MobiClocks vs Workyard

• How punches are verified: MobiClocks' pricing page lists facial recognition clock in and out on all plans, with geofencing and geo-location stamps on every punch and GPS breadcrumbing that administrators can turn on or off; its homepage describes radial or custom geofence shapes and offline punching that stores punches in the kiosk app until it reconnects. Workyard's pricing page describes GPS tracking that summarizes addresses visited, time on site and driving trips without needing geofences on its Starter plan, with geofence-restricted clock-in, clock-in reminders, time windows and a time clock kiosk on Pro.
• Payroll and compliance: MobiClocks lists Davis-Bacon certified payroll management, advanced union overtime policies, per-diem calculations, certification tracking, suspicious activity flagging, customizable clock in/out attestation and payroll preparation, and notes direct integrations may cost extra. Workyard lists state, federal or custom overtime and break rules, a full audit history of time card approvals, one-click export to QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, ADP and Gusto on Starter, and on Autopilot meal and rest break sign-offs, signed PDF time card documentation, ERP sync (Sage, NetSuite, ComputerEase, Foundation named) and a developer API with 60+ endpoints.
• Field and job costing: both list cost coding. MobiClocks lists field production reporting, subcontractor time tracking and reporting, crew-based management, jobsite photo and document upload and MobiLink, a GC reporting dashboard; its Enterprise plan adds workforce scheduling, a jobsite monitoring dashboard and a resource request and assignment workflow. Workyard's Pro plan adds office-to-field scheduling, tasks, recurring tasks, checklists and time-off tracking.
• AI: MobiClocks is tagged Not AI-first; its pages describe facial recognition algorithms but do not describe AI features. Workyard is tagged AI features added to established product: its Autopilot plan lists AI Time Keeping, with a Time assistant (marked New) that the vendor says finds and fixes a pay period of timecards, with all changes reviewed and approved by admins before payroll, and a Project Time Tracking Agent that detects work-site visits and allocates time to projects without manual clock-ins.
• Pricing (checked Oct 28, 2026): MobiClocks Core is $9 per user/month, described as for most companies up to 500 people; Enterprise is through sales for 500+ employees with a minimum of 50 users; 30-day free trial. Workyard plans start at $6 per user/month billed annually, with monthly billing available, across Starter, Pro, Autopilot and Enterprise (contact sales); per-plan prices above the starting figure were not shown in the page text we read. See each tool page for detail.
• Mostly like-for-like on the core job (crew time capture for payroll and job costing); the difference is face-matched punches and union/prevailing-wage payroll on one side versus GPS-verified time, scheduling and ERP sync with AI time-card assistance on the other.
• Not used here: MobiClocks' punch-speed and #1 claims and Workyard's worker and contractor counts and customer quotes (vendor material). Neither tool has been tested by Means & Methods Lab.

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