Face-scan clock-in for South African teams.
A biometric time & attendance app for small businesses. Your staff clock in and out with their face — or a PIN — and you see who's on site live and export payroll-ready timesheets.
No fingerprint hardware. No app for workers to install. Set up in minutes by chatting to our bot on Telegram, or sign up on the web. POPIA-compliant by design.
Built for labour-heavy SA businesses — security firms, farms, cleaning, construction & hospitality.
Werktyd is an employee clock-in app for South Africa that turns any phone or tablet into a face-recognition attendance kiosk. It replaces paper registers, swipe cards and expensive fingerprint clocks with a quick, contactless face scan — with a PIN fallback for anyone who prefers not to use the camera. Track staff attendance with GPS geofencing for guards and outdoor teams, log patrol checkpoints, calculate overtime against BCEA rules, and export payroll-ready timesheets straight to Sage, SimplePay or Excel.
How the clock-in app works
Scan a face, not a card
Workers look at the screen and they're clocked in. Nothing to carry, nothing to lose, nothing to lend to a mate. A PIN alternative is always available.
No hardware to buy
Use any phone or a cheap tablet at the gate. Save the R6,000–R8,500 a fingerprint clock would cost — start with a device you already own.
Set up on Telegram or the web
Register your company in a chat or in your browser — no app to learn. Add workers and a kiosk link from your dashboard in minutes.
See who's on site, live
One screen shows everyone clocked in right now. Search a name to answer "is X at work?" instantly.
GPS, geofencing & patrols
Prove a guard was on site with location-stamped clock-ins, draw a geofence per site, and log patrol checkpoints along a route.
Payroll-ready timesheets
Daily hours, overtime and late arrivals worked out for you. Export to Excel, CSV, Sage Pastel, Sage VIP Premier or SimplePay for your payroll run.
Stops buddy-punching
A live blink/turn check means a printed photo won't clock in an absent colleague. Every override is flagged and logged.
See it in action
Simple pricing, in Rands
Priced by team size. Pay monthly, or save with yearly.
Free
- Face clock-in & out
- PIN alternative
- Live who's-on-site
- Timesheets + export
Starter
- Everything in Free
- Per-day hours & grace
- Multiple kiosks
- Telegram + dashboard
Team
- Everything in Starter
- Weekly & monthly reports
- Overtime & BCEA flags
Business
- Everything in Team
- Priority support
- Dedicated onboarding
Frequently asked questions
Is Werktyd a biometric time and attendance app for small businesses?
Yes. Werktyd is a face-recognition time-and-attendance app built for South African small businesses. Workers clock in and out with a face scan or a PIN on any phone or tablet, and owners get payroll-ready timesheets — no fingerprint hardware required.
Do I need to buy clock-in hardware?
No. Werktyd runs in a web browser on any phone, tablet or PC you already own, so you skip the R6 000–R8 500 cost of a fingerprint clock.
Can I track staff attendance with GPS for guards and outdoor teams?
Yes. Werktyd supports GPS geofencing and patrol checkpoint check-ins, so you can prove a worker was on site or completed a patrol route — useful for security firms, farms and cleaning teams.
Can I export timesheets to payroll?
Yes. Werktyd works out daily hours, overtime and late arrivals and exports payroll-ready timesheets to Excel, CSV, Sage Pastel, Sage VIP Premier and SimplePay.
Is Werktyd POPIA-compliant?
Yes. Werktyd stores only a numeric face template, never the photo, and every worker can choose a PIN instead of the face with no penalty. Templates are deleted when a worker leaves, and the EU data-processing location is disclosed in the worker privacy notice.