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The Best uAttend Alternative for Client Billing

uAttend clocks people in with hardware on the wall. TimeTracker tracks time by client and project, then turns approved hours into a bill, no hardware needed.

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Why people switch

Why people look for a uAttend alternative

What it is

uAttend is built for punching a physical clock, so it fits a store or a shop floor. Reviewers call it affordable and easy to learn, with support that responds fast. For a crew that just needs to clock in and out, that is a real strength. Still, many teams outgrow it or never needed it. Some are tired of a fingerprint scanner that misreads or an app that crashes. Others bill clients for hours and need that time turned into an invoice, not just a shift report. Below we compare TimeTracker against four other strong uAttend alternatives, so you can pick the one that fits your team.

Who needs this

A service business that sells its people's time and needs to know, in real time, whether each client project is still making money.

Meet both products

Compare the two products at a glance

TimeTracker and this competitor cover the same job in different ways. Here is what each one includes.

Best fit

TimeTracker

Every task carries operational and financial context together. Tracked time, budget impact, and invoicing live in one connected system, so you know if a project is still profitable before it becomes a problem.

Best for
Agencies and consultancies of 2 to 50 people who bill clients for time and need to see project profit, not just hours.
Pricing
Free for up to 3 people, no credit card needed. Pro is $15 per user a month, or $12 per user a month billed yearly, with a 14-day trial.
  • One-click task timers
  • Timesheet submission and approvals
  • Effective-dated billing and cost rates
  • Live project budgets and profitability
  • Client invoicing and payments
  • Client portal with a cost firewall
  • Reports and dashboards
  • Expense tracking with billable markup
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uAttend

Sells its own line of physical time clock hardware (fingerprint, facial recognition, badge) alongside cloud software, priced by employee count.

Best for
Businesses that want physical time clock hardware paired with a cloud dashboard.
Pricing
Tiered by employee count: about $29/mo (1-9 employees) up to $195/mo (100+). Hardware clocks sold separately from about $139. A plan covers 2 clocks and 1 admin, with extra clocks $12/mo and extra admins $8/mo. Payroll is a separate add-on from $5 a person a month.
  • Fingerprint, facial recognition, badge clocks
  • Mobile app with GPS on punch in/out
  • Cloud dashboard for timesheets and PTO
  • Touch-tone phone punching option
  • Text and email missed-punch alerts
  • Multi-location support
  • Shift scheduling, and its own payroll add-on
Full comparison

See how the alternatives stack up

Pricing, best fit, and top strengths for TimeTracker and every tool in this comparison.

Comparison dimensionTimeTrackerBest fituAttendJibbleQuickBooks TimeBuddy PunchOnTheClock
CategoryProject time trackingTime and attendanceTime and attendanceTime and attendanceTime and attendanceTime and attendance
Best forAgencies and consultancies of 2 to 50 people who bill.Businesses that want physical time clock hardware paired.Small to mid-size teams, especially hourly, field, or.Small and mid-size field service or construction.Small and mid-size hourly or field workforces that want an.Small businesses that want a simple time clock with GPS.
Starting price$12/user/month$29/monthFree$10/user/month$4.99/user/month$4/user/month
Top strengthTies every time entry to a task, so hours and money are.Reviewers call it affordable for the priceFree tier is unusually full-featured for unlimited usersDeepest native integration with QuickBooks Online and.Rated 4.8/5 on G2 and Capterra for ease of useClean, intuitive dashboard that needs little training

Pricing checked 2026-07-31. Confirm current pricing on each vendor's site.

Every option, in full

Each uAttend alternative, and who it suits

Each tool below covers a different kind of team, so this is not a ranking. We list what each one does badly as well as what it does well, with the date we last checked its pricing.

TimeTrackerOurs

Best for

Agencies and consultancies of 2 to 50 people who bill clients for time and need to see project profit, not just hours.

Pricing

Free for up to 3 people, no credit card needed. Pro is $15 per user a month, or $12 per user a month billed yearly, with a 14-day trial.

Checked 13 July 2026

Every task carries operational and financial context together. Tracked time, budget impact, and invoicing live in one connected system, so you know if a project is still profitable before it becomes a problem. A service business that sells its people's time and needs to know, in real time, whether each client project is still making money.

Where it wins

  • Ties every time entry to a task, so hours and money are the same record instead of two systems to reconcile
  • Live budget and profitability rollups instead of a month-end spreadsheet
  • Timesheet approval locks numbers before they hit an invoice, so billed hours cannot silently drift
  • No screenshots, keystroke logging, or GPS tracking, by design

Where it falls short

  • Newer product than long-established time trackers, so its integration marketplace is still small
  • No native payroll run; timesheets export for an external payroll tool instead
  • Built for client-project delivery, not a general work OS, so it will not replace a wiki or a sprint board

uAttend

Best for

Businesses that want physical time clock hardware paired with a cloud dashboard.

Pricing

Tiered by employee count: about $29/mo (1-9 employees) up to $195/mo (100+). Hardware clocks sold separately from about $139. A plan covers 2 clocks and 1 admin, with extra clocks $12/mo and extra admins $8/mo. Payroll is a separate add-on from $5 a person a month.

Checked 31 July 2026

Sells its own line of physical time clock hardware (fingerprint, facial recognition, badge) alongside cloud software, priced by employee count. A brick-and-mortar or field-based small business with on-site staff punching a physical clock and remote staff using GPS punching.

Where it wins

  • Reviewers call it affordable for the price
  • Straightforward to learn, with easy sick and vacation reporting
  • Customer support frequently praised as responsive

Where it falls short

  • Fingerprint scanners sometimes misread, and the mobile app can crash
  • Employee record fields and report options are limited
  • Hardware is an extra upfront cost beyond the software subscription
  • The clocks stop working if the subscription lapses, so the device you bought outright still needs a plan
  • A plan covers only 2 clocks and 1 admin, and both are billed monthly beyond that

Jibble

Best for

Small to mid-size teams, especially hourly, field, or shift workers, who want free attendance tracking.

Pricing

Free for unlimited users, including GPS, kiosk and face recognition. Paid tiers exist for PTO accruals and multilevel approvals, but Jibble no longer publishes their prices.

Checked 31 July 2026

More on Jibble

The most generous free plan in the category: unlimited users, GPS geofencing, and facial recognition to stop buddy punching, all at no cost. Small businesses and hourly or field teams that need reliable, verified clock-in and attendance reporting without a big budget.

Where it wins

  • Free tier is unusually full-featured for unlimited users
  • Strong, hardware-free buddy-punching prevention via facial recognition
  • Easy to set up, and kiosk mode works well for shared-device clock-ins

Where it falls short

  • Paid-tier prices are not published, so budgeting means asking Jibble first
  • PTO accruals, multilevel approvals, and live location need paid tiers
  • Mobile app dashboard is underdeveloped for on-the-go managers

QuickBooks Time

Best for

Small and mid-size field service or construction businesses already running QuickBooks Online or Payroll.

Pricing

No free plan. Time Premium $20/mo base + $10/employee/mo; Time Elite $40/mo base + $12/employee/mo. Intuit now also sells Workforce Premium and Elite alongside these.

Checked 30 July 2026

More on QuickBooks Time

Owned by Intuit and built to sync natively with QuickBooks Online and Payroll, so timesheets and payroll share one data source. A construction or field service company of roughly 5 to 100 employees already on QuickBooks that wants timesheets feeding job costing.

Where it wins

  • Deepest native integration with QuickBooks Online and Payroll of any rival
  • Mature, well-tested GPS and mobile clock-in tools
  • Scheduling is included on every plan, not gated to the top tier

Where it falls short

  • Geofencing, mileage tracking, and project tracking need the Elite plan
  • Base fee plus per-employee pricing makes total cost less predictable
  • Full value depends on already using QuickBooks Online or Payroll

Buddy Punch

Best for

Small and mid-size hourly or field workforces that want an easy time clock with GPS and scheduling.

Pricing

No free plan, 14-day trial only. Billed annually: Starter $4.99, Pro $6.99, Advanced $12.99 per user a month, each plus a $19 monthly base fee. Extras are sold per user on top.

Checked 30 July 2026

More on Buddy Punch

An easy time clock with a lot of ways to prove who punched: GPS on every punch, plus geofencing, PIN and kiosk punching and a webcam photo from the Pro tier up. A 15 to 100 person hourly or field workforce that needs proof of where a punch happened and will pay a base fee for it.

Where it wins

  • Rated 4.8/5 on G2 and Capterra for ease of use
  • Administrator accounts are free and unlimited, so managers do not use up seats
  • More ways to verify a punch than most rivals: GPS, geofence, PIN, kiosk and webcam photo

Where it falls short

  • No free plan at all, unlike Clockify, Jibble, Homebase and TimeCamp
  • The $19 monthly base fee hits small teams hardest. Five people on Starter is $43.95 a month, which is $8.79 each, not $4.99
  • Geofencing, PIN and kiosk punching and webcam photos all need the Pro tier
  • Real-time GPS is a paid add-on unless you are on Advanced, and other extras are priced per user too
  • No client billing or invoicing, so tracked hours cannot become a bill

OnTheClock

Best for

Small businesses that want a simple time clock with GPS, PTO, and scheduling included at the base tier.

Pricing

No free plan, 30-day trial. $4 per employee a month plus a $5 monthly base fee, so 2 employees is $13 a month. Payroll adds $6 per employee plus a $40 base fee, and a one-time $250 onboarding fee.

Checked 30 July 2026

More on OnTheClock

GPS tracking, geofencing, and PTO accrual come standard on the base plan, features most rivals gate behind higher tiers. Small businesses under 100 employees that want straightforward time tracking, scheduling, and PTO with clean payroll exports.

Where it wins

  • Clean, intuitive dashboard that needs little training
  • Strong review scores: 4.7/5 on Capterra, 4.5/5 on G2
  • GPS, geofencing, and PTO included at the base tier, not a premium add-on

Where it falls short

  • Payroll is not included; it's a separate paid add-on
  • Reporting and analytics are more basic than larger workforce platforms
  • Fewer native integrations than bigger rivals like QuickBooks Time
Why switch

Reasons teams switch

Popular features

Time Tracking

Employee time tracking your team will actually use

One click starts a timer, or people type hours in by hand. Every entry ties to a client, project, and task, so the record stays clean.

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Billing

Bill for every hour you earn

Mark each entry billable or non-billable while you work. Approved hours roll straight into reports you can bill from.

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Reports & Dashboards

See where the time really goes

Break hours down by client, project, and team member. Find the work that pays off and the projects that run over.

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Use cases

Use cases this solves

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Does TimeTracker sell time clock hardware like uAttend?
No. TimeTracker runs from a browser or a mobile app, so there is no fingerprint scanner or badge reader to buy or replace. Every entry still ties to a client and project through one-click time tracking, not a wall-mounted clock.
Is there a free uAttend alternative?
Yes, several, and uAttend has no free plan. Jibble is free for unlimited users with GPS and a face check, Clockify is free for 5, and TimeTracker is free for up to 3 people with billing included. None of them replaces a wall clock, so if you need the hardware you are still buying it.
Is uAttend actually cheap once you add hardware?
uAttend's software starts around $29 a month for a small team, and clocks are sold separately from about $139 each. Some owners like that one-time cost. TimeTracker starts at $15 a user a month, or $12 if you pay yearly, with no hardware to buy, which costs less as a team grows. See the billing page for the full plan breakdown.
Can uAttend turn tracked hours into a client invoice?
uAttend focuses on attendance and payroll export, not client billing. TimeTracker turns approved hours straight into an invoice, see how invoicing from tracked time works.
Does TimeTracker track project profitability the way uAttend tracks attendance?
uAttend reports who clocked in and for how long. TimeTracker goes further and shows project profitability as the team works, so you know if a project is losing money before the invoice goes out.
How does TimeTracker's price compare to uAttend's?
uAttend charges by employee count for the software, plus a separate hardware cost. TimeTracker starts at $15 a user a month, or $12 if you pay yearly, software only, and is built around billing, not just attendance. Read the full TimeTracker vs uAttend comparison for a side-by-side look.
Is switching from uAttend to TimeTracker hard?
No. You add your clients, projects, and tasks, then your team starts timing work from a browser or phone using the same one-click timer most teams already know, with no clock hardware to reinstall.
Does TimeTracker handle overtime like uAttend does?
Yes. Overtime rules apply automatically as hours are logged, so payroll gets a clean number every period. See how overtime tracking works in TimeTracker.
Can I still approve timesheets before payroll runs?
Yes. A manager reviews and locks each week's hours before they move to payroll or a client invoice, so a misread punch or a forgotten clock-out never slips through. See timesheet approvals for details.
What do I give up by moving away from uAttend's hardware clocks?
You give up the physical badge or fingerprint punch on the wall. In return, your team clocks in from a browser or phone through time tracking, and you gain project budgets, invoicing, and approvals that uAttend does not offer.
Which uAttend alternative is right for my team?
It depends on what you need most. Agencies that bill clients and want to see project profit tend to do better with TimeTracker. Small teams that want a free, hardware-free clock-in often prefer Jibble. See a full side-by-side on the TimeTracker vs uAttend page, and check project profitability if seeing project margin matters most to you.
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