Comparison

Tyme | Time Tracking vs Tie Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Tyme | Time Tracking

Effortlessly track your work hours and manage projects with this powerful time tracking tool. Gain instant overviews of workload, deadlines, and budgets, with automatic syncing across all your devices. Visualize your data with detailed statistics and customizable reports.

Highlights
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Project and deadline overviews
  • Detailed statistics and data visualization
  • Home screen widgets
  • Expense and holiday tracking
  • Calendar integration
  • Automated reminders
  • Export and import data
Features
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Tyme is the perfect companion and a simple but smart and powerful tool to track working times for your customers – As a lone fighter or as a team. You always get an instant and quick overview of your projects, deadlines and workload. The interface with visual focus is clear and feels good. We are constantly improving Tyme and adding new features bit by bit. 1. Always in sync on all your devices Tyme comes as a package for Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. The subscription automatically unlocks Tyme on all your devices. 2. Everything at a Glance The interface is designed to provide an overview of your recorded times, projects, budgets and deadlines at any time. Unbooked times are automatically displayed. Running timers are always visible and can be started or stopped via shortcuts without opening Tyme. So you can work without being disturbed by time tracking. 3. Data Visualized With the detailed statistics you have an overview of your personal workload or that of your team. Booked hours, current revenues, over- and under-times, your working hours or already planned times are displayed and breaks are recorded automatically. 4. Home Screen Widgets Use the widgets to keep track of your working hours for the current day, week or the whole month. They also show running timers or when it's time to call it a day. 5. Task Types Are you traveling for work? Do you have fixed costs in your projects? Or are you on holidays? Then enter travel costs, expenses, fixed costs, flat rates or holidays in addition to times. 6. Sync & Calendar Integration Tyme automatically synchronizes all data with all your devices and with your team. Using the calendar integration, you can also view your recorded times as calendar entries and make changes from there. 7. Tyme Reminds You Did you forget to start the timer? Is there a deadline coming up? Is your daily working time reached? Have you been focusing too long and need a break? Have you forgotten to book times? Use Tyme's reminder features. 8. Export & Import You can export your recorded times as PDF, CSV or JSON. Customize the export view according to your wishes. Tyme offers you a CSV importer if you want to import data from other applications. 9. Automatic Tracking Not in the mood to start a timer manually? Have your times recorded automatically by specifying where your workplace is. 10. Shortcuts & Automation With over 20 different shortcuts, you can automate tasks. Create and manage your projects and tasks, or fetch time tracking data and share it with other apps. 11. Apple Watch App With the Watch App you can stop and start timers and view your hours worked. 12. Pricing Tyme is available as a subscription. You can choose between a monthly or annual subscription. Before you decide, you can test Tyme for 14 days. The subscription activates Tyme for your Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Privacy policy: https://www.tyme-app.com/en/privacy-app/ Terms of use: https://www.tyme-app.com/en/terms-of-use/

About

Tie Tracker

This application helps you monitor your work hours and billable time across various projects. It offers simple tracking, client and project assignment, and the ability to mark entries as billed. Generate weekly summaries and daily activity lists, with options to export timesheets to XLSX and PDF formats.

Highlights
  • Simple work hours tracking
  • Assign time to clients and projects
  • Mark entries as billed
  • Weekly work summary
  • Daily list of activities
  • Export timesheets to XLSX and PDF
Features
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Tie Tracker is a free and open source, local-first time tracking app. It's simple and lets you track working hours across projects and clients. » Features * Work hours tracking * Assign time to clients and projects * Define budget per projects * Mark entries as billed * Backup and restore all your data through Zip files » Reporting * Weekly work summary * Daily list of tasks * Export open invoices to XLSX timesheets

Screenshots

Tyme | Time Tracking4 screens
Tie Tracker3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tie Tracker at 100% against Tyme | Time Tracking's 48%. Tie Tracker also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 12). Tyme | Time Tracking's advantage is ratings volume (53 vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads and device support 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. Tyme | Time Tracking sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Tie Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tie Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tyme | Time Tracking has 53 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Tyme | Time Tracking's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tie Tracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tyme | Time Tracking ships an update every 3 weeks, Tie Tracker every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 2, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Tyme | Time Tracking versus Tie Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTyme | Time TrackingTie Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (53 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings53 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUnit Numberfive oHGDavid Dal Busco

Customer experience

Tyme | Time Tracking

All ratings53 ratings
Positive86.8%
Neutral3.8%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive47.5%
Neutral16.4%
Negative36.1%

Tie Tracker

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Tyme | Time Tracking

Subscriptions8
  • Tyme Monthly Plan (1 User)3 variants$6.991 Month
  • Tyme Monthly Plan (1 User)14 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Tyme Monthly Plan (3 User)$12.991 Month
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  • Tyme Monthly Plan (2 User)$13.991 Month
  • Tyme Monthly Plan (4 User)$24.991 Month
  • Tyme Monthly Plan (6 User)$39.991 Month
  • Tyme Annual Plan (1 User)3 variants$59.991 Year
  • Tyme Annual Plan (1 User)14 Days trial$59.991 Year
None

Tie Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tyme | Time Tracking free?
Tyme | Time Tracking is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tie Tracker free?
Tie Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tyme | Time Tracking or Tie Tracker?
Tie Tracker is rated higher. Tyme | Time Tracking averages 4.5 out of 5 from 53 ratings, while Tie Tracker averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Tyme | Time Tracking or Tie Tracker have ads?
Neither Tyme | Time Tracking nor Tie Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tyme | Time Tracking or Tie Tracker?
Tyme | Time Tracking ships an update every 3 weeks, and Tie Tracker every 6 weeks. Most recently, Tyme | Time Tracking was updated on October 2, 2026 and Tie Tracker on October 2, 2026.

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