Best Attendance Apps for Indian Teams in 2026 (Honest Comparison)

Workclave takes a different approach from every other tool on this list: instead of a single clock-in and clock-out per day, employees record work sessions — a start time, an end time, and the project the time went to — which a manager then approves. The result is an attendance register and a billing record from the same data.

What it does well:Web self check-in is live and fast; every session carries project attribution, so an agency can answer both “how many hours did Priya work in June?” and “how many of those went to Acme Corp?” from one report. Manager approvals create the audit trail that Indian working-hour registers require, and the dashboard shows team hours by project without spreadsheet exports.

Honest limits: Workclave is a young product. The mobile app is in development — today, employees check in via the web (which works on a phone browser, but is not a native app experience). It does not run payroll, calculate PF/ESI, or manage recruitment; it is an attendance and work-record system, not an HRMS suite. If you need statutory payroll in the same tool, pair it with your payroll provider or pick an HRMS below.

Pricing (as of July 2026): Free for teams of up to 5 users, with sessions, approvals, and project linking included. Paid plans for larger teams are on the Workclave pricing page.

Keka is one of India's most popular HRMS platforms, and attendance is one module among many: payroll, leave, performance, recruitment, and expenses. Attendance supports biometric integration, GPS and selfie check-in on mobile, shift management, and overtime policies.

What it does well: Deep Indian payroll compliance (PF, ESI, PT, TDS), a polished employee self-service mobile app, and configurable attendance policies that HR teams love. If you want one system for the entire employee lifecycle, Keka is a serious contender.

Honest limits: Price and weight. Plans start at ₹9,999/month covering the first 100 employees (Foundation), rising to ₹15,999/month (Growth), with additional employees at ₹90–150 per head — and published research points to a 25-employee minimum plus implementation fees that push real cost well above sticker price. For a 10-person team that just needs attendance, Keka is paying for a suite you will not use. Timesheet/project features sit on higher tiers.

Pricing (as of July 2026): From ₹9,999/month (annual discounts available). See our Workclave vs Keka comparison for a feature-by-feature breakdown.

Zoho People is the HR module of the sprawling Zoho ecosystem. Attendance includes web and mobile check-in with geo-restriction, IP restriction, regularisation workflows, and shift scheduling, plus timesheets on paid tiers.

What it does well: Exceptional value per rupee — entry pricing starts around ₹48/user/month on annual billing, among the lowest of any credible employee attendance app. Integration with Zoho Payroll, Zoho Projects, and Zoho Books means attendance flows into payroll and billing if you commit to the ecosystem.

Honest limits: Configuration depth cuts both ways — small teams often find setup fiddly, and the interface feels dated next to newer tools. The best attendance-to-billing flows require multiple Zoho products, which adds cost and admin overhead. If you are not otherwise a Zoho shop, the ecosystem advantage disappears.

Pricing (as of July 2026): From roughly ₹48/user/month (annual billing, GST extra); higher tiers add timesheets and shift scheduling. Full breakdown in our Workclave vs Zoho People comparison.

greytHR has served Indian SMEs for two decades and remains a default choice for companies whose first problem is payroll and statutory filing. Attendance supports biometric devices, geo-tagged mobile check-in, and shift management, all feeding directly into payroll.

What it does well: Statutory compliance is the deepest on this list — PF, ESI, PT, LWF, and the registers Indian inspectors ask for. The free Starter plan covers core HR, payroll, and leave/attendance for very small teams, which is a genuinely useful on-ramp.

Honest limits: The product shows its age in UX, and project-level time attribution is not its game — attendance exists to feed payroll, not client billing. Paid plans price by slab: ₹2,495/month covers the first 50 employees on Essential, with ₹45 per additional employee, and higher tiers scale from there — reasonable for payroll, but a lot of machinery if attendance is all you need.

Pricing (as of July 2026): Free Starter (limited); Essential from ₹2,495/month for up to 50 employees, plus per-employee charges beyond; GST extra.

Hubstaff is a US-built time tracker popular with distributed teams. It records time via desktop and mobile apps, links hours to projects and tasks, and layers on monitoring: screenshots, activity percentages, and GPS for field teams.

What it does well: Genuinely strong project time tracking and reporting, mature apps on every platform, and good integrations with project management and payment tools. For agencies that bill international clients who demand activity proof, it delivers.

Honest limits:The monitoring model is the issue for Indian teams. Screenshot capture sits uneasily with the DPDP Act's consent and purpose-limitation requirements, and it corrodes trust in teams that never asked for surveillance. Dollar pricing also adds up: $4.99–$25 per user/month on annual billing with a 2-user minimum, and a realistically configured setup (Team plan plus add-ons) lands at $15+ per user — steep in rupee terms for a mid-size Indian team. There is no Indian statutory compliance layer.

Pricing (as of July 2026): Starter $4.99, Grow $7.50, Team $10, Enterprise $25 per user/month (annual billing); add-ons extra. We compare the monitoring question directly in Workclave vs Hubstaff.

Jibble's claim is simple: free time and attendance tracking for unlimited users, forever. The free tier includes mobile and web check-in, facial-recognition kiosk mode, GPS stamping, automated timesheets, and overtime rules — a remarkable amount for zero rupees.

What it does well:If your need is clock-in/clock-out with proof of presence — retail, F&B, field service, factories — Jibble's free plan is the best value on this list, full stop. The kiosk mode replaces a biometric machine with a tablet.

Honest limits: It records presence, not work. Project attribution is shallow, approvals get real only on paid tiers, and there is no Indian payroll or statutory layer. Note also that paid prices rose sharply in 2026 — Premium went from $2.49 to $4.49 and Ultimate from $4.99 to $7.99 per user/month — a reminder that free-tier economics can shift.

Pricing (as of July 2026): Free for unlimited users; Premium $4.49 and Ultimate $7.99 per user/month on annual billing.

factoHR is an Indian HRMS aimed at small and mid-size businesses, with attendance, leave, payroll, and an employee self-service mobile app. Its standout is the free plan for up to 20 employees, which includes payslip generation — unusual among Indian HRMS vendors.

What it does well: Straightforward Indian payroll with attendance feeding it, transparent slab pricing, and a mobile ESS app in the free tier. For a 15-person company that needs payslips more than project reports, it is a sensible pick.

Honest limits: Less brand depth and ecosystem than Keka or greytHR, project-level time attribution is limited, and billing is quarterly rather than monthly. Higher-tier module pricing (performance, recruitment) requires talking to sales.

Pricing (as of July 2026): Free for up to 20 employees; Growing Teams at ₹4,999/month for up to 50 employees, then ₹69 per additional employee, billed quarterly.

As of July 2026: Jibble is free for unlimited users (clock-in/clock-out, timesheets, kiosk mode); Workclave is free for up to 5 users with sessions, approvals, and project linking included; factoHR is free up to 20 employees with payslips; greytHR's Starter plan is free with limits. Match the free tier to your need — presence tracking at scale points to Jibble, billable work records for a small team point to Workclave.

A self attendance app lets employees mark their own attendance from their own device — no biometric machine, no HR register. The good ones pair self check-in with accountability: manager approval, session start/end times, and project attribution, so self-reported time still produces an audit-ready record. This model fits remote and hybrid Indian teams where wall-mounted hardware is impractical.

Only the Indian HRMS suites do. Keka, greytHR, factoHR, and Zoho People (with Zoho Payroll) handle PF, ESI, PT, and statutory registers directly. Hubstaff and Jibble do not. Workclave focuses on the attendance-register side — daily working hours per employee with approvals — and exports feed your payroll process.

For teams under 25, skip the big suites — Keka's ₹9,999/month floor is built for larger companies. Pick Workclave if you bill clients and want hours linked to projects (free up to 5 users), Jibble if you just need free clock-in/clock-out, or factoHR if payroll is the sharper pain.