Inventory Shield vs Ox Time
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Inventory Shield
Track your business's physical assets in real-time using GPS. Simply attach tracking labels to your equipment and scan them into new locations via the app to maintain constant visibility of your inventory.
- Real-time GPS tracking
- Inventory Shield Tracking Labels
- Scan equipment into new locations
- Mobile visibility of assets
- Business inventory management
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As a business, do you know where all your Inventory is right now? If you were using Inventory Shield, you would! In fact, you could see a map with real time gps tracking and know where it is with the swipe of your phone. Just put the Inventory Shield Tracking Labels on your equipment, and then as the equipment moves from your shop to your trucks, or from your trucks to a job site, you can scan the equipment into that new location with the app. Once you make this a part of your business process, you will always be able to see where everything is at all times.
Ox Time
Effortlessly track hours, locations, and generate payroll reports for field teams and businesses. Features include location-aware clock-ins, team shift scheduling, and a real-time dashboard with earnings.
- Location-aware clock-ins with GPS tracking
- Generate payroll-ready reports
- Build and manage teams easily
- Team dashboard with real-time map
- Team shift scheduling
- Team notification center
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Ox Time helps crews, field teams, and businesses track time effortlessly. Record hours, locations, and generate accurate payroll reports in seconds. Location-Aware Clock-Ins Prevent time theft with precise GPS tracking. Payroll-Ready Reports Export clean, ready-to-use reports for payroll. Build Teams Instantly Share codes to build your team easily. Team Dashboard & Map See who's on the clock, their location, and earnings. Team Shift Scheduling Create, edit, and assign shifts. Team Notification Center Notify your team before they clock in.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ox Time at 5.0 against Inventory Shield's 4.7. Inventory Shield's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ox Time holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Inventory Shield has 15 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Inventory Shield ships an update every 3 weeks, Ox Time monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Inventory Shield | Ox Time |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Inventory Shield LLC | Ox Time LLC |
Customer experience
Inventory Shield
Ox Time
In-app purchases
Inventory Shield
No in-app purchases
Ox Time
No in-app purchases
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