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Buddy Punch is the best time tracking platform for businesses with hourly workers, field teams, or any environment where time fraud is a real concern. The combination of GPS punch-in, facial recognition, geofencing, and clean payroll exports puts it ahead of Homebase and TSheets at a comparable price. If your business runs on hourly labor, the cost of inaccurate timekeeping dwarfs the cost of this software.
Time theft costs US employers an estimated $373 billion per year. The most common form: buddy punching — one employee clocking in for another who's late or absent. Paper timesheets and basic digital clocks do nothing to stop it. Even some “modern” time tracking apps let employees clock in remotely with no location or identity verification.
Beyond fraud, most businesses running hourly teams have a second problem: disconnected tools. Scheduling lives in one spreadsheet, timesheets in another, PTO requests in email, and payroll hours get manually re-entered from all three. Buddy Punch replaces all of it with one system.
$373B
Annual US time theft cost
10K+
Businesses on Buddy Punch
40+
Payroll system integrations
GPS geofencing at punch-in
Set approved punch zones around job sites, offices, or warehouses. If an employee tries to clock in from outside the geofence, Buddy Punch flags it. You get the location data for every punch — not just an alert when something looks wrong.
Facial recognition to kill buddy punching
In kiosk mode, employees clock in via tablet camera. Buddy Punch compares their face to the registered photo before accepting the punch. No face match, no clock-in. This is the clearest anti-fraud mechanism available at this price point.
Drag-and-drop scheduling that integrates with time tracking
Most tools treat scheduling and time tracking as separate modules. In Buddy Punch, scheduled shifts connect directly to time data — so you can see at a glance who showed up, who was late, and who didn't come in. Employees can claim open shifts and request swaps without a manager playing middleman.
Payroll export that actually works
One-click exports to QuickBooks, ADP, Gusto, Paychex, and 40+ other providers. The export includes regular hours, overtime (calculated by your rules), PTO, and custom pay codes. No manual re-entry, no spreadsheet cleanup before payroll runs.
| Tool | GPS Tracking | Facial Recognition | Scheduling | Payroll Exports | Starting Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Punch | Yes | Yes | Yes | 40+ integrations | $4.49/user/mo |
| Homebase | Yes | No | Yes | Limited | Free (basic) |
| TSheets (QB Time) | Yes | No | Yes | QuickBooks only | $8/user/mo |
| Clockify | Limited | No | No | No direct | Free |
| When I Work | Yes | No | Yes | Limited | $2.50/user/mo |
Free Trial
Full access — no credit card required
14 days free
Starter
Time tracking, GPS punch-in, PTO management, payroll exports, basic reporting
$4.49/user/month
Pro
Everything in Starter + drag-and-drop scheduling, facial recognition, shift swaps, advanced reporting
$5.99/user/month
Enterprise
SSO, dedicated account manager, custom integrations, SLA
Custom
Pricing is per user per month, billed annually. Month-to-month is available at a slightly higher rate. There's also a base fee of $19/month on top of per-user pricing.
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If you run a team of hourly workers and you're still using paper timesheets, a basic punch clock, or trusting employees to self-report honestly — Buddy Punch will pay for itself in the first month. The GPS geofencing and facial recognition aren't gimmicks: they're the tools that solve the specific, expensive problem of time fraud that affects any business with hourly labor. At $4.49-$5.99/user/month with a 14-day free trial, the math is easy.
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