ToolWatch vs PacificTime
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ToolWatch
This business application streamlines the management of tools, equipment, materials, and consumables for construction companies. It offers mobile functionality for field and warehouse teams, enabling tasks like searching, moving, verifying, and requesting items.
- Tool and equipment management
- Material and consumable tracking
- Mobile field functionality
- Warehouse inventory management
- Search, move, and verify tools
- Service request management
Read full descriptionHide full description
ToolWatch helps construction companies manage their tools, equipment, materials and consumables across their enterprise, using award-winning software, scanning devices, proven business processes and best practices. This application delivers mobile functionality to the field and warehouse teams. Field features include Search, Move, Verify, Request and Service Request. Warehouse features include Search, Transfer, Express Check In/Out, Count Inventory, Pick Tickets, and Create/Edit Items. Please note: This application works in conjunction with cloud.alignops.com. In order to log in and use this application, you must have a ToolWatch Cloud subscription, and credentials setup by your administrator.
PacificTime
This app allows users to manage and track time, expenses, assets, and logs on the go. It supports entering, submitting, and getting approvals for various work-related information, including timesheets, expense sheets, and leave requests.
- Enter and submit timesheets
- Create and submit expense sheets
- Request and track leave
- Manage holiday schedules
- Track assets and production
- Log daily activities and incidents
Read full descriptionHide full description
Manage and track your individual time, expenses, assets and logs. For users in any industry where you need to track information on the go. Whether it's project time and expenses, or tracking of work or service orders in the field, enter, submit and get approved any time, expense and tracking sheets. A product of Pacific Timesheet, Pacific Time runs on any iPhone or iPad. Enter and Submit Timesheets: - Use Day or Week Views of Timesheet - Search and select projects/jobs, tasks, & other work items - Enter project/job hours - Track attendance (optional) - Enter leave manually - Scheduled leave displays automatically - Scheduled holidays display automatically - Enter detailed time entry notes or other field values - Enter per diem amounts - Copy previous day’s entries - Receive automated timesheet reminders and late notices - Submit timesheet - Monitor approvals/rejections - Receive timesheet rejections with correction instructions Create and Submit Expense Sheets: - Create expense sheets with date ranges and descriptions - Create expense entries by expense type - Enter per diem amounts - Code entries by client, project & other work items - Track expense item in local currency - Enter detailed expense descriptions (required) and notes - Attach receipt image using iPhone/iPad camera or gallery - Track payment method, personal or billable expense - Track meeting attendees. - View reimbursement amount in your currency - Submit expense sheet - Monitor approvals/rejections - Receive expense sheet rejection notices with correction instructions Request Leave: - Create and submit leave requests like vacation or PTO - Leave request balance forecast shows negative balances - Errors for leave requests exceeding available balance - Monitor leave approvals/rejections - Receive leave approval notices with approval instructions - Receive leave rejection notices with rejection reasons - Approved leave automatically pushes onto future timesheets Holiday Schedules: - Scheduled holidays automatically push onto timesheets - Holidays appear automatically on schedule of upcoming leave Leave Balance History: - View current balance for all leave types - View leave balance history of all leave types - Detailed audit log of all leave balance changes - View detailed log of accruals, dates, rules & years of service - View leave approvals/rejections Asset and Production Tracking: - Materials tracking by asset name, ID, class, costs, billings - Vehicle/equipment tracking by name, ID, odometer readings - Production tracking by asset, project/job cost code, task Documentation and Logs: - Incident and accident logs - Daily activity logs - Safety meeting logs - Daily work plans Learn more at www.pacifictimesheet.com. Must be an existing Pacific Timesheet basic or enterprise user.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PacificTime at 4.0 against ToolWatch's 3.4. ToolWatch's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 35 months) and ratings volume (20 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PacificTime holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ToolWatch has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ToolWatch ships an update fortnightly, PacificTime every 35 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ToolWatch | PacificTime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (20 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 35 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 454 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ToolWatch Corp | Pacific Timesheet |
Customer experience
ToolWatch
PacificTime
In-app purchases
ToolWatch
No in-app purchases
PacificTime
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ToolWatch free?
Is PacificTime free?
Which has better reviews, ToolWatch or PacificTime?
Do ToolWatch or PacificTime have ads?
Which is updated more often, ToolWatch or PacificTime?
Other comparisons















