Many workforce management estates are anchored by dedicated timeclocks: fixed devices at defined entry points, engineered for high-volume use and built to last. They do exactly what they’re designed to do – reliably, securely, day after day. But no workforce is uniform.
Temporary sites, customer-facing areas, satellite offices, and mobile teams all create gaps that a wall-mounted terminal was never meant to fill.
GT Tablet doesn’t ask you to rethink what’s already working; instead, it fills those gaps using hardware you may already have.
What Is GT Tablet?
GT Tablet is an app – available on iOS, iPadOS 17 and above, and Android 12 and above – that turns any compatible tablet into a fully functional timeclock. There’s no hardware to procure and no installation project to manage. Download it, register through GTConnect, and a standard tablet becomes a clocking point with PIN and facial recognition capability.
The facial recognition engine supports up to 10,000 1:N identification templates or 50,000 1:1 verification templates, dependent on device storage. It integrates with well-known payroll and workforce management software, and GTConnect’s remote view and log streaming mean support and troubleshooting can be handled without anyone needing to be on site.
For payroll accuracy and audit purposes, it captures the same quality of time data as a dedicated terminal.
How GT Tablet Compares to Timeclocks
The GT4, GT8, and GT10 are Grosvenor’s dedicated devices for demanding environments. They are designed for continuous use at high-traffic locations – warehouse entrances, production lines, hospital wards – where reliability isn’t negotiable and downtime isn’t an option.
Dedicated terminals (GT4 / GT8 / GT10): Purpose-built for continuous, high-volume use at fixed locations. These devices are hardware-backed security, including encrypted storage, secure boot and physical wall-mounting. They offer optional fingerprint and facial recognition biometrics, as well as more advanced options, such as the large-format kiosk and self-service capabilities on the GT10.
GT Tablet: An app on an existing iOS or Android tablet, with simple installation and use. Enable PIN- and facial-recognition clocking, with T&A integrated with workforce management software. Easily managed remotely via GTConnect. This option is portable and redeployable as needs change, and is unobtrusive in customer-facing environments.
When balancing the two solutions, it’s important to remember: A dedicated terminal is a long-term infrastructure investment, whereas GT Tablet is a flexible layer that sits on top of it, not beneath it.
“The conversation shouldn’t be about GT Tablet versus timeclocks. For some environments, a fixed terminal is exactly what’s needed. For others, particularly where employees are mobile, GT Tablet provides a practical alternative.” – Simon Poole-Anderson, Director of Technology
What Environments Does the GT Tablet Fit Into?
GT Tablet is particularly useful in organisations where some employees work from fixed locations while others are mobile, remote or site-based.
Retail
A GT8 manages clocking in on the stockroom wall for warehouse and fulfilment staff. At the front of house, a GT Tablet runs on a tablet already used for EPOS – workforce management added to existing hardware, with no visible change to the customer environment.
Healthcare
GT terminals cover ward entrances and main staff access points. Community or outreach teams working across multiple locations use GT Tablet on a device they already carry – clocking in wherever they are, with data feeding into the same central system.
Construction and events
Where there is no fixed infrastructure at all – temporary sites, seasonal venues, pop-up operations – GT Tablet delivers accurate time capture without any installation. Move the tablet when the site moves.
Satellite offices
For smaller or secondary locations that don’t justify a dedicated terminal deployment, GT Tablet provides the same clocking capability at a fraction of the infrastructure requirement.
The Invisible Thread: GTConnect
Whether a clock-in happens on a GT4 at a warehouse entrance or a GT Tablet in a community care team vehicle, both feed data into GTConnect – Grosvenor’s proprietary cloud platform for remote diagnostics, data management and HCM software integration. That consistency matters for payroll accuracy; it means managers and HR teams have a single, reliable workforce view regardless of how mixed the device estate is.
GTConnect’s remote view and log streaming capability also ensures that support works the same way across all device types – no specialist site visits required to troubleshoot a GT Tablet deployment.
How GT Tablet Can Work Within Your Workforce Strategy
GT Tablet fits as the flexible layer that dedicated timeclocks were never designed to be. Where your estate has gaps – temporary sites, mobile workers, customer-facing environments, smaller offices – it extends accurate time capture using hardware that’s already there or easily sourced.
It doesn’t displace the GT4 on your warehouse floor or the GT8 at your main entrance. It covers the ground those terminals don’t reach, connects to the same platform, and delivers the same quality of data for payroll and compliance purposes. A complete workforce management estate isn’t one device or the other. It’s both, deployed where each belongs.
Find out more about GT Tablet
To discuss how GT Tablet and Grosvenor’s timeclock range can work together across your workforce, get in touch with our team – hcmsales@grosvenortechnology.com.