Cloud time and attendance

Know who is working, without asking anyone

Syncro Connect, from Computime. Cloud time and attendance for UK employers: clocking, timesheets, absence and payroll exports, built and supported in Leeds since 1989.

14 day free trial · No card required · From £2 per employee per month, excluding VAT

The Syncro Connect dashboard on a laptop, the Syncro Connect app on a phone and a facial recognition clocking terminal
Ways to clock in

Clock in however suits the job

  • Clocking terminalsFingerprint, face, palm, card and fob. A facial recognition clocking takes under a second.
  • The Syncro Connect appStaff clock in and out on their own phone, with the GPS location saved each time.
  • Syncro KioskA shared tablet where staff use their clock number and PIN.
  • Web browserClock in from a computer, with nothing to install.
What Syncro Connect does

One system for the working day

Clocking, timesheets, leave and payroll in one place, with optional modules for HR, fire roll call, visitors and doors.

Time and attendance

Every clocking lands on the right day and is priced by your own shifts, breaks and pay rules, so the timesheet builds itself. Fingerprint and face clocking make it far harder for one person to clock in for another, and the app saves the GPS location with each clocking.

When the hours are approved, Syncro Connect exports a file for your payroll.

More on clocking software
  • Automatic timesheets, overtime and lateness
  • Payroll export files for Sage 50, QuickBooks, IRIS, BrightPay, Staffology and Moneysoft, or a layout of your own
  • Managers fix a missed clocking in a few clicks, with a full history of every change
  • Terminals keep clockings safe through a network outage and send them when it comes back

Leave Connect

Leave Connect, part of Syncro Connect, handles holiday in days or hours, including part-time staff and length of service, with the bank holidays for your part of the UK. Staff request leave in the app and see their own balance, and managers approve it from their phone.

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More on Leave Connect

Reporting

Build your own reports, run them on demand or have them emailed on a schedule. Lateness, overtime, absence, Bradford Factor, and hours worked by department or job title.

Scheduled reports also arrive in managers' inbox in the Syncro Connect app.

More on Syncro Connect
  • Syncro Flexi

    Included in the £2 software

    Flexi time worked out from real clockings. Staff see their flexi balance and request flexi leave in the app or on Syncro Kiosk with the £3 plan.

  • HR Connect

    Optional add-on

    HR Connect, part of Syncro Connect, keeps employment records, absence reviews and return to work interviews, training, documents and a company library, expenses and mileage, and your own HR forms such as appraisals.

  • Fire Connect

    £395 a year

    Fire Connect, part of Syncro Connect, lists everyone on site from clockings, visitor sign-ins and door access. Fire marshals use the Fire Connect app on iPhone or Android, several can work the same list at once, and the result exports as PDF and CSV. It can also run on its own, without time and attendance. More on Fire Connect

  • Visitor Connect

    £495 a year

    Visitor Connect, part of Syncro Connect, signs visitors in on a tablet and tells their host. Badges print automatically once a label printer is paired, it keeps signing people in if the internet drops, and staff can mark themselves on or off site there too, so they appear on the fire roll call. You supply the tablet. More on Visitor Connect

  • Access Connect

    £395 a year, hardware quoted

    Access Connect, part of Syncro Connect, controls doors by PIN keypad, card and fob, and works with speed gates, turnstiles and barriers. A door swipe can also clock the person in. Our engineers install it. More on Access Connect

The Syncro Connect app

For staff and managers, on iPhone and Android

The Syncro Connect app comes with the £3 plan. More on the Syncro Connect app

For staff

  • Clock in and out, with the GPS location saved
  • Request holiday and other leave, full or part day, with a photo or file attached such as a fit note
  • Report sickness
  • See their holiday balance, booked and upcoming leave, timesheet and hours this week
  • Notifications when leave is decided or a clock out is missing

For managers

  • Approve or decline leave from their phone
  • See the team's live status: on site, remote, on a site visit or off site
  • See any employee's weekly timesheet and holiday balance
  • Receive scheduled reports in the app inbox as well as by email
  • See due-in and signed-in visitors, and pre-book a visitor, with Visitor Connect

Sharing a tablet instead? Syncro Kiosk gives staff the same self-service on a shared tablet with their clock number and PIN. It needs the £3 plan and you supply the tablet.

Getting started

Running in days, with help from Leeds

  1. Start a free trial

    No card needed, and no setup fees.

  2. Add your staff, shifts and rules

    Our Leeds team is on hand to help. Guides are in the help centre.

  3. Your terminals arrive ready

    Configured at our Leeds office and sent next day, ready to plug in. See the terminals.

  4. Staff enrol, then you go live

    Seconds per person at the terminal or in the app.

Pricing

Simple prices, excluding VAT

No setup fees. All prices exclude VAT.

Syncro Connect

£2
per employee per month, excluding VAT
  • Clocking by terminal or web browser
  • Timesheets, overtime and payroll exports
  • Leave Connect and Syncro Flexi
  • Reports and scheduled reports
Add-ons and terminals
ItemPrice, excluding VAT
Fire Connect£395 a year. Can run without time and attendance.
Visitor Connect£495 a year. Can run without time and attendance.
Access Connect£395 a year for the software, with hardware and installation quoted
Facial recognition and palm terminalsFrom £395, one-off
Fingerprint terminalsFrom £495, one-off

Pay monthly on a 30 day rolling contract, or annually with 30 days' notice before renewal.

Why Computime

We supply the software and the terminals

When software and hardware come from two suppliers, a fault turns into two companies pointing at each other. Computime supply, set up and support both, from Leeds.

  • 1989Trading since. Independent, based in Leeds, and still answering our own phone
  • 800+UK businesses on our systems, from a handful of staff to large multi-site employers
  • UKData hosted in the UK with logged access. See our data security page
  • OneSupplier for software, terminals and support, with a Leeds help desk

Read what customers say about Syncro Connect on G2, or compare it with other UK systems in our guide to time and attendance software.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

How much does Syncro Connect cost?

Syncro Connect costs £2 per employee per month, or £3 per employee per month with the Syncro Connect app, both excluding VAT. Fire Connect (£395 a year), Visitor Connect (£495 a year) and Access Connect (£395 a year plus quoted hardware) are optional add-ons, and clocking terminals start from £395.

Is there a free trial, and do I need a card?

Yes, every new account starts with a 14 day free trial and no card is needed. If you need longer to try it properly, ask us and we can extend it.

Can staff clock in from their own phone?

Yes, on the £3 plan staff can clock in and out with the Syncro Connect app for iPhone and Android, and the app saves the GPS location with each clocking.

Can someone clock in from home and pretend they are on site?

The app saves the GPS location with each clocking, so managers can see where it happened. It records the location rather than stopping someone from trying, and fingerprint and face terminals make it far harder for one person to clock in for another.

Which payroll software does it work with?

Syncro Connect exports approved hours as a file ready for Sage 50, QuickBooks, IRIS, BrightPay, Staffology and Moneysoft, or in a layout you set up yourself for other payroll software. It exports a file rather than connecting directly to your payroll.

Do I need a clocking machine?

No, staff can clock in with the Syncro Connect app, on a shared tablet with Syncro Kiosk, or in a web browser. If you want terminals, we supply fingerprint, face, palm, card and fob terminals from £395.

Where is our data stored?

Your data is hosted in the UK, with role-based permissions and logged access. That gives you the records, UK storage and access controls to support your own UK GDPR obligations, and our data security page has the detail.

Can I cancel?

Yes. Monthly plans run on a 30 day rolling contract, and annual plans need 30 days' notice before renewal.

Does it do rotas?

Not yet. Rota and shift scheduling is due later in 2026. Today Syncro Connect has shifts, schedules and repeating work patterns, which decide how each day is paid.

Who is Computime?

Computime is a UK time and attendance company based in Leeds, trading since 1989, with more than 800 UK customers. We supply the Syncro Connect software, the clocking terminals and the support.

Try it before you commit to anything

Start a free trial and have a look around, or book a demo and we will walk you through it.

No card required · Or call 0113 350 9043