Comparison

TimeStation vs FarmOnline Explorer

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

Head to head
About

TimeStation

Transform your iOS device into a cloud-based time and attendance system. Employees can quickly clock in and out using fast scanning or PIN entry. Managers can monitor attendance and generate reports remotely, ideal for small to medium businesses.

Highlights
  • Contactless time and attendance system
  • Fast employee clock-in/out
  • Cloud-based, no installation needed
  • Offline mode for punching
  • Remote manager reporting
  • GPS location tagging
  • Multiple location support
Features
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Turn any iPhone or iPad into a fast employee time clock or let employees clock in and out from their own phones with Solo Mode. TimeStation makes time and attendance simple with sub-second card scanning, 4-digit PINs, offline check-ins, GPS location tagging, and cloud-based reporting. Free for teams of up to 10 employees. No dedicated time-clock hardware to buy, no server to maintain, and setup takes only minutes. ▶ HOW TIMESTATION WORKS • Create your account and add employees. • Print TimeStation cards or assign 4-digit PINs. • Use a shared iPhone or iPad as your team time clock, or let employees use Solo Mode on their own phones. ▶ FAST, SIMPLE CHECK-INS • Fast-Scan: scan an employee TimeStation card in less than a second • 4-digit PIN check-in when a card isn’t handy • One shared device can serve your whole team • Solo Mode: one-tap check in/out plus personal activity history • Front or rear camera scanning, audible confirmations, and an always-on screen • Offline Mode saves activity on the device and syncs automatically when the connection returns ▶ TIME & ATTENDANCE, YOUR WAY • Track departments, projects, clients, and mid-shift transfers • Add GPS location to every check-in and check-out • Use multiple locations and unlimited devices on one account • Attendance-only mode for schools, classes, clubs, members, and events ▶ MANAGE FROM ANY BROWSER • See who’s in right now • Run 30+ attendance and payroll reports • Export data to Excel and CSV • Make manual time adjustments and review activity history • Get email notifications when employees check in and out • Give employees access to self-service portal and the web clock • Connect other systems with the TimeStation API ▶ BUILT FOR SMALL AND MIDSIZE TEAMS TimeStation works for offices, restaurants, retail teams, construction crews, schools, nonprofits, clubs, and more. Anywhere you need a straightforward, reliable way to track time and attendance. ▶ GET STARTED FREE TimeStation is free for up to 10 employees, with plans for larger teams and a free 30-day trial. No credit card required. Questions? Visit TimeStation.com or contact TimeStation Support.

About

FarmOnline Explorer

Access real-time production and climate data, along with alarms, from your farm's SKOV house computers. Monitor multiple farms with quick overviews, detailed views, and historical data analysis. Stay informed about your farm's status anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Real-time production and climate data
  • Alarm monitoring and details
  • Multi-farm access and shortcuts
  • Survey and detailed views
  • Historical data curves
  • Climate data analysis
Features
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FarmOnline Explorer is a mobile app for smartphones that enables you to access SKOV house computers via the FarmOnline Explorer PC management program. This app ensures you real-time information and status of production and climate data as well as alarms from your farm. Shortcuts for logging in to multiple farms can be saved in a list for quick access. A Survey view presents data from several houses and farms. It provides a quick overview of the current status of alarms and key values. You can choose your favourite house computer key values from a list and they will be added to the Survey and Detail view. Coloured fields next to the key values indicate whether the current value is within the desired range. Press a location in the Survey view, and the app shows a more detailed overview of selected key values. By sliding crosswise other locations on the same farm can be accessed from the same view. A History view provides curves for multiple key values ranging from the last day, last week, to the entire batch production or for an individually specified date range. Using the Climate view, detailed information of all climate data can be viewed including status colouring and history. A survey of all active alarms is always available. Pressing an alarm in the survey presents more details of the alarm in question as well as a brief description of the alarm situation. More information is available at www.skov.com

Screenshots

TimeStation4 screens
FarmOnline Explorer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: FarmOnline Explorer at 100% against TimeStation's 72%. On price, update cadence, 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

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

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
TimeStation versus FarmOnline Explorer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeStationFarmOnline Explorer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (602 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings602 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB131 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTimeStation, LLCSkov A/S. Glyngore

Customer experience

TimeStation

All ratings602 ratings
Positive73.8%
Neutral7.8%
Negative18.4%
Written reviews186 reviews
Positive72.0%
Neutral12.9%
Negative15.1%

FarmOnline Explorer

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

TimeStation

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Location services not working on iOS 18
  • Camera not switching to back-facing for QR scanning

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow employees to view their own time logs
  • Add overtime calculation and tracking
  • Implement color-coding for clock in/out status
  • Improve Android and iOS app parity

FarmOnline Explorer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

TimeStation

No in-app purchases

None

FarmOnline Explorer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TimeStation free?
TimeStation is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FarmOnline Explorer free?
FarmOnline Explorer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TimeStation or FarmOnline Explorer have ads?
Neither TimeStation nor FarmOnline Explorer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TimeStation or FarmOnline Explorer?
TimeStation ships an update every 2 months, and FarmOnline Explorer every 2 months. Most recently, TimeStation was updated on October 19, 2026 and FarmOnline Explorer on October 9, 2026.

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