Time by Mainspring vs OpenTimeClock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Time by Mainspring
This employee-facing mobile app connects to a workforce management system. It allows employees to clock in and out, track time, and manage schedules. The app also offers geolocation features for geofencing and time punching.
- Employee time clock
- Geolocation for geofencing
- Background GPS tracking
- Schedule management
- Accrual tracking
- Time sheet management
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“Time” (formerly Infinitime Atlas Mobile App) is the employee mobile application that is used with Mainspring Time software (formerly Infinitime Online). Mainspring Time is a robust workforce management system that allows businesses to proactively track their employee workforce from the office, the field, and mobile workers. Mainspring Time has the ability to track accruals, schedules, time sheets, time exceptions, and much more. Our application does geolocation for geofencing and for punching when entering geofenced areas. This is done with continued use of GPS location in the background. We strive to use as little battery as possible for this feature and disable the constant geolocation when the geofencing feature is disabled in the server. Please be aware that continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
OpenTimeClock
This web-based system allows managers to track employee work hours. It provides features for setting up employees, monitoring their in/out status, editing time cards, and generating reports. The platform also handles account billing and offers comprehensive employee management capabilities.
- Employee setup
- In/out status monitoring
- Time card editing
- Report printing
- Account billing management
- Employee management
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OpenTimeClock is a web based time clock system. The Manager can setup employees, see who is in/out, edit time cards, print reports, manage account billing and much more. have the ability to manage all aspects of their assigned employees, including editing and printing time cards.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OpenTimeClock at 2.3 against Time by Mainspring's 1.3. OpenTimeClock also leads on ratings volume (45 vs 6). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
OpenTimeClock holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OpenTimeClock has 45 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 8% and 8% positive.
Time by Mainspring ships an update every 3 weeks, OpenTimeClock monthly. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Time by Mainspring | OpenTimeClock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.3 (6 ratings) | 2.3 (45 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.7% of reviews | 8.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 45 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mainspring - Small Business Solutions | 荐 周 |
Customer experience
Time by Mainspring
OpenTimeClock
In-app purchases
Time by Mainspring
No in-app purchases
OpenTimeClock
No in-app purchases
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