FencePost vs CICO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FencePost
This app automatically tracks your work hours by dropping a pin at your job site. It starts and stops your time automatically when you enter or leave the designated area, providing clean timesheets in various formats. Manual tracking is also available if location services are disabled.
- Automatic time tracking via geofencing
- Manual start/stop time logging
- Generate PDF, image, or text timesheets
- Record arrival and departure timestamps
- Add daily notes for work performed
- Supports multiple work sites
- Multilingual support
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Built for the person doing the work - not the boss. Drop a pin where you work. FencePost starts your time when you arrive and stops it when you leave, then hands you a clean timesheet - PDF, image, or plain text - to send to whoever pays you. No account. No subscription. Your hours never leave your phone. Line cook, day laborer, equipment operator, project foreman - if you're paid for hourly work, FencePost was built for you. SIMPLE ON PURPOSE No signup. No settings maze. Drop a pin, and from your first day FencePost mostly runs itself: cross the boundary you drew and your time starts, leave and it stops - even with the app closed - with a notification the moment it happens. So there are never surprises on your timesheet. WHEN SOMEONE DOUBTS YOUR HOURS Ever been told there's no way you were in at 8:00? FencePost keeps the record: every arrival and departure stamped as it happens, raw times preserved, manual entries and edits clearly flagged. Don't argue about your hours. Show them. PRIVATE BY ARCHITECTURE No trackers. No reporting. No boss watching. FencePost has no account, no server, no analytics, and no ads - there is nothing in it that could watch you. It records times, not travel: the only coordinates it ever stores are the pins you placed, and nothing leaves your phone unless you choose to share it. DON'T WANT LOCATION ON AT ALL? FencePost works as a complete manual tracker - tap Start when you arrive and Stop when you leave. Location access is optional and only adds the automatic part. Turn it off any time; your record stays. TIMESHEETS PEOPLE ACTUALLY READ Send a clean per-day breakdown as a text message, a PDF timesheet with signature lines, or a picture sized for a message thread. Add a day note in your own words for what got done. Rounding (exact, or nearest 5, 6, or 15 minutes per day) is always disclosed right on the report. BUILT FOR REAL WORK - Per-day deductions for lunch and breaks - Day notes: what you did, right on the timesheet - Works across multiple sites, with overlapping boundaries allowed - Sessions auto-close after 18 hours if you forget - and are flagged honestly - Complete backup archive in plain JSON: your record is always yours SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE The whole app - every screen, notification, and timesheet - works in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Vietnamese. Distances follow your measurement system: feet or meters. FREE FOR SMALL OPERATIONS Everything above is free with up to 4 active sites. FencePost Pro - one $5.99 purchase, never a subscription - adds unlimited active sites, per-site hourly rates with earnings in your currency (around 170 supported), and one report covering every site. DEVELOPED AND MAINTAINED IN THE USA FencePost is built, maintained, and supported in the United States. FencePost · ASharpDude Apps
CICO
This app automatically logs your work hours using your phone's location, eliminating manual clock-ins. It calculates earnings, compares them to your paycheck, and allows for easy export of timesheets. Your data remains private on your device.
- Automatic clock-in/out via location
- Manual punch editing
- Earnings calculation with overtime
- Paycheck comparison
- Timesheet export (PDF/CSV)
- Private, no account required
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Never punch again. CICO clocks you in when you get to work and out when you leave — automatically, using your phone's location. No badge, no wall clock, no "did I remember to punch in?" Your hours just log themselves. Built for hourly workers: retail, bar, restaurant, warehouse — anyone who gets paid by the clock. AUTO CLOCK IN & OUT — FREE Set your work spot once. CICO notices when you arrive and when you leave, even with the app closed. This is the whole point of the app, and it doesn't cost anything. EVERY PUNCH IS YOURS Every clock-in and clock-out is its own record. Tap any punch to fix its time, change its status, or delete it. Walked in at 8:47 but started at 9? Nudge it. Your log should match your paycheck. BREAKS, HANDLED HONESTLY Take a break and CICO tracks it. If it catches you stepping off site mid-shift, it says so instead of quietly counting the time. Your timesheet shows what actually happened. SEE THE MONEY Add your hourly wage and your hours turn into dollars, with overtime split per week the way payroll does it. Daily overtime and double time too, if your state or contract works that way. CHECK YOUR PAYCHECK Payday? Type in what the stub says. CICO compares it against what you actually worked and tells you if it matches — or how much they're short. PROOF WHEN YOU NEED IT Export a clean timesheet as PDF or CSV. Every row shows whether the time came from GPS or was typed by hand, with signature lines for you and your manager. Hours only, the way a timesheet you hand in should be. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No server. No tracking. Your location and hours never leave your phone. Ever. FREE, AND WHAT ISN'T Automatic clock in and out, your full shift log, earnings and overtime math, and the paycheck check are free forever. One work spot, no time limit, no card. CICO Pro unlocks timesheet export without a watermark and lets you save more than one work spot. $4.99/month or $29.99/year, auto-renewing until canceled, or $99 once and it's yours forever. Cancel anytime in your App Store subscription settings. Clock in, clock out. Never punch again. TikTok: @cicoapp Instagram: @cicoclockinclockout Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://shad0whead.github.io/cico/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: CICO at every 3 days against FencePost's every 3 weeks. CICO also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. FencePost sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CICO sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for FencePost against 5.0 for CICO. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CICO has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
FencePost ships an update every 3 weeks, CICO every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FencePost | CICO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Data Recovery Labs, Inc. | Michael Cox |
Customer experience
FencePost
CICO
In-app purchases
FencePost
- FencePost Pro$5.99
CICO
- CICO Pro$4.991 Month
- CICO Pro$19.991 Year
- CICO Forever$99.00








