Comparison

Tyme | Time Tracking vs Project Timer

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

Project Timer

Track your time and manage projects efficiently. Log tasks with descriptions, organize them by project, and estimate durations. Monitor your time spent and earnings with detailed analytics.

Highlights
  • Task timer with descriptions
  • Organize tasks by project
  • Estimate project durations
  • Set billable projects and hourly rates
  • Client management
  • Time and earnings analytics
  • Project breakdown by time spent
Features
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Project Timer - Tracker" is the ultimate tool for managing your time and projects. With this app, you'll be able to: • Start a timer for any task with ease • Add detailed descriptions for each task • Organize tasks under specific projects • Estimate project durations and set them as billable • Set hourly rates and clients for billable projects The app also provides powerful analytics that give you insight into: • Total time spent on tasks and projects within a specified date range • Total gains made on billable projects • A breakdown of the projects you've worked on, with the percentage of time spent on each With "Project Timer - Tracker," you'll have full visibility into how you're spending your time and where your gains are coming from. And we're always looking to improve, so please feel free to share any feedback or suggestions with us.

Screenshots

Tyme | Time Tracking4 screens
Project Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tyme | Time Tracking at 48% against Project Timer's 0%. Tyme | Time Tracking also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (53 vs 1). Project Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). 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. Project Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tyme | Time Tracking holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tyme | Time Tracking has 53 ratings behind it against 1, 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 0% of Project Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tyme | Time Tracking ships an update every 3 weeks, Project Timer every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Tyme | Time Tracking versus Project Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTyme | Time TrackingProject Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (53 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews47.5% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings53 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUnit Numberfive oHGmounir tajaouart

Customer experience

Tyme | Time Tracking

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

Project Timer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
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

Project Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tyme | Time Tracking free?
Tyme | Time Tracking is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Project Timer free?
Project Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tyme | Time Tracking or Project Timer?
Tyme | Time Tracking is rated higher. Tyme | Time Tracking averages 4.5 out of 5 from 53 ratings, while Project Timer averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Tyme | Time Tracking or Project Timer have ads?
Neither Tyme | Time Tracking nor Project Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tyme | Time Tracking or Project Timer?
Tyme | Time Tracking ships an update every 3 weeks, and Project Timer every 3 months. Most recently, Tyme | Time Tracking was updated on September 23, 2026 and Project Timer on June 8, 2026.

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