Clokio vs Clockify: A True Head-to-Head

For years the standard advice was that Clockify and attendance platforms lived in different categories. That is no longer accurate. Clockify is the world's most popular free time tracker, built for logging hours against projects and clients. Clokio is a complete workforce platform that includes full project time tracking - a web timer, projects, clients, billable hours, budgets, and invoicing - alongside GPS-verified attendance, leave management, and task management.

In other words, the two tools now compete directly on time tracking, and Clokio covers a set of workforce problems Clockify does not touch. This article compares them feature by feature, stays honest about what Clockify still does better, and shows how to switch if you decide to move.

What Each Platform Is Built to Do

Clockify: Project-Centric Time Tracking

Start/stop timers or manually log hours against projects and tasks
Track billable hours and rates for client invoicing
Generate project and team utilization reports
Browser extension for tracking time from any tab
Integrations with 80+ tools (Asana, Trello, Jira, and more)

Clokio: Time Tracking Plus the Rest of the Workday

Web timer with projects, clients, tags, and task descriptions
Billable tracking per project and per entry, with project and monthly budgets
Summary and detailed reports with Excel, CSV, and PDF export
Invoicing built in
GPS-geofenced clock-in/out with device-native biometric verification (Face ID / Touch ID / fingerprint)
Leave requests, approvals, and quota tracking
Task management with kanban boards, subtasks, checklists, custom fields, and dependencies

Feature-by-Feature Comparison

Project Time Tracking

Clockify: Rich project hierarchy (workspaces, projects, tasks, tags), billable rates, budgets, and estimates. Timers run from the web app, desktop apps, mobile apps, and the browser extension.

Clokio: A full time tracking module. Employees start and stop a live timer or add manual entries from the web dashboard or the mobile app, assign entries to projects and clients, tag them, and edit times inline. Timers sync in real time across devices, and each project carries its own color, hourly rate, and budget.

Verdict: Both platforms treat project time as a first-class citizen. Clockify has more years of polish and more entry points (notably the browser extension); Clokio matches the core workflow and connects it to attendance and tasks.

Billable Hours, Budgets, and Invoicing

Clockify: Billable rates on the free tier, with invoicing and advanced rate management on paid plans.

Clokio: Billable tracking is built in and free - set a default per project and override per entry. Projects support lifetime and monthly budgets with automatic alerts, and invoicing is included.

Reports and Exports

Clockify: Summary, detailed, and weekly reports, shared report links, PDF and CSV exports.

Clokio: Summary and detailed time reports with multi-select filters (team, client, project, tag, status), bar and doughnut charts, and Excel, CSV, and PDF exports. Attendance reporting adds daily attendance, late arrivals, absence summaries, and overtime calculations suitable for payroll.

Task and Project Management

Clockify: Tasks exist mainly as line items to track time against. Project management happens in external tools connected through integrations.

Clokio: A dedicated task management module: kanban boards, list views, subtasks, checklists, custom fields, per-project statuses, dependencies, and recurring tasks - with time entries linked directly to tasks.

Attendance and Location Verification

Clockify: A kiosk mode for shared devices and an optional GPS add-on on paid plans. No geofencing enforcement and no biometric verification.

Clokio: GPS geofencing is the foundation of the attendance module: clock-ins are verified against configurable location boundaries and recorded in an auditable log, with device-native biometric confirmation (Face ID / Touch ID / fingerprint) to prevent buddy punching and time theft. See how geofencing works for attendance.

Leave and Absence Management

Clockify: Time-off tracking on paid plans.

Clokio: Full leave management is free: configurable leave types, per-employee quotas, document attachments, and a leave calendar for managers.

API Access

Clockify: Full API available on all plans.

Clokio: Full REST API available on all plans. See our API integration guide.

Pricing

Clockify: Free tier for core time tracking; invoicing, scheduling, and advanced controls sit on paid per-user plans, so costs scale with headcount.

Clokio: Free - all features, unlimited employees, unlimited locations.

Where Clockify Is Still Ahead

An honest comparison has to concede real strengths, and Clockify has two big ones:

Browser extension - Clockify's Chrome and Firefox extension lets you start a timer from inside almost any web app. Clokio's timer lives in its web dashboard and mobile app; there is no browser extension today.
Integrations catalog - Clockify connects natively to 80+ tools. Clokio offers a full REST API and webhooks, but if you depend on one-click integrations with a long list of SaaS tools, Clockify's catalog is unmatched.

If your workflow revolves around those two capabilities, Clockify remains an excellent choice.

Where Clokio Goes Further

One platform for time tracking, attendance, leave, and tasks - no need to stitch tools together
GPS and biometric verification that proves who worked, where, and when
Budgets with automatic alerts and invoicing included at no cost
Everything free, with no per-user pricing as your team grows

Switching from Clockify

Clokio offers an assisted Clockify import: share your Clockify API key and workspace ID with the Clokio team, and your client list is brought across for you, so your billing structure arrives intact and ready to attach to projects. From there:

Recreate your projects and set their colors, rates, and budgets
Invite your team - employees get the mobile app and the web timer
Set billable defaults per project; new entries inherit them automatically
Run your first summary report and compare it against your last Clockify export

Most teams complete the switch in an afternoon.

Summary and Recommendation

Clockify is a best-in-class standalone time tracker with an unmatched integrations catalog. Clokio delivers the same core time tracking - timer, projects, billable hours, budgets, reports, and invoicing - and adds verified attendance, leave management, and task management on top, all free.

If time tracking is one piece of a bigger workforce puzzle - hourly teams, field workers, payroll, tasks - sign up for Clokio for free. If all you need is a timer wired into dozens of other SaaS tools, Clockify still earns its reputation.

Visit clokio.io to learn more, or see our list of the best attendance tracking apps in 2026.

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