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About Clocket: Time Clock Work Hours

Clocket Time Clock App Frustrations

Users find the Clocket app to be extremely limited and ineffective, leading to frustration and dissatisfaction. Many consider it a waste of money due to its lack of functionality and reliability.

19 different people have complained about this since 05 Dec 2012, most recently on 02 Sept 2026.

  • “It uses current time to start the work day but u have to manually change the time for breaks and clocking out for the day”

    App Store (English storefronts)·03 May 2013read the original ↗
  • “This app is extremely limited and completely useless to me.”

    App Store (English storefronts)·07 Mar 2013read the original ↗
  • “However, it is now stuck behind a paywall that is monthly-subscription based.”

    App Store (English storefronts)·30 Dec 2023read the original ↗
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19 people in 19 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain moderate, competition low

Pain pointRisingEvidence: medium
Index score
40.4
ahead of 82% of the rest of this market
0.0%signals / 7d
Demand
0.0low
Momentum
61.6moderate
Pain
43.2moderate
Competition
36.0low
lower is better
Monetization
0.0low
Market size
31.1low
Evidence
49.8moderate

The pain

shares of 19 quoted posts

What goes wrong, and for whom

Who
19 people using Clocket: Time Clock Work Hours
What goes wrong
  • Doesn't work11% of posts
  • Manual work5% of posts
How bad
89% of posts are complaints · pain score moderate (43/100)
Since
05 Dec 2012 → 02 Sept 2026

Is this a startup idea?

Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.

Complaints are about
Clocket: Time Clock Work Hours
Looking for something else
0% want an alternative · 11% ask the provider for a feature
What the numbers say
Almost nobody is looking for a different product — people want this provider to fix it, not a new option.
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The pain — what people say

Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves

What people were doing

Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written

19posts
  • Complaint1789%
  • Request211%
12 Jul 201219 posts02 Sept 2026

Sources

19 signals · 1 sources

App Store (English storefronts)19
Only public content is collected, author names are stored as one-way hashes, and every excerpt links back to its original post.

Evidence

Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original. 2 posts were held back as off-topic; all 19 still count toward the score.

  • App Store (English storefronts)App Store US/Payroll & HR·09 Nov 2013·Complaintsource ↗

    Clocket: Time Clock Work Hours — This app is junk Doesn't work at all! Cant save because the save button doesn't work. Dimensions are wrong and buttons cover words. Save ur money and get a diff app

    Doesn't work
  • App Store (English storefronts)App Store US/Payroll & HR·21 Oct 2024·Complaintsource ↗

    …Can't edit I need to be able to edit jobs if I forget to clock out. So frustrating how this app is now. Not worth the money if I can't edit jobs.

    Frustrated
  • App Store (English storefronts)App Store US/Payroll & HR·03 May 2013·Requestsource ↗

    …ay app, that it would use the current time when clocking in or out .. It uses current time to start the work day but u have to manually change the time for breaks and clocking out for the day

    Manual work
  • App Store (English storefronts)App Store US/Payroll & HR·07 Mar 2013·Complaintsource ↗

    Clocket: Time Clock Work Hours — Very Disappointed This app is extremely limited and completely useless to me. There's no way to enter yesterday's hours or any other day's hours, if you want to track your time after you've finished working, and if you work till 1am or anytime past midnight, this app only adds the…

  • App Store (English storefronts)App Store US/Payroll & HR·30 Dec 2023·Complaintsource ↗

    …paid for the better version (flat payment) because I liked using it. However, it is now stuck behind a paywall that is monthly-subscription based. I will not be using this app again sadly since this is the route they have gone.

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Problem clusters

Distinct problems aggregated into this opportunity

Clocket: Time Clock Work Hours — Terrible.
8 mentions · 8 people
very misleading nothing is free.
7 mentions · 7 people
well its awful...
4 mentions · 4 people
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Market and score

Products already there, how the score moved, and what it is made of

Opportunity history

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Why did it move?

Score 40.5 → 40.4 · 26 Sept 2026, 02:00 → 03:15 UTC

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How the score was measured
38 measured values behind the seven sub-scores · each shows the value, then the points it earned out of 100
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Market size
Distinct people affected19 → 40
Distinct communities1 → 17
Distinct sources1 → 35
Adjacent categories1 → 32
Regions / languages1 → 28
Competition
Existing products5 → 50
New entrants (90d)0 → 0
Funded players0 → 0
Market maturity15.6 → 97
Incumbent activity36.9 → 37
Monetization
Stated willingness to pay0 → 0
Existing paid products0 → 0
Pricing complaints0 → 0
Business context0 → 0
Momentum
Period-over-period growth100 → 95
Latest period growth0 → 43
Sustained trend1.2 → 45
Acceleration-2 → 48
Pain
Complaint intensity40 → 40
Complaint frequency100 → 100
Negative sentiment-100 → 100
Willingness to switch0 → 0
Urgency0 → 0
Willingness to pay0 → 0
Repeat complaints0 → 0
Demand
Mention volume1 → 9
Explicit requests0 → 0
Distinct people1 → 10
Questions asked0 → 0
Alternative searches0 → 0
Feature requests0 → 0
Evidence
Evidence volume19 → 37
Source diversity1 → 35
Extraction confidence24 → 24
Source credibility72 → 72
Duplicate rate0 → 100
Freshness23.6 → 33
Cluster cohesion100 → 100

Questions about this idea

Is Clocket Time Clock App Frustrations a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
How many people have this problem?
19 different people described it independently, in 19 mentions, the earliest from 05 Dec 2012 and the most recent from 02 Sept 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
Is this problem getting worse?
Current status: rising — mentioned more often than before. Momentum is 62/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.

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