Noviq vs When I Work
When I Work is a well-established scheduling product for hourly teams — retail, hospitality, healthcare and more. Noviq is built for teams that work in shifts in Israel: a bilingual English/Hebrew product, a time clock on web and iPhone, and an Israeli-labor-law payroll engine. Here is how they actually differ, without the spin.
Side by side (as of July 2026)
| What | Noviq | When I Work |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free up to 5 members; Team $3 / Pro $5 per member per month, timesheets on every plan | Essentials $2.50 / Pro $5 / Premium $8 per user per month; time tracking is a paid add-on |
| Free tier | Yes — up to 5 active members, no time limit | None — 14-day trial only |
| Trial | 30 days, full product, no credit card | 14 days, no credit card |
| Timesheets & time tracking | Included in every tier, pre-filled from the schedule | Paid add-on on every plan |
| Hebrew & RTL | Full product in Hebrew with a real right-to-left layout | Not offered — web app is English-only; mobile has 5 languages, none RTL |
| Israeli payroll rules | Built-in preset on Pro: 125%/150% overtime, night detection, Shabbat & holiday rates from the Hebrew calendar | Not offered — overtime tooling is US-oriented |
| Slack | Built in from the Team tier — schedule, leave and timesheet events post to your channels | No native integration; via Zapier/middleware |
| Audit trail | Audit log on every change, kept with the workspace | Shift history only, retained for 60 days |
| Native mobile apps | An iPhone app in the App Store; on Android, the web app in the phone’s browser for now | Yes — mature iOS & Android apps |
Which should you pick?
Pick When I Work if…
- You run a US-centric hourly workforce (retail, hospitality, healthcare) and want a long-established ecosystem.
- You need mature native apps on both iPhone and Android for a distributed frontline team today.
- The lowest per-user entry price matters more than what it includes ($2.50 Essentials, add-ons extra).
Pick Noviq if…
- Your week is a grid of shifts that has to be covered, and you want gaps named before the week ships.
- You need Hebrew, RTL, or Israeli payroll rules (125%/150%, Shabbat and holidays) out of the box.
- You want timesheets, Slack and a payroll engine in one per-member price, with no add-ons.
- A small team should cost nothing: up to 5 members, free.
Common questions
- Is Noviq cheaper than When I Work?
- It depends what you count. When I Work's entry plan is $2.50 per user before add-ons, and time tracking costs extra. Noviq is $3 (Team) or $5 (Pro) per member, with timesheets on every plan and the payroll engine on Pro — and free up to 5 members, which When I Work doesn't offer at all.
- Can When I Work handle Israeli payroll rules?
- Nothing Israel-specific is documented — its overtime tooling targets US rules. Noviq Pro ships an Israeli preset: 125%/150% daily overtime, night detection, and Shabbat/holiday premiums driven by the Hebrew calendar.
- Does either product work in Hebrew?
- Noviq's full product ships in Hebrew with a real right-to-left layout. When I Work's own help docs list the web app as English-only, with five languages on mobile — none of them right-to-left.
Competitor details reflect public pricing pages and help docs as of July 2026 and may have changed since. Spotted something outdated? Tell us and we’ll fix it.