Comparison

WorkTimes vs iboChron

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

Head to head
About

WorkTimes

Easily log work hours and track overtime with automated calculations and manual adjustments. Organize logs with custom tags for projects or clients, and export detailed timesheets in PDF or CSV formats. Manage various work statuses like vacation and sick days.

Highlights
  • Automated overtime calculations
  • Manual overtime adjustments
  • Timesheet export (PDF/CSV)
  • Custom tagging for logs
  • Digital clock-in/out
  • Record vacation, sick, and holidays
Features
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With WorkTimes, easily log your work hours and view your overtime at a glance. Designed for employees with regular schedules, WorkTimes streamlines your time tracking—whether daily, weekly, or monthly. OVERTIME MANAGEMENT • Automated Calculations: Instantly compute overtime based on your defined regular hours. • Manual Adjustments: Easily update your overtime figures when you receive overtime pay or need corrections. TIMESHEET EXPORTS Export your timesheet as a PDF or CSV file at the end of any period to share with your employer or for your records. TAGGING • Custom tags: Organize your logs by tagging records for individual projects, clients, or specific activities. • Detailed tracking: Assign durations, decimal values, or monetary amounts to each tag for granular analysis. FEATURES • Manage multiple accounts and jobs • Record work hours, vacation days, sick days, and public holidays • Use the intuitive digital clock-in to start your work effortlessly • Automatic overtime calculation with options for daily, weekly, or monthly tracking • Manual adjustments for precise overtime management • Generate weekly, monthly, and yearly reports • Export timesheets as PDF or CSV • Tag and evaluate work records with detailed insights • Manage, analyze, and export vacation, sick days, and holiday data SUBSCRIPTION WorkTimes is free with a limit of 10 days of recordings per account. Upgrade to track unlimited days with our affordable monthly and annual subscriptions—and enjoy a 7-day trial to explore all features. QUESTIONS? If you have questions or suggestions, contact me at feedback@worktimes.app or via Twitter @WorkTimesApp. Terms: https://worktimes.app/terms Privacy: https://worktimes.app/privacy Help: https://worktimes.app/help

About

iboChron

Easily track your work hours, breaks, and earnings with this time tracking tool. It offers automatic calculations for overtime and target hours, with data stored locally and exportable via CSV. Features include reminders, project management, and NFC login.

Highlights
  • Track work hours via login/logout slider
  • Automatic calculation of breaks, overtime, and earnings
  • Export work time data as CSV
  • Reminders for login/logout
  • NFC Tag login support
  • Project management
  • Data backup and restore
Features
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iboChron offers you the perfect ability to track your working hours easy and fast. Login / Logout via the login slider or record your working hours with breaks included. Get an overview of your earnings, overtime, target time, working hours, holidays or leave days. Share your working hours via email as CSV or use the share option of your iOS device. iboChron is the perfect tool for freelancers, self employed workers or employees. All your data are stored locally on your device! Features - Track your working hours via login / logout slider - Overview / calculation of your daily login / logout time - Easy and fast login via Siri Shortcuts support (Login / Logout / Logout Time) - Automatic calculation of breaks, working hours, overtime, target time and earnings - Overview of your leave days, holidays, overtime, working hours (daily, weekly, monthly or yearly) - Export your work time as CSV / PDF via email, share your work time in Excel, Numbers, ... (daily, weekly, monthly or yearly) - Never forget to login / logout - iboChron learns from your behaviour and reminds you to login / logout every single day (Notifications) - Show working hours in decimals - Option to calculate earnings variable (0 - 100 %) - Management of several projects - Add notes to each work time entry - Add additional earnings to each work time entry - Manage working time account - Protect your data via Face ID / Touch ID - Login / Logout via NFC Tags (NFC Tags are required - only iPhone 7 or newer supports third party NFC, this is a limitation by Apple) - Login / Logout & overview via the today widget - Create backups / restore backups - Overview of annual leave days / yearly income - Notifications for login / logout / breaks - Use Themes to personalize iboChron (including dark mode) - Support for Lock Screen Widgets - Calendar for better overview For feedback or feature requests please use the feedback section in the app or send an email to support@ibochron.de. If you like the app, please rate it in the App Store to support future development. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

WorkTimes4 screens
iboChron4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: iboChron at free against WorkTimes's freemium. iboChron also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.6). WorkTimes's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. WorkTimes sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and iboChron sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for WorkTimes against 4.7 for iboChron. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 74 and 41 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of WorkTimes's written reviews are positive against 86% of iboChron's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WorkTimes ships an update every 3 weeks, iboChron every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
WorkTimes versus iboChron: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkTimesiboChron
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (74 ratings) — better4.7 (41 ratings)
Positive reviews79.3% of reviews85.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings74 — better41
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlorian MielkeTobias Hauss

Customer experience

WorkTimes

All ratings74 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral4.1%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive79.3%
Neutral13.8%
Negative6.9%

iboChron

All ratings41 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral2.4%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews148 reviews
Positive85.8%
Neutral7.4%
Negative6.8%

In-app purchases

13 purchases

WorkTimes

Subscriptions12
  • WorkTimes Plus7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • WorkTimes Plus7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • WorkTimes Plus - Upgrade7 Days trial$2.991 Month
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  • WorkTimes Plus7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • WorkTimes Plus7 Days trial$9.993 Months
  • WorkTimes Plus7 Days trial$12.991 Year
  • WorkTimes Plus - Upgrade$12.991 Year
  • WorkTimes Plus - Upgrade7 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • WorkTimes Plus7 Days trial$17.991 Year
  • WorkTimes Plus7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • WorkTimes Pro14 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • WorkTimes Pro14 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Annual Leave Management$2.99
12 purchases

iboChron

Subscriptions2
  • iboChron PRO – Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • iboChron Pro - yearly subscription7 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time10
  • Themes for iboChron$2.99
  • Show worktime in widget$2.99
  • A small cup of tea (tip)$3.99
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  • Data Export (CSV)$3.99
  • Unlimited Entries$3.99
  • Breaks & Time Management$5.99
  • A normal cup of tea (tip)$7.99
  • Bundle - All Features$9.99
  • A pot of tea (tip)$17.99
  • iboChron PRO Lifetime$34.99

Questions

Is WorkTimes free?
WorkTimes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is iboChron free?
iboChron is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WorkTimes or iboChron?
WorkTimes is rated higher. WorkTimes averages 4.8 out of 5 from 74 ratings, while iboChron averages 4.7 from 41 ratings.
Do WorkTimes or iboChron have ads?
Neither WorkTimes nor iboChron shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WorkTimes or iboChron?
WorkTimes ships an update every 3 weeks, and iboChron every 2 months. Most recently, WorkTimes was updated on October 1, 2026 and iboChron on September 30, 2026.

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