JobSnap vs Workyard: GPS Time Tracking for Construction Crews

JobSnap vs Workyard comes down to how each one reads location and what each one charges for. Workyard reconstructs a worker's day from GPS, across four plans from Starter to Enterprise. JobSnap works from the jobsite boundaries you draw, and puts scheduling, equipment, photos and estimates in one plan.

Competitor information is based on publicly available material and may change. Always confirm details and current pricing on the vendor's own site. We've tried to be fair: both products below are capable tools, and the right choice depends on your business.

Two ways to read location

Workyard's Starter plan builds a summary of every address a worker visited and how long they stayed there, even if you never set up a geofence. The record follows the worker through the day.

JobSnap starts from the job. You give each jobsite a radius, or a custom boundary for a subdivision or a highway stretch, and every punch is matched to it. The result is hours per job, ready for the timesheet. When a crew moves between sites, the hours are split by job.

JobSnap uses location to start, stop and verify shifts during work hours, not around the clock. Workers see their own punches and hours in the app, so the record protects the honest ones too.

Where JobSnap fits

• You want automatic punches without a top plan. On JobSnap, geofenced clock in and clock out comes with the single price.
• You want one clock for the whole crew. Kiosk mode turns any phone or tablet into a shared time clock at the shop door or in the trailer. Leaving kiosk mode takes the manager's sign-in, so workers stay on the clock screen. No extra seats, no hardware.
• You own machines. Equipment hours sit on the daily timesheet next to labour, with no add-on to buy.
• You plan by crew. The whiteboard shows each crew, its foreman and its jobs, and a job can be split into blocks of dates for different crews.
• You quote the work. Estimates and invoices and a jobsite camera are on the same jobs your crew punches into.
• You work in French. JobSnap runs in English and French on iOS, Android and the web.

How to decide

Price both for your headcount. Workyard charges per user, and the rate depends on the plan that has the features you want. JobSnap costs a 6-person crew $30 a month with nothing left to unlock. Workyard's break and overtime rules are described in terms of state and federal law, so if you run crews in Canada, ask how it handles your province's rules, as you would with any tool. Then run a week of your own jobs through the live demo and compare.