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ClockShark vs Workyard

Two GPS time-tracking apps for contractors that now both describe AI, aimed at different jobs: ClockShark Lightning's JobReady writes a shift brief, while Workyard's Autopilot plan describes AI that fixes timecards and allocates time to projects. Vendor-published facts only.

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ClockShark vs Workyard: vendor-published facts side by side
Sheet rowClockSharkWorkyard
CategoryGPS time tracking & crew scheduling (with Lightning AI)GPS time tracking, cost codes & field ops
AI role (our label)AI features added to established productAI features added to established product
What it doesTime-tracking, scheduling and job-management app for construction and field service: mobile and web clock in/out, GPS and geofencing, who's-working-now view, drag-and-drop scheduling, time off, job costing, job management, conversations, shift wrap-up and compliance forms, reports, and payroll/accounting integrations (QuickBooks, Sage 100 Contractor, Xero, ADP and Paychex named). The vendor has added ClockShark Lightning (marked New in the site navigation), which its Lightning page describes as AI inside the existing app: at launch one AI agent, JobReady, which composes a shift brief from the day's schedule, jobs, site notes, checklists and attachments when a crew member opens the app on a scheduled day, plus two standard (non-AI) features, Task Checklists (up to 20 timestamped items that appear at clock-in) and Mileage Tracking (miles entered at clock-out, CSV export; Pro). The vendor says JobReady only produces a brief and never changes a schedule, job or record on its own, that on-clock GPS collection is unchanged, and that customer data is not used to train AI models. Figures on the site (9,500+ companies, 100,000+ field pros, "99.9% accuracy", "industry's #1 timesheet app") are vendor claims.Workforce management for contractors and field teams: GPS time tracking with time-clock rules and auto clock-in, overtime and break compliance with a GPS audit trail, time capture by project and cost code on every time card, live job-cost reporting by employee and cost code, sync of time by job and cost code to accounting/ERP (Sage, NetSuite, ComputerEase and Foundation named on the pricing page), scheduling with notes/checklists/attachments, a live crew map, mileage allocation, field expenses on a company card, mobile forms with an AI-powered form builder/converter (upload a PDF or image), and a developer API with 60+ endpoints. The pricing page's Autopilot plan adds "AI Time Keeping": a Time assistant (marked New) that the vendor says finds and fixes a full pay period of timecards automatically, with all changes reviewed and approved by admins before they go to payroll, and a Project Time Tracking Agent that detects work-site visits and allocates time to the right project using your offsite and rule-group settings with no manual clock-ins. Homepage figures (50,000+ workers, 10,000+ contractors) and customer quotes are vendor-published claims.
Who it's forSmall and mid-size construction and field service businesses that need crew time, GPS and scheduling feeding payroll and job costing.Contractors (trade, restoration, service and GC crews) that need GPS-verified, cost-coded time feeding payroll and job costing.
Pricing (as publicly stated)Not publicly listed in the page text we read: the pricing page lists Standard and Pro plans priced per user, but dollar amounts did not render. It states a three-year contract term applies to all pricing plans, a 14-day trial with Pro features, billing in US dollars, and pro-rated billing for active users. Lightning page: JobReady and Task Checklists on all plans, Mileage Tracking on Pro. (Checked Oct 16, 2026.)Pricing page (checked Oct 16, 2026): plans start at $6 per user/month billed annually, monthly billing available. Plans: Starter, Pro, Autopilot (marked most popular; adds the AI Time Keeping features, time-clock automations, time-card sign-offs, ERP integrations and API access) and Enterprise (contact sales). Per-plan prices above the $6 starting figure did not render in the page text we read.
Test statusNot tested. No scores.Not tested. No scores.
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