The invention discloses a handheld type attendance checking machine and belongs to the technical field of attendance checking. The handheld type attendance checking machine comprises a shell and an integrated circuit board, wherein the integrated circuit board is mounted in the shell; a single chip microcomputer, a GPS (Global Positioning System) positioning module, a display screen 1, an IC (Integrated Circuit) card identification module, a key module, a fingerprint identification module, a time module, a power supply module and a wireless communication module are integrated on the integratedcircuit board; output ends of the GPS positioning module, the time module, the IC card identification module and the fingerprint identification module are connected with a data input end of the single chip microcomputer; the output end of the power supply module is connected with a power supply input end of the single chip microcomputer; the output end of the key module is connected with an instruction input end of the single chip microcomputer; a data output end of the single chip microcomputer is connected with input ends of the wireless communication module and the display screen.