Comparison

ClockShark vs Buddy Punch

ClockShark and Buddy Punch both land on Depends.

ClockShark

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy it if you run construction or field-service crews that need mobile, GPS-backed time tracking with payroll integrations.

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy it if you run an SMB with hourly or field workers who need punch verification, scheduling, and payroll together.

ClockShark versus Buddy Punch
Compare	ClockShark	Buddy Punch
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Construction and roofing crews	SMBs with hourly, deskless workers
Who it's not for	Office-only teams . mobile GPS clock features are dead weight	Healthcare orgs needing HIPAA compliance
Privacy	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed; reviewers note encryption in use, but a dedicated public security page was not found at	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed; encryption and MFA reported, but Buddy Punch is not HIPAA compliant.
Support quality	No support-quality evidence in reviewed sources	No evidence in sources
Public sentiment	Reviews across G2, SelectHub, and Reddit generally describe ClockShark as user-friendly for field crews, with app-store feedback and switcher threads noting some frustration.^⁴	Users praise Buddy Punch as clean, focused, and dependable for hourly teams, while critics flag the base fee, add-on pricing, and a middling 6.0/10 expert score.
Biggest gotcha	Only two plans listed; exact per-user costs not exposed in reviewed sources . confirm before committing^³	$19 base fee sits on top of monthly user fees . painful for very small teams.¹⁵