Comparison

Tyme | Time Tracking vs ManicTime

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
Read full description

Tyme is a popular, legally compliant time-tracking tool for teams, freelancers, and self-employed professionals. Tyme lets you track your working hours for clients, projects, and tasks. You always have a clear overview of project performance, deadlines, and workload. With a clear focus on design and aesthetics, Tyme stands out from the crowd of time tracking apps. The goal: to make the stressful daily task of time tracking more enjoyable for you and your team. GDPR-compliant and legally compliant. We’re constantly improving Tyme and gradually adding new features. 1. Always Synced Across All Devices Tyme comes as a package for Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and as a web version. Your subscription automatically unlocks Tyme for all your devices. 2. Everything at a Glance The interface is designed to give you an overview of your tracked time, projects, budgets, and deadlines at all times. Unlogged time is displayed. Running timers are always visible and can be started or stopped using shortcuts without opening Tyme. 3. Visualized Data The detailed statistics give you an overview of your personal workload and that of your team. They show booked hours, current revenue, and overtime and undertime hours. Breaks are automatically tracked. 4. Widgets and Live Activities The widgets and live activities help you keep track of the hours logged for the day, week, or month at any time. You can also always see whether a timer is still running and when your workday ends. 5. Sync & Calendar Integration Tyme automatically syncs your data across all your devices and with your team. Thanks to calendar integration, you can view your time entries as calendar entries and edit them directly. 6. Reminders Did you forget to start the timer? Is a deadline coming up? Time for lunch? Have you reached your daily work hours? Did you forget to log your time? Use Tyme’s helpful reminders. 7. Task Types In addition to work hours, track travel expenses, other expenses, fixed amounts, flat rates, vacation time, and absences. 8. Export & Import You can export your tracked time as legally compliant PDF timesheets and project reports, or as CSV or JSON. If you want to bring in data from other apps, Tyme offers a CSV importer and various other importers. 9. Automatic Tracking Not in the mood to start a timer manually? Have your times recorded automatically by specifying where your workplace is. 11. Shortcuts & Automations With over 20 different shortcuts, you can automate your to-dos. Manage your projects and tasks, retrieve your Tyme 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 and an annual subscription. Before you decide, you can try Tyme for 14 days. The subscription unlocks Tyme for your Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and browser. Privacy policy: https://www.tyme-app.com/en/privacy-app/ Terms of use: https://www.tyme-app.com/en/terms-of-use/

About

ManicTime

This mobile app complements a desktop time-tracking service, allowing users to monitor their work hours remotely. It enables viewing recorded time, manual entry, and access to phone location history, functioning seamlessly with the cloud or server versions of the main application.

Highlights
  • View work time
  • Manual time entry
  • View phone location history
  • Syncs with ManicTime Cloud/Server
  • On-the-go work tracking
Features
Read full description

This is a companion application to ManicTime. If you are already using ManicTime, it is a great way to keep track of your work while you are on the go. With ManicTime you can: • View your work time • Enter work time manually • View phone location history Application will only work with ManicTime Cloud and ManicTime Server (v3.3 or newer)

Screenshots

Tyme | Time Tracking4 screens
ManicTime2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ManicTime at 5.0 against Tyme | Time Tracking's 4.5. ManicTime also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 12) and iOS requirement (12.2 vs 18.6). Tyme | Time Tracking's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (54 vs 1). 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. ManicTime asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ManicTime 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 54 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tyme | Time Tracking ships an update every 3 weeks, ManicTime every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Tyme | Time Tracking versus ManicTime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTyme | Time TrackingManicTime
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (54 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings54 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.612.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUnit Numberfive oHGFinkit d.o.o.

Customer experience

Tyme | Time Tracking

All ratings54 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral3.7%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive48.4%
Neutral16.1%
Negative35.5%

ManicTime

All ratings1 ratings
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
Show 5 more
  • 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

ManicTime

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tyme | Time Tracking free?
Tyme | Time Tracking is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ManicTime free?
ManicTime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tyme | Time Tracking or ManicTime?
ManicTime is rated higher. Tyme | Time Tracking averages 4.5 out of 5 from 54 ratings, while ManicTime averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Tyme | Time Tracking or ManicTime have ads?
Neither Tyme | Time Tracking nor ManicTime shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tyme | Time Tracking or ManicTime?
Tyme | Time Tracking ships an update every 3 weeks, and ManicTime every 4 months. Most recently, Tyme | Time Tracking was updated on October 19, 2026 and ManicTime on October 4, 2026.

Other comparisons