7punches: Simple Time Clocking

Name: 7punches: Simple Time Clocking
Author: 7shifts, Inc.

2026.42.0

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7shifts, Inc.

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7punches, a free, easy, time-clocking system built specifically for restaurants.

7punches: Time Clocking for Restaurant Staff

By Priya Raghavan

Senior reviews editor

Punch pad where staff clock in and out of shifts
Limits on early clock-ins and automatic punch-outs
Enforced breaks and blocked unauthorized punches
Tip declarations prompted at the end of each shift
Punches stored offline and synced once back online
Manager editing and approval of employee punches

What 7punches is for in a restaurant

7punches is a time clock app for restaurant staff, and it works alongside the 7shifts scheduling app. Staff use it to punch in and out for their shifts, and managers use the punches it records for attendance and payroll.

The listing says 7punches needs a subscription to 7shifts, and that a free trial is available on the 7shifts website. Without that subscription, the scheduling and reporting side of the system is not available.

Clocking staff in and out of shifts

On a shared device, staff use 7punches as a punch pad to record the start and end of each shift. The developer describes the punch pad as secure, so each employee's punches are tied to that person.

Managers can set limits on how early an employee may clock in. They can also set punch-outs to happen automatically, and block punches that were not authorized.

Breaks and tip declarations at shift end

The app can enforce breaks during a shift, so a shift cannot be recorded as continuous when a break was required. This helps a restaurant keep its break records consistent.

At the end of each shift, 7punches prompts staff to declare their tips. The tip figures are recorded with the shift, so they sit alongside the time data for each employee.

Offline punches and manager approval

7punches keeps recording punches when the device is not connected to the internet. Once a connection returns, the stored punches sync to 7shifts.

Managers can edit any employee punch and approve punches before they count toward payroll. Corrections happen in the same system that holds the original record.

Sales, budget and labor reports from 7shifts

Because 7punches syncs with 7shifts, the punch data feeds insights about sales, budgets, staff attendance and productivity. The listing presents these insights as a way to see labor costs against the other figures.

Setting the early clock-in limits, automatic punch-outs and enforced breaks is meant to reduce labor costs. The listing states this as the purpose of those settings, and the reports are where a manager would see the effect.

What's new

Oct 6, 2026

Just a little housekeeping release for you! We’ve been tidying up the code to make the app more stable.

About this APK

The build we hold is 7punches: Simple Time Clocking 2026.32.0 (APK) for Android 5.0 and up.

Version: 2026.32.0; 327
Requires Android: 5.0+
Size: 28 MB

Package ID: com.sevenshifts.android.sevenpunches
Format: APK
Malware scan: Clean on 66 engines
Permissions: 12 declared · 4 sensitive; Approximate location
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Signed by: CN=7shifts, O=7shifts
Certificate SHA-256: 43fb7cf13e857e80ca5d9bc9be0638bd3325e256cff46a6c7be3b69a240b2b09