Comparison

HostedTime vs BAYADA Secure Chat

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

BAYADA Secure Chat

This app facilitates secure communication between field staff and office personnel within a healthcare organization. It allows for direct messaging, group chats, and image sharing, while also providing access to job schedules and company announcements.

Highlights
  • Private phone-to-phone chat
  • Group chat with multiple employees
  • Browse and apply for open shifts
  • Access office dashboard on mobile
  • Receive company announcements
  • Secure image sharing
  • View upcoming schedule and client details
Features
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BAYADA Secure Chat connects you from a client's home directly to the office. Connect to other BAYADA employees with private phone to phone chat. Need a more collaborative approach? Use Group Chat to chat with multiple BAYADA employees at once, including both caregivers and office staff! Browse the open shifts closest to your home and apply to cover them right from your phone! Clinical Manager, On Call Manager, or Client Services Manager on the go? Download the mobile app and have access to the Secure Chat office dashboard on your phone! Keep up to date with important notifications and updates from any office you work for via announcements. BAYADA Secure Chat’s secure camera allows you to safely send images from your phone directly to the office, even your timesheet! Your upcoming schedule is available at a glance, complete with client name, scheduled times, client address and directions. Get a more personal experience from My Profile. Check your PTO and last paid amount. Set your work preferences and get better open shift results.

Screenshots

HostedTime4 screens
BAYADA Secure Chat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: BAYADA Secure Chat at 3.0 against HostedTime's 1.7. HostedTime's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (13.1 vs 15.1). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

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

BAYADA Secure Chat holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 159 and 55 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 5% of HostedTime's written reviews are positive against 7% of BAYADA Secure Chat's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HostedTime ships an update every 11 days, BAYADA Secure Chat every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
HostedTime versus BAYADA Secure Chat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHostedTimeBAYADA Secure Chat
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.7 (159 ratings)3.0 (55 ratings) — better
Positive reviews5.3% of reviews6.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings159 — better55
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.1 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBektek Enterprises, Inc.Bayada Home Health Care Inc

Customer experience

HostedTime

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

BAYADA Secure Chat

All ratings55 ratings
Positive43.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative47.3%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive6.7%
Neutral26.7%
Negative66.7%

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
Show 79 more
  • 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

BAYADA Secure Chat

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

HostedTime

No in-app purchases

None

BAYADA Secure Chat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HostedTime free?
HostedTime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BAYADA Secure Chat free?
BAYADA Secure Chat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HostedTime or BAYADA Secure Chat?
BAYADA Secure Chat is rated higher. HostedTime averages 1.7 out of 5 from 159 ratings, while BAYADA Secure Chat averages 3.0 from 55 ratings.
Do HostedTime or BAYADA Secure Chat have ads?
Neither HostedTime nor BAYADA Secure Chat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HostedTime or BAYADA Secure Chat?
HostedTime ships an update every 11 days, and BAYADA Secure Chat every 4 months. Most recently, HostedTime was updated on October 1, 2026 and BAYADA Secure Chat on September 20, 2026.

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