ClockShark

ClockShark Review: Purpose-Built Time Tracking for Field Service and Construction

ClockShark addresses a market that general-purpose time trackers serve poorly: field workers in construction, HVAC, plumbing, and electrical businesses who clock in and out at different job sites every day, often without desk access. Its design prioritises the field worker experience — large interface elements, GPS verification, and offline capability — over the knowledge worker experience.

Field Worker UX

ClockShark's mobile interface is designed for use on job sites — large touch targets, simple clock in/out flow, and offline capability for sites with poor connectivity. Workers do not need to understand time tracking software; they press a button when they arrive and a button when they leave. The interface requires no training for the average field worker.

GPS Verification

GPS stamps the location at clock-in and clock-out, storing the coordinates with the time entry. Geofencing can restrict clock-in to within a defined radius of the job site — preventing workers from clocking in remotely before they arrive. For payroll disputes and client billing verification, GPS-stamped time records provide objective evidence of when work started and stopped at each location.

Payroll Integration

ClockShark syncs approved timesheet hours directly to QuickBooks and ADP payroll — the standard payroll systems for the construction and field service industries. Approving a week's timesheets exports them to payroll automatically, eliminating the manual data entry step between timesheet and paycheck.

Score: 7.1/10 — Best time tracker for construction and field service; not relevant for office or knowledge worker environments.