Comparison

DeskTime vs ecInventory

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Automatic time tracking
  • Project-based time tracking
  • Cost calculation
  • Customizable reports
  • Vacation and time-off planning
  • Mobile timer
Features
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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

About

ecInventory

Features
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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

Screenshots

DeskTime4 screens
ecInventory3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
DeskTime versus ecInventory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeskTimeecInventory
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 40 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDeskTimeEcsoft Limited

In-app purchases

None

DeskTime

No in-app purchases

None

ecInventory

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DeskTime free?
DeskTime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ecInventory free?
ecInventory is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DeskTime or ecInventory have ads?
Neither DeskTime nor ecInventory shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DeskTime or ecInventory?
DeskTime ships an update every 6 months, and ecInventory every 40 months. Most recently, DeskTime was updated on September 7, 2026 and ecInventory on September 19, 2026.

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