Microkeeper vs Breadcrumb
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Microkeeper
Manage employee schedules, track work hours, and process payroll efficiently. Employees can receive notifications for roster changes and messages, view payslips, and submit leave requests.
- Roster management
- Time and attendance tracking
- Payroll processing
- Employee notifications
- Payslip viewing
- Leave request submission
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Microkeeper provide a clever solution for rosters, time & attendance and payroll for your business. The app is designed for use by an employee, with features including notification for events like a new roster or message from a colleague. Other features include viewing payslips, roster, submitting leave requests and much more.
Breadcrumb
Streamline construction site safety and compliance with this mobile tool. Digitize tasks like orientations, sign-ins, and safety plans, ensuring everyone has access to critical information and eliminating paperwork. Collaborate efficiently with a digital safety solution.
- Site safety tasks digitization
- Orientations and sign-ins
- Pre-task plans and JHAs
- Trainings and certifications
- Site communications and alerts
- Procore integration
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Breadcrumb is a modern jobsite safety and compliance tool built for the US construction industry. With the simple mobile app, subcontractors (and foremen) can speed up site safety tasks like orientations, sign-ins, pre-task plans and JHAs. Everyone has access to the right safety information always and paperwork is a thing of the past. Breadcrumb digitises site safety and turns it into an efficient, collaborative process everyone can participate in. With a digital safety tool in your pocket, uploading, reviewing, and updating critical documents has never been easier - you’ve always got what you need, wherever you are. Features include: - Orientations - Sign-in & Attendance - Trainings & Certifications - Pre-task Plans & JHAs - Site communications & alerts - Evacuations - Procore integration
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Microkeeper at 85% against Breadcrumb's 24%. Microkeeper also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Breadcrumb's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (4 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Microkeeper holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Microkeeper's written reviews are positive against 24% of Breadcrumb's.
Microkeeper ships an update every 5 months, Breadcrumb fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Microkeeper | Breadcrumb |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.6% of reviews — better | 23.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Microkeeper Pty Ltd | 1Breadcrumb Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Microkeeper
Breadcrumb
Bugs and requests
Microkeeper
Reported bugs
11 issues- Clock on doesn't work properly
- No notification for employer leave entries
- Notifications not found after appearing
- App shows white box and needs restart
- Cannot view future rosters
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- Learn more icon flickers and disappears
- Cannot print or download payslips
- Blank loading screen for payslips
- Clock off not registered correctly
- Roster editing causes issues
- App glitches when switching views
Requested features
10 requests- Add option to claim no break
- Add notification for employer leave entries
- Improve clock-on accuracy
- Add ability to upload medical certificates
- Add employer contact information
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- Improve roster editing functionality
- Allow employees to update availability directly
- Add forward navigation for timesheets
- Allow viewing all rostered staff across departments
- Keep app logged in
Breadcrumb
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Microkeeper
No in-app purchases
Breadcrumb
No in-app purchases
