ibowkintai.jp

What It Is

iBow KINTAI is a dedicated attendance management service from eWeLL Co., Ltd. for home-visit nursing stations in Japan, derived from the home-visit nursing electronic medical record system iBow. It is not a general-purpose time and attendance system; rather, it is designed around the realities of home-visit nursing, including direct travel to and from visit sites, emergency visits, on-call duty, staff with multiple roles, and reports required for on-site guidance and audits.

Core Features and Integrations

The product supports clock-ins, clock-outs, mid-shift breaks, and overtime clocking. Staff can punch in from home or visit locations using mobile devices such as smartphones; the paid version can also record GPS location data for punches. Shift management supports both monthly/daily views and an unlimited shift pattern mode, and the system can automatically calculate working hours, overtime, and related figures based on punch records. For needs specific to home-visit nursing, it includes an on-call duty roster, preferred-day requests, output for full-time-equivalent conversion / work-style list reports, and allocation of working hours by job type for staff who hold multiple roles. Administrators can check same-day attendance status, while attendance record corrections are logged and notified by email.

Pricing and Free Plan

Pricing is fairly transparent: the initial fee is 0 yen, and the free plan costs 0 yen for up to 5 users. The paid plan is tiered by the number of users at each office, with annual fees excluding tax ranging from 12,000 yen for up to 5 users to 84,000 yen for up to 50 users; organizations with 51 or more users must inquire. iBow users receive discounted pricing. The free plan covers most basic functions, but it does not include GPS location recording, only stores data for the past 1 month, and displays ads.

Pros and Cons

Its key strength is its strong fit for the industry: it addresses issues that general attendance systems often struggle to cover, such as on-call duty, direct travel to and from visit sites, staff with multiple job roles, and work-style list reporting. Mobile use and CSV export are also helpful for day-to-day operations. The limitations are also clear: it is restricted to home-visit nursing providers and generally requires a long-term care insurance office number; it does not support paid leave, compensatory leave, or overtime applications, nor does it calculate payroll directly—it only outputs data for use in payroll software. Support is mainly provided through FAQs and user guides, with no phone support available.

Security, Deployment, and Access from China

The service is cloud-based, with data managed in a data center, and uses SSL plus ID/password protection. The company states that it has obtained information security certifications related to JQA and ISMS-AC. It can integrate with the electronic medical record system iBow, allowing clock-ins from iBow and synchronization of staff information. The available materials do not mention an open API. Access from mainland China is unknown; moreover, the terms of service limit contracts to customers within Japan, and payment is mainly by bank transfer or consolidated billing with iBow. As a result, it is generally not a first-choice option for Chinese organizations, which may instead consider DingTalk, WeCom, or local attendance management systems.