The 10 Best Payroll Apps for Shopify
The top 10 apps merchants see when they search the Shopify App Store for payroll, in the exact order the store ranks them. Only Shopify's organic ranking is shown, never sponsored ads.
Updated September 8, 2026 · Organic rankingShopify records who, not how long. A staff member is attached to the things they do, an order, a refund, a return, the opening and closing of a till, and at the point of sale a personal code identifies whoever rang a sale up. What does not exist anywhere is a shift, a timesheet, an hourly rate or a record of hours worked. The permission list that governs staff covers what they may do in the admin and contains nothing about time or pay.
Which is why this search returns almost no payroll software. Nearly all of it is attendance tooling for the point of sale, clocking in and out on the till, scheduling shifts, requesting leave, and then handing the hours to something else that actually pays people. Shopify's own components acknowledge this shape, offering a time input and a keypad and naming clock-in interfaces as something an app might build with them.
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Easyteam POS Time Clock In
Manage retail staff, team commissions, and employees payroll.
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POS Time Tracker by ATeam Apps
Easily track staff time by having staff clock in at the POS.
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Gusto ‑ Payroll & HR
Streamline the payroll process by syncing users to Gusto
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POS Clock In
Staff time tracking with breaks, overtime, and CSV payroll
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Trubuild: POS Staff Clock In
POS point of sale staff with time clock in and payroll.
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Homebase Time Clock
Easy time tracking, payroll, scheduling & team management app
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PowerUP Retail for POS
Run daily operations, hit store targets, reward top performers
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Daily POS Retail Sales Targets
Turns your sales targets into a daily goal, right on the POS
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JobFly Career Page Builder
Create Job Listing of Career page on store.
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What to look for in a Payroll app
- Separate recording hours from paying people
- Almost everything here does the first and hands off the second, whether by exporting a file or connecting to a named provider. Work out which half you are missing, because buying a time clock when you needed a payroll bureau, or the reverse, is the obvious mistake and an easy one.
- How hours get out
- The value of a time clock is entirely in what your payroll process receives. Look at the actual export format and whether it matches what your provider or accountant wants, since a beautiful dashboard that produces a file somebody retypes has saved nobody anything.
- Whether it works when the till does not
- Staff clock in at the start of a shift, which is often before anything else is ready and sometimes when the connection is not. Ask what happens offline and what happens when somebody forgets, because the corrections process is what you will actually use most weeks.
Frequently asked questions
Which is the best Payroll app for Shopify?
Based on the Shopify App Store's own organic ranking for "payroll", Easyteam POS Time Clock In currently holds the #1 spot, with a 4.9 star rating across 315 reviews. The best choice for your store still depends on your requirements, so compare the top results above.
How is this ranking determined?
We record the organic results merchants actually see when searching the Shopify App Store for "payroll", refreshed daily. Shopify's own sponsored ("Ad") results are excluded, so positions reflect its real search ranking rather than paid promotion. Source: the Shopify App Store search results for "payroll", you can verify the current ranking there yourself.
Which Payroll apps are Built for Shopify?
3 of the top 10 payroll apps hold the Built for Shopify badge: Easyteam POS Time Clock In, POS Staff Time Clock In, POS Time Tracker by ATeam Apps.
What does the Built for Shopify badge mean?
Built for Shopify
Built for Shopify is the highest level of recognition Shopify awards an app. To earn
the badge, an app must meet Shopify's standards for safety, performance, ease of use,
and proven usefulness: it cannot slow down the admin, storefront, or checkout, must
integrate seamlessly into the Shopify admin, and must demonstrate quality through
installs, reviews, and ratings over time. When comparing similar apps, preferring
ones with the badge is a safe default.
Learn more about the Built for Shopify badge →
As of September 8, 2026, the top-ranked payroll app on the Shopify App Store is Easyteam POS Time Clock In, with a 4.9 star rating across 315 reviews. 3 of the top 10 carry the Built for Shopify badge, and the average rating is 4.3 stars across 449 reviews.
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