DeskTime vs ecInventory
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DeskTime
This app automatically tracks how employees spend their time online and offline, boosting productivity. It allows for project-based time tracking, cost calculation, custom reporting, and managing employee time off. The mobile version includes a timer and remote team performance viewing.
- Automatic time tracking
- Project-based time tracking
- Cost calculation
- Customizable reports
- Vacation and time-off planning
- Mobile timer
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DeskTime is fully automatic time tracking software that has proven to boost employee productivity by 30% within the first weeks of using it. See how you and your employees spend their time online and offline, track time by projects, and automatically calculate their costs based on workers' hourly rates. Additionally, generate custom reports for in-house use or your customers, plan employee vacations and time offs, calculate overtime pay, and store your team member's contact information in one place. The iOS app with mobile timer feature allows you to manually start and stop a timer on the app, fill in your idle time gaps, get a remote view of the office and see how teams are performing, what projects/programs they're working on, who's been late and more. Key Features: - mobile timer - see who's working, slacking, late, or absent in real-time - assign idle time gaps - view your profile - view and change your settings Let us know what you think, send feedback and questions to support@desktime.com
ecInventory
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This app makes use of phone camera as the barcode scanner for scanning inventory items. It can be used to conduct stock taking with user defined stock taken date. Please note that to use the app , user will need to create an account with ecSoft
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DeskTime at every 6 months against ecInventory's every 40 months. ecInventory's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
DeskTime ships an update every 6 months, ecInventory every 40 months. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DeskTime | ecInventory |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 40 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DeskTime | Ecsoft Limited |
In-app purchases
DeskTime
No in-app purchases
ecInventory
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Do DeskTime or ecInventory have ads?
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