Comparison

eSUB Time vs Bend Designer

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

Head to head
About

eSUB Time

This app streamlines employee time tracking for subcontractors, offering paperless and accurate labor productivity data. Field workers can easily log hours, switch tasks, and sync data offline, while office staff can manage approvals, generate reports, and add temporary workers.

Highlights
  • Paperless time entry for field workers
  • Punch in/out or manual hour entry
  • Task switching and break logging
  • Location tracking at punch in/out
  • Offline data sync
  • Timesheet approvals and reporting
  • Temporary worker addition
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Tired of wasting time and money tracking your employees’ time? Go paperless and get more accurate data with eSUB Time. eSUB Time, is an employee time tracking solution that helps you -the subcontractor- take labor productivity to the next level. eSUB Time Mobile features for the Field Worker: • Allows employees to enter their own time on their own devices • Supports two different ways to record time – using a punch in and punch out button or simply entering the total number of hours worked each day • Provides the ability to quickly switch tasks or take breaks • Records location at the time of punch in/out, and alerts approvers if the punch happened outside a configurable distance • Supports signing Timesheets, and notifies the worker when it is time to sign their weekly timesheet • Comments enabled within time entries to communicate easily with the office • Full support for cases where field workers have no internet connectivity and need to sync up with the cloud once connected • Support for working with multiple companies eSUB Time Web features for the Office Worker: • Support for one-click copying of yesterday’s or last weeks’ time entries • Enables Project Managers or Back Office workers to enter time on a project for one or multiple employees over multiple days on one page • Approvals screen provides ability to: • Group time entries by Employees, Projects or by your own timesheets • Approve one time entry, all employees’ time entries or an entire employee’s timecard • Ability to group or filter on the Timesheet Log page • Custom views allow you to save your filters (e.g. Foreman can save their Crews) and share them with others in your company • Comprehensive reporting including Percent of Efficiency, Labor Percent Complete Forecast, Cost-to-Complete Report, and more • Provides the ability to add a temporary worker immediately while they’re on the job and quickly convert them to a permanent employee if the situation requires it

About

Bend Designer

Design custom tubes by adding bends and adjusting dimensions. The app's output is used with a specific bending machine to fabricate the designed tube. It is intended for use with H55 ACR Type-L bendable copper tubing.

Highlights
  • Dynamic tube design
  • Add bends and change dimensions
  • Generate output for bending machine
  • Designed for specific hardware
  • Supports H55 ACR Type-L copper tubing
Features
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Dynamically design tubes by adding bends and changing dimensions to create exactly what you need. Then use the apps output along with the Reftekk Digi-Bender to create the tube you designed. This app is designed to be used with the Reftekk Digi-Bender. Do not use it with any other bender. This app is designed to be used with H55 ACR Type-L bendable copper tubing. Do not use any other tubing.

Screenshots

eSUB Time3 screens
Bend Designer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bend Designer at 5.0 against eSUB Time's 2.6. eSUB Time's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (34 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

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

Bend Designer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: eSUB Time has 34 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

eSUB Time ships an update fortnightly, Bend Designer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
eSUB Time versus Bend Designer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereSUB TimeBend Designer
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (34 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews22.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings34 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopereSUB Construction SoftwareReftekk, Inc.

Customer experience

eSUB Time

All ratings34 ratings
Positive38.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative61.8%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive22.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative77.8%

Bend Designer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

eSUB Time

No in-app purchases

None

Bend Designer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is eSUB Time free?
eSUB Time is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bend Designer free?
Bend Designer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, eSUB Time or Bend Designer?
Bend Designer is rated higher. eSUB Time averages 2.6 out of 5 from 34 ratings, while Bend Designer averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do eSUB Time or Bend Designer have ads?
Neither eSUB Time nor Bend Designer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, eSUB Time or Bend Designer?
eSUB Time ships an update fortnightly, and Bend Designer every 2 months. Most recently, eSUB Time was updated on October 9, 2026 and Bend Designer on October 3, 2026.

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