Comparison

Smokeball vs Time Master Client

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

Head to head
About

Smokeball

This mobile app empowers small law firms to manage client matters and enhance productivity on the go. Access case details, track tasks, and stay organized with daily digests and calendaring tools, ensuring better client service even when away from the office.

Highlights
  • Manage client matters
  • View matter details
  • Track phone messages
  • Daily task and event digests
  • Calendaring for team availability
  • Task and to-do list management
Features
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Smokeball helps small law firms manage their matters and be more productive. Our mobile companion app will allow you to massively boost your productivity whilst away from the office, with useful tools to help you and your staff keep track of everything needed to serve your clients better. Features • Matters at your fingertips View the pertinent details, parties, emails, documents, events and tasks for each matter. • Phone messages Receive updates from your office regarding any calls you miss while you’re away from your desk. • Daily Digest Get a personalized list of events and tasks each day, helping you keep on top of your workload. • Calendaring See what’s coming this week for yourself and your colleagues – this is a great way to check on your availability. • Tasks and To-do’s Track what is next or quickly record that idea you want to come back to later. This app is only available to Smokeball clients.

About

Time Master Client

Features
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Time Master Client is the field companion to Time Master + Billing — designed for businesses that need their on-the-go team connected to the office. Perfect for contractors, service companies, and any business with field staff, Time Master Client lets workers in the field effortlessly track time, log expenses, and optionally generate invoices — all from their device. When the job is done, data syncs seamlessly back to the Time Master + Billing app, keeping your office and field teams perfectly in sync. NOTE: Time Master Client requires an active installation of Time Master + Billing to function. It is not a standalone app. It requires a Monthly or Yearly subscription to export data back to the Time Master + Billing app. Features: - Track time by start, stop and/or by duration - Sessions option can track "punch-in & out" for a single time entry - Single or multiple running timers - Timers keep running even if you are not running the app - Time Entries are by Client and can be sub-categorized by Project and Tasks - Powerful billing rates that can be defined in the following priority: Global, by Client, by Project, by Task or Custom per entry - Powerful Time Rounding: by hour, minutes and/or seconds - Multiple Filters to sort and view only what you need to see - Define the day of the week that your work week starts - Track Expenses - from Mileage to Meals to Burning CD's and anything else you want to define - Display Reports right on your device that you can view and export via email in HTML and/or CSV format. By Client or Timesheet - Copy Client information from your Contacts list - Dual taxes for countries such as Canada - Import IIF files - Full Backup & Restore capabilities - and so much more! OPTIONAL INVOICING: - Invoicing (requires the main Time Master + Billing app to have the optional Invoice module): If you want to do billing directly from your iPhone or iPad then look no further. The most powerful invoicing module built directly into Time Master. Professional PDF invoices can be emailed to the client, including your own logo. Time Master can track both time and expenses. You can track time using start and stop times, duration, and/or timers. All time entries are tracked for a single day, so time entries cannot be greater than 24 hours. It will allow you to time across days, for example if you start a job at 8 p.m. and finish at 2 a.m., it will have a duration of 6 hours. Expenses can be setup for recurring fixed cost items, such as burning a CD, reimbursement of hardware items, or fluid things such as toll expenses, automobile mileage, etc. Quick reporting can be done on the iPhone / iPod Touch with the Reports function. The report can be emailed in an HTML and/or CSV format. Adding new Clients, Projects, Tasks and Expenditures is super easy.  You can create them on the fly without having to navigate to a separate maintenance screen. To edit them you can tap on Setup, do you edit and then return to where you left off in Time Entries or Expenses. By selecting a Project or Task first will automatically fill in the Client field for quick entry. We’ve made everything as seamless as possible, as you would expect from a top class iOS application. Please click on the "On-Core website" link below to download the documentation on your computer. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Smokeball4 screens
Time Master Client4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Smokeball at none against Time Master Client's 4. Time Master Client's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Time Master Client sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Smokeball asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smokeball ships an update monthly, Time Master Client weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Smokeball versus Time Master Client: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmokeballTime Master Client
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (39 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings39 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.815.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size276 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSmokeballOn-Core Software LLC

In-app purchases

None

Smokeball

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Time Master Client

Subscriptions4
  • Basic Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly subscription$5.991 Month
  • Basic Yearly subscription$29.991 Year
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  • Premium Yearly subscription$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Smokeball free?
Smokeball is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Time Master Client free?
Time Master Client is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Smokeball or Time Master Client have ads?
Neither Smokeball nor Time Master Client shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smokeball or Time Master Client?
Smokeball ships an update monthly, and Time Master Client weekly. Most recently, Smokeball was updated on October 16, 2026 and Time Master Client on October 7, 2026.

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