Picking a time tracking tool when you have never run one company-wide is not a small decision, and it is easy to get lost comparing feature lists that do not tell you what you actually need. If that is where you are right now, here is what actually matters for a subcontractor comparing CrewTracks and busybusy.

Both CrewTracks and busybusy track GPS time. Once you look past that, the two tools diverge in who they are built for and what they include.

Here is an honest look at where each one holds up, based on what is actually published today.

Who each tool is built for

CrewTracks is built specifically for subcontractors: masonry, scaffolding, concrete, asphalt. The features that matter to a sub, production tracking tied to bid units and daily reports built for the field, are core to the product, not layered on top of a general time clock.

busybusy takes a broader approach. It serves a wide range of industries, construction, but also mining, landscaping, and janitorial services, as a general GPS time tracking tool that works across trades.

Pricing

CrewTracks works on one price, every feature included. Whether your crew only needs the time clock or wants production tracking and daily reports too, the price does not change based on what you use. Talk to the team to get a quote based on your crew size.

busybusy prices differently. As of this writing, it offers a 14-day free trial on two paid plans: Pro at $9.99 to $11.99 per user per month, and Premium at $14.99 to $17.99 per user per month, both plus a $40 per month admin fee, and does not currently advertise a permanent free tier.

GPS time tracking

Both tools use GPS to verify where a crew is. The difference is how much tracking happens after that.

CrewTracks GPS tracking confirms a worker’s location once, at the moment they clock in, then stops. That is enough to verify a crew was on site when the day started and to settle payroll disputes, without tracking anyone’s movement for the rest of their shift.

busybusy takes the opposite approach. Their Pro plan includes GPS breadcrumbing: a continuous location trail through the entire day, not just at clock-in.

Which one fits depends on what problem you are actually solving. If you need to confirm a crew was where they said they would be at clock-in, without asking your crew to accept being tracked all day, CrewTracks does that with less overhead and less pushback from the field.

Job costing and production tracking

CrewTracks does not sell “job costing” as a separate feature, because it is not really a separate thing. Production tracking is included at every price point: foremen log units in the field, blocks laid, tons placed, square feet poured, in whatever unit the job was bid in. Once that data is tied to accurate time by job, you already have a real cost-per-job number without buying into a separate module to get it.

busybusy takes a different approach: it markets job costing tools and a “Progress Tracking” feature for monitoring output against a budget, though which paid tier includes the full version of either isn’t clearly published on their pricing page.

Daily reports

CrewTracks daily reports come with every plan, tied to the same job record as time and production data. When a foreman submits a report, it is already connected to who was on site, what hours they worked, and what got done. Nothing to cross-reference across separate exports.

busybusy’s Pro plan includes daily sign-offs, a way for a supervisor or worker to confirm the day’s activity, though whether their more detailed daily project reporting requires Premium is not clearly stated on their current pricing page.

The bottom line

If you are a subcontractor who wants production tracking and daily reports included from day one, at every price point, instead of gated behind a pricing tier you have to confirm with sales first, CrewTracks is built for that.

You know your crew and your jobs better than any comparison post can tell you. Talk to our team, and we will show you what CrewTracks looks like for a crew in your trade, side by side with what you are using now.