Buddy Punch vs TimeCamp

Buddy Punch

• Businesses with hourly staff spread across job sites, stores or clients' homes
• Employers that want GPS, photo or geofence checks on every punch
• Small companies that want a time clock, scheduling and payroll from one vendor

TimeCamp

• Teams of any size that want free timesheets with no user limit
• Companies that keep attendance, overtime and time-off records with time tracking
• Agencies that bill clients and watch project budgets
• Larger organizations that need a self-hosted or private cloud deployment

Buddy Punch

• There is no free plan: the FAQ says all plans are paid once the free trial ends.
• Every plan carries a $19 monthly base fee on top of the per-user price, and managers count as paid users.
• Geofencing, kiosk and QR code punching, punch photos, offline mode and API access are not in Starter.
• Real-time GPS, advanced reporting and extended data retention are add-ons at $2 per user a month each on Starter and Pro.

TimeCamp

• Integrations are not part of Free or Starter: Premium includes one and Ultimate removes the limit.
• The AI Time Tracker is billed by token usage on top of the plan price.
• Timesheet approvals, expenses, billing rates, screenshots and SSO login need the Ultimate plan.
• Self-hosted and private cloud setups are offered to customers with 50 or more users on annual Ultimate.

Buddy Punch

Punching from any device

Employees clock in from a browser, the iOS and Android apps or a ChromeOS app. A tablet can serve as a shared kiosk with four-digit PINs, QR codes or Face ID, and text-to-punch covers staff without internet.

GPS and geofences

Every plan records GPS coordinates with each punch. Geofences that block off-site punches start on Pro, and live location maps are a $2 per user a month add-on that Advanced includes.

Automatic timesheets and overtime

Punches are compiled into timesheets that employees submit for approval each pay period. More than a dozen overtime types, automatic breaks and punch rounding rules are available.

Employee scheduling

A drag-and-drop schedule builder with recurring shifts, templates, shift trades and availability. It costs $1 per user a month on Starter and is included with Pro and Advanced.

Time off tracking

PTO accrues by rules you set or is entered by hand. Employees see their balances and request time off, and approved time is added to timesheets and shown on schedules.

Payroll and payroll integrations

Hours sync to providers such as QuickBooks, Gusto, ADP and Paychex. Buddy Punch's own payroll service can be added to any plan for $8 per user a month plus a $49 monthly base fee.

TimeCamp

Timesheets and automatic tracking

Time is logged with a timer, manual entries or a weekly timesheet, and the desktop app can track computer activity automatically. Apps and websites tracking starts on Premium.

AI Time Tracker

A separate app for macOS and Windows that suggests time entries. It is billed by token usage on top of the plan, which TimeCamp estimates at about $6 per user a month.

Attendance and time off

From Starter, an attendance calendar records working days alongside time-off and overtime tracking, with reports for each.

Billing and budgets

Invoicing starts on Starter, and billable time and budgets with alerts on Premium. Billing rates, expenses, labor costs and fixed fee projects need Ultimate.

Reports

More than 10 time tracking reports with PDF export. Excel export starts on Starter, scheduled email reports on Premium and the pivot table report on Ultimate.

Approvals and monitoring

Ultimate adds timesheet approvals, screenshots, unusual activity detection, remote work detection and a history of changes to time entries.

Buddy Punch

• Starter$4.99

  per user / month, billed annually ($5.99 monthly), plus $19 base fee

  Punch clock, GPS on punches, mobile apps, time off tracking, job tracking, payroll integrations and reports. Scheduling is a $1 per user add-on.

• Pro$6.99

  per user / month, billed annually ($7.99 monthly), plus $19 base fee

  Adds offline mode, basic geofencing, QR code and kiosk punching, punch photos, break compliance, API and MCP access, and scheduling.

• Advanced$12.99

  per user / month, billed annually ($13.99 monthly), plus $19 base fee

  Adds advanced reporting, SSO with Okta, OneLogin or SAML 2.0, manager permissions by group, real-time GPS and dedicated support.

TimeCamp

• Free$0

  Unlimited users and projects with timesheets, the web, desktop and mobile apps and 2-factor authentication.

• Starter$3.99

  per user / month, billed annually ($5.49 month-to-month)

  Adds invoicing, attendance and an attendance calendar, time off, overtime tracking, Excel report export and unlimited tasks.

• Premium$6.99

  per user / month, billed annually ($9.99 month-to-month)

  Adds one integration, billable time, budgets and estimates, apps and websites tracking, a resource planner and scheduled email reports.

• Ultimate$9.99

  per user / month, billed annually ($13.99 month-to-month)

  Adds unlimited integrations, timesheet approvals, billing rates, expenses, labor costs, screenshots, custom fields and SSO login.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Price on request. Adds self-hosted or private cloud deployment, custom integrations, an audit log, data warehouse access and an SLA.

Buddy Punch

• Annual discount

  Save up to 18% with annual billing

  The pricing page labels annual billing "Save up to 18%": Starter is $4.99 per user a month against $5.99 monthly, Pro $6.99 against $7.99 and Advanced $12.99 against $13.99.

TimeCamp

• Annual discount

  Lower rate with annual billing

  Annual billing costs roughly 27% to 30% less than month-to-month: Starter is $3.99 per user a month against $5.49, and Ultimate is $9.99 against $13.99.

• Nonprofit

  30% off for nonprofits

  TimeCamp's pricing FAQ offers an additional 30% discount to non-profit organizations that email support with a copy of their 501(c)(3) paperwork.

• Education

  30% off for universities, schools and students

  The same pricing FAQ extends the additional 30% discount to universities, students and schools, arranged by contacting TimeCamp support.