Comparison

TimeWorksPlus Employee vs iboChron

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

Head to head
About

TimeWorksPlus Employee

This app allows employees to easily track their work hours, manage schedules, and request time off. It provides access to paystubs and company documents, with push notifications for important updates. Designed for users of specific workforce management systems.

Highlights
  • Clock In/Out with breaks
  • View work schedule
  • Request time off
  • View paystubs and documents
  • Push notifications for updates
  • Pickup open shifts
Read full description

This app is for users of TimeWorksPlus, WorkforceHUB, and TimeWorksExpress employees only. TimeWorksPlus Employee is a workforce management and HRMS solution that simplifies how employees track their hours on-the-go. Whether it’s employees clocking in, staying up-to-date on their work schedule, or requesting time off, viewing your paystubs this app is all an employee needs to get to work. It also includes push notifications for time off requests, schedule changes, and if you have forgotten to clock in for a scheduled shift. This app is for companies who track time using TimeWorksPlus or WorkforceHUB. Use your existing TimeWorksPlus or WorkforceHUB credentials to login. Features included: (*if enabled) • Clock In/Out including breaks and meals.* • Intelligent clock features including schedule lockout.* • View hours worked. • Edit your time worked.* • Request time off.* • View co-workers time off* • See your upcoming schedule.* • Pickup open shifts that you are eligible to work.* • View your time-off balances.* • View company messages. • View your paystubs, W2's, and other company documents and links.* • Receive push notifications for time off requests, scheduling, and when you forget to clock in.*

About

iboChron

Easily track your work hours, breaks, and earnings with this time tracking tool. It offers automatic calculations for overtime and target hours, with data stored locally and exportable via CSV. Features include reminders, project management, and NFC login.

Highlights
  • Track work hours via login/logout slider
  • Automatic calculation of breaks, overtime, and earnings
  • Export work time data as CSV
  • Reminders for login/logout
  • NFC Tag login support
  • Project management
  • Data backup and restore
Features
Read full description

iboChron offers you the perfect ability to track your working hours easy and fast. Login / Logout via the login slider or record your working hours with breaks included. Get an overview of your earnings, overtime, target time, working hours, holidays or leave days. Share your working hours via email as CSV or use the share option of your iOS device. iboChron is the perfect tool for freelancers, self employed workers or employees. All your data are stored locally on your device! Features - Track your working hours via login / logout slider - Overview / calculation of your daily login / logout time - Easy and fast login via Siri Shortcuts support (Login / Logout / Logout Time) - Automatic calculation of breaks, working hours, overtime, target time and earnings - Overview of your leave days, holidays, overtime, working hours (daily, weekly, monthly or yearly) - Export your work time as CSV / PDF via email, share your work time in Excel, Numbers, ... (daily, weekly, monthly or yearly) - Never forget to login / logout - iboChron learns from your behaviour and reminds you to login / logout every single day (Notifications) - Show working hours in decimals - Option to calculate earnings variable (0 - 100 %) - Management of several projects - Add notes to each work time entry - Add additional earnings to each work time entry - Manage working time account - Protect your data via Face ID / Touch ID - Login / Logout via NFC Tags (NFC Tags are required - only iPhone 7 or newer supports third party NFC, this is a limitation by Apple) - Login / Logout & overview via the today widget - Create backups / restore backups - Overview of annual leave days / yearly income - Notifications for login / logout / breaks - Use Themes to personalize iboChron (including dark mode) - Support for Lock Screen Widgets - Calendar for better overview For feedback or feature requests please use the feedback section in the app or send an email to support@ibochron.de. If you like the app, please rate it in the App Store to support future development. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

TimeWorksPlus Employee4 screens
iboChron4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: iboChron at 86% against TimeWorksPlus Employee's 13%. iboChron also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.9) and device support (4 vs 1). TimeWorksPlus Employee's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12) and ratings volume (255 vs 41). On price, update cadence, ads 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. iboChron sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. TimeWorksPlus Employee asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iboChron holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TimeWorksPlus Employee has 255 ratings behind it against 41, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of TimeWorksPlus Employee's written reviews are positive against 86% of iboChron's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TimeWorksPlus Employee ships an update every 4 months, iboChron every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
TimeWorksPlus Employee versus iboChron: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeWorksPlus EmployeeiboChron
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.9 (255 ratings)4.7 (41 ratings) — better
Positive reviews12.5% of reviews85.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings255 — better41
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSwipeclock LLCTobias Hauss

Customer experience

TimeWorksPlus Employee

All ratings255 ratings
Positive18.0%
Neutral5.1%
Negative76.9%
Written reviews88 reviews
Positive12.5%
Neutral8.0%
Negative79.5%

iboChron

All ratings41 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral2.4%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews148 reviews
Positive85.8%
Neutral7.4%
Negative6.8%

Bugs and requests

TimeWorksPlus Employee

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login credentials not recognized
  • Time entries disappearing or incorrect
  • App crashing or freezing
  • Inability to access account after update

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add password reset functionality
  • Improve app stability and reliability
  • Streamline clock-in/clock-out process
  • Integrate with company calendar

iboChron

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

TimeWorksPlus Employee

No in-app purchases

12 purchases

iboChron

Subscriptions2
  • iboChron PRO – Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • iboChron Pro - yearly subscription7 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time10
  • Themes for iboChron$2.99
  • Show worktime in widget$2.99
  • A small cup of tea (tip)$3.99
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  • Data Export (CSV)$3.99
  • Unlimited Entries$3.99
  • Breaks & Time Management$5.99
  • A normal cup of tea (tip)$7.99
  • Bundle - All Features$9.99
  • A pot of tea (tip)$17.99
  • iboChron PRO Lifetime$34.99

Questions

Is TimeWorksPlus Employee free?
TimeWorksPlus Employee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is iboChron free?
iboChron is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TimeWorksPlus Employee or iboChron?
iboChron is rated higher. TimeWorksPlus Employee averages 1.9 out of 5 from 255 ratings, while iboChron averages 4.7 from 41 ratings.
Do TimeWorksPlus Employee or iboChron have ads?
Neither TimeWorksPlus Employee nor iboChron shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TimeWorksPlus Employee or iboChron?
TimeWorksPlus Employee ships an update every 4 months, and iboChron every 2 months. Most recently, TimeWorksPlus Employee was updated on September 26, 2026 and iboChron on September 27, 2026.

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