Comparison

Time Clock by Homebase vs HomeTock

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

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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

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: HomeTock at 5.0 against Time Clock by Homebase's 2.3. HomeTock also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Time Clock by Homebase's advantage is ratings volume (37 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

HomeTock holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Time Clock by Homebase has 37 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Time Clock by Homebase versus HomeTock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime Clock by HomebaseHomeTock
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (37 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews38.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings37 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPioneer Works, Inc.Brittain Strategies, LLC

Customer experience

Time Clock by Homebase

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

HomeTock

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Time Clock by Homebase

No in-app purchases

None

HomeTock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Time Clock by Homebase free?
Time Clock by Homebase is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HomeTock free?
HomeTock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Time Clock by Homebase or HomeTock?
HomeTock is rated higher. Time Clock by Homebase averages 2.3 out of 5 from 37 ratings, while HomeTock averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Time Clock by Homebase or HomeTock have ads?
Neither Time Clock by Homebase nor HomeTock shows ads.

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