offers features like GPS tracking, geofencing, and photo punch-ins to ensure accountability. The app automatically calculates hours, overtime, and PTO, and integrates with popular payroll services.

Highlights
  • GPS time clock
  • Geofencing
  • Photo punch-ins
  • Automatic time calculations
  • Employee scheduling
  • PTO tracking
  • Payroll integrations
Features
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This app is for use with a paid Buddy Punch account. Buddy Punch is an employee time tracking app that's so easy to use that your grandma could do it. With our web and mobile apps, employees can clock in and out from anywhere. Combine that with the power of geofencing, GPS tracking, and photo clock-ins, and you'll always know your employees are where they're supposed to be when they're on the clock. MAIN FEATURES Time Tracking: Employees can clock in and out using any internet-connected device (computer, tablet, or phone). Flexible Punching: Employees don't need unique email addresses to use Buddy Punch. They can clock in/out using usernames and passwords, PINs, QR codes, or even facial recognition. Automatic Calculations: All punch data is compiled into timesheets with regular hours, overtime, and pay automatically calculated for you, making running payroll faster and easier than ever. Employee Scheduling: Create your work schedules in Buddy Punch to take advantage of even more features like attendance tracking, punch limiting, and automatic clock outs. PTO Tracking: Automatically calculate PTO accruals, deduct used PTO from balances, and add taken PTO to timesheets so employees get paid for their paid time off. Job Costing: Set up department codes in Buddy Punch to track the total time spent on specific jobs and projects, then run reports to help with budgeting and invoicing. Payroll Integrations: Send your timesheet data to QuickBooks, Gusto, Paychex, SurePayroll, and more in just a few clicks to make running payroll faster than ever before. ACCOUNTABILITY FEATURES GPS on Punch: Capture employees' locations when they clock in and out, then review those locations on their timesheets to ensure they were on-site when they punched. Geofencing: Create virtual borders around each of your job sites. With geofencing enabled, employees can only clock in and out when they're within the boundaries of a geofence. Real-Time GPS Tracking: Track employees' locations across the entire workday. See where they're located on a map at any given moment, and view breadcrumb trails of everywhere they traveled over the course of a day. Photos on Punch: Require employees to take a picture of themselves when they clock in and out to prevent buddy punching. All photos can be reviewed on employees' time cards. Notifications: Get an alert when an employee clocks in late, misses a shift, is nearing overtime, forgets to clock out — anything that's important for you to stay on top of. CUSTOMER SUPPORT Buddy Punch has one of the highest ratings on the market for the outstanding support we provide to our customers. All of our agents know the product inside and out and are available through live chat or email to get you set up quickly or answer any questions you have.

Screenshots

Clocket4 screens
Buddy Punch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Buddy Punch at none against Clocket's 12. Buddy Punch also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (60% vs 48%). Clocket's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and ratings volume (6.5K vs 742). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Clocket sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Buddy Punch asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Buddy Punch holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clocket has 6.5K ratings behind it against 742, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Clocket's written reviews are positive against 60% of Buddy Punch's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clocket ships an update weekly, Buddy Punch monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Clocket versus Buddy Punch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClocketBuddy Punch
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (6.5K ratings)4.9 (742 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.5% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6.5K — better742
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB107 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrogan LLCBuddy Punch LLC

Customer experience

Clocket

All ratings6,509 ratings
Positive90.4%
Neutral4.4%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews227 reviews
Positive48.5%
Neutral18.9%
Negative32.6%

Buddy Punch

All ratings742 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral0.8%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral2.9%
Negative37.1%

User reviews

Clocket

From 6.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Useful for tracking hours and pay
  • 🚀 Clean and intuitive interface
  • 👍 Helps keep work organized
  • 🚀 Accurate time and earnings tracking

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs after updates
  • 🔒 Issues with restoring purchases
  • 💰 Subscription model instead of one-time purchase
  • 🔧 Difficult to edit or correct entries
  • 🔧 Lacks customization options

Buddy Punch

From 742 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 User-friendly and easy to use
  • 🚀 Quick and convenient punch in/out process
  • 📍 QR code punch system works well
  • 🔔 Reliable notifications and updates
  • 💼 Good for field-based businesses

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App frequently fails to punch in/out despite confirmation
  • ⏱️ Slow app loading times causing tardiness
  • 🔐 Facial recognition issues with darker skin tones
  • 📱 Portrait-only orientation (no landscape mode)
  • 🔄 Inconsistency between app and website

Bugs and requests

Clocket

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Time entries not saving correctly
  • App crashing on launch after updates
  • Issues with exporting data
  • Inconsistent behavior when changing dates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to set pay period start day
  • Automatic overtime calculation
  • Option to round time entries to nearest 15 minutes
  • Support for multiple currencies
  • Integration with calendar/scheduling apps

Buddy Punch

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • App crashes and shows blank white screen requiring reinstall
  • Keyboard overlay cuts off top half of screen during manual time entry
  • Punch confirmation shows success but punch never registers
  • App fails to punch in/out for lunch breaks
  • Network error messages after successful submission
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  • Difficult signup process
  • No account creation option available

Requested features

8 requests
  • Landscape/horizontal orientation support for iPad
  • Live real-time GPS tracking
  • View PTO balance in app
  • Geofencing for punch in/out
  • Status change without punching in/out
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  • Billing based on active punches rather than inactive employees
  • Better app-to-website synchronization
  • Account creation option in app

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Clocket

Subscriptions6
  • Clock In Plus$3.991 Month
  • Clock In Plus7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Clock In Plus7 Days trial$5.991 Month
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  • Clock In Plus$35.991 Year
  • Clock In Plus7 Days trial$35.991 Year
  • Clock In Plus7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time5
  • Tipping - Single Shot$0.99
  • Tipping - Double Shot$1.99
  • Plus2 variants$5.99
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  • Tipping - Carafe$9.99
  • Tipping - Coffee Box$19.99
None

Buddy Punch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clocket free?
Clocket is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Buddy Punch free?
Buddy Punch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Clocket or Buddy Punch?
Buddy Punch is rated higher. Clocket averages 4.6 out of 5 from 6.5K ratings, while Buddy Punch averages 4.9 from 742 ratings.
Do Clocket or Buddy Punch have ads?
Neither Clocket nor Buddy Punch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clocket or Buddy Punch?
Clocket ships an update weekly, and Buddy Punch monthly. Most recently, Clocket was updated on October 16, 2026 and Buddy Punch on October 17, 2026.

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