GEOFENCE ATTENDANCE

A geofence attendance app that stops punches from home.

Draw a circle around each office, site or branch on a map. Punchly checks the employee's live GPS location on every mobile and web punch, so attendance can only be marked from where the work actually happens.

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Pin each site on a map

Drop a pin on the office and drag the radius circle — no typing coordinates. Every unit gets its own geofence.

Pick how strict it is

Set the radius in metres and a strictness level, and decide whether manual punches are allowed at all for that site.

Clear reasons, not silent failures

Outside the circle, location switched off or a weak GPS fix — the employee sees exactly why a punch was refused.

Devices skip the check

Punches from a biometric machine at the site are trusted as-is, so the geofence only applies to phones and browsers.

HOW IT WORKS

Three steps, then it runs itself.

Set up your units

Add each office or site as a unit and pin its location on the map with a radius.

Employees punch from their phone

The app takes several GPS readings and sends the best one with the punch.

Punchly verifies it

Inside the geofence, the punch is recorded with its location. Outside, it is blocked with a reason.

Why teams switch to geofence attendance in Punchly

Buddy punching and "I'm almost there" punches are hard to catch with a register or a shared login. A geofence ties every punch to a place: if the phone is not inside the site's circle, the punch does not count.

GPS is never perfectly precise, especially indoors, so Punchly samples several location fixes and allows a small margin around the radius. An accuracy cap only kicks in for readings that land outside the circle — someone standing in the office is not blocked because their phone reported a wide accuracy.

Each punch is stored with its location, so managers can review where a day started and ended alongside the hours, late marks and overtime that Punchly calculates automatically.

Frequently asked questions

What radius should I use for an office geofence?

Around 100–200 metres works for most offices. Use a larger radius for big campuses, factories or sites where GPS is weaker indoors.

Does geofence attendance work indoors?

Yes. Punchly takes several GPS readings and allows a small margin around the radius, so people inside the building can punch even when the signal is weaker.

Can I turn off phone punching for one site?

Yes. Manual punching can be disabled per unit, for example where everyone uses a biometric machine at the entrance.