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busybusy vs MobiClocks
Two construction time-tracking products with published per-user prices and facial recognition at clock-in to stop buddy punching. The busybusy app is a broader GPS time-card and daily-report app, MobiClocks centers on face-recognition time clocks for large labor forces. Both are labeled Not AI-first. Vendor-published facts only.
In short: busybusy (GPS time tracking & daily project reports; vendor publishes prices) vs MobiClocks (Face-recognition time & attendance; vendor publishes prices). Facts last checked busybusy Oct 16, 2026; MobiClocks Oct 17, 2026. No winner declared; not tested.
DESK RESEARCH, NOT TESTED. Compiled from vendors' public websites (accessed busybusy Oct 16, 2026; MobiClocks Oct 17, 2026). Vendor claims are not verified by Means & Methods Lab. No scores or rankings.
Side by side
| Sheet row | busybusy | MobiClocks |
|---|---|---|
| Category | GPS time tracking & daily project reports | Face-recognition time & attendance |
| AI role (our label) | Not AI-first | Not AI-first |
| What it does | GPS time-card app for construction and field industries, with crew clock-in, GPS tracking, cost codes, equipment hours, photos and daily reports. Features listed: clock in/out (individual, supervisor crew clock-in, kiosk), GPS breadcrumbing and required-onsite clock-in, location-based reminders, signed digital time cards, daily safety/injury sign-off, cost codes and job costing, budgets vs actuals, equipment hours and GPS, scheduling, unlimited GPS/time-stamped photos and notes, documents, and customizable daily project reports. The homepage says the daily can auto-generate weather, job costing, equipment, photos, injury report and hours on site for each project, and that kiosk facial recognition "uses AI" to notify the office about buddy punching. That is the only AI use described; the daily report is assembled from captured data, not described as AI-written. Offline mode listed. Homepage figures (e.g. total time-card hours tracked) are vendor claims. | Workforce management with face-recognition time clocks to prevent buddy punching and streamline payroll. The pricing page (read Oct 17, 2026) lists on all plans: facial recognition clock in/out, geofencing and optional GPS breadcrumbing (administrators can turn it on or off), offline punches for remote sites, unlimited free kiosk and personal apps, cost coding, production tracking, subcontractor time tracking, certification tracking, Davis-Bacon certified payroll management, per-diem calculations, advanced union overtime policies, suspicious activity flagging and a GC reporting dashboard (MobiLink). Apps support English, Spanish and French. The pages we read do not describe the face matching as AI, so we keep the Not AI-first tag. |
| Who it's for | Construction crews and owners of small to mid-size trade, excavation, restoration and similar field businesses. | Construction companies with large labor forces. |
| Pricing (as publicly stated) | Free tier plus paid plans (pricing page, checked Oct 16, 2026): Pro $11.99 per user/month billed monthly or $9.99 billed annually; Premium $17.99 monthly or $14.99 annually; both plus a $40 admin license (first user included). 14-day Pro trial, no credit card required. | Vendor-listed pricing (pricing page, checked Oct 16, 2026; unchanged Oct 17, 2026): Core $9 per user/month, described as for companies up to 500 people; Enterprise via sales for 500+ employees, minimum 50 users. 30-day free trial; the page notes direct payroll integrations may cost extra. Confirm current terms with the vendor. |
| Test status | Not tested. No scores. | Not tested. No scores. |
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Facts last checked: busybusy Oct 16, 2026; MobiClocks Oct 17, 2026. Prices change; check the vendor page before relying on them.
Where the vendor descriptions differ
- Clock-in: busybusy lists individual, supervisor crew and kiosk clock-in with GPS breadcrumbing and required-onsite clock-in, and says kiosk facial recognition "uses AI" to notify the office about buddy punching. MobiClocks describes face-recognition time clocks to prevent buddy punching and streamline payroll.
- Beyond time: busybusy also lists signed digital time cards, daily safety/injury sign-off, cost codes and job costing, budgets vs actuals, equipment hours, scheduling, photos, documents, customizable daily project reports and offline mode. We recorded workforce management and payroll streamlining for MobiClocks, without a comparable feature list.
- Who for (vendor framing): busybusy, small to mid-size trade, excavation, restoration and similar field businesses; MobiClocks, construction companies with large labor forces.
- Pricing (vendor-listed, Oct 16, 2026): busybusy has a free tier, Pro at $11.99 per user/month monthly or $9.99 annually and Premium at $17.99 or $14.99, each plus a $40 admin license (first user included), with a 14-day Pro trial. MobiClocks lists Core at $9 per user/month for companies up to 500 people and Enterprise via sales for 500+ employees with a minimum of 50 users, with a 30-day free trial; its page notes direct payroll integrations may cost extra.
- Billing basis differs (per user plus an admin license, monthly or annual, vs per user with possible payroll-integration extras and an Enterprise minimum), so the figures are not like-for-like.
Paraphrased from the sources listed above. Vendor claims are reported as claims.
What we can't tell you yet
Which tool is better for your work. That needs testing on the same package with a verified answer key. Planned measures for this comparison:
- Face-match failures and manual overrides on the same crew in each product
- Outside Means & Methods Lab's current benchmark scope.
See the methodology and leaderboard status.
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