Comparison

PunchClock XT vs Station

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PunchClock XT

Effortlessly track your work hours and breaks with a single click. Analyze your time, manage holidays, and export your data via email or cloud storage. Gain insights into your productivity with this intuitive time management tool.

Highlights
  • One-click clock-in/out
  • Break time tracking
  • Time analysis
  • Holiday management
  • Email export
  • Dropbox export
Features
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Time tracking is just a click away. You just clock in every morning with PunchClock XT and start tracking time. After clocking out and setting your break-time everything is saved and can be exported via email or Dropbox. The new features and possibilities make it an easy task to analyze your time at work and your holidays.

About

Station

Digitally track, edit, and synchronize employee working hours. Set up stationary time tracking for multiple employees or manage your own time records, view hours accounts, and track vacation days.

Highlights
  • Digital time tracking
  • Edit and synchronize working hours
  • Stationary time tracking for multiple employees
  • View time tracking overview
  • Track hourly account and vacation days
  • Clock in/out and take breaks
  • Employee PIN stamping
Features
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The Papershift time clock is the ideal way to digitally track, edit and synchronize employee working hours with the Papershift Cloud. Settings and time records are automatically synchronized when a network connection is available and are always up to date. In addition to these basic functions, the app also offers: -ADMIN FEATURES- With an Admin Account you can set up a stationary time tracking device for several employees. For example, a tablet at a central location where employees can clock in, clock out and take a break. Automatic breaks or tags can also be taken into account. -EMPLOYEE FEATURES- With an employee account, in addition to using the mobile clocking functions, an overview of existing time tracking can be displayed and edited, and the current hours account can be viewed. Also keep track of your hourly account and your remaining vacation days. All this can be done easily via an existing Papershift login. -ADDITIONAL FEATURES- Explore more options, such as stamping via employee pin or confirmation with signature. If you have any questions contact our support: support@papershift.com

Screenshots

PunchClock XT4 screens
Station4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Station at Free against PunchClock XT's $1.99. Station also leads on rating (3.0 vs 2.0) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). PunchClock XT's advantage is review sentiment (66% vs 48%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Station is free to download; PunchClock XT costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Station holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 66% of PunchClock XT's written reviews are positive against 48% of Station's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PunchClock XT ships an update monthly, Station every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and July 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
PunchClock XT versus Station: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPunchClock XTStation
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating2.0 (1 ratings)3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.0% of reviews — better48.1% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.513.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB28 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTim WilbrinkPapershift GmbH

Customer experience

PunchClock XT

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive66.0%
Neutral26.0%
Negative8.0%

Station

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive48.1%
Neutral3.7%
Negative48.1%

In-app purchases

None

PunchClock XT

No in-app purchases

None

Station

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PunchClock XT free?
PunchClock XT costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Station free?
Station is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PunchClock XT or Station?
Station is rated higher. PunchClock XT averages 2.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Station averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do PunchClock XT or Station have ads?
Neither PunchClock XT nor Station shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PunchClock XT or Station?
PunchClock XT ships an update monthly, and Station every 2 months. Most recently, PunchClock XT was updated on September 26, 2026 and Station on July 26, 2026.

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