Fingercheck Mobile vs HostedTime
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fingercheck Mobile
Manage payroll, scheduling, and HR tasks on the go. Employees can clock in/out, view pay stubs, and request time off. Administrators can approve timesheets, process payroll, and manage employee data.
- GPS and photo clock-in/out
- View and approve timesheets
- Manage PTO and time off requests
- Access pay stubs and history
- Process payroll
- Employee directory access
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Automated Payroll & HR Fingercheck Mobile is the ultimate payroll and HR partner for small business owners and their employees. With this app, you can easily access and manage payroll, scheduling, PTO, and other HR tasks directly from your mobile device. For Employees: • Clock in/out with GPS tagging • Clock in/out with photo • View timesheets and schedule • Digitally sign to approve timesheets • View PTO balances and request time off • View personal pay stubs and pay history • Request expense reimbursements • Update pay information & tax withholding • Edit contact information • Manage emergency contacts • Manage dependents • Access the employee directory For Administrators: • View and approve timesheets • View punch details with GPS & photo • Check who's working and where • Enter punches for employees • Punch in and transfer full crews • Approve reimbursement requests • Approve requested time off • Receive push notifications and alerts • Run all reports from Fingercheck • Preview payroll • Process payroll • Access the employee directory Note: Fingercheck Mobile access is available only to customers with active Fingercheck accounts. If your employer uses Fingercheck, please check with them regarding your access. About Fingercheck: We automate employee management tasks – like payroll, scheduling, time tracking, benefits, taxes and hiring – so small business owners can focus on everything else.
HostedTime
Track your work hours and view your upcoming shifts. This app allows you to check your timecards, view schedules, and monitor your available balances. You can also send and receive messages directly within the application.
- View timecards
- View schedules
- View balances
- Send messages
- Receive messages
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Time/Attendance Mobile Application * View Timecards * View Schedules * View Balances * Send/Receive Messages
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fingercheck Mobile at 4.7 against HostedTime's 1.7. Fingercheck Mobile also leads on review sentiment (44% vs 5%) and ratings volume (7.7K vs 159). HostedTime's advantage is iOS requirement (13.1 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Fingercheck Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fingercheck Mobile has 7.7K ratings behind it against 159, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Fingercheck Mobile's written reviews are positive against 5% of HostedTime's.
Fingercheck Mobile ships an update fortnightly, HostedTime every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fingercheck Mobile | HostedTime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (7.7K ratings) — better | 1.7 (159 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 44.2% of reviews — better | 5.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7.7K — better | 159 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FingerCheck LLC | Bektek Enterprises, Inc. |
Customer experience
Fingercheck Mobile
HostedTime
User reviews
Fingercheck Mobile
From 7.7K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Efficient and convenient
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 💡 Helpful features like weather and directory
- 🤩 Great customer service
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent bugs and crashes
- ⏱️ Slow load times and performance issues
- 🔒 Login and authentication problems
- 💳 Confusing and restrictive pay-on-demand policies
HostedTime
From 159 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Everything needed is accessible
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent logouts
- 🐛 Locked out of account
- 🐛 App glitches and errors
- 🐛 Pay issues
- 🐛 Cannot access information
Bugs and requests
Fingercheck Mobile
Reported bugs
4 issues- Time card not updating correctly
- Punch in/out issues, especially on weekends
- Inaccurate pay information and notifications
- App crashing when trying to request time off
Requested features
4 requests- Face ID support
- Weekly view of punches
- Ability to add employees and job sites within the app
- GPS-based job site detection and tracking
HostedTime
Reported bugs
84 issues- Keeps logging me out
- Locked out for days
- Messes up every weekend
- Can't get paid right
- Won't let me back in
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- Picks you out often
- Frequently does not work
- PTO is always messed up
- Desktop version does not recognize login and password
- Pay stubs currently stuck loading
- Cannot access my information
- Continue to get message that I am locked out
- Cannot access any of my information
- No type of help from app support
- Cannot log in
- Worst app
- App has logged me out and will not log me back in
- Won't let you contact developer
- Took the update on 1/16/25 now I cannot login
- Get an error 'cannot communicate with server'
- New update kicked me out and now I'm unable to log back in
- Can't get my paycheck on my HostedTime anymore
- Unable to download paystubs
- Cannot see paychecks
- Cannot see w2s
- Since update every time I press on messages it says no conversation yet
- Won't let me press on links sent to me
- When viewing pay stubs in the app it just says the pdf downloaded and can't see anything
- App only works when it wants to
- Has my account locked
- Will not even allow me to use one time code to access
- Online doesn't have account either
- How do I get account unlocked?
- Saying that it's 5/30/2024 for time
- Can't see scheduled PTO days
- Don't have an update available
- App Store says last update was 9 months ago
- Couldn't get it to work on my phone
- Recently logged me out and I can't get back in
- It says I've been locked out
- This app is nothing but problems and error
- Has logged me out for some reason and it will not allow me to log back in
- Wouldn't let me logged into another facility
- Basically useless
- I have been locked out of my account and there's nothing I can do about it
- Keeps logging me out and not able to sign back in
- It doesn't show all the information needed
- Just get a blank screen
- Won't work for my apple phone or apple tablet
- Can't download time sensitive check stubs
- App updated on my phone. Now I can't log in.
- This app will only allow for 1 account
- Can't log in even after trying multiple time and both ways
- The app does not work
- Newest version isn't showing correct hours
- All hours (paid reg, shift difference, service worker and sick hours) are all calculated together
- Cannot see your PTO with the new update
- Have to download your check to files just to see it
- Hour totals incorrect
- No period hour totals
- Does not scroll on time card correctly
- Practically useless
- Can't view actual hours that I have actually worked
- Everything is thrown together hours and shift differences are calculated together
- Horrible update. Change it back!!!
- Can't even see my PTO time
- Can't seem to log in or update
- Unable to see the balances on my account after the update
- Can't see PTO with new update
- This new update is trash
- The old version was better
- Screen does not load completely
- It doesn't show a total of your time
- Keeps saying username or password is incorrect
- Unable to get into the app
- When you need to view anything important. App is giving you a hard time.
- Unable to login with the correct login information
- App tends to crash anytime I try to see any of the messages from my facility
- Get the can't connect to server error message
- Server not available
- Unable to log in. Stating 'wrong ID and or Password'
- Gives an error as of lately saying wrong User ID and Password
- Can't do the App Support because it asks for email and password which I do not have
- No app update for it to do
Requested features
9 requests- Allow changes to banking info for direct deposit
- Improve app for users
- Add ability to see PTO
- Put back actual hours worked to the time clock
- Separate hours worked from shift differences
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- Allow viewing paychecks without downloading
- Fix app so it works for Apple phones/tablets
- Allow multiple accounts for users working for multiple companies
- Fix app so it works on iPhone 14
In-app purchases
Fingercheck Mobile
No in-app purchases
HostedTime
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Fingercheck Mobile free?
Is HostedTime free?
Which has better reviews, Fingercheck Mobile or HostedTime?
Do Fingercheck Mobile or HostedTime have ads?
Which is updated more often, Fingercheck Mobile or HostedTime?
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