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mJob vs busybusy

Two construction time tracking apps with GPS clock-in and job costing. mJob pairs a mobile time clock with biometric terminals and ERP and payroll integrations, sold as mJob Essentials and mJob Enterprise with no published prices; busybusy publishes a free tier and per-user Pro and Premium plans aimed at small to mid-size crews. Desk research from vendor pages read Oct 24, 2026; not tested, no winner.

DESK RESEARCH, NOT TESTED. Compiled from vendors' public websites (accessed Oct 24, 2026). Vendor claims are not verified by Means & Methods Lab. No scores or rankings.

In short: mJob (Time tracking & field management; no public prices (quote / sales)) vs busybusy (GPS time tracking & daily project reports; vendor publishes prices). Facts last checked Oct 24, 2026. No winner declared; not tested.

Side by side

mJob vs busybusy: vendor-published facts side by side
Sheet rowmJobbusybusy
CategoryTime tracking & field managementGPS time tracking & daily project reports
AI role (our label)Not AI-firstNot AI-first
What it doesConstruction time tracking and field app for labor, equipment, materials and field reporting; vendor says it has served construction since 1994. Re-read Oct 18, 2026: it offers a GPS-enabled mobile time clock, fingerprint and touchless palm vein terminals and Bluetooth fingerprint scanners for iPad crew clock-in, geofences with admin rules for when GPS is off (do nothing, warn or block) and alerts for out-of-zone punches, offline punching, time automation and labor law rules, equipment hours and maintenance logs, material usage, field requisitions and purchase orders, daily logs, custom forms and analytics. It lists ERP and payroll integrations including Sage, Vista, Spectrum, QuickBooks, CMiC, ADP, Acumatica, Foundation and Procore, and builds custom integrations in house. The pages we read do not describe AI. Re-read Oct 19, 2026: unchanged in substance; the site banner introduces mJob Essentials as streamlined time tracking for growing crews, and the pages still do not describe AI. Re-checked Oct 20, 2026: unchanged in substance and still no AI described; the biometrics page names the ATS Maximus fingerprint clock (NEMA 4X watertight enclosure) and the touchless Stride 80 palm vein reader, and the integrations page also lists Oracle, Computer Guidance, Explorer, Paychex, COINS and SAMpro. Re-checked Oct 22, 2026 (plans, biometrics and homepage rendered in a headless browser): unchanged in substance and still no AI described. The plans page now says it is powerful enough for heavy civil and union compliance and simple enough for general contractors, and the biometrics page lists the Stride 80 touchless palm vein reader, the ATS Maximus terminal, The Prodigy and a Severe Duty NEMA 4X enclosure, plus the SecuGen Unity 20 Bluetooth scanner paired with an iPad app (custom clock-in questions, Spanish interface). The 30+ years, #1 rated support and 100% verified lines are vendor claims and are not used.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. Re-checked Oct 19, 2026: prices, the free tier, the $40 admin license and the 14-day Pro trial are unchanged (annual billing is described as two free months). Kiosk facial recognition is still the only AI described, so the tag stays. Re-checked Oct 21, 2026: the pricing page is unchanged and kiosk facial recognition is still the only AI described, so the tag stays. Re-read Oct 22, 2026: homepage and pricing page unchanged in substance (crew and kiosk clock-in, required-onsite clock-in, location-based reminders, GPS breadcrumbing, signed time cards, daily sign-off, equipment hours and hour meters, budgets vs actuals, auto-assembled daily project reports, offline mode; kiosk facial recognition is still the only AI described). Rankings, customer quotes and hours-tracked figures are vendor material and not used. Re-checked Oct 24, 2026: homepage and pricing page unchanged in substance (kiosk facial recognition that uses AI to flag buddy punching is still the only AI described; Premium adds documents, daily project reports, progress tracking, checklists, team messaging, video and photo markups and Zapier). Award mentions and customer quotes are vendor material and not used.
Who it's forConstruction trades.Construction crews and owners of small to mid-size trade, excavation, restoration and similar field businesses.
Pricing (as publicly stated)No public prices on the Plans & Pricing page (checked Oct 16, 2026; unchanged Oct 18, 2026): mJob Essentials ("Get Started": field time entry, GPS geofencing, labor law compliance, time automation rules, crew and foreman management, ERP integrations, offline mode) and mJob Enterprise ("Contact Sales": adds daily logs, equipment and material tracking, custom ERP integrations, union and prevailing wage compliance, multi-company support and a dedicated implementation team) are described by features only; the page says it is designed to scale from 20 to 2,000 employees. Confirm current pricing with the vendor. Re-checked Oct 19 and Oct 20, 2026: still no prices; the Essentials card now also lists an Essentials Control Dashboard and names Sage, Acumatica and QuickBooks among its ERP integrations, and the Enterprise card adds advanced cost tracking and analytics and multi-division support. Re-checked Oct 22, 2026: still no prices (mJob Essentials Get Started and mJob Enterprise Contact Sales, features only; designed to scale from 20 to 2,000 employees). Re-checked Oct 24, 2026: still no prices (mJob Essentials Get Started and mJob Enterprise Contact Sales, features only; designed to scale from 20 to 2,000 employees).Free tier plus paid plans (pricing page, checked Oct 16, 2026; unchanged Oct 19, 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. Re-checked Oct 21, 2026: unchanged: Pro $11.99 per user/month monthly or $9.99 annually, Premium $17.99 or $14.99, plus the $40 admin license (first user included), 14-day Pro trial with no credit card. Re-checked Oct 22, 2026: unchanged (Free $0 with GPS time tracking, job costing, equipment tracking and unlimited users; Pro $11.99 per user/month billed monthly or $9.99 annually; Premium $17.99 or $14.99; each plus a $40 admin license with the first user included; 14-day free trial, no credit card). Re-checked Oct 24, 2026: no price change (Free $0 with GPS time tracking, job costing, equipment tracking and unlimited users; Pro $11.99 per user/month billed monthly or $9.99 annually; Premium $17.99 or $14.99; each plus a $40 admin license with the first user included; annual billing described as two free months; 14-day free trial, no credit card).
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Facts last checked: Oct 24, 2026. Prices change; check the vendor page before relying on them.

Where the vendor descriptions differ

  • Clock-in (vendor pages): mJob lists a GPS-enabled mobile time clock with geofencing and offline punching, plus fingerprint and touchless palm vein terminals and a Bluetooth fingerprint scanner paired with an iPad for crew clock-in. busybusy lists individual, supervisor crew and kiosk clock-in, GPS breadcrumbing, required-onsite clock-in, location-based reminders, signed digital time cards and offline mode.
  • Beyond hours: mJob's Enterprise plan adds daily logs and field data capture, equipment and material usage tracking, advanced cost tracking and analytics, union and prevailing wage compliance and multi-company, multi-division support. busybusy lists cost codes and job costing, budgets vs actuals, equipment hours, scheduling, photos and notes on Pro, and adds documents, daily project reports and progress tracking on Premium.
  • Integrations: mJob's plans page names Sage, Vista, Spectrum, QuickBooks, CMiC, ADP, Acumatica, Foundation and Procore, and the vendor says it builds custom ERP integrations on Enterprise. busybusy sells its own BusyPayroll and lists an integrations page; check the specific payroll or accounting system you use with each vendor.
  • AI: the mJob pages we read do not describe AI features. busybusy says its kiosk facial recognition uses AI to flag buddy punching; that is the only AI use it describes. We label both Not AI-first and have tested neither.
  • Pricing (checked Oct 24, 2026): mJob's Plans & Pricing page shows mJob Essentials (Get Started) and mJob Enterprise (Contact Sales) by features only, and says it is designed to scale from 20 to 2,000 employees. busybusy lists a free plan with unlimited users, Pro at $9.99 and Premium at $14.99 per user per month billed annually, each plus a $40 admin license (first user included), and a 14-day free trial with no credit card.
  • Not used here: mJob's support ratings and customer quotes, busybusy's awards and customer quotes. Neither tool has been tested by Means & Methods Lab.

Paraphrased from the sources listed above. Vendor claims are reported as claims.

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  • What mJob Essentials costs for a crew of your size compared with busybusy Pro or Premium
  • Whether you need biometric terminals (mJob) or a phone or tablet kiosk (busybusy) on your jobsites
  • How each handles union and prevailing wage rules for your payroll system
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