Which attendance and time-tracking app should I use for employees?

A time and attendance app that the maker states is free forever for unlimited users, with mobile clock-ins, GPS tracking, face recognition and a shared kiosk mode. It exports hours to payroll rather than running payroll itself.

Jibble: free time tracking and attendance

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• Free for unlimited users, so a small team pays nothing.
• Face recognition and selfie checks stop buddy punching on shared phones or kiosks.
• Export hours to your payroll tool; Jibble does not calculate Indian salaries.

India-built HR and payroll used by small and mid-sized firms. The page lists Essential at ₹2,495 a month including 50 employees (₹45 per employee above that) and Growth at ₹4,495 a month (₹85 above 50), which adds attendance, shifts, overtime and geo-fencing, plus add-ons such as expenses at ₹35 a user a month and Recruit at ₹2,500 a recruiter a month.

greytHR pricing

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• Every plan includes complete payroll, leave management and employee self-service.
• Growth is the plan to pick if attendance and shifts should feed payroll directly.
• There is a 7-day free trial with no upfront cost.

Attendance and leave inside RazorpayX Payroll: attendance arrives through the website, biometric devices or APIs and flows straight into salary calculation and payout. Worth it when attendance decides pay.

RazorpayX Payroll attendance management

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• Attendance can come from a biometric device, the web or an API.
• Leaves and attendance feed the pay run, so no separate export is needed.
• Pricing is the RazorpayX Payroll plan, not a separate charge.

Zoho's HR software for employee records, leave, onboarding, attendance and performance. The page offers a free edition for very small teams and paid plans from US$1.25 a user a month billed annually (Essential HR) and US$2 (Professional, which adds attendance, timesheets and rosters); Indian visitors see rupee prices.

Zoho People pricing

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• Essential HR covers records, onboarding, leave and documents; Professional adds attendance and rosters.
• There is a 30-day trial, after which the account drops to the free plan rather than closing.
• It pairs with Zoho Payroll and Zoho Books if you already use them.

Truein is an Indian face-recognition attendance system for multi-site and field workforces (factories, facility management, construction). The page lists Time Capture at ₹250 a user a year and Advanced at ₹350 a user a year, each plus a ₹69,000 a year base price.

Truein pricing

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• Pricing is per user per year plus a fixed ₹69,000 yearly base.
• Live location tracking (₹200 a user a year) and leave (₹60) are add-ons.
• Built for many sites and contractors, not for a ten-person office.

An app for deskless teams with time clock, scheduling, forms and chat. The page lists a Small Business plan free for up to 10 users with all features, and paid plans in US dollars from $29 a month for the first 30 users.

Connecteam pricing

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• Free for up to 10 users with every feature.
• GPS clock-in and payroll integration sit in the Operations Hub.
• Suited to field, retail and shift teams that work from phones.

The maker's walkthrough of setting up a team, clock-in rules, locations and reports, which shows in eleven minutes whether the free plan fits.

100% free attendance tracking with Jibble: walkthrough

On youtube.com by Jibble 11 min

• Set work schedules and overtime rules before inviting the team.
• Add locations to restrict where people can clock in.
• Pull timesheet reports at month end for payroll.