Comparison

OfficeTime Time Keeper Pro vs Chrono Plus

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

Head to head
About

OfficeTime Time Keeper Pro

This app offers an intuitive way to track your daily hours and expenses across various projects. It balances robust features with ease of use, helping you understand where your time goes, increase billables, and stay within budget. Designed for freelancers and small teams, it works offline and syncs with desktop versions.

Highlights
  • Intuitive time tracking
  • Expense capture
  • Project tracking
  • Widget for quick tracking
  • Offline work capability
  • Export to spreadsheets
  • Background time recording
Features
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OfficeTime is an amazingly intuitive time tracker. Where other time keepers are clumsy or oversimplified, OfficeTime balances features and ease of use, allowing you to easily track exactly what you do each day. Try our other free version and upgrade to this paid version keeping all your data. Effortlessly capture your hours and expenses. Easily track your projects and life. Designed for freelancers and small teams. Wirelessly sync with OfficeTime for Mac or PC (sold separately) for easy invoicing and much more. * Track your time from your "today" screen with the OfficeTime widget. * No monthly fees. * Increase your billables * Know if you’re on budget * Improve your productivity by knowing where your time goes * Easy, intuitive, flexible. * Pay once. Get for both iPad and iPhone * Work offline. No need for WiFi or cell connection. * Export to Numbers, Excel and tab delimited. * Get cross team reports on your Mac or PC (sold separately) * Work with cross platform offices (sold separately): PC, Mac , iPhone, iPad * Run multiple timers * Rapidly switch tasks * Time in the background * Free Apple Watch version to start and stop tracking on the go! How does this differ from the free version? You get unlimited projects and categories, export by email, rounding, sync to Mac/PC (sold separately) and OfficeTime on your Apple Watch and home screen. *** Guaranteed! 100% refund if it doesn't pay for itself in increased productivity. Contact support@officetime.net for a “any excuse” refund. *** PRESS REVIEWS "Editor's Choice" PC Magazine “5 STARS” Tap! Magazine "Essential iPad Apps for Business" Apple "One of the best iPhone productivity apps" SimonBlog "For something as annoying as expense tracking, OfficeTime took a smart approach" Washington Post "Easy to use" Appmodo "Pick of the Week" TIPB "Tracking just got simple, fast, and effective" SvenOnTech "A valuable app" iPad Apps Reviewer "Best iPhone Apps of the Week" appadvice.com A FEW 5 STAR USER REVIEWS Best time tracker on the app store by dwvaughan Best non-Apple product by Karen Kirtland The best time tracker out there by b.vanham Best time tracking program ever! by Xina Text & Support Best Time Tracking App Ever!! by Dolphena Best app in it's category by UB1 Best time card App!! by Jj.Tang Best of the bunch by zukeeper416 Best time tracking app by Str793 Absolutely worth it! by Bob Ransom SUPERB! by VRlaw Perfect ! by Diarbyrag Brilliant! by Glenbo Fantasic! by JEFFREY PRICE LOVE IT by greg kimble Great app by orangestone Simple and powerful!! by Chris1234772 Simply wonderful by Workin' stiff Simple. Easy. Useful. by Mr. Zorg Outstanding Software by JennyBJ Absolutely Fabulous! by warmfuzzygrrl Highly recommendable! by Christian Egger Superb app! by Elomqerk Great App! by ArcPD Must have for consultants by Finfall Worth the Purchase Price by Ron Freeman Awesome Program by MickeyM619 Brilliant by Diarbyrag Awesome app! by Auriclus Great App! by ArcPD Highly recommend it by gfieng Freelencer's dream! by Mmv2a Finally - a perfect time tracking app by That computer services The Angry Birds of productivity apps by Snarfy Bargleboots WE CARE! Contact us at support@officetime.net Join the OfficeTime community at www.officetime.net (As much as we'd love to, we can't respond to comments below but always answer our email.)

About

Chrono Plus

This app helps freelancers and hourly professionals manage tasks, track work hours, and calculate costs. It offers features for task creation, time and cost tracking, and invoice generation, with cross-device synchronization. Visualize project progress with graphs and charts.

Highlights
  • Task and subtask creation
  • Time and cost tracking
  • Multiple hourly rates
  • Built-in invoice generator
  • Project visualization
  • Cross-device synchronization
Features
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Chrono Plus is a convenient task manager and time tracking tool with a host of handy features. A must-have for any freelancer or professional paid by the hour, it features a sleek, intuitive interface for management of tasks, cost calculation and invoicing. Also available for Mac, Chrono Plus keeps all data in sync across computers and mobile devices. Key Features: • Easy and fast creation of tasks and subtasks • Color marking and search for better navigation • Tracks completion of tasks and projects • Time and cost tracking • Multiple hourly rates • Built-in invoice generator (formatted in MS Excel) • Ability to e-mail invoices to clients or save them to external applications • Project visualization using graphs and charts • Full synchronization between iPhone, iPad and Mac • Mac version is also available * Sync with Mac requires Chrono Plus Pro for macOS, sold separately.

Screenshots

OfficeTime Time Keeper Pro4 screens
Chrono Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Chrono Plus at Free against OfficeTime Time Keeper Pro's $7.99. OfficeTime Time Keeper Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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

Chrono Plus is free to download; OfficeTime Time Keeper Pro costs $7.99 up front. Chrono Plus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. OfficeTime Time Keeper Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

OfficeTime Time Keeper Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 73 and 75 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of OfficeTime Time Keeper Pro's written reviews are positive against 72% of Chrono Plus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OfficeTime Time Keeper Pro ships an update every 6 weeks, Chrono Plus every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
OfficeTime Time Keeper Pro versus Chrono Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOfficeTime Time Keeper ProChrono Plus
Price$7.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (73 ratings) — better4.1 (75 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better71.6% of reviews
Number of ratings7375 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 14 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperProductive Monkey LtdDenys Ievenko

Customer experience

OfficeTime Time Keeper Pro

All ratings73 ratings
Positive80.8%
Neutral8.2%
Negative11.0%
Written reviews245 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral8.6%
Negative11.4%

Chrono Plus

All ratings75 ratings
Positive76.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative12.0%
Written reviews95 reviews
Positive71.6%
Neutral7.4%
Negative21.1%

User reviews

OfficeTime Time Keeper Pro

From 73 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use and intuitive
  • 👍 Powerful yet simple
  • 💰 Helps increase billable hours
  • 🔍 Detailed time and expense tracking
  • 📊 Excellent reporting and invoicing

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and syncing issues
  • 🔒 No cloud/iCloud sync between devices
  • 💸 Expensive compared to some alternatives
  • 📝 Limited customization options
  • 🤖 Apple Watch app not working well

Chrono Plus

From 75 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🔄 Seamless cross-device syncing
  • 💰 Affordable/subscription-free
  • ✅ Basic functionality works well
  • 📊 Good for organizing tasks/projects

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Syncing issues reported
  • 🐛 Login problems
  • 🐛 Ads in paid app
  • 🐛 Lost hours of work
  • 🐛 Invoice feature limitations

Bugs and requests

OfficeTime Time Keeper Pro

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Landscape mode not working on iOS 6
  • Time entries sometimes disappearing
  • Syncing problems between devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add mileage tracking
  • Integrate with accounting software
  • Improve calendar/recurring event support
  • Allow attaching receipts to expenses
  • Add more customization options

Chrono Plus

Reported bugs

25 issues
  • Won't sync
  • Can't log in
  • Ads showing in paid app
  • App stopped syncing between devices
  • Lost hours of work
Show 20 more
  • Invoice feature broken
  • Invoice lacks client information
  • Invoice is left blank
  • Developer has never responded
  • Does not allow entering future dates and hours
  • Invoice has no option to put dates
  • Dragging projects around needs to be improved
  • Clunky to add time retroactively
  • Cannot edit details about task in mobile version
  • All data disappeared
  • Crashing on iPhone
  • Developer suggestions unhelpful
  • Wiped local data when creating sync account
  • App opens only to disappear
  • Will not upload, print or transfer a report
  • Invoice must be customized outside of the app
  • Cannot manually edit hours recorded incorrectly
  • Sync account on iOS deleted data from OS X version
  • Cannot manually change or add time to tasks
  • App won't even launch

Requested features

28 requests
  • Dark mode
  • Ability to move projects into folders
  • Allow system font usage and bold fonts
  • Produce invoice for entire project/folder
  • Produce invoices for specific periods
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  • Apple Watch app
  • More refined data output for desktop
  • Ability to enter future dates and hours
  • Website with directions/documentation
  • Option to put dates on invoices
  • Direct iCloud sync
  • Better reporting
  • Ability to move projects around more easily
  • More in-depth invoicing functionality
  • Record time on multiple tasks simultaneously
  • Write notes/comments on each task/time section
  • Ability to comment on each time section
  • Segment reports by day, week, month on iPhone
  • Start a fresh new timeframe by day, week, and month
  • Capture time entries after the fact
  • Ability to change font size
  • Full Excel export
  • Add comment/notes to time entries
  • Export times on selected jobs rather than rounded up
  • More specific reports
  • Ability to reposition tasks and folders
  • Due date element with calendar sync
  • WBS structure numbers for tasks

In-app purchases

None

OfficeTime Time Keeper Pro

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Chrono Plus

One-time1
  • Unlock Pro Features$4.99

Questions

Is OfficeTime Time Keeper Pro free?
OfficeTime Time Keeper Pro costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chrono Plus free?
Chrono Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, OfficeTime Time Keeper Pro or Chrono Plus?
OfficeTime Time Keeper Pro is rated higher. OfficeTime Time Keeper Pro averages 4.3 out of 5 from 73 ratings, while Chrono Plus averages 4.1 from 75 ratings.
Do OfficeTime Time Keeper Pro or Chrono Plus have ads?
Chrono Plus shows ads; OfficeTime Time Keeper Pro does not.
Which is updated more often, OfficeTime Time Keeper Pro or Chrono Plus?
OfficeTime Time Keeper Pro ships an update every 6 weeks, and Chrono Plus every 14 months. Most recently, OfficeTime Time Keeper Pro was updated on September 24, 2026 and Chrono Plus on August 18, 2026.

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