Both CrewTracks and ClockShark will get your crew clocked in and out accurately. If that is all you need, this comparison is short: ClockShark is a solid, affordable time clock. But most subcontractors need more than a clock, and that is where the two tools go in different directions.

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. Production tracking tied to bid units and daily reports built for the field are core to the product, not something layered on top of a general time clock.

ClockShark is built as a general time clock for field service and construction broadly. It serves plumbers, HVAC techs, landscapers, and general contractors alongside subcontractors, and the feature set reflects that breadth: scheduling, time tracking, and payroll integrations, without anything built specifically around how a subcontractor crew measures and bids its work.

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.

ClockShark prices in two tiers, both billed as a monthly base fee plus a per-active-user rate: Standard runs $40 a month plus $9 per user, and Pro runs $60 a month plus $11 per user. Advanced job costing controls and compliance forms are gated to Pro.

For a straightforward time clock, ClockShark’s Standard tier is genuinely cheap. The math changes once a crew needs the features gated to Pro, or needs production data ClockShark does not offer at either tier.

GPS tracking

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.

ClockShark takes the opposite approach. It captures location at clock-in, at breaks, and at clock-out, and also pings an employee’s location automatically every 15 to 20 minutes for the entire time they are clocked in. An optional geofence feature can flag a clock-in or clock-out that happens outside a job site boundary, though it does not block the punch, it just sends an alert.

Which one fits depends on what you are actually trying to solve. If you need to confirm a crew was where they said they would be at clock-in, without tracking their location all day long, CrewTracks does that with less overhead and less pushback from the field.

Production tracking and job costing

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.

ClockShark’s job costing, at either tier, tracks labor hours and cost by job or task, not physical output. There is no way to log tons placed, blocks laid, or square feet poured against a bid. You can see what a job cost you in labor. You cannot see what your crew actually produced for that labor without tracking it somewhere else.

For a subcontractor bidding by the unit, that gap matters. Knowing labor cost without knowing output is only half the picture.

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.

ClockShark does not have a daily report feature at either tier. The closest equivalent, available only on Pro, is a set of short yes/no or multiple-choice questions a worker answers at clock-out, meant to flag compliance issues rather than document the day. It is a checklist, not a report. There is nowhere to log site conditions, crew notes, or what actually got built.

The bottom line

If your crew genuinely needs nothing more than an affordable, easy time clock with solid payroll integrations, ClockShark’s Standard tier is a fair choice, and cheaper than most alternatives out there. There is no reason to pay for production tracking and daily reports if you are never going to use them.

But a plain time clock has a ceiling. It will tell you your labor cost. It will not tell you what your crew actually produced for that labor. That is the gap between a time clock and a field management tool built for subcontractors.

CrewTracks is built for the subcontractor who needs that same time clock plus production tracking and daily reports, without having to buy into a higher tier or piece together a separate system to see what a job actually cost. 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.