Comparison

PENTA eTime vs Fluency Mobile

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PENTA eTime

This application allows employees to easily enter their work hours from their smartphone or tablet, eliminating paper timesheets. Supervisors can also approve employee time entries within the same app, streamlining payroll processes.

Highlights
  • Mobile time entry
  • Supervisor time approval
  • Copy previous timesheets
  • Record job or overhead time
  • Integrated with PENTA modules
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PENTA eTime by Penta Technologies, Inc. works with PENTA Enterprise Software. PENTA eTime easily fits into the on-the-go work schedule of employees who need the ability to enter their time while away from the office. This convenient application enables employees to easily enter their time on their smartphone or tablet. Supervisors can also approve other employees' time all within the same application. eTime eliminates inefficiencies of paper timesheets and reduces time spent in the office. PENTA eTime is fully integrated with PENTA Personnel, Payroll, and Job Cost Modules. Detail Features: • Copy from your previous timesheet for even more efficient time entry. • Record daily details for job or overhead time. • Approve timesheets for employees whom you supervise. • Easily contact employees with questions about their timesheet.

About

Fluency Mobile

This app helps on-site interpreters manage their schedules, track work time accurately, and handle appointment details. It offers features for reviewing assignments, verifying work time with digital signatures, and accessing directions. The tool also provides comprehensive reports on interpreter resources, client needs, and finances.

Highlights
  • Schedule and manage assignments
  • Accurate on-site time tracking (online/offline)
  • Digital signature verification
  • Digital receipting of appointment vouchers
  • Live driving and walking directions
  • Upload finished appointments to administration
  • Generate comprehensive reports
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Fluency, Inc. is North America’s leading Software as a Service interpreter scheduling and management solution (IMS) assisting American Sign Language and Spoken Language interpreting service providers with scheduling, tracking, and accurately billing each interpreting encounter. Fluency’s vast library of onboard reports effortlessly provides an entire understanding of your interpreter human resources, client demands, finances, and operations. Fluency Mobile provides an accurate time tracking system that works both on and offline. It gives interpreters the ability to complete and verify their interpreting time using a finger signature from the confirming provider, full digital receipting of appointment vouchers, and live, interactive driving and walking directions. Other features include: • Review pending and accepted assignments by day or date range view and accept assignment offers • Allows interpreters to identify their work time by type of activity • Allows interpreters to identify their work time by type of activity connection, seamlessly upload finished appointments to Administration

Screenshots

PENTA eTime2 screens
Fluency Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fluency Mobile at 50% against PENTA eTime's 0%. Fluency Mobile also leads on rating (3.8 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). PENTA eTime's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fluency Mobile holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fluency Mobile has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of PENTA eTime's written reviews are positive against 50% of Fluency Mobile's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PENTA eTime ships an update every 5 weeks, Fluency Mobile every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PENTA eTime versus Fluency Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPENTA eTimeFluency Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)3.8 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS6.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB205 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPenta Technologies, Inc.Fluency, Inc.

Customer experience

PENTA eTime

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Fluency Mobile

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral25.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PENTA eTime

No in-app purchases

None

Fluency Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PENTA eTime free?
PENTA eTime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fluency Mobile free?
Fluency Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PENTA eTime or Fluency Mobile?
Fluency Mobile is rated higher. PENTA eTime averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Fluency Mobile averages 3.8 from 8 ratings.
Do PENTA eTime or Fluency Mobile have ads?
Neither PENTA eTime nor Fluency Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PENTA eTime or Fluency Mobile?
PENTA eTime ships an update every 5 weeks, and Fluency Mobile every 7 months. Most recently, PENTA eTime was updated on September 29, 2026 and Fluency Mobile on October 5, 2026.

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