TimeKeeper vs Rewind
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TimeKeeper
This app automatically records your time spent at designated locations using GPS. It calculates attendance duration and provides detailed summaries of your daily, weekly, and monthly time logs. Export your data in various formats for easy analysis.
- Automatic time tracking
- Location-based check-in/out
- Daily, weekly, monthly summaries
- Data export (TXT, CSV, PDF)
- Calendar export
- Break time definition
- Attendance reminders
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TimeKeeper helps you to track your times at specific locations. Just easily create a location and let TimeKeeper do its work fully automated. GPS is used to check when a location is entered (Check In) and leaved (Check Out). The time between Check In and Check Out results in your attendance time. Over time, other relevant data such as week, month, or total attendance is calculated. Features: • Automatic time tracking for max. 20 locations (one included, more via In-App purchase) • Detailed history with every check in and check out • Daily, weekly and monthly summaries • History export as TXT, CSV or PDF to other applications (via In-App purchase) • Calendar export for check ins • Define daily break times • Attendance reminder • Today widget • Map view with all defined locations • Temporary pause tracking • Full control over your data Notes: Mobile data and Wi-Fi should always remain switched on for reliable attendance tracking. No active data connection is required. Continued use of GPS in the background may decrease battery life.
Rewind
This app automatically tracks your time based on your location, requiring minimal user input after initial setup. It offers insights into how you spend your time at various locations and can sync data to your calendar. A Pro version unlocks advanced reporting and more location tracking.
- Automatic background time tracking
- Location-based tracking
- Calendar view
- Insightful statistics
- Calendar sync
- Pro version reporting and backup
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The best time tracking solution is the one you don’t even have to think about. Rewind automatically tracks your time based on your location. You just have to set up your important places and you’re done. Use it to track your work time, time you spend with clients, in the gym, at home, in your favourite coffee shop or restaurant. The possibilities are endless. You can even have it push all your time intervals to your calendar (for example iCloud calendar). • Works fully automatically in the background, so you don’t even have to open it • But you’ll want to open it: to check the beautiful and useful calendar view • Insightful statistics • Excel/Number reports (Pro version) • Backup (Pro version) • Free version lets you try it with one location, Pro version let’s you track up to 20 places
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rewind at 4.6 against TimeKeeper's 4.1. Rewind also leads on ratings volume (246 vs 39). TimeKeeper's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. TimeKeeper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Rewind sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Rewind holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rewind has 246 ratings behind it against 39, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of TimeKeeper's written reviews are positive against 49% of Rewind's.
TimeKeeper ships an update every 11 days, Rewind every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TimeKeeper | Rewind |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (39 ratings) | 4.6 (246 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.5% of reviews | 49.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 39 | 246 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Tobias Totzek | Sandro Pennisi |
Customer experience
TimeKeeper
Rewind
Bugs and requests
TimeKeeper
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Rewind
Reported bugs
14 issues- iOS 16.4+ background update compatibility broken
- iOS 15 compatibility issues - not ending timeframes properly
- iOS 10 calendar sync functionality broken
- Calendar export toggle doesn't persist
- Feedback menu crashes app
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- Location tracking fails after iOS updates
- Inconsistent data between daily and weekly views
- App stops tracking after force close
- Fails to detect location exits
- Duplicate location tracking simultaneously
- Missing saved locations after iOS update
- Calendar access permission not available in settings
- Inaccurate time calculations
- App crashes on first launch
Requested features
14 requests- iPad version
- Ability to track unknown/new locations automatically
- Grouping/categorizing locations (e.g., all Starbucks locations)
- Manual marker placement on map
- Ability to set minimum time threshold before recording location
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- Smaller geofence radius options
- Export notes along with time and location data
- Configurable first day of week (Monday option)
- Category grouping for combined reporting
- Untracked time visualization in pie charts
- Tip/donation option for developers
- Trial period with multiple locations
- Notification when app is force-closed
- Persistent export settings
In-app purchases
TimeKeeper
- TimeKeeper Pro$3.99
Rewind
- Rewind Pro Free TrialFree
- Rewind Pro$3.79
Questions
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