Timetastic vs Blip!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timetastic
This staff leave planner simplifies booking time off work, eliminating the need for spreadsheets or paperwork. It instantly tracks requests, approvals, and annual leave, keeping calendars updated and providing downloadable reports.
- Online time off requests and approvals
- Instant calendar updates
- Automated annual leave tracking
- Downloadable reports
- Paperwork-free leave management
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Timetastic is the #1 staff leave planner that makes working life just that little bit simpler. It’s the easiest way to book time off work. No need to mess about with spreadsheets or paperwork to organise time off work. Timetastic keeps track of everything, instantly. Your staff and managers will love it as much as you. * Time off requested and approved online - no paperwork, just notifications. * Calendars constantly updated * Annual Leave tracked and reconciled instantly * Downloadable reports You'll need a Timetastic account to use the mobile app. If you don't have an account, visit our website to start your free trial.
Blip!
This app allows businesses to easily track employee work hours and locations. It offers features like geofencing for automatic clock-ins/outs and QR code scanning for manual time recording. Employees can also log breaks, and managers can review and edit shift times, export data, and manage multiple work locations.
- Geolocation tracking with geofencing
- QR code scanning for clocking
- Break time logging
- Edit shift and break times
- Multi-location tracking
- Work history export
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Blip is a free app for BrightHR customers. It lets you easily track your employees’ work hours and locations on the go. Here’s how it works: Geolocation Use the app to create a geofence—a virtual boundary—around your workplace. Then, when your employees enter or leave the geofence, Blip picks up their location and asks them to clock in or out, helping you to know exactly where your staff have worked and how long for. QR codes Alternatively, you can use Blip’s smart scanning system to record your employees’ work hours instead. Your staff use Blip to scan a QR code—a type of barcode—when they arrive and leave work. Then, each time they scan the code, Blip will register them as clocked in or out. It’s that simple. Breaks Blip makes it easy to track breaks, too. At the tap of a button, your staff can log the start and end of their breaks, so you can see how long and how often they take downtime. How Blip helps you: - Check your employees’ work hours and track their location in an instant. - Keep an eye on your employees’ breaks and make sure they’re getting enough downtime. - Change an incorrect shift or break time in a few quick taps. - Create multiple locations and easily track where your employees have worked. - View a full history of an employee’s work hours and filter the date range easily. - Export the work history for an individual or team and save it as a spreadsheet for your records.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Blip! at free against Timetastic's freemium. Blip! also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). Timetastic's advantage is review sentiment (54% vs 38%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Timetastic holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 66 and 31 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Timetastic's written reviews are positive against 38% of Blip!'s.
Timetastic ships an update every 6 weeks, Blip! every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timetastic | Blip! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (66 ratings) — better | 4.6 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 54.4% of reviews — better | 37.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 66 — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Timetastic Ltd | BrightHR |
Customer experience
Timetastic
Blip!
User reviews
Timetastic
From 66 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Great for booking holidays
- 👍 Simplifies leave management
- 👍 Efficient for organizations
- 👍 Good for team planning
Room to improve
- 🐛 Difficult to book long vacations early in the year
- 🐛 Calendar interface is confusing
- 🐛 Days already booked are hard to see
- 🐛 Date selection is buggy
- 🐛 iPad app forced to portrait mode
Blip!
From 31 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✅ Easy to use and simple interface
- 📍 Geofencing feature for location tracking
- 📊 Helpful reporting and tracking capabilities
- ⏱️ Efficient time tracking for mobile workers
- 📱 Convenient mobile app for clocking in/out
Room to improve
- 🐛 Clock in/out button frequently malfunctions
- 🔓 Randomly logs out users unexpectedly
- ⚠️ Poor UI/UX design
- 🌐 Requires internet connection to function
- 📱 Crashes frequently and needs reinstalling
Bugs and requests
Timetastic
Reported bugs
24 issues- Cannot book long vacations early in the year due to insufficient days worked
- Calendar interface is confusing and shows a different page for selection
- Days already booked as bank holidays or weekends are faintly marked
- Date selection is problematic, setting 'from' and 'to' to the same date
- iPad app is forced into portrait mode
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- No Apple Calendar integration
- No notifications appear on the app icon
- Cannot approve notifications in a row, requires closing confirmation screens
- App performance is poor on iPhone/iPad
- App does not keep users logged in
- No fingerprint login support
- Magic link opens browser version instead of app
- App does not allow login for some users
- Login results in a 404 error page
- Does not handle SSO
- Display of 'Days Left' of annual holiday allowance does not update
- App is buggy and not fit for purpose
- Error message 'you must book time off on at least one working day' when booking time off
- Calendar view gets stuck when scrolling to the bottom
- Recent updates have removed useful features like seeing who is off on a specific day
- App doesn't load when opened
- Cannot log in on the app, only browser
- Works in browser but not app
- App doesn't handle SSO
Requested features
21 requests- Add Apple Calendar integration
- Improve iPad/desktop functionality
- Add employee database feature
- Allow landscape mode on iPad
- Re-add feature to click date and see who is off
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- Add functionality for teams within departments
- Add role profiles
- Allow multiple departmental accounts
- Add notifications on app icon
- Improve notification list navigation
- Allow bulk approval of notifications
- Add fingerprint login support
- Improve mobile-friendly web version
- Add log out function
- Fix app not keeping users logged in
- Fix app not allowing login
- Fix SSO login issues
- Fix 'Days Left' display update
- Fix booking error messages
- Fix calendar view scrolling issue
- Improve performance on iPhone/iPad
Blip!
Reported bugs
16 issues- Clock in button doesn't register taps
- Clock out button doesn't work properly
- Unexpected random logouts
- Break button fails to update status
- App crashes on update installations
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- Cannot clock out when outside geofence area
- Barcode scanning doesn't register clock in
- Location search functionality broken after updates
- Conflict error messages for valid time changes
- Camera access fails on iOS 14+
- App freezes when updating shifts
- Phone overheating after updates
- Slow data fetching from cloud
- App won't open or respond
- Location tracking continues after app closure
- Notifications sent for entering coworkers' home addresses
Requested features
14 requests- Offline functionality with sync when reconnected
- Automatic clock out when leaving geofence
- Web-based clock in/out option
- Employee self-approval of timesheets
- Auto-end break after set time period
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- Integration with BrightHR staff files and rotas
- Automatic break deduction from total hours
- Manager access without full admin privileges
- Ability to edit break punches
- Automatic clock in/out based on geofencing
- Consolidated single app instead of multiple apps
- Date range filtering for work history
- Shift end reminders
- Overtime tracking and display
In-app purchases
Timetastic
No in-app purchases
Blip!
No in-app purchases
