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Face-verified clock-in, live geofencing and UK payroll-ready timesheets in one app, set side by side with biometric terminals and the traditional spreadsheet-and-fingerprint approach.

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The full picture, side by side

Every feature that changes your day, from verification, location and nights to client approvals, the pay week, compliance and support, across all three options.

Best fit
TempClock
One plan, every feature

Face-verified clock-in on standard tablets, geofencing, client approvals and payroll-ready timesheets in one system.

Biopanel Systems
Biometric terminals

Wall-mounted fingerprint and face terminals. Strong at the door itself, but tied to fixed hardware with little around scheduling, payroll or live oversight.

Traditional
Sheets & fingerprint clocks

Spreadsheets, PIN pads and basic fingerprint clocks. Cheap to start, but manual, easy to fudge and slow to turn into clean payroll.

TempClock compared with Biopanel-style biometric terminals and traditional spreadsheets or fingerprint clocks, across six feature groups
FeatureWhat TempClock does TempClockOne plan, every feature Biopanel SystemsBiometric terminals TraditionalSheets & fingerprint clocks
Clock-in & verification
Face-verified clock-in A major cloud provider's face-matching service checks each clock-in is the badge holder Yes YesOn the terminal NoPIN or signature
Liveness / anti-spoofing A liveness check at enrolment, and an optional anti-photo check at the kiosk Yes PartialVaries by model NoNo check
Match confidence on record Every clock-in stores a match score, so a person can audit the decision later Yes PartialPass / fail only NoNot recorded
Badges and QR badges A typed badge or a printed QR badge read by the tablet camera, then the face match or PIN. NFC and RFID cards: coming soon Yes PartialCard or finger at the terminal PartialSwipe card or PIN
Location & presence
Live GPS geofencing Kiosk clocks record location, with warn or strict geofence modes per site Yes NoFixed to the terminal NoNot available
Real-time multi-site board Live activity shows who is on site and who has not arrived, refreshed every 30 seconds Yes PartialPer-terminal logs NoManual roll-call
Fire register on demand A print-ready list of everyone on site, including night shifts, visitors and contractors Yes NoNot available NoPaper sign-in
24/7 sites and night shifts A night shift is one record across midnight, the clock changes are paid on real hours, and a silent kiosk alerts at any hour Yes PartialRaw punches only PartialWorked out by hand
Payroll & timesheets
Payroll-ready timesheets Hours priced by one rules engine, approved, then exported from a closed pay week Yes PartialRaw punch export PartialRe-keyed by hand
Client approvals Clients approve, reject, query or amend hours in their own portal, for their own sites only Yes NoNot available PartialSigned paper sheets
Close the pay week Check exceptions, approve, lock and export from one page; locked figures never change Yes NoNot available PartialSpreadsheet sign-off
Pay & charge rate rules Pay and charge rules for overtime, weekends, nights and bank holidays, with charge rates kept separate Yes NoNot available PartialSingle flat rate
Sage & Xero A Sage 50 Payroll file in Sage's own import layout; invoices to Sage Accounting, or as files for Sage 50 Accounts and Xero Yes PartialGeneric CSV PartialCSV only
Scheduling
Shift scheduling & rotas Rotas with templates and recurring patterns, confirmations and cover offers Yes NoNot available PartialSpreadsheet rota
No-shows and cover A live no-show list, day or night; Find cover offers the shift to the best free workers Yes NoNot available NoSpotted by hand
Exceptions in one place Late starts, missing clock-outs, missed breaks and more on one screen, each dismissed only with a reason Yes PartialBasic exception report NoFound at payroll
Compliance & records
Full audit trail Each clock keeps kiosk, location, match score and time; corrections keep the original and a reason Yes PartialBasic event log NoIn/out times only
E-signed agreements Send, sign and seal worker and client agreements without leaving the system Yes NoNot available NoPaper or email
Privacy-minded face data Optional, with consent and a PIN alternative; face data deleted when a worker leaves Yes PartialTemplates on device NoNo biometric data
Roles and two-factor sign-in Coordinator, Payroll and client roles, pay hidden without pay access, and authenticator-app sign-in on every console Yes PartialAdmin logins NoShared files
Platform & access
Standard tablets The Android kiosk app, or the kiosk in a browser on any camera tablet; terminals to rent if you prefer Yes NoTerminals per door PartialClocks or paper
Multi-language kiosk Kiosk screens in English, Polish, Romanian and Lithuanian, per site and per worker Yes PartialDepends on firmware NoEnglish only
REST API & webhooks Public API (version 1.3) with an OpenAPI description, scoped keys and signed webhooks for approvals, locks, exports and bookings Yes NoClosed system NoNot available
Guides and support A Need help? guide on every page, and a P1 answered within 30 minutes from 07:00 to 22:00 UK time Yes PartialVaries by vendor NoNone

Competitor columns reflect typical biometric-terminal and spreadsheet or fingerprint-clock setups, not any one product; capabilities vary by model and configuration.

Under the bonnet

Why the “Yes” column is earned

Each clock-in runs the same short pipeline, then lands on a live board your team can actually watch.

VERIFICATION PIPELINE
CaptureBadge entered, kiosk camera takes a frame step 1
ChecksOptional anti-photo check, per site step 2
MatchMust match the worker whose badge was entered step 3
RecordedClock saved with site, kiosk, location and match score step 4
LIVE BOARD today
On site
47
Late
2
Sites
6
Clock-ins through the day
6am12pm6pm11pm

One system, every column covered

Biometric terminals stop at the door and traditional methods stop at a spreadsheet. TempClock carries the whole job: verified, geofenced and ready for payroll.

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