Bill4Time vs Centerbase
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bill4Time
This app allows professionals to track time and expenses, manage projects, and review invoices while on the go. It offers offline functionality, real-time billing, and receipt capture for increased profitability and efficient client management.
- On-the-go time tracking
- Expense documentation with receipt capture
- Project management
- Invoice review and sharing
- Offline data sync
- Real-time billable minute tracking
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Welcome to Bill4Time's companion iOS app! Bill4Time’s mobile app is the best in class tool for on-the-go time tracking, expense documentation, project management, and invoice review. Log into the iOS app with your Bill4Time credentials. WORK FROM ANYWHERE • No internet connection required! If you are without a data connection, your time and expense entries will save and sync when you’re back online. INCREASE PROFITABILITY • Never miss another billable minute! Track your billable and non-billable work in real-time with our one-tap timer. • Accurately capture every business expense! Our camera integration allows you to capture receipts, markup images, add full descriptions, and customize expense types. MANAGE CLIENTS & PROJECTS ON-THE-GO • View, add, and edit client/project details from anywhere! • Review and share invoices with clients or colleagues directly from the Bill4Time app. “The software is very intuitive and I needed no training to get up and running. Wanting to keep my overhead low and have access anywhere, Bill4Time has been perfect. What has been especially useful is the iPhone app I use daily for time entries wherever I may be.” -Andrew L. Nesbitt, Esq. Nesbitt Law PLLC, Charlotte, NC
Centerbase
Create custom data-centric applications for your law firm. This cloud-based management solution integrates modern benefits with legacy software capabilities, modernizing your practice without disruption.
- Custom data-centric application creation
- Cloud-based management solution
- Integrates legacy software capabilities
- Modernizes law firm operations
- Practice area flexibility
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Modernize your law firm without missing a beat. Centerbase allows you to easily create your own data-centric application to fit the needs of any practice area. Transform your law firm with a management solution that offers the benefits of cloud-based software without losing any of your legacy software capabilities.
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Verdict
Bill4Time and Centerbase both sit at 3.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 62% of Bill4Time's written reviews are positive against 0% of Centerbase's. Bill4Time also leads on ratings volume (85 vs 11) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 2 months). Centerbase's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.6 for Bill4Time against 3.5 for Centerbase. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bill4Time has 85 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 62% of Bill4Time's written reviews are positive against 0% of Centerbase's.
Bill4Time ships an update every 5 weeks, Centerbase every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bill4Time | Centerbase |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (85 ratings) — better | 3.5 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 85 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Broadway Billing Systems | Centerbase, Inc. |
Customer experience
Bill4Time
Centerbase
Bugs and requests
Bill4Time
Reported bugs
11 issues- App crashes constantly on recent versions
- Syncing failures and data loss during sync
- Timer inaccuracy and incorrect time tracking
- Keyboard not appearing for data entry
- Upload errors to server
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- Text scaling issues with iPhone text size settings
- Parameter validation errors for expense entry
- App freezing when using Schedule and A/R functions
- Indecipherable error messages
- Invoice cover letter formatting issues and unwanted reinsertion
- Clunky and unresponsive user interface
Requested features
11 requests- Add total hours billed display for cases
- Enable invoice creation from mobile app
- Manual time entry option (not just timer)
- Ability to close inactive clients/projects from app
- Full reporting capabilities on mobile
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- Client document upload functionality
- Complete client information viewing
- Calendar event management from app
- Direct client calling feature from database
- Ability to add new projects from app
- Edit and save scheduled calendar entries as work entries
Centerbase
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bill4Time
No in-app purchases
Centerbase
No in-app purchases
