Comparison

Now Then Time Tracking Pro vs Timemator

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

Head to head
About

Now Then Time Tracking Pro

This app helps you understand where your time is spent by tracking your tasks. It provides visual charts to identify time-wasting activities, allowing you to improve productivity and simplify timesheet completion.

Highlights
  • Rapid time tracking
  • Hierarchical task lists
  • Visual charts for time analysis
  • Task and date filtering
  • Recording reminders
  • Data sharing via CSV and images
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Are you spending lots of your time on low value tasks? You might find your time doesn't get spent where you think it does. First, measure where your time goes, then reduce, or eliminate your biggest time wasting tasks. Use the knowledge acquired to improve your habits, and then see this feed through in terms of actual results. Recording this information also makes completing work time sheets a breeze, and over time lets you see what can be done to improve your productivity. RAPID, EASY TIME TRACKING • Simple and focused time keeper. Focused on tracking time, and nothing else. • We do not complicate the interface by trying to do too many things in one place. • Record the hours worked on your important tasks, clocking in and out with ease. • Accurately track how your time is spent. • Quickly change the current task you're recording. • Use a task list that suits you. We do not prescribe the structure of your task list. • The task list is hierarchical and can be as flat and simple, or as deep and complex as you wish. • Stays out of your way. You are in and out quickly, with the minimum number of taps. • Use of the keyboard is kept to a minimum. IMPROVED PRODUCTIVITY • Use the crisp, colourful charts to quickly identify misused time. • Use the knowledge gained to make the changes required to boost your productivity. • Find out where your time actually goes, rather than scheduling what you expect to do. FEATURES • Now View - A simple, rapid task selector for recording what you are doing now. - Simply tap to start and stop tasks, or tap on another to switch to it immediately. - Edit the task list as you go using Now. - Order tasks how you want. - Move entire branches from one part of the list to another by changing the parent task. • Then View - What you were doing, and when. - View by day, week or month. - A visual log of how your time was spent. - Edit recorded events. - Or add forgotten events afterwards. • Chart View - See the proportion of time spent on each task, or group of tasks. - View bar charts and pie charts by day, week, month, or year. • Filter both Then and Chart by task, date, or by time. • Remind Me - It can be tricky remembering to record what you're doing, especially when you're busy. - Use Remind Me to be notified on a regular interval that a task is still recording. - You can also be reminded when you’re not recording anything. • Share Images - Share via Mail, Messages, and social services such as Facebook or Twitter. - Save to Photos, copy and paste into another app, or print directly. • Share Data - Use Open in… to open images and data in other apps. - Open in apps like Dropbox for cloud storage, or open a data file directly in Excel. - Open in… works with any apps that open CSV files, or PNG images. • iCloud Sync - Keeps your data in sync across all your iOS devices. • Backup and Restore - Make your own backups and store them externally. - This is in addition to the backups you get by using iCloud sync. • Designed for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. USES • Low-value task identification • Project Time Tracker • Timesheet Assistant • Study Tracker • Work Log Book • Activity Timer Get Now Then Pro today and find out where your time really goes. To try it out first for free, tap on Related above and get basic version.

About

Timemator

Effortlessly track work hours and tasks, organizing them by project or client. Visualize your productivity with insightful reports and automatically calculate revenue based on defined hourly rates. Sync data across devices and work offline.

Highlights
  • Effortless time tracking
  • Organize tasks by project/client
  • Timeline management
  • Insightful productivity reports
  • Automatic revenue calculation
  • Offline functionality
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Track your work hours in one tap, see what you earned, and send clients a clean PDF report. Timemator is a simple time tracker for freelancers and anyone who bills by the hour. Pay once. No subscription. ONE-TAP TIME TRACKING • Start and stop timers for tasks and projects with a single tap • Organize tasks into folders by client or project, with colors • Add notes to sessions so you remember what you worked on • Keep an eye on the running timer in Live Activities and the Dynamic Island HOURS AND EARNINGS AT A GLANCE • Daily, weekly, monthly and yearly reports with clear charts • Set hourly rates and see your revenue calculated automatically • Breakdown by task and folder, plus your average hours per day CLIENT-READY REPORTS • Export professional PDF reports with time and revenue totals • Export CSV for spreadsheets, invoicing and accounting tools TIMELINE • See every work session of your day on a timeline • Add time you forgot to track, or fix a session in seconds WORKS WHERE YOU WORK • Home Screen widgets for timers, hours and revenue • Apple Watch app to start and stop timers from your wrist • Shortcuts: create a task and start its timer hands-free • Runs on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch PAIRS WITH TIMEMATOR FOR MAC Sync everything through iCloud with Timemator for Mac, which can track your time automatically based on the files, websites and apps you work with. The Mac app is sold separately. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No data collected: no analytics, no tracking • No account or sign-up needed • Works offline • Your data stays on your devices and syncs through your own iCloud SIMPLE PRICING Try every feature free for 30 days. Then unlock Timemator with a single one-time purchase. No subscription. Questions or ideas? Write to support@timemator.com. We read every message.

Screenshots

Now Then Time Tracking Pro4 screens
Timemator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Timemator at Free against Now Then Time Tracking Pro's $2.99. Now Then Time Tracking Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (91% vs 63%). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

Timemator is free to download; Now Then Time Tracking Pro costs $2.99 up front. Timemator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Now Then Time Tracking Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Now Then Time Tracking Pro against 4.7 for Timemator. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 302 and 169 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of Now Then Time Tracking Pro's written reviews are positive against 63% of Timemator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Now Then Time Tracking Pro ships an update every 3 months, Timemator every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Now Then Time Tracking Pro versus Timemator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNow Then Time Tracking ProTimemator
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (302 ratings) — better4.7 (169 ratings)
Positive reviews91.2% of reviews — better63.2% of reviews
Number of ratings302 — better169
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAngry Aztec LtdCatforce Studio

Customer experience

Now Then Time Tracking Pro

All ratings302 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral1.0%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews251 reviews
Positive91.2%
Neutral2.8%
Negative6.0%

Timemator

All ratings169 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral2.4%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive63.2%
Neutral8.0%
Negative28.7%

Bugs and requests

Now Then Time Tracking Pro

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • iCloud sync not working for some users
  • App freezing when switching between chart views

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add Apple Watch app
  • Improve iCloud sync reliability
  • Implement a search function
  • Allow simultaneous task tracking
  • Add more customization options (e.g., themes, custom colors)

Timemator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Now Then Time Tracking Pro

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Timemator

One-time1
  • Full License$7.99

Questions

Is Now Then Time Tracking Pro free?
Now Then Time Tracking Pro costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Timemator free?
Timemator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Now Then Time Tracking Pro or Timemator?
Now Then Time Tracking Pro is rated higher. Now Then Time Tracking Pro averages 4.8 out of 5 from 302 ratings, while Timemator averages 4.7 from 169 ratings.
Do Now Then Time Tracking Pro or Timemator have ads?
Neither Now Then Time Tracking Pro nor Timemator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Now Then Time Tracking Pro or Timemator?
Now Then Time Tracking Pro ships an update every 3 months, and Timemator every 2 months. Most recently, Now Then Time Tracking Pro was updated on October 18, 2026 and Timemator on October 13, 2026.

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