ClockTap vs Fareclock
Fareclock is a tablet-based time clock with face recognition, GPS, and job costing, marketed to Philippine businesses among other markets. It is the closest competitor to ClockTap in shape — both turn a device you already own into a kiosk. The differences are the pricing model, the currency, and how deeply each one knows Philippine pay rules.
Fareclock's own pricing page would not load for us in August 2026, so these figures come from its GetApp listing. Other review sites describe a monthly base fee on top of the per-user rate, so treat the totals below as a range and confirm with Fareclock.
ClockTap figures use standard list prices — launch promos on the pricing page may be lower.
What Fareclock costs
- Basic — listed at $0 for up to 5 users, but the same listing also describes it as free for 30 days; we could not load Fareclock's own page to settle which it is.
- Pro — reported at $1.50 per user per month: GPS, shift scheduling, job costing, time off.
- Premium — reported at $2.25 per user per month: live GPS breadcrumbs, real-time alerts.
- The listings disagree on a base fee: Capterra lists about $12 per month on Pro and $18 on Premium on top of the per-user rate, GetApp lists none.
- Enterprise pricing is by quote.
20-person team, per year
About ₱21,000–₱29,000
On Pro at $1.50/user/month; the higher figure applies if the base fee Capterra lists is charged too.
What ClockTap costs
- Flat per plan: Pro is ₱2,990 per year for up to 50 employees and 5 locations.
- Max is ₱6,990 per year for up to 250 employees and 25 locations.
- Starter is free for 5 employees at 1 location — kiosk included.
20-person team, per year
₱2,990 (Pro)
Side by side.
| ClockTap | Fareclock | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Flat per plan: ₱2,990/year (Pro) or ₱6,990/year (Max) | Per user per month in US dollars; the listings disagree on whether a monthly base fee applies |
| Free tier | Starter — free for 5 employees and 1 location; holiday day types need Pro | Basic — listed at $0 for up to 5 users, though the same listing also calls it free for 30 days |
| Hardware | None — browser kiosk on any spare device, or staff phones | None required — runs on tablets and phones |
| Clock-in verification | Employee PIN plus allowed-network and location-radius locks | Face recognition and GPS geofencing |
| Philippine holiday categories | Regular, special non-working, and special working — per location, on Pro and Max | Generic holiday handling |
| Night differential | Tracked as a separate bucket on the 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. window | Not a built-in Philippine rule |
| Currency and support hours | Philippine peso, Asia/Manila by default | US dollars, US-based vendor |
| Works when the internet drops | No — ClockTap runs in a browser and needs a connection. A missed clock-in goes through the correction-request queue. | Offline behaviour is not stated on the public pages we reviewed |
Choose Fareclock if
- Face recognition at clock-in is a hard requirement for you
- You need job costing — hours split across jobs, sites, or cost codes
- You want live GPS breadcrumb trails for staff who move during a shift
Choose ClockTap if
- You want Philippine day types and night differential computed, not bolted on
- You prefer a flat peso price to a per-user dollar bill that grows as you hire
- A PIN plus a network or location lock is enough verification for you, without face capture
- You want approvals for overtime, leave, and corrections included at every tier
Common questions.
Its GetApp listing reports a free Basic plan for up to 5 users, Pro at $1.50 per user per month, and Premium at $2.25 (checked August 2026). Capterra also lists a monthly base fee of about $12 on Pro, which the GetApp listing does not show. For 20 staff that puts the yearly cost somewhere between roughly ₱21,000 and ₱29,000. We could not load Fareclock's own pricing page to confirm, so ask them directly.
It depends on what you need proven. Fareclock is stronger if face recognition or job costing is a must. ClockTap is stronger on Philippine pay rules — regular, special non-working, and special working holidays, night differential on the 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. window, and exports shaped for a local payroll cutoff — and it bills a flat peso price instead of a per-user dollar one.
No. Both replace the bundy clock with software on a device you already own. Fareclock uses a tablet with face recognition; ClockTap uses any browser as a PIN kiosk, or staff phones for teams deployed off site.
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Most owners weigh two or three of these before deciding. The Philippine attendance guide explains the day types and the night-differential window that every table above refers to, and the free holiday pay calculator works the rates out for a single shift.
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Sources
- Fareclock pricing and features — GetApp
- Fareclock pricing — Capterra
- Fareclock pricing
- Fareclock time and attendance for the Philippines
Peso equivalents of USD prices use roughly ₱57 per US dollar as of August 2026. Each Fareclock figure here is either quoted from a source above or worked out from one, with the assumptions written next to it, as at August 2026. Vendors change prices and features without notice, so confirm on their own site before you decide. Where a vendor publishes no rate, we publish none rather than estimate one. Fareclock is a trademark of its owner; ClockTap is not affiliated with or endorsed by Fareclock.
Try the flat-priced option first.
Free for 5 employees — no hardware, no card, no sales call.