Comparison

Bobcat® Machine IQ vs Busy Bee Time Tracker

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Bobcat® Machine IQ

Monitor and manage your select Bobcat equipment remotely. Track location, fuel, maintenance, and operator efficiency. Receive alerts for maintenance needs and security breaches.

Highlights
  • Real-time machine location tracking
  • Monitor fuel levels and usage
  • Track maintenance progress and schedule
  • View critical fault codes
  • Set up geofence, curfew, and motion alerts
  • Receive push notifications for maintenance and security
Features
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MONITOR AND MANAGE YOUR FLEET FROM ANYWHERE. Bobcat Machine IQ, Bobcat Company’s telematics service, delivers vital information about select Bobcat equipment to the equipment owner’s Bobcat Owner Portal. The information is organized to help owners make decisions to increase equipment security, protect against unauthorized usage or theft, stay on top of proactive equipment maintenance, monitor operator efficiency, and better understand ownership costs associated with running Bobcat equipment. All the telematics data and information available in your Bobcat Owner Portal account is now available on your mobile device. THE BOBCAT MACHINE IQ MOBILE APP ALLOWS CUSTOMERS TO: VIEW MACHINE DATA • Location • Hours • Fuel level • Maintenance progress • Create custom asset names ACCESS MACHINE IQ FEATURES • View critical fault codes • Utilization reporting: • Idle time vs. working time • Fuel usage • Create and manage geofence, curfew and motion detection • Review and manage notifications • Receive mobile push notifications for: • unplanned maintenance • planned maintenance • security breaches *Mobile app-exclusive features

About

Busy Bee Time Tracker

Effortlessly track your work hours by client, project, and task. Set flexible billing rates and generate powerful reports. Export your data for easy analysis in spreadsheets.

Highlights
  • Track time by client, project, and task
  • Flexible hourly rates
  • Powerful reporting with date ranges
  • Export data as CSV
  • Start/stop timer with one tap
  • Log descriptions and notes
Features
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Busy Bee Time Tracker is a straightforward time-tracking app packed with features that won’t clutter your screen or make you sit through annoying ads. You can easily track your time by client, project, and task, or no task at all. To begin, you’ll create a client, and a default project and task will be set up for you. Alternatively, you can start the timer and choose a task later—or not. You can also add multiple projects and tasks to get super precise and detailed tracking that suits your workflow. Want flexible billing? You’re in luck! You can set hourly rates at the client, project, or task level, or keep it simple with one rate per client that automatically applies to everything below. Powerful reporting is included. You can pick any date range to see a clear breakdown of your time by day, client, project, or task. If you prefer a summary, you can hide the details or view a chart broken down by any of those categories. Need to do some calculations? Export your data as a CSV file for easy use in your favorite spreadsheet or database tools. Busy Bee Time Tracker is free to try out. When you create your first item, you’ll get a two-week unlimited preview. If you like it, subscribe to keep tracking without limits. Or, you can keep using it for free with limits of one client, two projects, and three tasks. Features • Start and stop a timer with a single tap. • Start tracking time with no task. • Track time by client, project, and task. • Change a timer's task after it starts. • Manually set the start and/or end times for a timer. • Starting a new timer stops the current timer. • Log a description for each timer entry if desired. • Attach detailed notes to each client, project, task, or timer. • Set hourly rates at the client, project, or task level. • Powerful reporting options with flexible date ranges. • Filter reports by Client, Project, or Task • Summary reports give you the totals and hide the details. • Display summary reports as a pie chart. • Export report data as a CSV file. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Bobcat® Machine IQ4 screens
Busy Bee Time Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Busy Bee Time Tracker at 5.0 against Bobcat® Machine IQ's 3.3. Busy Bee Time Tracker also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 months) and device support (4 vs 2). Bobcat® Machine IQ's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Busy Bee Time Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Bobcat® Machine IQ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Busy Bee Time Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bobcat® Machine IQ has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bobcat® Machine IQ ships an update every 3 months, Busy Bee Time Tracker every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Bobcat® Machine IQ versus Busy Bee Time Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBobcat® Machine IQBusy Bee Time Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (11 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDoosan Bobcat North America, Inc.Steve Rose

Customer experience

Bobcat® Machine IQ

All ratings11 ratings
Positive54.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative45.5%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Busy Bee Time Tracker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Bobcat® Machine IQ

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Busy Bee Time Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Annual$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Bobcat® Machine IQ free?
Bobcat® Machine IQ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Busy Bee Time Tracker free?
Busy Bee Time Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bobcat® Machine IQ or Busy Bee Time Tracker?
Busy Bee Time Tracker is rated higher. Bobcat® Machine IQ averages 3.3 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Busy Bee Time Tracker averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Bobcat® Machine IQ or Busy Bee Time Tracker have ads?
Neither Bobcat® Machine IQ nor Busy Bee Time Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bobcat® Machine IQ or Busy Bee Time Tracker?
Bobcat® Machine IQ ships an update every 3 months, and Busy Bee Time Tracker every 8 days. Most recently, Bobcat® Machine IQ was updated on November 3, 2026 and Busy Bee Time Tracker on November 5, 2026.

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