Banany vs HomeTock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Banany
Organize household childcare by tracking nanny shifts, managing pay, logging daily activities, and sharing a family calendar. Parents and nannies can easily manage schedules, earnings, and child's day-to-day events in one central location.
- Shift tracking with clock in/out
- Automatic clock in/out reminders
- Daily child activity logging
- Shared family calendar
- Household member management
- Hours and pay tracking
- Customizable benefits and pay adjustments
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Banany makes managing your childcare simple. Keep your whole household organized in one place. Track shifts, manage pay, log your child's day, run a shared checklist, and share a family calendar — whether you're a parent or a nanny. ---Clock In, Clock Out--- Nannies clock in with one tap and see a live timer counting their shift. When the day is done, clock out and see hours and earnings instantly. Parents get a clear view of every shift, broken down by pay period, and can clock a forgotten shift out from their phone. ---Automatic Clock In/Out Reminders--- Set your home location on a map and Banany reminds nannies to clock in when they arrive and clock out when they leave. Configurable delay — no more forgotten shifts or surprise paystubs. ---Daily Checklist--- Keep everyone aligned with a shared checklist on the Home tab. Add standing daily tasks or one-offs for today, attach optional notes, and check items off as you go. Reorder tasks to match your routine. ---Daily Log: Meals, Sleep, Diapers, Activities, Medication & Photos--- Capture your child's day as it happens. Log meals, naps, diaper changes, medications, free-form activities, and photo moments — together on a per-child timeline or split out by kind. Track milk intake against a daily ounces goal with a filling bottle, and total nap time against a daily sleep goal with a glowing moon. Wake-up and bedtime markers anchor the day so the whole family stays on the same page. ---Family Calendar--- A shared calendar built for households. Add one-off events or recurring ones (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly) and edit a single occurrence without disturbing the rest of the series — just like the calendar app you already use. Multi-day all-day events and your children's birthdays appear automatically. ---Notifications--- Choose the updates you want — clock in and out, care logs, calendar changes, and checklist items added or completed. You only hear from Banany when someone else in your family makes a change, not for your own actions. ---Your Household at a Glance--- Add parents, nannies, and children to your family. See everyone in one list with contact info, roles, and child details like birthdays, allergies, and notes. Nannies see the parents they work with; parents see the full picture. ---Track Hours and Pay--- Every shift records start time, end time, duration, and earnings based on hourly rate. Choose the pay period that fits each nanny — daily, weekly, biweekly, or monthly. Mark shifts paid one at a time, or use bulk mark-paid to clear a whole pay period at once. View the current period at a glance or browse the full history with date filters. ---Benefits and Pay Adjustments--- Set up benefits for each nanny — PTO, holiday pay, guaranteed minimum hours, mileage reimbursement, bonuses, or anything custom. Apply them to specific days in hours or dollars, and they flow into the same pay period totals as shifts so paychecks reconcile to the penny. ---Easy Setup--- Create a family in seconds and invite your nanny or co-parent with a simple 6-digit code. They join with one tap — no complicated onboarding. ---Free to Start--- Banany is free for families with one parent, one nanny, and one child. Growing your household? Upgrade to Banany Premium for unlimited parents, nannies, and children. Banany Premium - Unlimited parents - Unlimited nannies - Unlimited children - Available monthly or yearly Terms & Privacy - Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ - Privacy Policy: https://banany.app/privacy Questions or feedback? Reach us at brady@banany.app
HomeTock
This app simplifies managing household employees by tracking hours, schedules, and time off. It provides payroll-ready summaries with accurate calculations for hours, overtime, and tax withholding estimates, along with state-specific compliance guidance.
- Payroll-ready summaries
- Real-time tax withholding estimates
- State-specific compliance guidance
- Schedule management with conflict detection
- PTO and expense request management
- Automatic alerts for missed clock-ins
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HomeTock — Household Timekeeping Made Simple HomeTock takes the stress out of managing your nanny, caregiver, housekeeper, or any household employee. Track hours, manage schedules and time off, and get payroll-ready numbers — accurate hours, overtime, and tax withholding estimates — organized and ready to hand off to your payroll service. HomeTock does everything except run payroll, so entering your numbers into your payroll service provider takes minutes instead of an evening. FOR EMPLOYERS • Payroll-ready summaries every pay period — hours, overtime, and multiple pay rates calculated automatically, with a clear review-and-approve workflow so your numbers are right before you submit them to your payroll provider • Real-time tax withholding estimates — federal and state income tax, Social Security, and Medicare for all 50 states, DC, and Puerto Rico — so you know what to expect before payday • State-specific compliance guidance — overtime rules, paid sick leave, minimum wage, pay frequency, and more for household employers in every state • Approve timesheets, PTO requests, and expense reimbursements from one dashboard • Build schedules with repeating shifts, templates, and conflict detection • Automatic alerts for missed clock-ins, no-shows, and pay period deadlines • Support for hourly and salaried employees and every common pay schedule • Invite a co-manager to share household admin duties FOR EMPLOYEES • Clock in and out with one tap, and switch between duties with different pay rates • See your schedule, sync it to your personal calendar, and get reminders before shifts start • Request time off and track your PTO balance • Submit expenses with receipt photos for reimbursement • View and download detailed pay breakdowns anytime • Work for more than one household? Manage them all from a single account STAY IN THE LOOP Push notifications keep everyone informed — shift reminders, timesheet approvals, pay period deadlines, PTO decisions, and more. You control exactly which notifications you receive, and daily reminders arrive at a time you choose. HomeTock does not process payments, transfer funds, or file taxes. Tax withholding figures are estimates for informational purposes. Use your preferred payroll service to issue payments and handle filings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HomeTock at none against Banany's 2. HomeTock also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). Banany's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Banany sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. HomeTock asks for nothing beyond the download.
HomeTock holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Banany has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Banany ships an update every 6 days, HomeTock every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Banany | HomeTock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brady Farley | Brittain Strategies, LLC |
Customer experience
Banany
HomeTock
In-app purchases
Banany
- Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
- Premium Yearly$49.991 Year
HomeTock
No in-app purchases




