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Alternative to SalaryBox for Attendance and Field Force Tracking
SalaryBox is an Indian staff attendance, payroll and HR app. It has 11,547 ratings on Google Play (4.3 stars, 1M+ installs) and 391 on the App Store (3.7 stars). If you are looking for an alternative, the most common reasons come down to renewal price increases that reviewers describe, plus a paid live-location add-on.
The top 3 problems SalaryBox users report
From the latest 200 Google Play and App Store reviews (September to October 2026 on Google Play, September 2025 to October 2026 on the App Store); about 16% were 1 to 3 stars. These are customers' opinions, paraphrased, and apps change, so check the latest reviews yourself.
1. Renewal price hikes and "not free"
Reviewers say the price nearly doubled at renewal, that a first-year discount does not carry over, and that the app is not free once set up.
2. App not opening after updates
Reviewers on iPhone describe the app opening and closing straight away after an update.
3. After-sale support and salary errors
Reviewers report that support is only reachable at renewal, and some report mistakes in salary calculations.
Alternatives to SalaryBox
Chosen from the 11 most-used apps: close to SalaryBox in features and store rating, and with clearly fewer reports of its complaints in their reviews. Each has its own problems, which are listed with it.
Unolo
Why we think it is a good alternative: closest to SalaryBox in features (8 of 9) and store rating (4.0 against 4.0), with far fewer reports of support complaints (none of its reviews, against 2.5% for SalaryBox) and crashes and login errors (3.6% of its reviews, against 4.5% for SalaryBox).
Fewer reports of SalaryBox's complaints: support complaints: none of its reviews against 2.5% for SalaryBox; crashes and login errors: 3.6% of its reviews against 4.5% for SalaryBox. Its review sample is small, so treat this with caution.
Trade-offs: It lacks: payroll. It does not publish a price. Its own reviewers mostly report battery drain and crashes and permission loops. See its alternatives.
Truein
Why we think it is a good alternative: closest to SalaryBox in features (7 of 9) and store rating (4.1 against 4.0), with far fewer reports of support complaints (none of its reviews, against 2.5% for SalaryBox) and crashes and login errors (3.4% of its reviews, against 4.5% for SalaryBox).
Fewer reports of SalaryBox's complaints: support complaints: none of its reviews against 2.5% for SalaryBox; crashes and login errors: 3.4% of its reviews against 4.5% for SalaryBox. Its review sample is small, so treat this with caution.
Trade-offs: It lacks: route history and distance, expense claims. It is priced at Rs 250 per user per year + a Rs 69,000 a year base fee (Time Capture), plus Rs 200 per user per year for live tracking (about $2.41 per user per month for 30 users). Its own reviewers mostly report tedious attendance corrections and a time picker that fails and oTP not received and login problems. See its alternatives.
How TrackFolks addresses these problems
TrackFolks has no store ratings yet, so these are the creator's claims, not review data.
Price and renewal complaints
The price is published upfront and capped at $499 a year ($249 in the first year).
Crashes and login errors
No crashes reported by the roughly 50 people who have used it so far.
Support complaints
The creator gives personal support, and most teams need it only while onboarding.
Where TrackFolks does better
- Price: for a 30-user team TrackFolks costs about $0.69 per user per month in the first year and $0.70 after renewal, against about $1.84 for SalaryBox.
- Against Truein at about $2.41 per user per month, TrackFolks is cheaper at about $0.70 after the first year.
- Free start: TrackFolks is free for up to 10 users with every feature, while SalaryBox offers 7-day trial.
- Mobile first: managers do everything from the phone, including exporting CSV reports, with no web dashboard to learn.
SalaryBox and TrackFolks side by side
| Feature | SalaryBox | TrackFolks |
|---|---|---|
| Selfie / face check at punch-in | AI selfie | Selfie punch-in |
| Live location | Add-on, Rs 100 | Yes |
| Route history and distance | Reported | Route replay, daily distance |
| Geofencing | Yes | Coming soon |
| Customer visit logging | Meetings | Check-in form |
| Expense claims | Yes | Receipts |
| Leave / roster | Yes | Not available |
| Payroll | Built in | CSV export for payroll |
| Works offline | Not stated | Location gathered offline; punch-in needs a connection |
| Biometric / QR attendance | Machine, QR kiosk | Not available |
| Free plan | 7-day trial | Up to 10 users |
Green = included, amber = partial or higher plan, red = not available, grey = not stated in public material. See the full comparison of the top 11 apps.
When SalaryBox is the better choice
You need built-in payroll, leave management, biometric or QR attendance and geofencing today. TrackFolks has none of those built in.
Pricing compared
SalaryBox: Rs 75 per user (Business) + Rs 100 per user for live location = about $1.84. For a 30-user team that is about $1.84 per user per month. TrackFolks: free for 10 users, then $1.05 per user per month, billed yearly capped at $499 a year, about $0.69 per user per month in year 1 and $0.70 after renewal for 30 users.
Yearly price in USD with GPS location tracking included, from each vendor's public pricing in October 2026 (rupees at ₹95 = $1). The vertical axis is logarithmic, so each step up is a multiple of the one below, which lets every provider fit; $0 is drawn at the bottom. We could not find a public price for PagarBook and Unolo, so they are not on the chart.
View the numbers as a table
| Users | TrackFolks | TrackFolks, first year | Connecteam | SalaryBox | Truein | FieldSense, first year* | FieldSense, after renewal* | QuickBooks Time | Clockify | Jibble✱ | Hubstaff✱ | Timeero |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $221 | $774 | $105 | $316 | $1,440 | $959 | $959 | $1,200 | $600 |
| 20 | $126 | $126 | $348 | $442 | $821 | $211 | $632 | $2,640 | $1,918 | $1,918 | $2,400 | $1,200 |
| 30 | $252 | $249 | $348 | $663 | $868 | $316 | $947 | $3,840 | $2,876 | $2,876 | $3,600 | $1,800 |
| 50 | $499 | $249 | $540 | $1,105 | $963 | $526 | $1,579 | $6,240 | $4,794 | $4,794 | $6,000 | $3,000 |
| 100 | $499 | $249 | $1,020 | $2,211 | $1,200 | $1,053 | $3,158 | $12,240 | $9,588 | $9,588 | $12,000 | $6,000 |
* FieldSense: per-user price worked out from what a FieldSense customer told us: Rs 25,000 for 25 users in the first year, rising to Rs 75,000 after renewal; the price at other team sizes assumes the same per-user rate. ✱ Jibble: the vendor's pages did not list a full price table, so the figure is from third-party sources that disagree. ✱ Hubstaff: the Team plan at $10 per user, without the Locations add-on that GPS tracking needs, whose price we could not find. QuickBooks Time is the Premium plan ($20 a month base fee + $10 per user). Clockify is the Pro plan. SalaryBox is Rs 75 per user plus Rs 100 for live location. Truein is the Time Capture plan (Rs 250 per user per year + a Rs 69,000 a year base fee) plus the Rs 200 per user live tracking add-on. Timeero is the Basic plan.
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