Timesheet Mobile™ vs Hours Keeper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timesheet Mobile™
Automate employee timekeeping and location tracking with this app. It offers geofencing alerts, GPS verification, and seamless integration with QuickBooks for payroll and invoicing. Ideal for businesses with mobile workforces.
- Geofence punch prompt alerts
- Smartphone punch in/out
- Employee GPS location verification
- Real-time syncing and reporting
- QuickBooks integration
- Job and task time logging
- Mileage entry
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Geofence Time Tracking App tracks employee work times and locations. Timesheet Mobile is very easy to use and automates your entire timekeeping process from employee logs to Quickbooks import. In addition to ensuring accurate employee timekeeping, the time clock application provides employee GPS location verification and saves your company many administrative hours per month. The Timesheet Mobile solution includes smartphone punch in/out, GPS and mapping features, and real-time syncing and reporting to your secure Employer Web Portal. Timesheet Mobile is the preferred employee timekeeping and location tracking solution for Builders, Contractors, Healthcare, Security, Transportation, Event Planners, and anyone with Mobile Employees. Time and Location Tracking: Geofence Punch Prompt alerts employees to Punch when they arrive and depart jobsites. Punch in and out with the click of a button. Log time against Jobs & Tasks. Add Jobsite Notes. Enter Mileage. Captures Employee GPS coordinates when they Punch in and out. QuickBooks Integration. Timesheets and Reports via Web Based Account: Excel Reports detailing Employee shifts and labor hours. Excel Reports detailing labor hours per Job. Import Timesheets to Quickbooks for fast Payroll and Customer Invoices More report and import options available (contact us). NOTE: REQUIRES SUBSCRIPTION TO WEB BASED SOFTWARE. To use this application, your employer must have a corresponding Timesheet Mobile™ subscription configured for use with our Timesheet Mobile Apps. Contact your employer for details. Disclaimer: "Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life."
Hours Keeper
Track your work hours, expenses, and routes with this comprehensive time management tool. It integrates with your calendar and maps, offering detailed reports and photo editing capabilities. Organize your projects and business partners efficiently, all while working offline.
- Clock In/Out for time tracking
- Route and mileage tracking
- Expense management
- Calendar integration
- Project and task management
- Report creation (PDF, Excel, CSV)
- Photo editor for attachments
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Fully functional without limitations and FREE from ads, can be used without Internet connection. Easy and quick tracking event: Clock In & Clock Out to report time and save routes in your job, projects, tasks. Hours tracking integrated with Apple Calendar and Maps has charts functions. With Photo Editor you can enhance your photos in attachments with: apply effects, add stickers, paint & draw and so much more! Key features: • Work with Calendar both logged and planned time. • Allows you to plan your time as well as log it. • Hours tracking and time tracking: Clock In & Clock Out to report your time and routes • Manual and automatically breaks. • Tracking by locations. • Auto learn task location. • Daily overtime rate. • Alert when the budget is reached on project committed time. • Project report: summary with time worked, total expense, total amount. • Track your time worked and calculate your job timing. • Quick dashboard on going activity: time tracking and calendar. • Business Partners management (CRM) with integration in events calendar. • Multi language support: English, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Italian (change language at run time). • Apple Maps integration. • Photo Editor with functions of: crop, rotate, resize, adjust brightness, contrast & saturation, draw and paint on photos, add text, add emoticons and sticker; sharpen and blur filters. • Save locations on the map. • Mileage and car tracing. • Save your routes automatically creating events with related expenses. • Manage expenses of event. • Charts: bar chart and pie chart for Daily, Weekly, Monthly and Year reports for Business Partner, Project, Task, Customer. • View for Daily and Weekly events. • Report creation in PDF, Excel (xlsx) and in CSV (txt) via mail, AirPrint or through iTunes sharing. • AirPrint feature to print charts and time reports. • Printing with fully customizable layout in columns width and visibility, header and footer. • Timesheet report (pdf). • Style themes: Carbon, White, Gold, Rose Gold. • Complete filter customization with choosing the timesheet filtering fields. • Interface to set calendar single date or date range selection. • Manage projects and activities. • Manage: add, delete, edit Apple calendars. • Manage: add, delete, edit Apple events. • Synchronizes Timesheet and Apple Calendar. Try Hours today and get your hands on it with sample data pre-loaded. Organize your activities with report creation in Excel and PDF, charts generation, expenses management, automatic route-tracing, mileage and full integration with Apple Calendar. Hours provides you with a full work time management, can be used offline without Internet connection as a standalone app. This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hours Keeper at 5.0 against Timesheet Mobile™'s 4.4. Hours Keeper also leads on monetization model (free vs subscription). Timesheet Mobile™'s advantage is review sentiment (28% vs 0%) and ratings volume (2.1K vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hours Keeper holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timesheet Mobile™ has 2.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 28% of Timesheet Mobile™'s written reviews are positive against 0% of Hours Keeper's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Timesheet Mobile™ ships an update every 5 weeks, Hours Keeper every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timesheet Mobile™ | Hours Keeper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (2.1K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.1K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Freedom Telecare, LLC | ProjectSoft |
Customer experience
Timesheet Mobile™
Hours Keeper
Bugs and requests
Timesheet Mobile™
Reported bugs
4 issues- Timesheet errors and missed punches
- Job list disappearing
- Sync issues and login problems
- Compatibility problems with older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Pause button for breaks
- Ability to edit notes and past timesheets
- More user-friendly reports and dashboard
- Improved location tracking and geofencing
Hours Keeper
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Timesheet Mobile™
No in-app purchases
Hours Keeper
No in-app purchases
Questions
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