Is there a good app for track employee work hours and timesheets?
Too Expensive: 18 apps already serve this, and 15 data points mined from real user reviews across 2 sources show where they fall short. The job is solved but priced beyond a segment. Undercut with a cheaper tier.
Data refreshed June 15, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to track employee work hours and timesheets, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| no way to view employees' hours | missing-feature | 1 | is there anyway that I can view my employees hours on it |
| now requires payment to track hours | price | 1 | all of sudden you have to pay just to keep track of your hours that's insane |
| no per-task time tracking within a job | missing-feature | 1 | there is no task time tracking for a job |
| no separate tracking of split shift / contracted vs extra time | missing-feature | 1 | I need an app that will allow me to calculate all of my time and activities separately |
| no PTO hours tracker | missing-feature | 1 | Maybe add a PTO hours tracker |
| vacation/sick leave tracking | missing-feature | 1 | Urlaub, krank, Freischichten und weitere komplizierte Features |
| does not track night shift hours correctly | bug | 1 | It's confusing it doesn't really track night shift hours |
| no time punch log for unscheduled workers | missing-feature | 1 | should try to have time punch log to help keep track of days worked by people who don’t have schedules |
| print/send timesheet after month close | missing-feature | 1 | Dommage que l'on ne puisse pas imprimer ou envoyer une fois le mois finis |
| time tracking quality declined since TSheets | reliability | 1 | So worked so much better when Tsheets owned it. QuickBooks Workforce has went down hill |
| lost worked-hours data | reliability | 1 | it displays less than half of the worked hours |
| managers can't edit employee time | bug | 1 | Managers are unable to update nor edit Employees' time. This is happening on IOS 18 |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timesheet - Time Tracker | 3.6 | 13,914 | Free |
| Timesheet - Time Tracking Pro | 4.7 | 677 | $36.99 |
| Hours Tracker: Time Tracking | 4.8 | 54,988 | Free |
| Hours Tracker: Time Calculator | 4.7 | 77,389 | Free |
| QuickBooks Workforce | 4.6 | 189,049 | Free |
| Timecard Pro - Hours & Work Schedule Tracking | 3.6 | 82 | $6.99 |
| HotSchedules | 4.6 | 67,204 | $2.99 |
| CHP Overtime | 0.0 | 0 | $2.99 |
Should you build it?
The job is solved but priced beyond a segment. Undercut with a cheaper tier. Opportunity here scores 41 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
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