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# What is Proplanum KIOSK

Not every employee carries a work phone, and not every company wants time tracked from a personal device. Proplanum KIOSK solves that with one tablet by the door: the employee confirms who they are and clocks in, takes a break or clocks out, and the entry lands in the same records as time tracked from the app.

# What KIOSK is for

KIOSK is a separate app (Android and iOS) installed on a company device and tied to **one location**. It sits idle showing a clock and the identification methods, then switches to the employee's shift and available actions once they are recognised.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/3/1/2/4/3124ad20f50ccc00/pm26en-kiosk-pulpit_9f7lw1.png =320xauto)

What it gives you in practice:

* time tracking without the employee's phone,
* one clocking point for the whole shift — the queue moves, because identification takes a second,
* entries tied firmly to the location, without relying on GPS,
* automatic sign-out after a few seconds, so the next person cannot clock in on someone else's account.

| Important: Entries from KIOSK land in the same records as entries from the mobile app — a manager approves them all in one place.

# Identification methods

Employees confirm who they are in four ways. Which ones are available depends on the readers connected to the device.

* **Fingerprint** — needs a fingerprint reader
* **Contactless card** — needs a card reader
* **QR code** — from the mobile app or a printout, no extra hardware
* **PIN** — a five-digit code from the employee profile, no extra hardware

If no reader is connected, KIOSK shows only the QR code and PIN.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/3/1/2/4/3124ad20f50ccc00/pm26en-kiosk-pulpit-bez-akceso_karwtz.png =320xauto)

|| Remember: Each method, and what to do when a read fails, is covered in [Identification methods in KIOSK](https://help.proplanum.com/en/article/identification-methods-in-kiosk-18w8wtq/).

# Layout on a tablet

KIOSK adapts to screen size. On a tablet in landscape the numeric keypad stays visible next to the method tiles, so clocking in with a PIN takes one tap less.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/3/1/2/4/3124ad20f50ccc00/pm26en-kiosk-tablet-pulpit_17k58rp.png =320xauto)

In portrait the same layout folds into a column.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/3/1/2/4/3124ad20f50ccc00/pm26en-kiosk-tablet-pulpit-pio_z1x3i7.png =320xauto)

# Before you launch KIOSK

1. Turn on time tracking for the location and set the channel to **KIOSK** — see [RCP settings](https://help.proplanum.com/en/).
2. Install the KIOSK app on a device that will stay in the location permanently.
3. Activate the device — a manager approves the request from the mobile app. See [Setting up and activating KIOSK](https://help.proplanum.com/en/article/setting-up-and-activating-kiosk-3vq0iz/).

With KIOSK, time tracking no longer depends on whether an employee has a charged phone on them — and you know the clock-in happened on site.