TimeForge Employee vs Brainier
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TimeForge Employee
Easily manage your work schedule and attendance on the go. View your daily shifts, track earnings, and communicate with your team. Clock in and out directly from your mobile device if permitted by management.
- View daily schedule
- Check attendance and earnings
- Read TimeForge messages
- View shift swap requests
- Clock in/out from mobile
- Supports English and Spanish
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Do you use TimeForge to Clock in/out to work or view your schedule? Don’t have the time to login online to the TimeForge website? Maybe you’d like to see your scheduled and attendance hours but aren’t near a computer. No problem! The TimeForge Employee app is here to help you know when to work and when to play. As an employee using this app, you can: - View your Daily Schedule - View your Attendance and earnings. - View your TimeForge Messages. - View other shifts employees wish to swap. - View Schedule requests that have been approved or denied. - Clock in and out for your shift right from your mobile device, if that’s allowed by management. - Supports English and Spanish. Simply log in to the app using your existing TimeForge credentials and view your schedule from the palm of your hand. Never be late again! This app is great for businesses, too. Here’s why: - Employees are always aware of their Schedules from day-to-day. - The employee app works in conjunction with the TimeForge Website. - Employees have free access to their messages and schedule requests. - Optionally, employees can clock in anywhere directly from their phones! (If allowed by management) Need help? Call us! 866-684-7191
Brainier
Access your enterprise learning management system on the go. Receive push notifications, log in to view assigned training, search for content, and play courses with tracking enabled over WiFi or mobile data.
- Push notifications
- Login and access assigned training
- Search for content
- Play courses
- Tracking enabled
- WiFi and mobile data support
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The Brainier mobile app is for current Brainier LMS SaaS customers to access core functionality of their enterprise Learning Management System. This app enables customers to receive OS-level Push Notifications on their mobile devices. The app will also allow learners to Login, access their Assigned training and Notifications, Search for objects they have access to, and play courses over WiFi or Mobile Data, with tracking enabled.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Brainier at 3.9 against TimeForge Employee's 2.0. TimeForge Employee's advantage is ratings volume (45 vs 7) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Brainier holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TimeForge Employee has 45 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 7% of TimeForge Employee's written reviews are positive against 0% of Brainier's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
TimeForge Employee ships an update every 2 months, Brainier every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TimeForge Employee | Brainier |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (45 ratings) | 3.9 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 45 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Resolution Systems, Inc. | Brainier Solutions, Inc. |
Customer experience
TimeForge Employee
Brainier
Bugs and requests
TimeForge Employee
Reported bugs
68 issues- Very buggy
- Logs out too often
- Logging issues
- Cannot see other employees schedules
- Not getting notifications that schedule is put in
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- All posted shifts automatically marked as given up
- No option to confirm a shift
- Messages board won't load if message is read
- Won't let log in
- Credentials expired
- Glitchy when asking off
- Kicks user off or marks today's date for requests
- Time off is not easily requested
- Giving up shifts is a hassle
- Messaging does not work
- Constantly 'breaks' when viewing messages
- Lost job due to malfunction (app said no shifts)
- Cannot set general availability
- No notifications for schedule changes
- Only loads, never works
- Tells user no internet connection when there is
- Cannot get in to see schedule
- Redirects to web to sign in again
- App doesn't let you log in, wrong credentials even though works on website
- App says credentials are invalid or expired
- Says credentials are invalid or expired, but works on website
- Won't keep user logged in
- Most features stopped working after phone update
- Lost ability to make time off requests after update
- Other features inaccessible after update
- Menu button and calendar button not registering taps
- Says 'expired credentials, please log in' and never gets past that screen
- Credentials are invalid or expired, but they are not
- App poorly made
- Does not take login info even though same info works for everything else
- Says invalid credentials when trying to log in, but works on website
- No notifications
- Says credentials are not valid
- Says invalid credentials or times expired
- Login issue
- Cannot log in, credentials are correct
- App doesn't allow viewing work week
- Cannot log in, credentials incorrect or expired
- Logs me off whenever it feels like it
- Cannot log in, credentials incorrect or expired
- Cannot log in, credentials expired
- Login and password incorrect or expired
- Says expired credentials and won't let me log in
- App says login credentials are incorrect
- Cannot sign in, tells me credentials are invalid or expired
- App doesn't sign me out after an hour
- Redirects to another page to log in again
- Logs me out half the time for no reason
- Redirecting to safari page and not letting me log in
- Always logging you out and asking to sign in then redirecting to sign in AGAIN
- Has to re-sign in, redirects to another website
- App signs you off, invalid credentials pop-up
- Logs me out with an invalid credentials message
- Cannot log back in, have to delete and reinstall
- Login expires, won't log back in, have to reinstall
- Credentials have expired, only way to log back in is to delete and download again
- Shift is no longer included when viewing all shifts on a day
- App will no longer keep me logged in
- Date picker needs date range
- Cannot see my whole schedule anymore
- App is barely functional, shows a day scheduled weeks from now
- Makes you log in multiple times when navigating
- Shift confirmation/giving up directs to website
Requested features
21 requests- Design overhaul and bug fixing
- Make app employee friendly
- Ability to see other employees' schedules
- Notifications for schedule updates
- Improve time off request functionality
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- Improve shift giving up functionality
- Fix messaging feature
- Add general availability setting
- Provide developer information and privacy policy
- Notify users of schedule changes
- Easy navigation and filtering
- Ability to message management and team members
- Mechanism to swap shifts
- Add calendar or reminder support
- Make app more like website (see who you're working with)
- Show entire week's schedule at once
- Add notifications for schedule changes/additions
- Add thumbprint sign-in feature
- Allow password reset from homescreen
- Improve date picker to show date range
- Confirm shifts within the app
Brainier
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TimeForge Employee
No in-app purchases
Brainier
No in-app purchases
Questions
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