Buddy Punch: Time Tracking App

Buddy Punch LLC

About this app

This app is for use with a paid Buddy Punch account.

Buddy Punch is an employee time tracking app that's so easy to use that your grandma could do it. With our web and mobile apps, employees can clock in and out from anywhere. Combine that with the power of geofencing, GPS tracking, and photo clock-ins, and you'll always know your employees are where they're supposed to be when they're on the clock.

MAIN FEATURES

Time Tracking: Employees can clock in and out using any internet-connected device (computer, tablet, or phone). Apps are available for Android, iOS, and ChromeOS.

Flexible Punching: Employees don't need unique email addresses to use Buddy Punch. They can clock in/out using usernames and passwords, PINs, QR codes, or even facial recognition.

Automatic Calculations: All punch data is compiled into timesheets with regular hours, overtime, and pay automatically calculated for you, making running payroll faster and easier than ever.

Employee Scheduling: Create your work schedules in Buddy Punch to take advantage of even more features like attendance tracking, punch limiting, and automatic clock outs.

PTO Tracking: Automatically calculate PTO accruals, deduct used PTO from balances, and add taken PTO to timesheets so employees get paid for their paid time off.

Job Costing: Set up department codes in Buddy Punch to track the total time spent on specific jobs and projects, then run reports to help with budgeting and invoicing.

Payroll Integrations: Send your timesheet data to QuickBooks, Gusto, Paychex, SurePayroll, and more in just a few clicks to make running payroll faster than ever before.

ACCOUNTABILITY FEATURES

GPS on Punch: Capture employees' locations when they clock in and out, then review those locations on their timesheets to ensure they were on-site when they punched.

Geofencing: Create virtual borders around each of your job sites. With geofencing enabled, employees can only clock in and out when they're within the boundaries of a geofence.

Real-Time GPS Tracking: Track employees' locations across the entire workday. See where they're located on a map at any given moment, and view breadcrumb trails of everywhere they traveled over the course of a day.

Photos on Punch: Require employees to take a picture of themselves when they clock in and out to prevent buddy punching. All photos can be reviewed on employees' time cards.

Notifications: Get an alert when an employee clocks in late, misses a shift, is nearing overtime, forgets to clock out — anything that's important for you to stay on top of.

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

Buddy Punch has one of the highest ratings on the market for the outstanding support we provide to our customers. All of our agents know the product inside and out and are available through live chat or email to get you set up quickly or answer any questions you have.

Ratings and reviews

You might think this is user error, but given that one normally doesnt search "how to create account" in the help topics, I think there might be an ease of interface issue. I can request forgotten usernames and passwords, etc. But there are no obvious links or routing trails that lead to "create new account". Soooooooo I guess I cant even try the app. Not sure why its not an obvious button somewhere.

This app has been working great for our company for the last few years. It's easy to use on desktop or phone or a combination. The one thing I find frustrating is that the time punched in or out is displayed in time mode whereas the hours worked is displayed as a decimal. It makes it hard for employees and managers to figure out how much longer they have to work on a given day to get in their 8 hours. Would love to see a fix for this.

Overall this is a pretty good app. It's easy to use and the last update really put everything right at your finger tips. The only complaint I have is that the Android & iOS interfaces are different. It would be nice if they were the same, especially when helping a new guy learn to use the app. I would recommend this app.

What’s new

Enhancements and minor bug fixes