Page My Cell vs MIPS Time Puncher
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Page My Cell
This app provides Fire and EMS responders with push notifications for calls for service. It includes a status board to see responder availability and a mapping feature for directions. Users can customize notification alerts and call log settings.
- Push notification alerts for calls
- Responder status board
- Map addresses for directions
- Customizable notification sounds
- Configurable call log retention
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The Page My Cell app allows Fire and EMS responders to be notified of calls for service on their phone through push notification. Page My Cell provides an easy and cost effective secondary means of notification ensuring responders are notified when they are needed. The Page My Cell "Status Board" provides a convenient way for responder's to see who is available or not available throughout the day. The status board also gives responders a quick access guide to see who is able to respond as well as not able to respond to a call for service. Page My Cell "Map It" offers a convenient way to map addresses on your phone for turn by turn directions. Throughout the app users have the ability to customize many options including: days to save call logs, the use of external or internal speakers to play messages, as well as a choose of a distinct notification alert for new messages. We are continuing to work on several other exciting options that will be available at a later date. Please remember that Page My Cell is a supplemental paging system only and is not meant to replace pagers.
MIPS Time Puncher
This application enables remote clock-in and clock-out functionality for employees using the MIPS Time and Attendance package. It requires location services to be enabled on your iOS device and specific profile permissions from administrators.
- Remote clock in/out
- MIPS Time and Attendance integration
- iOS device support
- Requires administrator enablement
- Location services required
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Time Clock App for MIPS Inc Time and Attendance package. This app allows remote clock in and out from your iOS device. This ability must be enabled in your employee profile by the Time and Attendance administrators. Location services must be enabled on your iOS device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Page My Cell at 67% against MIPS Time Puncher's 0%. Page My Cell also leads on rating (2.9 vs 1.7) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 28 months). 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.
Page My Cell holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Page My Cell's written reviews are positive against 0% of MIPS Time Puncher's.
Page My Cell ships an update every 4 months, MIPS Time Puncher every 28 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Page My Cell | MIPS Time Puncher |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (14 ratings) — better | 1.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 28 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 14.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Page My Cell LLC | MIPS, Inc. |
Customer experience
Page My Cell
MIPS Time Puncher
In-app purchases
Page My Cell
No in-app purchases
MIPS Time Puncher
No in-app purchases
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