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Clockroll vs basic attendance apps
Basic staff attendance apps are good at one thing: knowing who came to work. Clockroll starts there and carries on to what each person earned — including the variable part — and a payroll you can lock.
What is the difference?
Features vary between apps. This compares Clockroll with the typical feature set of a basic attendance and salary app.
| Capability | Typical basic attendance app | Clockroll |
|---|---|---|
| Check-in and check-out | Yes | Yes, with GPS, a geofence per location (off, flag or block) and optional selfie |
| Salary from attendance | Often a single monthly figure | Component-based structures, monthly, daily or hourly, prorated your way |
| Commission and incentives | Entered by hand as an amount | Calculated from sales and metrics: tiers, thresholds, splits, KPI slabs, per-unit pay |
| Rosters and night shifts | Sometimes | Shift templates, weekly patterns, one-day overrides and night shifts |
| Leave policies | Basic leave marking | Accrual, carry-forward, comp-off, sandwich rule and manager approvals |
| Advances | A running balance | Repayment plan per advance, caps, worker requests, automatic deduction |
| Payroll control | Salary slip per person | Draft, review and lock for the whole team, with register and bank file |
| Appraisals | Rarely | Weighted criteria, evidence from the period, salary revisions |
| API for other software | Rarely | Yes — send sales and metrics, read earnings |
Who should stay with a basic attendance app?
A team where everyone earns the same fixed salary and the only question each month is how many days they worked. A simpler app may be all you need.
Who is Clockroll better for?
Businesses where pay moves with performance — commission, targets, per-visit or per-delivery pay, overtime — and owners who want payroll to be reviewed and locked rather than edited until it looks right.
What does Clockroll not do yet?
Native phone apps and timesheet-based time tracking are coming soon; the worker app runs in the browser today. Clockroll does not connect to biometric devices, file statutory returns or pay salaries for you.
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