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Should I Use OnTheClock?

ontheclock.com·Analyzed 4 hours ago··Based on 8 sources

Effortlessly manage employee time tracking, scheduling, & payroll on mobile or web. Used by 16,000+ businesses & backed by award-winning human support.

Worth it

Worth it

Small and medium hourly teams should buy: it is cheap ($4/employee/month), highly rated (4.7/5 Capterra), and built for payroll.

Cheap, easy time clock for SMBs (4.7/5 Capterra); ideal for hourly teams, wrong for enterprise or salaried-only orgs.

Confidence: Medium

4.7/5

Capterra rating

799 reviews

3.3/5

Google Play rating

694 ratings

$4/employee/mo

Starting price

+ $5 base fee

99.999%

Claimed uptime

Under 5 min downtime/year, vendor-claimed

Value for money5

From $4/employee/month plus $5 base

Ease of use5

Reviews consistently praise ease of use

Feature depth4

Tracking, scheduling, PTO, payroll in one

Support quality4

Claims award-winning human support, unverified

Security posture3

No incidents found; security page not indexed

Pros

  • 4.7/5 on Capterra across 799 reviews²
  • Reviewers consistently praise ease of use and mobile access¹
  • Claims 99.999% uptime — under 5 minutes downtime yearly³
  • Purpose-built for small and medium businesses¹
  • Combines time tracking, scheduling, PTO, and payroll in one platform³

Cons

  • Android app rated only 3.3/5 across 694 ratings³
  • Reviewers frame it as exporting payroll data, not full-service payroll⁵

Gotchas

  • mediumAndroid ratings trail web praise; test mobile before company-wide rollout³
  • low$5 base fee sits on top of $4/employee/month; costs add up with part-time staff⁷
  • lowNo public security page found in crawl; request security documentation from the vendor⁸

Best for

  • Small hourly teams
  • SMBs wanting scheduling, PTO, and payroll together
  • Owners replacing paper timesheets
  • Teams needing mobile clock-in/out

Not for

  • Enterprises with complex process and admin budgets
  • Salaried-only teams with no hourly tracking
  • Solo users tracking just their own hours

Companies that use it

  • Helping Heart LLC (Tampa, FL)
  • Insured Solution Group

Pricing

Starting tier

$4.00/employee/month + $5 base fee

  • Time tracking
  • Shift scheduling
  • PTO management

Security

No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

Users praise ease of use, mobile access, and payroll reporting, though the Android app's 3.3/5 rating hints at mobile friction.

“OTC simply rocks! The platform is super easy to use and accessible from anywhere in the world.”
— App Store, Safiya (OnTheClock customer)

Alternatives

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Full analysis

Based on 15+ public sources; pricing details partly from vendor-published comparisons, and two small-business customer pages were the only named users found.

Sources

  1. OnTheClock Employee Time Clock Reviews 2026 — G2g2.com
    review
  2. OnTheClock Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 — Capterracapterra.com
    review
  3. OnTheClock Employee Time Clock — Google Playplay.google.com
    review
  4. OnTheClock employee time clock — App Storeapps.apple.com
    review
  5. OnTheClock Review 2026 — People Managing Peoplepeoplemanagingpeople.com
    review
  6. OnTheClock Software Reviews, Demo & Pricing — Software Advicesoftwareadvice.com
    review
  7. Which Time Tracking Software Is Right for Your Business? — OnTheClockontheclock.com
    official
  8. OnTheClock security page crawlontheclock.com
    security

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