Comparison

HostedTime vs TELS Building Management

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

Head to head
About

HostedTime

Track your work hours and view your upcoming shifts. This app allows you to check your timecards, view schedules, and monitor your available balances. You can also send and receive messages directly within the application.

Highlights
  • View timecards
  • View schedules
  • View balances
  • Send messages
  • Receive messages
Features
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Time/Attendance Mobile Application * View Timecards * View Schedules * View Balances * Send/Receive Messages

About

TELS Building Management

Streamline senior living operations by easily requesting service technicians, managing tasks, assets, and work orders. Monitor compliance and performance to drive efficiency in assisted living and skilled nursing facilities.

Highlights
  • Request service technicians
  • Manage building tasks and assets
  • Track work orders
  • Monitor compliance and performance
  • Real-time service updates
  • Life Safety guides and checklists
Features
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Easily request service technicians, manage building Tasks, Assets and Work Orders, and monitor compliance and performance with the #1 Building Management app for Senior Living. Join 13,000+ Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing facilities nationwide who trust Direct Supply® TELS® to help them solve their challenges and drive cost out of Senior Living facility management. · Request Service – Tap for technicians, monitor service with real-time updates, and keep record of the who, what and where in your building · Stay Compliant – Deploy and complete critical compliance activities with Life Safety guides, checklists and Tasks, including infection control · Maximize Assets – Track, monitor and store vital data to help you maximize equipment life, including repair history and warranty information · Complete Work Orders – Easily generate and check Work Orders off your to-do list · Gain Visibility – Standardize processes, complete activities and gain insights into Unit Turns · Must be a TELS customer · Need Internet access to initially load TELS Building Management · Services are only in supported markets

Screenshots

HostedTime4 screens
TELS Building Management4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: TELS Building Management at 3.7 against HostedTime's 1.7. TELS Building Management also leads on review sentiment (44% vs 5%) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 11 days). HostedTime's advantage is iOS requirement (13.1 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

TELS Building Management holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 160 and 67 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 5% of HostedTime's written reviews are positive against 44% of TELS Building Management's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HostedTime ships an update every 11 days, TELS Building Management every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
HostedTime versus TELS Building Management: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHostedTimeTELS Building Management
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.7 (160 ratings)3.7 (67 ratings) — better
Positive reviews5.3% of reviews44.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings160 — better67
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.1 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBektek Enterprises, Inc.Direct Supply, Inc.

Customer experience

HostedTime

All ratings147 ratings
Positive13.6%
Neutral4.1%
Negative82.3%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive5.3%
Neutral5.3%
Negative89.5%

TELS Building Management

All ratings67 ratings
Positive64.2%
Neutral13.4%
Negative22.4%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral11.1%
Negative44.4%

Bugs and requests

HostedTime

Reported bugs

84 issues
  • Keeps logging me out
  • Locked out for days
  • Messes up every weekend
  • Can't get paid right
  • Won't let me back in
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  • Picks you out often
  • Frequently does not work
  • PTO is always messed up
  • Desktop version does not recognize login and password
  • Pay stubs currently stuck loading
  • Cannot access my information
  • Continue to get message that I am locked out
  • Cannot access any of my information
  • No type of help from app support
  • Cannot log in
  • Worst app
  • App has logged me out and will not log me back in
  • Won't let you contact developer
  • Took the update on 1/16/25 now I cannot login
  • Get an error 'cannot communicate with server'
  • New update kicked me out and now I'm unable to log back in
  • Can't get my paycheck on my HostedTime anymore
  • Unable to download paystubs
  • Cannot see paychecks
  • Cannot see w2s
  • Since update every time I press on messages it says no conversation yet
  • Won't let me press on links sent to me
  • When viewing pay stubs in the app it just says the pdf downloaded and can't see anything
  • App only works when it wants to
  • Has my account locked
  • Will not even allow me to use one time code to access
  • Online doesn't have account either
  • How do I get account unlocked?
  • Saying that it's 5/30/2024 for time
  • Can't see scheduled PTO days
  • Don't have an update available
  • App Store says last update was 9 months ago
  • Couldn't get it to work on my phone
  • Recently logged me out and I can't get back in
  • It says I've been locked out
  • This app is nothing but problems and error
  • Has logged me out for some reason and it will not allow me to log back in
  • Wouldn't let me logged into another facility
  • Basically useless
  • I have been locked out of my account and there's nothing I can do about it
  • Keeps logging me out and not able to sign back in
  • It doesn't show all the information needed
  • Just get a blank screen
  • Won't work for my apple phone or apple tablet
  • Can't download time sensitive check stubs
  • App updated on my phone. Now I can't log in.
  • This app will only allow for 1 account
  • Can't log in even after trying multiple time and both ways
  • The app does not work
  • Newest version isn't showing correct hours
  • All hours (paid reg, shift difference, service worker and sick hours) are all calculated together
  • Cannot see your PTO with the new update
  • Have to download your check to files just to see it
  • Hour totals incorrect
  • No period hour totals
  • Does not scroll on time card correctly
  • Practically useless
  • Can't view actual hours that I have actually worked
  • Everything is thrown together hours and shift differences are calculated together
  • Horrible update. Change it back!!!
  • Can't even see my PTO time
  • Can't seem to log in or update
  • Unable to see the balances on my account after the update
  • Can't see PTO with new update
  • This new update is trash
  • The old version was better
  • Screen does not load completely
  • It doesn't show a total of your time
  • Keeps saying username or password is incorrect
  • Unable to get into the app
  • When you need to view anything important. App is giving you a hard time.
  • Unable to login with the correct login information
  • App tends to crash anytime I try to see any of the messages from my facility
  • Get the can't connect to server error message
  • Server not available
  • Unable to log in. Stating 'wrong ID and or Password'
  • Gives an error as of lately saying wrong User ID and Password
  • Can't do the App Support because it asks for email and password which I do not have
  • No app update for it to do

Requested features

9 requests
  • Allow changes to banking info for direct deposit
  • Improve app for users
  • Add ability to see PTO
  • Put back actual hours worked to the time clock
  • Separate hours worked from shift differences
Show 4 more
  • Allow viewing paychecks without downloading
  • Fix app so it works for Apple phones/tablets
  • Allow multiple accounts for users working for multiple companies
  • Fix app so it works on iPhone 14

TELS Building Management

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

HostedTime

No in-app purchases

None

TELS Building Management

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HostedTime free?
HostedTime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TELS Building Management free?
TELS Building Management is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HostedTime or TELS Building Management?
TELS Building Management is rated higher. HostedTime averages 1.7 out of 5 from 160 ratings, while TELS Building Management averages 3.7 from 67 ratings.
Do HostedTime or TELS Building Management have ads?
Neither HostedTime nor TELS Building Management shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HostedTime or TELS Building Management?
HostedTime ships an update every 11 days, and TELS Building Management every 5 days. Most recently, HostedTime was updated on November 2, 2026 and TELS Building Management on November 7, 2026.

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