AttendIQ vs Jibble
A free generic time tracker against a UK construction workforce platform. Both have free plans and GPS clock-in. The difference is everything a construction company needs after the clock-in: CSCS, inductions, right to work, and CIS payroll.
Built for UK construction from 5 to 3,000 workers. GPS attendance plus CSCS verification, inductions, right to work, and CIS-ready payroll export for QuickBooks, Xero, Sage, and BrightPay in one per-worker price. Free Foundation plan. Free for supply chain companies.
Genuinely free basic time tracking with solid GPS geofencing and facial recognition. Very fast to deploy in any industry. The right choice if clock-in records are your only requirement and you have no construction compliance obligations.
Feature comparison
| Feature | AttendIQ | Jibble |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | ✓ Foundation: free forever, up to 250 workers (records, skills, CSCS tracking) | ✓ Free basic time tracking |
| GPS geofenced clock-in | ✓ Enforced site boundary, offline-first | ✓ Enforced, offline recording |
| Facial verification | ✓ Face match with liveness anti-spoofing | ✓ Facial recognition |
| CSCS card verification | ✓ Live CSCS Smart Check API, expiry alerts | ✗ Not available |
| Digital site inductions | ✓ Mobile-delivered, versioned, signed off | ✗ Not available |
| Right to work checks | ✓ Document records, expiry alerts, audit trail | ✗ Not available |
| CIS payroll export | ✓ CIS/PAYE flags, UTR numbers, deduction rates | ✗ Hours-only export |
| QuickBooks / Xero export | ✓ Payroll-ready incl. Sage and BrightPay | ✓ Hours export on paid plans |
| Access rules at clock-in | ✓ Blocks expired cards, missing inductions, RTW failures | ✗ Not available |
| Supply chain management | ✓ Free for supply chain companies | ✗ Not available |
| Fatigue / WTD monitoring | ✓ Configurable alert thresholds | ✗ Not available |
| Emergency roll call / muster | ✓ Live on-site list, mobile muster | ✗ Not available |
| Pricing model | ✓ Per worker, £4.50/worker/month (Essential) | Per user Free tier; paid from ~£2.50/user/month |
Pricing
AttendIQ
- + CSCS, inductions, RTW, CIS included on Essential
- + No supervisor or admin seat charges
- + Supply chain companies always free
- + One-off setup fee with free onboarding call
- + Pricing published on website
Jibble
- + Lowest cost for clock-in records alone
- - Compliance features do not exist at any tier
- - CSCS, inductions, RTW, CIS stay manual
- - Hours-only payroll export
How to choose between AttendIQ and Jibble
This is not a like-for-like comparison, and pretending it is would not help you. Jibble is a very good free time tracker. AttendIQ is a construction workforce platform in which time and attendance is one module among the compliance functions UK contractors are legally required to run. The right choice depends on whether "who was on site and when" is your whole problem, or the start of it.
When Jibble is the right choice
If you need clock-in records and nothing else: no CSCS cards to evidence, no inductions to record, no right to work checks, no CIS labour, no principal contractor asking for compliance records: Jibble's free plan does the job at zero software cost. Some very small firms, and teams outside site-based construction, fit this description.
When AttendIQ is the right choice
Most UK construction companies do not fit that description. From the first worker on site you have right to work obligations (civil penalties up to £60,000 per illegal worker), CDM duties around induction and competence, CSCS card expectations on most sites, and, if you use subcontract labour, CIS deductions to get right for HMRC. With Jibble those stay as spreadsheets, filing cabinets, and payroll-day manual work. With AttendIQ they run inside the same system as attendance: an expired CSCS card or missing induction blocks the clock-in, and the payroll export arrives CIS-ready in QuickBooks, Xero, Sage, or BrightPay.
The free plan comparison, honestly
Both products have a real free tier. Jibble's free tier is attendance without compliance. AttendIQ's Foundation tier is compliance without attendance: free forever for up to 250 worker records, covering skills, competencies, CSCS tracking, and expiry alerts. A small contractor can run Foundation at £0 alongside whatever clock-in method they use today, then switch on GPS attendance at £4.50/worker/month when ready. Which free tier is worth more depends on which problem is costing you more, and for most UK contractors the compliance admin costs more than the clock-in records.
Per-user vs per-worker pricing
Jibble prices per user, which includes admins and managers. AttendIQ prices per worker with no seat charges for supervisors, office staff, or connected supply chain companies. For construction SMEs, where a 25-worker firm might have 4 or 5 staff needing admin access, per-worker pricing is usually the cheaper structure at equivalent functionality, and it is always the more predictable one.
The verdict
For basic clock-in with no compliance requirements, use Jibble: it is free and good. For a UK construction company of 5 to 250+ workers with normal compliance obligations, AttendIQ is the stronger recommendation and the better value: start free on Foundation, add GPS attendance at £4.50/worker/month, and retire the spreadsheets, paper induction packs, and payroll-day CIS workarounds in the same move.
Frequently asked questions
Jibble is a generic time tracker with a free plan. AttendIQ is a UK construction platform: the same GPS attendance plus CSCS verification, digital inductions, right to work checks, CIS payroll export, and access rules that block non-compliant workers at clock-in. Jibble records time; AttendIQ manages a compliant construction workforce.
Yes. AttendIQ Foundation is free forever for up to 250 worker records, no credit card: worker records, skills and competency management, CSCS tracking, and expiry alerts. GPS attendance and payroll export are on Essential at £4.50/worker/month. Supply chain companies invited by a principal contractor always use AttendIQ free.
For clock-in only, Jibble. For a firm with any UK construction compliance obligations, AttendIQ: a 25-worker firm pays £112.50/month on Essential and gets CSCS, inductions, right to work, and CIS export included, which typically costs more than that in weekly admin time when done manually alongside a free time tracker.
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