TimeGo vs Protos Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TimeGo
This app facilitates employee time tracking, checkpoint patrols via NFC, QR codes, or GPS, and allows for custom form completion and document uploads. It streamlines communication and request submissions for businesses, promoting a paperless workflow.
- Shift/job time tracking
- NFC/QR/GPS checkpoint patrols
- Custom form filling
- To-do list management
- Leave and expense requests
- Document upload and management
Read full descriptionHide full description
TimeGO is a cloud-based app that enables shift/job time tracking, performing NFC/QR-code/GPS-enabled checkpoint patrols, chat/messaging, filling out custom forms, completing to-do lists, submitting leave and job expense requests. Review your timesheet for accuracy on the Hours Worked screen. Upload company documents and go paperless! App access is issued to company employees and managers via TimeGO.com. Keep your phone in your pocket while you conduct a property-wide or city-wide virtual checkpoint patrol as per your job requirements (this requires persistent background location tracking). The virtual checkpoints are pinned (using GPS location) in advance by a manager using the same App. As you pass within a certain radius of a virtual checkpoint the app will record the current time and location on your "Checkpoints" screen.
Protos Connect
This security application offers security officers essential tools and insights for site protection. It helps in safeguarding client sites by addressing their specific requirements.
- Security officer tools
- Site safeguarding insights
- Client site protection
- Unique requirement management
Read full descriptionHide full description
Protos Connect is our proprietary security application, which provides security officers with invaluable tools and insights to assist in safeguarding each client site and its unique requirements.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TimeGo at 100% against Protos Connect's 0%. TimeGo also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.3). Protos Connect's advantage is ratings volume (40 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). 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.
TimeGo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Protos Connect has 40 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of TimeGo's written reviews are positive against 0% of Protos Connect's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TimeGo | Protos Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 2.3 (40 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 40 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 14.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TIMEGO LLC | Protos Security, LLC. |
Customer experience
TimeGo
Protos Connect
In-app purchases
TimeGo
No in-app purchases
Protos Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is TimeGo free?
Is Protos Connect free?
Which has better reviews, TimeGo or Protos Connect?
Do TimeGo or Protos Connect have ads?
Which is updated more often, TimeGo or Protos Connect?
Other comparisons
