Comparison

Clock In vs ShiftsWork

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

Head to head
About

Clock In

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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Clock In 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 Clock In and take control of your time. ----- Privacy Policy: https://clockin.brogan.io/privacy Terms and Conditions: https://clockin.brogan.io/terms

About

ShiftsWork

Streamline employee scheduling, time tracking, and attendance management. This system helps reduce administrative work, prevent payroll errors, and improve team accountability. It's designed for businesses needing accurate time tracking and efficient workforce management.

Highlights
  • Create schedules in minutes
  • Accurate time clock & attendance tracking
  • GPS and geofencing time clock
  • Generate payroll-ready timesheets
  • Track job codes and overtime
  • Approve time off and shift swaps
  • Real-time team visibility
Features
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Spend less time managing timesheets and more time running your team. ShiftsWork is a simple time clock and employee scheduling app built for small businesses with hourly workers. Track work hours, attendance, breaks, and overtime, create team schedules, and prepare accurate timesheets for payroll—all in one place. Whether you run a restaurant, retail store, cleaning business, landscaping crew, or construction team, ShiftsWork helps you stay on top of employee hours without complicated workforce software. KEY FEATURES • GPS Time Clock Employees can clock in and out with GPS location verification. Geofencing, optional photo verification, and Time Clock PINs help improve attendance accuracy. • Employee Scheduling Create weekly schedules, reuse shift templates, and keep your team informed when schedules change. • Automatic Hours & Overtime Automatically calculate work hours, breaks, and overtime from employee clock-ins. • Timesheets for Payroll Review employee hours and estimated pay, then export detailed CSV or PDF timesheets for payroll processing. • Live Team Attendance See who’s working, late, on break, or scheduled to work at a glance. • Easy Time Corrections Review clock-in activity, correct missing time, and clock employees out when needed. BUILT FOR SMALL TEAMS • Restaurants, cafés, and hospitality • Cleaning and landscaping businesses • Construction and field service crews • Retail stores and local businesses ShiftsWork makes employee time tracking and scheduling simpler, so you can spend less time fixing timesheets and more time running your business. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Clock In4 screens
ShiftsWork4 screens

Verdict

The call

Clock In and ShiftsWork both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 93% of ShiftsWork's written reviews are positive against 48% of Clock In's. ShiftsWork also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Clock In's advantage is ratings volume (6.5K vs 25). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Clock In sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and ShiftsWork sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Clock In against 4.6 for ShiftsWork. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clock In has 6.5K ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 48% of Clock In's written reviews are positive against 93% of ShiftsWork's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clock In ships an update weekly, ShiftsWork every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Clock In versus ShiftsWork: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClock InShiftsWork
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (6.5K ratings)4.6 (25 ratings)
Positive reviews48.5% of reviews92.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6.5K — better25
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size119 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrogan LLCChengdu Yangli Network Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Clock In

All ratings6,535 ratings
Positive90.4%
Neutral4.4%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews227 reviews
Positive48.5%
Neutral18.9%
Negative32.6%

ShiftsWork

All ratings25 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%

Bugs and requests

Clock In

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

ShiftsWork

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Clock In

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
4 purchases

ShiftsWork

Subscriptions4
  • Personal user monthly$4.991 Month
  • Team Monthly$19.001 Month
  • Personal User Yearly$19.991 Year
Show 1 more
  • Team Yearly$199.001 Year

Questions

Is Clock In free?
Clock In is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShiftsWork free?
ShiftsWork is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Clock In or ShiftsWork?
Clock In and ShiftsWork are both rated 4.6 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6.5K and 25 ratings respectively.
Do Clock In or ShiftsWork have ads?
Neither Clock In nor ShiftsWork shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clock In or ShiftsWork?
Clock In ships an update weekly, and ShiftsWork every 10 days. Most recently, Clock In was updated on October 23, 2026 and ShiftsWork on October 16, 2026.

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