Comparison

Timemator vs Bear Tracks Time

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

Head to head
About

Timemator

Effortlessly track work hours and tasks, organizing them by project or client. Visualize your productivity with insightful reports and automatically calculate revenue based on defined hourly rates. Sync data across devices and work offline.

Highlights
  • Effortless time tracking
  • Organize tasks by project/client
  • Timeline management
  • Insightful productivity reports
  • Automatic revenue calculation
  • Offline functionality
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Track your work hours in one tap, see what you earned, and send clients a clean PDF report. Timemator is a simple time tracker for freelancers and anyone who bills by the hour. Pay once. No subscription. ONE-TAP TIME TRACKING • Start and stop timers for tasks and projects with a single tap • Organize tasks into folders by client or project, with colors • Add notes to sessions so you remember what you worked on • Keep an eye on the running timer in Live Activities and the Dynamic Island HOURS AND EARNINGS AT A GLANCE • Daily, weekly, monthly and yearly reports with clear charts • Set hourly rates and see your revenue calculated automatically • Breakdown by task and folder, plus your average hours per day CLIENT-READY REPORTS • Export professional PDF reports with time and revenue totals • Export CSV for spreadsheets, invoicing and accounting tools TIMELINE • See every work session of your day on a timeline • Add time you forgot to track, or fix a session in seconds WORKS WHERE YOU WORK • Home Screen widgets for timers, hours and revenue • Apple Watch app to start and stop timers from your wrist • Shortcuts: create a task and start its timer hands-free • Runs on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch PAIRS WITH TIMEMATOR FOR MAC Sync everything through iCloud with Timemator for Mac, which can track your time automatically based on the files, websites and apps you work with. The Mac app is sold separately. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No data collected: no analytics, no tracking • No account or sign-up needed • Works offline • Your data stays on your devices and syncs through your own iCloud SIMPLE PRICING Try every feature free for 30 days. Then unlock Timemator with a single one-time purchase. No subscription. Questions or ideas? Write to support@timemator.com. We read every message.

About

Bear Tracks Time

Easily manage your productive time with a simple interface for starting and stopping timers. Organize your work with customizable categories and visualize your daily progress. Import and export your data for comprehensive record-keeping and backups.

Highlights
  • One-tap timer start/stop
  • Organize by color, category, emoji
  • Visualize daily work
  • Edit, merge, delete records
  • Weekly, monthly, yearly review
  • Data import and export
  • Time block intervals
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Bear Tracks Time is a simple solution for managing productive time. Start and stop timers with a single tap or shortcut. Organize timers by color, category, and emoji. Visualize the day's work at a glance. Edit, merge, and delete existing records. Review past work by week | month | year. Full data import and export. Bring in old records or save complete backups to csv. Improve focus with time blocks, dividing productive time into work / break intervals. Subscription Details: - Bear Tracks Time is offered as a $4.00 yearly subscription (or $16.00 one time purchase) which unlocks all app functionality. - Without purchasing you are still able to create, view, modify, and export all of your records. You just cannot create more than three (3) timers, or import data. - Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of the purchase or after the free trial period if offered. - Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current subscription period. - Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current subscription period. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user, and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. - Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. - Privacy Policy: https://www.beartrackstime.com/privacy - Terms of Service: https://www.beartrackstime.com/tos

Screenshots

Timemator4 screens
Bear Tracks Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bear Tracks Time at 100% against Timemator's 63%. Bear Tracks Time also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Timemator's advantage is ratings volume (169 vs 4). On price, update cadence, 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. Timemator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Bear Tracks Time sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.00 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bear Tracks Time holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timemator has 169 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Timemator's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bear Tracks Time's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Timemator versus Bear Tracks Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimematorBear Tracks Time
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (169 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings169 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCatforce StudioMursus, LLC

Customer experience

Timemator

All ratings169 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral2.4%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive63.2%
Neutral8.0%
Negative28.7%

Bear Tracks Time

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Timemator

One-time1
  • Full License$7.99
3 purchases

Bear Tracks Time

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Subscription$4.001 Year
One-time2
  • Tip$2.99
  • Purchase$16.00

Questions

Is Timemator free?
Timemator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bear Tracks Time free?
Bear Tracks Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Timemator or Bear Tracks Time?
Bear Tracks Time is rated higher. Timemator averages 4.7 out of 5 from 169 ratings, while Bear Tracks Time averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Timemator or Bear Tracks Time have ads?
Neither Timemator nor Bear Tracks Time shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timemator or Bear Tracks Time?
Timemator ships an update every 2 months, and Bear Tracks Time every 2 months. Most recently, Timemator was updated on October 13, 2026 and Bear Tracks Time on September 20, 2026.

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