Best Time Tracking Apps for Field Crews (2026)
Six time tracking options for construction, landscaping, cleaning and service crews, compared on price, GPS, geofencing, offline use and scheduling, with prices from each vendor’s own pricing page.
Key Takeaways
- Connecteam is the low-cost all-rounder. Free for up to 10 users, and the paid Operations hub starts at $29 a month billed yearly for the first 30 users. Its help center says the mobile app needs a connection to clock in or out.
- Workyard and ClockShark document offline time tracking. Both say crews can clock in without signal and the data syncs later. That matters more than any other feature if your sites have dead zones.
- QuickBooks Time fits QuickBooks shops. A base fee plus a per-user fee, with a 30-day trial on the base price. Geofencing is listed under its Workforce Elite plan, not the Time plans.
- Jobber is a job management platform with time tracking inside. Worth it if you also want scheduling, quoting and invoicing in one place; expensive if you only need a time clock.
- Building your own fits unusual rules. Floot builds a custom crew time app from a plain-English description with no per-seat pricing, but it does not document offline mode or GPS geofencing.
Quick-Start Prioritization Framework
| If you need… | Start with | Price signal (from vendor pages) |
|---|---|---|
| The cheapest full-featured option for under 10 people | Connecteam | Free Small Business plan, up to 10 users |
| Time tracking in places with no signal | Workyard or ClockShark | Workyard from $6/user/mo billed annually; ClockShark per user, by quote |
| Hours that flow into QuickBooks | QuickBooks Time | Premium $20/mo base + $10/user/mo |
| Scheduling, quotes and invoices too | Jobber | Connect, 5 users: $199/mo no commitment, $149/mo billed annually |
| Your own timesheet rules and screens | Floot (build your own) | Free to start; Pro $25/mo; no per-seat pricing |
A time tracking app for a field crew has a harder job than one for an office. It has to work in a truck, on a cheap phone, with gloves on, sometimes with no signal, and it has to turn site-to-site driving, meal breaks and shop time into a payroll-ready timesheet. We compared six options that small field businesses actually use, from crew-focused time clocks to full job management platforms to building your own. Prices and features below come from each vendor’s own pricing page or help center as checked in November 2026; they change often, so confirm before you buy. Every option here has a free trial or free plan, and the best test is a real week with one crew.
How we compared them
We looked at what matters on a crew, not in a demo. Every claim below comes from the vendor’s own pricing page or help documentation, linked in the sources.
- Clock-in on the phone, tied to a job, with breaks.
- GPS: whether clock-ins are location-stamped, and whether geofences are available and on which plan.
- Offline: whether the vendor documents clocking in and out without a signal.
- Scheduling: whether crews can see their jobs in the same app.
- Payroll path: export or named payroll integrations.
- Price for a small crew, including per-user fees, and the trial or free plan.
What we didn’t score
We didn’t rank by user reviews or by how many features each lists. A feature you won’t use is a cost, not a benefit, because it’s one more thing on the crew’s screen.
1. Connecteam
Best for: small crews that want a time clock, scheduling, forms and team chat in one low-cost app.
Connecteam is an all-in-one app for deskless teams, sold as three hubs: Operations (time clock, scheduling, forms and checklists, tasks), Communications and HR & Skills. Field crews mostly need the Operations hub.
What it does well
Connecteam’s pricing page lists real-time clock in and out with GPS on every plan, geofencing from Advanced, auto clock-out on Advanced, daily and weekly overtime rules on timesheets, paid and unpaid breaks with reminders, and payroll integration. Because the free plan includes all hubs and features for up to 10 users, a small crew can run its time clock, schedule and checklists in one app without paying anything. That is unusual in this category.
What to watch
Connecteam’s help center states that its Mobile app, Kiosk app and Desktop Time Clock do not support offline clock in or clock out; only custom hardware built on its API can store punches offline. If crews work in dead zones, that’s the deciding fact. Geofencing starts on Advanced (up to 10 sites), and Expert has unlimited sites. The number of separate time clocks also rises by tier: one on Basic, up to 3 on Advanced, up to 6 on Expert. If you turn on location features, check your state’s notice rules first.
Price
From Connecteam’s pricing page: a Small Business plan free for up to 10 users with all hubs and features. Operations hub Basic $29 a month billed yearly or $35 monthly, Advanced $49 or $59, Expert $99 or $119, each covering the first 30 users, with small per-user fees above that. Enterprise is custom. 14-day free trial, no credit card.
2. Workyard
Best for: construction and trade crews that work where signal is unreliable and want labor costs by project.
Workyard is a time tracking and workforce app built around field and construction teams, with GPS, mileage and project cost reporting.
What it does well
Workyard’s help center says the app is fully functional offline: crews can clock in, take breaks and clock out without a connection, location tracking continues on the phone while on the clock, and the data uploads when the phone reconnects. Every plan includes GPS tracking, mileage reporting, break and overtime compliance, a timesheet audit trail, supervisor-led time tracking for foremen clocking in a crew, and payroll export.
What to watch
Scheduling, geofence clock-in restrictions, project tracking, labor cost reporting and accounting integrations start on Pro, whose price isn’t listed on the pricing page. Until the phone reconnects, the office can’t see live locations or time cards, per the same help article.
Price
Starter plans start at $6 per user per month billed annually; monthly billing is available. Pro, Autopilot and Enterprise are priced on request. 14-day free trial, no credit card.
3. ClockShark
Best for: construction and field service crews that want time tracking plus drag-and-drop crew scheduling, and work offline.
ClockShark is a time tracking and scheduling app aimed at construction and field service businesses.
What it does well
ClockShark’s offline page says the app keeps tracking time and GPS location without internet or cell service, holds entries in a sync queue, and sends them when the worker reaches a connection and syncs. Both plans list GPS tracking, drag-and-drop and draft scheduling, job and task tracking and third-party integrations. Geofencing is named in the Standard plan description. Pro adds advanced job costing controls, PTO, mileage tracking, shift wrap-up and compliance forms, and multi-department controls.
What to watch
The pricing page shows per-user plans without dollar amounts, so you’ll need a quote. Its FAQ states that a contract term of three years applies to all pricing plans. Ask about that before signing. It also says you’re billed only for active users, pro-rated by the days they were active, which helps seasonal crews.
Price
Standard and Pro, per user, prices by request. 14-day trial with all Pro features, no credit card required.
4. QuickBooks Time
Best for: businesses that already run payroll and accounting in QuickBooks.
QuickBooks Time is Intuit’s time tracking product, formerly TSheets, with a mobile workforce app, scheduling and kiosk clock-in.
What it does well
Both Time plans include the workforce app, scheduling, a time kiosk, time-off management, alerts and photo attachments. Time Elite adds mileage tracking, project tracking with estimates versus actuals, a project activity feed and timesheet signatures. For a QuickBooks business, the main value is hours landing in the same system that runs payroll.
What to watch
The Time pricing page doesn’t list geofencing for either Time plan; it lists geofencing and GPS-based mileage under Workforce Elite, a separate bundle. The page doesn’t mention offline mode. The headline prices include a 50 percent discount for the first 3 months; plan on the standard prices.
Price
Time Premium: $20 a month base plus $10 per user per month. Time Elite: $40 base plus $12 per user. Each base fee includes one admin. Workforce Elite, which lists geofencing, is $67 a month plus $17 per employee. 30-day free trial on the base price, no credit card.
5. Jobber
Best for: home service businesses that want scheduling, quoting, invoicing and time tracking in one platform.
Jobber is a field service management platform. Time tracking is one part of it.
What it does well
Time and expense tracking is included from the Connect plan, along with job checklists. Grow adds automatic time tracking. Plus adds crew scheduling and unlimited job photos and videos. Crews see their visits, and hours are tied to the jobs the office already scheduled and will invoice.
What to watch
If you only need a time clock, you’re paying for a lot of platform. Pricing is by plan and user count, with $29 a month for each extra user, and crew scheduling is on the top published plan. GPS tracking is listed through fleet partners rather than a plan feature.
Price
Connect for 5 users: $199 a month with no commitment, $169 with a 1-year commitment, $149 billed annually. Grow for 5 users: $299, $259 or $229. Plus for 5 users: $499, $439 or $399. Extra users $29 a month. 14-day free trial with Grow features, no credit card.
6. Build your own with Floot
Best for: crews whose timesheet rules don’t fit a packaged product, and owners who don’t want to pay per seat.
Floot is an AI app builder. You describe the app in plain English, in Floot’s editor or from ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, Codex or Cursor through Floot’s MCP server, and it builds a full-stack web app with its own Postgres database, logins with roles, photo storage, email, push notifications and scheduled jobs.
What it does well
You get exactly your entry types (on site, travel, shop, material pickup), your approval steps, your job codes and your words, in the language your crew reads best. Crews use it in a phone browser as soon as you publish, and Floot can build and submit native iPhone and Android apps using your own Apple ($99 a year) and Google ($25 one-time) developer accounts. There’s no per-seat pricing for your app’s users, and you can download the database on any plan.
What to watch
Floot does not document an offline mode, GPS geofencing or background location tracking, and it doesn’t list payroll integrations. Entries need a connection, and payroll would come from an export you design. You also own the design and testing: someone has to describe the rules clearly and try it with a real crew. If dead zones or automatic geofenced clock-in are must-haves, a product above fits better.
Price
Free to start (100 building actions a day, a one-time $3 hosting allowance). Pro $25 a month with 1,000 building actions a day and $10 of hosting included; Power $100 a month. Hosting beyond the included amount is metered by usage. Publishing to Google Play requires a paid plan.
Side-by-side comparison
“Not documented” means we didn’t find it on the vendor’s pricing page or help center, not that the product can’t do it. Ask the vendor.
| App | Starting price | GPS on clock-in | Geofencing | Offline clock-in | Crew scheduling | Free option |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connecteam | $29/mo yearly for 30 users (Operations Basic) | Yes, all plans | Advanced and up | Not supported in mobile app, per help center | Yes | Free up to 10 users; 14-day trial |
| Workyard | $6/user/mo billed annually (Starter) | Yes | Pro and up | Yes, per help center | Pro and up | 14-day trial |
| ClockShark | Per user, by quote | Yes | Named on Standard | Yes, per offline page | Yes | 14-day trial |
| QuickBooks Time | $20/mo + $10/user (Premium) | Not listed for Time plans | Workforce Elite | Not documented on pricing page | Yes | 30-day trial on base fee |
| Jobber | Connect 5 users $149/mo annual | Via fleet partners | Automatic time tracking on Grow | Not documented on pricing page | Crew scheduling on Plus | 14-day trial |
| Floot (build your own) | Free; Pro $25/mo | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | You build it | Free to start |
What a 12-person crew would pay
Our own arithmetic from the published prices above, for 12 field users, monthly, before taxes and promotions. ClockShark and Workyard Pro aren’t included because their prices are by quote.
| Option | Calculation | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| Connecteam Operations Basic, monthly billing | Flat price covers first 30 users | $35 |
| Connecteam Operations Advanced (geofencing), monthly billing | Flat price covers first 30 users | $59 |
| Workyard Starter, billed annually | 12 × $6 | $72 |
| QuickBooks Time Premium | $20 + 12 × $10 | $140 |
| QuickBooks Time Elite | $40 + 12 × $12 | $184 |
| Jobber Connect, no commitment | 10-user tier $299 + 2 × $29 | $357 |
| Floot Pro | Flat, no per-seat pricing; hosting over $10 metered | $25 + usage |
Price isn’t the whole cost
The bigger cost is a timesheet that’s wrong. A tool that crews skip, or that drops site-to-site travel when a geofence clocks them out, costs more in payroll errors than any subscription. Pick on fit first.
How to choose
Three questions settle most decisions.
Do your crews lose signal?
If yes, shortlist the products that document offline clock-in, Workyard and ClockShark here, and test them in your worst basement or rural site before anything else.
Where do hours need to end up?
If payroll runs in QuickBooks, QuickBooks Time is the shortest path. If you use Gusto or Paychex, check each vendor’s integrations list for your provider by name. If you invoice from a job management system, time tracking inside that system, like Jobber, avoids double entry.
Do your rules fit the product?
Shop time before the first site, travel as its own entry type, a foreman clocking in the whole crew, union or prevailing-wage job codes, daily overtime. Test your real rules in the trial. If you keep bending your process to the product, building your own may be simpler.
Common mistakes when picking a crew time app
These come up again and again.
- Testing in the office on Wi-Fi instead of on a job site.
- Assuming “GPS” means geofencing, or that geofencing is on the cheapest plan.
- Turning on location tracking before giving the written notice some states require.
- Letting geofence auto clock-outs drop paid travel between sites.
- Comparing headline prices that include first-months discounts.
- Signing a multi-year term without asking.
- Rolling out to every crew at once.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best time tracking app for construction crews?
It depends on your sites and your payroll. Workyard and ClockShark document offline time tracking, which matters on sites with poor signal. Connecteam is the lowest-cost all-in-one. QuickBooks Time fits QuickBooks payroll. Test with one crew for a week before deciding.
Is there a free time tracking app for small crews?
Connecteam lists a Small Business plan that is free for up to 10 users with all hubs and features. Floot is free to start if you build your own. Most others offer 14- or 30-day free trials.
Which crew time tracking apps work offline?
Workyard’s help center says its app is fully functional offline, and ClockShark says its app keeps tracking time and GPS location without service and syncs later. Connecteam’s help center says its mobile app does not support offline clock in or out.
Do I need GPS time tracking for my crew?
Not always. Location stamps on clock-in help settle disputes; continuous tracking is more intrusive and in some states requires written notice. Many small crews do fine with start and stop on the job card and foreman approval.
How much does crew time tracking software cost?
From free (Connecteam up to 10 users) to a few hundred dollars a month for a 12-person crew on a full job management platform. Per our arithmetic from published prices, 12 users on QuickBooks Time Premium is $140 a month.
Can I build my own time tracking app for my crew?
Yes. Floot builds a custom crew time app from a plain-English description, with your entry types and approvals and no per-seat pricing. It does not document offline mode or GPS geofencing, so it suits crews that work with signal.
Sources
- Connecteam, Pricing, 2026 https://connecteam.com/pricing/
- Connecteam Help Center, Does the time clock support offline mode? https://help.connecteam.com/en/articles/16287971-does-the-time-clock-support-offline-mode
- Workyard, Pricing, 2026 https://www.workyard.com/pricing
- Workyard Help Center, Does Workyard still work if my employees lose cell phone service? https://help.workyard.com/en/articles/4792892-does-workyard-still-work-if-my-employees-lose-cell-phone-service
- ClockShark, Pricing, 2026 https://www.clockshark.com/pricing
- ClockShark, Offline time tracking, 2026 https://clockshark.com/tour/offline-time-tracking
- QuickBooks, QuickBooks Time pricing, 2026 https://quickbooks.intuit.com/time-tracking/pricing/
- Jobber, Pricing, 2026 https://www.getjobber.com/pricing/