GPS Time Clock and Time Tracker App for Employees

Updated on Oct 20, 2025
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Edited by

Eric Czerwonka

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Buddy Punch is a simple time clock and timesheet app with GPS clocking and location tracking. Perfect for remote field workers who need to track worksites.

A time tracking app — Buddy Punch

Buddy Punch is a time tracker that gives you full reports on your daily and weekly tasks by tracking the time it takes for you to finish them. It's simple to use:

  • Begin your day by punching in.
  • Specify your tasks for the day.
  • Let the app run in the background.

You can grant Buddy Punch access to track idleness, activity across web and apps, and let it remind you to clock in your time.

GPS tracking

Aside from tracking time, Buddy Punch can also access your location (with your permission) and let your managers and account administrators know where you are. The location is a part of the tracker function — meaning you'll be able to share your location when you're tracking time.

This can be useful for a number of things, such as letting the workplace administrator know if employees are on the field or where their last-tracked location was.

How to use a GPS tracker app?

Before we go into a step-by-step tutorial on using the GPS features of Buddy Punch, here's a short video to get you familiarized with the topic.

Step 1: Create an account

Using Buddy Punch's basic features has always been free to try for 14 days. You can sign up with your Google account and start tracking time with Buddy Punch today!

Sign up

Step 2: Enable GPS tracking

Buddy Punch is a time clock and timesheet app that can log your location when you clock in and out. All you have to do is enable "Location tracking" in Settings and download the app.

Step 3: Download the time tracking app

Since the easiest way to track location is by downloading the mobile Buddy Punch app, you'll be glad to know that Buddy Punch is supported across all platforms.

Step 4: Clock-in via mobile app

Clock-in by starting the timer and the app will automatically record your GPS location. Stop the timer to clock-out and the app won't track your location.

Step 5: See current locations

See current or last known locations of your onsite field workers, and all currently visited worksites.

Learn more about GPS tracking

Step 6: Run reports to get detailed timecards

Online reports let you approve time, see billable hours and amount, and analyze tracked hours. Export the report for payroll as PDF, Excel, or CSV.

Perfect for on-the-go field workers

  • Contractors
  • Crew members
  • Moving companies
  • Law firms
  • Construction
  • Health care
  • Real estate
  • Property managers
  • HVAC crews
  • Landscaping
  • Plumbers
  • Sales teams
  • Transportation
  • Inspectors & assessors
  • Cleaning services
  • Pest control