When I Work vs Modge

Two scheduling tools side by side. Prices are the starting plan a small business would pick, in USD.

Compare	When I WorkWhen I Work	ModgeModge Inc.
In one line	Shift scheduling and time clock from $2.50 a user	Desktop time tracking that monitors staff app use and screens, from $4 a seat
Starting price	From $2.50/person	From $4/person
Six-person team	$15/mo	$24/mo
Plans	Essentials $2.50/user/mo; Pro $5/user/mo; Premium $8/user/mo	Per tracked seat, billed yearly (the default view): Basic $4/mo, Pro $5.50/mo, Premium $7/mo; billed monthly: Basic $5, Pro $7, Premium $9; Enterprise by quote (annual billing, volume pricing); Basic: automatic time tracking, app and URL tracking with AI productivity scores, idle detection, screenshots up to 18/hour with optional blur and 3-month retention, timesheets and approvals, payroll CSV (generic, Wise, PayPal) and PDF exports, client invoices, email and chat support; Pro adds shifts and scheduling with adherence scores, leave, breaks and overtime rules, client billing through your own Stripe account, on-demand screenshots, 12-month retention, custom roles, teams and project budgets; Premium adds suspicious activity and mouse-jiggler detection, burnout-risk and profitability reports, contract signing, 24-month retention, customized onboarding and a dedicated account manager; Enterprise adds custom retention and a priority response SLA; add-ons per seat: More Screenshots $2/mo (up to 60/hour), Extended Data Retention $2/mo ($1.67 billed yearly); viewers are free; seat changes are prorated; no seat minimum stated; 14-day free trial of the plan you pick, card required at sign-up; no free plan; macOS and Windows only, no mobile app
Pricing model	Free trial	Free trial
Free trial	14 days	14 days
Users	Per user	Per tracked seat; viewers free
Both connect to	No shared connections on record.
Also connects to	Gusto, Rippling, QuickBooks Payroll, OnPay, Square Payroll	None in our catalog
Team size	2–10 people · 11–50 people · 51–200 people	2–10 people · 11–50 people · 51–200 people
Available in	US	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	None listed	Plans not stated
Live chat	Plans not stated	Every plan
Support hours	Web form: Monday-Friday: 7 A.M. to 9 P.M. Central Standard Time, Saturday-Sunday: 9 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. Central Standard Time · Live chat: Monday-Friday: 7 A.M. to 7 P.M. Central Standard Time, Saturday-Sunday: 9 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. Central Standard Time	Not published
Incidents posted	0 incidents posted on When I Work's status page in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026. Status page	We found no public status page for Modge Inc..
Capterra score	4.5 / 5 from 1,300 reviews	Not listed
Trustpilot score	4.1 / 5 from 7 reviews (few reviews)	Not listed
Fit: Retail shop	85	15
Fit: Restaurant or café	88	5
Fit: Service business	65	50
Fit: Agency or studio	20	85
Fit: Trades or contractor	70	10
Fit: Online store	25	40
Why people pick it	Cheap per user Easy shift swaps	Time, app use and screenshots from one desktop agent From $4 per seat billed yearly
Where it falls short	No free plan Time clock features need Pro	Desktop only: no mobile app or GPS clock-in No direct payroll integrations, only CSV exports
	Visit When I Work ↗	Visit Modge ↗

Six-person prices are what a team of six would pay on the published plans; "Not listed" means those plans don't cover six. How we calculate prices

Modge: partner link. We may earn a commission; it never affects rankings.