Comparison

Lightspeed Display (X) vs Time Clock by Homebase

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

Head to head
About

Lightspeed Display (X)

This app provides a customer-facing display for your retail point-of-sale system, allowing customers to view transaction details and provide their contact information. It streamlines the checkout process and enhances customer engagement.

Highlights
  • Customer-facing transaction display
  • View line items, tax, and discounts
  • Collect customer contact details
  • Enable email receipts and marketing sign-ups
  • Eliminate data entry errors
  • Free onboarding and 24/7 support
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Lightspeed Display is the perfect companion for Lightspeed Retail POS (X-series), offering retailers a customer-facing display using a secondary iPad. To pair, simply enable Lightspeed Display from the Hardware tab in the Lightspeed Retail POS (X-Series) app settings and enter the four-digit Lightspeed Display code into the app. Let customers view key transaction details • Give your customers an overview of the sale as you’re checking out • Use the customer facing sale display to show all line items, sales tax, discounts and more Enable customers to provide their details • Encourage customers to enter their contact details for email receipts, personalized marketing or even to sign-up to your email email list • Eliminate typos or misheard email addresses Lightspeed Display requires iOS 12 and the latest version of Lightspeed Retail POS (X-Series), also available on the App Store. Free onboarding & 24/7 support • Enjoy award-winning and in-house customer support team that’s available 24/7 • Get free step-by-step articles and resources in our comprehensive Help Center • Watch step-by-step video tutorials to help you navigate and get the most out of your POS

About

Time Clock by Homebase

This app simplifies employee time and attendance tracking, reducing payroll errors and ensuring labor law compliance. It offers features like early clock-in prevention, overtime alerts, and photo verification to prevent time theft. Seamless integration with payroll and POS systems streamlines operations.

Highlights
  • Employee time and attendance tracking
  • Payroll export
  • Labor law compliance
  • Overtime prevention
  • Photo verification
  • Offline mode
  • POS and payroll integration
Features
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The Homebase time clock makes it easy to track your employees’ time and attendance -- for free. The Homebase time clock helps you: Reduce payroll headaches. Accurately track your employees’ hours, and easily edit time cards when necessary. Then easily export to run payroll. Stay compliant with labor laws. Integrated timesheets make it easy to see who took a break and when. And employee time cards, including edit history, are stored securely in the cloud to ensure FLSA compliance. Save on labor costs. Set up early clock-in prevention and get notified when employees are about to hit overtime. Eliminate buddy punching and time theft. Automatically snap a photo so you can be sure the right person is clocking in and out. The Homebase time clock app for iPad works seamlessly with all of our time clock apps using a secure PIN. So your employees can clock in on your iPad and clock out from their smartphone, computer, or your point of sale terminal. And there’s a built-in offline mode, so you’ll never miss a clock out—even with unreliable wi-fi. The Homebase time clock integrates with popular payroll providers to make running payroll a breeze. Employee time cards are automatically formatted for easy import. - Gusto - Intuit Quickbooks Online Payroll - Square Payroll - Heartland - ADP - And more The Homebase time clock also integrates with leading point-of-sale systems, so your employees can clock in and out for shifts right from your POS. - Clover - Square - Toast - Revel - Lightspeed - Upserve - And more

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Time Clock by Homebase at 2.3 against Lightspeed Display (X)'s 1.4. Time Clock by Homebase also leads on review sentiment (38% vs 9%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Time Clock by Homebase holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 1.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 37 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of Lightspeed Display (X)'s written reviews are positive against 38% of Time Clock by Homebase's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lightspeed Display (X) ships an update every 3 months, Time Clock by Homebase monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lightspeed Display (X) versus Time Clock by Homebase: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLightspeed Display (X)Time Clock by Homebase
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.4 (21 ratings)2.3 (37 ratings) — better
Positive reviews9.1% of reviews38.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2137 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLightspeed Commerce Inc.Pioneer Works, Inc.

Customer experience

Lightspeed Display (X)

All ratings21 ratings
Positive9.5%
Neutral4.8%
Negative85.7%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive9.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative90.9%

Time Clock by Homebase

All ratings37 ratings
Positive29.7%
Neutral2.7%
Negative67.6%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive38.5%
Neutral7.7%
Negative53.8%

In-app purchases

None

Lightspeed Display (X)

No in-app purchases

None

Time Clock by Homebase

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lightspeed Display (X) free?
Lightspeed Display (X) is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Time Clock by Homebase free?
Time Clock by Homebase is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lightspeed Display (X) or Time Clock by Homebase?
Time Clock by Homebase is rated higher. Lightspeed Display (X) averages 1.4 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Time Clock by Homebase averages 2.3 from 37 ratings.
Do Lightspeed Display (X) or Time Clock by Homebase have ads?
Neither Lightspeed Display (X) nor Time Clock by Homebase shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lightspeed Display (X) or Time Clock by Homebase?
Lightspeed Display (X) ships an update every 3 months, and Time Clock by Homebase monthly. Most recently, Lightspeed Display (X) was updated on October 24, 2026 and Time Clock by Homebase on October 23, 2026.

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