Comparison

Station vs Google Keep

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

Head to head
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

About

Google Keep

Capture, edit, and share notes and lists across all your devices. Organize with labels and colors, and set time or location-based reminders. Collaborate with others in real-time for shared tasks.

Highlights
  • Capture notes, lists, photos, and audio
  • Organize with labels and colors
  • Set time and location-based reminders
  • Collaborate on notes and lists
  • Transcribe voice memos
  • Extract text from images
Currently charting
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• Capture, edit, share, and collaborate on your notes on any device, anywhere. • Add notes, lists, photos, and audio to Keep. • Organize your notes with labels and colors. • Set and forget. Get reminded about a note at the right time or place. • Record a voice memo and have it automatically transcribed. • Grab the text from an image to help you quickly find that note again through search. WHEN AND WHERE YOU NEED IT Need to remember to pick up some groceries? Set a location-based reminder to pull up your grocery list right when you get to the store. Need to finish a to-do? Set a time-based reminder to make sure you never miss a thing. SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS Next time you go to the store, share your shopping list on Keep and watch as items get checked off in real time. No need for text messages back and forth. Get things done together, faster. FIND WHAT YOU NEED, FAST Quickly filter and search for notes by color and other attributes like lists with the label “To-dos”, audio notes with reminders or just see shared notes. Find what you're looking for even faster, and let Keep do the remembering for you. ALWAYS WITHIN REACH Keep works on your phone, tablet and computer. Everything you add to Keep syncs across your devices so your important stuff is always with you. Try Google Keep on the web at http://keep.google.com and find it in the Chrome Web Store at http://g.co/keepinchrome.

Screenshots

Station4 screens
Google Keep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Google Keep at 4.6 against Station's 3.0. Google Keep also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (29K vs 2). Station's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, 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

Google Keep holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Keep has 29K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 48% of Station's written reviews are positive against 45% of Google Keep's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Station ships an update every 2 months, Google Keep every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Station versus Google Keep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStationGoogle Keep
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.6 (29K ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.1% of reviews — better45.4% of reviews
Number of ratings229K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank—#74 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB212 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPapershift GmbHGoogle

Customer experience

Station

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

Google Keep

All ratings29,007 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral3.6%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews2,800 reviews
Positive45.4%
Neutral17.4%
Negative37.2%

Bugs and requests

Station

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Google Keep

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Notes randomly duplicating or disappearing
  • Checkboxes not working as expected
  • Keyboard issues and text input problems
  • Refresh failures and connectivity problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for widgets
  • Improve text formatting options
  • Introduce folder/category organization
  • Enable password protection for notes
  • Enhance search and sorting capabilities

In-app purchases

None

Station

No in-app purchases

None

Google Keep

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Station free?
Station is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Google Keep free?
Google Keep is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Station or Google Keep?
Google Keep is rated higher. Station averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Google Keep averages 4.6 from 29K ratings.
Do Station or Google Keep have ads?
Neither Station nor Google Keep shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Station or Google Keep?
Station ships an update every 2 months, and Google Keep every 6 days. Most recently, Station was updated on October 15, 2026 and Google Keep on October 24, 2026.

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