Comparison

Tyme | Time Tracking vs EmTiRec

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 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

EmTiRec

Features
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EmTiRec is a professional, cloud-based working time tracking software. EmTiRec was developed by Leoworx Ortungssysteme GmbH, the manufacturer and operator of one of the world's largest tracking platforms. EmTiRec offers you a simple, intuitive and user-friendly solution for digital working time recording and fulfils the legal requirements as stipulated by the Working Hours Act and the ECJ ruling. You receive a minute-by-minute overview of your daily, weekly, monthly and annual working hours and always have an overview of holidays, public holidays, sick days and other absences. You can start recording your working time at any time and from anywhere. It doesn't matter whether you use EmTiRec on your smartphone, tablet or in the browser on your computer. Thanks to our cloud-based time tracking app, the timer is always synchronised on all your devices and you lose almost no storage space on your mobile phone. User management allows your company to add and remove employees, view absences, analyse overtime and much more. Functions: - Login via SSO (Google, Apple, Microsoft) and e-mail - Recording the start and end of working hours and breaks - Daily overview of recorded times - Day selection for overview via calendar view - Subsequently record and edit time entries - Weekly, monthly and annual overview - Record days absent due to illness and holidays - Public holidays can be selected individually - Calculation of overtime and undertime - Set daily target working hours - User management: Invite, analyse and manage users Advantages for companies: - Less than 1 euro per month / user - DSGVO compliant - Compatible with many interfaces - Legally compliant (with ECJ judgement & ArbZG) - Employee management - No additional hardware required Advantages for employees: - Time and location-independent recording on mobile phone, tablet or PC - Secure handling of your data - Can be cancelled monthly - Less than 1 euro per month - Recording to the minute - No loss of storage space on your smartphone Try MiZei 1 month for free and see for yourself! EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mizei.de/datenschutz/

Screenshots

Tyme | Time Tracking4 screens
EmTiRec4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: EmTiRec at 15.6 against Tyme | Time Tracking's 18.6. 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. Tyme | Time Tracking sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and EmTiRec sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tyme | Time Tracking ships an update every 3 weeks, EmTiRec monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Tyme | Time Tracking versus EmTiRec: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTyme | Time TrackingEmTiRec
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (54 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews48.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings54 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.615.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUnit Numberfive oHGMiZei GmbH

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
10 purchases

EmTiRec

Subscriptions10
  • 11 Benutzer - Monatlich$9.001 Month
  • 12 Benutzer - Monatlich$10.001 Month
  • 13 Benutzer - Monatlich$12.001 Month
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  • 14 Benutzer - Monatlich$12.001 Month
  • 15 Benutzer - Monatlich$14.001 Month
  • 11 Benutzer - Jährlich$99.991 Year
  • 12 Benutzer - Jährlich$99.991 Year
  • 14 Benutzer - Jährlich$119.991 Year
  • 13 Benutzer - Jährlich$119.991 Year
  • 15 Benutzer - Jährlich$129.991 Year

Questions

Is Tyme | Time Tracking free?
Tyme | Time Tracking is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is EmTiRec free?
EmTiRec is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tyme | Time Tracking or EmTiRec have ads?
Neither Tyme | Time Tracking nor EmTiRec shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tyme | Time Tracking or EmTiRec?
Tyme | Time Tracking ships an update every 3 weeks, and EmTiRec monthly. Most recently, Tyme | Time Tracking was updated on October 25, 2026 and EmTiRec on October 12, 2026.

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