Jibble Review 2026: Pricing, Pros and Cons
Reviewed November 1, 2026 by Loïc Joachim
Markets itself as a free time clock for unlimited users, but the features most businesses need to run payroll sit behind the paid plans.
| Best for | A single owner who just wants a record of hours and will never need a second manager or approvals. |
|---|---|
| How staff clock in | Tablet kiosk, Mobile app |
| Free plan | Yes |
| 20 staff | $59.80 / month |
| 50 staff | $149.50 / month |
| 100 staff | $299 / month |
| Made in | USA |
| Website | jibble.io |
Prices are in US dollars for the cheapest plan that includes a time clock, as of our last review. Check the vendor's site for current pricing.
Our Jibble review
Jibble says it is free all over its website, and technically it is: the free plan lets you track time for unlimited users, with face recognition, GPS and a geofence. The catch is what is missing. According to Jibble's own help centre, the free plan has a single administrator, so you cannot add managers or supervisors. Timesheet approval by pay period, which is how most businesses sign off hours before payroll, is a Premium feature. So is unlimited historical data with Excel and CSV exports, and so are the detailed reports.
In practice that means the free plan works for watching hours come in, but as soon as you need a second person to manage staff, or a clean way to approve and export a pay period, you are paying per user. Once you factor in the real price, the value is not particularly good compared with tools that are upfront about their pricing.
Be careful with online comparisons of Jibble. Many of the "best time clock" lists that rank it highly are thin affiliate content, and few of them mention which features are paywalled. Read the plan comparison yourself before you roll it out to a team.
Pros
- Free plan allows unlimited users
- Face recognition, GPS and a geofence on the free plan
- Kiosk mode with passcodes and an offline mode
Cons
- Free plan has only one administrator, extra admins and managers need Premium
- Timesheet approval for payroll and unlimited history exports need Premium
- Detailed reports need Premium
- Monthly billing charges a minimum of 3 licences
- Once you pay for what you need, the value is not particularly good
Jibble features
- Tablet kiosk app
- Clock in from a phone
- Desktop app
- Proprietary hardware clock
- Paper card punching
- PIN entry
- NFC cards or tags
- Face recognition
- Fingerprint reader
- GPS location checks
- Cloud based
- Ongoing subscription
- Locks you into their hardware
Looking for something simpler?
Timeclock.Kiwi was built by people who were fed up with time clocks that take three screens and a training session to use. Staff tap their name and a PIN on any tablet, a photo is taken in the background, and hours export straight to your payroll. You pay per kiosk, not per employee, from $5 a month.
Free for 3 months, no credit card required.
Jibble alternatives
- Homebase A broad scheduling, time clock and HR toolkit for hourly teams, with a free plan for small single location businesses.
- 7shifts Restaurant scheduling software with a separate time clock app called 7punches.
- Connecteam An all in one app for deskless teams with a time clock, scheduling, chat and forms, priced with a flat base for the first 30 users.
- Gusto A leading US payroll provider whose time tools and kiosk come with the Plus and Premium payroll plans.