Comparison

TimeTac Classic vs iboChron

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

Head to head
About

TimeTac Classic

This app facilitates employee time management for businesses, allowing for easy recording of work hours, project time, vacations, and absences. It offers features like live tracking, status overviews, offline functionality, and leave management, all while ensuring legal compliance.

Highlights
  • Work hour tracking (live or manual)
  • Project time booking
  • Employee status overview
  • Offline functionality
  • Leave and absence management
  • Data export and API integration
  • Legal compliance (GDPR)
Features
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TimeTac Classic is the ideal employee time management app for medium and large companies. Whether working hours, project time tracking, vacations, or absences, with TimeTac Classic you can record work time easily and quickly via browser, time clock or mobile app. Make attendance tracking, timesheets, and work log creation easier and save valuable time! *** You need a TimeTac Classic account to use the app. Try TimeTac Classic now 30 days for free. *** Please note that your employees can only use the app if you set mobile access in the TimeTac Classic account for the respective user. • Effortless work time management Work hours tracker records time live or subsequently. When you clock in and out, pause or stop the working hours tracking in the app, timestamps are automatically saved in your timesheet, providing a work log overview. In Project Time Tracking, employees can book time for separate tasks, projects or customers. • Transparency in the employee work log Who is currently working on which task, absent, or working remotely or from the office today? In the status overview, you can see live working time and employees' absences. It is especially interesting for managers and facilitates time management for teams. • Offline functionality If the Internet connection is interrupted, the app will still work offline. Attendance tracking data is synchronized as soon as the connection is restored. • Optionally combine mobile time recording with GPS, NFC or geo-fences to be able to document time bookings based on location and project. • Schedule to-dos for employees Plan tasks in advance in project time recording and assign them to your employees. They can then track time directly in the created plan. • Overview of your resources Access various reports in both Working Time Tracking and Project Time Tracking. Keep an eye on the timesheets, clock in and out time and overall attendance of your team. It is possible to record the time spent on a project or task. Efficiently manage time spent on projects, costs, turnover, and the orders' profitability at any time. • Leave Management Efficiently manage all holidays and absences. TimeTac automatically calculates annual leave and holiday entitlement for all employees based on your settings. Thanks to numerous evaluation options, you can always keep an overview of an employee's work log. Requests and confirmation workflows could also be implemented. Reduce your administrative effort and save valuable time! • Data Export and API integrations TimeTac can be integrated directly with your company's software, with numerous standard integrations and a configurable API. • Compliant with the law With TimeTac, you can safely and efficiently fulfil the working time tracking legal requirements and the EU-wide GDPR data protection regulations. • Excellent support Our award-winning service and support teams will help you with the technical implementation of our time management software, including updates and any further maintenance. TimeTac's support team is available for free via e-mail or phone hotline during the entire contract period. ------ More than 3,000 customers and 100,000+ users. Quality Choice and Trusted Vendor Badges from Crozdesk 4.9 out of 5 stars on Google Certified-Cloud-Solution at Cloud-Ecosystem "Very good" rating at trusted. de and the Gold Seal at eKomi ------ *** The range of functions depends on the TimeTac modules used, individual account settings and user permissions within a company account. TimeTac software and the mobile app are regularly maintained and updated so that you have the best experience with our app. We always appreciate your feedback and reviews! Learn more about TimeTac https://www.timetac.com/en/ Privacy Policy https://www.timetac.com/en/company/privacy-policy/

About

iboChron

Easily track your work hours, breaks, and earnings with this time tracking tool. It offers automatic calculations for overtime and target hours, with data stored locally and exportable via CSV. Features include reminders, project management, and NFC login.

Highlights
  • Track work hours via login/logout slider
  • Automatic calculation of breaks, overtime, and earnings
  • Export work time data as CSV
  • Reminders for login/logout
  • NFC Tag login support
  • Project management
  • Data backup and restore
Features
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iboChron offers you the perfect ability to track your working hours easy and fast. Login / Logout via the login slider or record your working hours with breaks included. Get an overview of your earnings, overtime, target time, working hours, holidays or leave days. Share your working hours via email as CSV or use the share option of your iOS device. iboChron is the perfect tool for freelancers, self employed workers or employees. All your data are stored locally on your device! Features - Track your working hours via login / logout slider - Overview / calculation of your daily login / logout time - Easy and fast login via Siri Shortcuts support (Login / Logout / Logout Time) - Automatic calculation of breaks, working hours, overtime, target time and earnings - Overview of your leave days, holidays, overtime, working hours (daily, weekly, monthly or yearly) - Export your work time as CSV / PDF via email, share your work time in Excel, Numbers, ... (daily, weekly, monthly or yearly) - Never forget to login / logout - iboChron learns from your behaviour and reminds you to login / logout every single day (Notifications) - Show working hours in decimals - Option to calculate earnings variable (0 - 100 %) - Management of several projects - Add notes to each work time entry - Add additional earnings to each work time entry - Manage working time account - Protect your data via Face ID / Touch ID - Login / Logout via NFC Tags (NFC Tags are required - only iPhone 7 or newer supports third party NFC, this is a limitation by Apple) - Login / Logout & overview via the today widget - Create backups / restore backups - Overview of annual leave days / yearly income - Notifications for login / logout / breaks - Use Themes to personalize iboChron (including dark mode) - Support for Lock Screen Widgets - Calendar for better overview For feedback or feature requests please use the feedback section in the app or send an email to support@ibochron.de. If you like the app, please rate it in the App Store to support future development. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

TimeTac Classic4 screens
iboChron4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: iboChron at 86% against TimeTac Classic's 31%. iboChron also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (41 vs 9). TimeTac Classic's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, monetization model 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. iboChron sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. TimeTac Classic asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iboChron holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 41 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of TimeTac Classic's written reviews are positive against 86% of iboChron's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TimeTac Classic ships an update every 3 weeks, iboChron every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
TimeTac Classic versus iboChron: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeTac ClassiciboChron
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (9 ratings)4.7 (41 ratings) — better
Positive reviews30.9% of reviews85.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings941 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS14.412.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size295 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTimeTacTobias Hauss

Customer experience

TimeTac Classic

All ratings9 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral22.2%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive30.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative60.0%

iboChron

All ratings41 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral2.4%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews148 reviews
Positive85.8%
Neutral7.4%
Negative6.8%

In-app purchases

None

TimeTac Classic

No in-app purchases

12 purchases

iboChron

Subscriptions2
  • iboChron PRO – Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • iboChron Pro - yearly subscription7 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time10
  • Themes for iboChron$2.99
  • Show worktime in widget$2.99
  • A small cup of tea (tip)$3.99
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  • Data Export (CSV)$3.99
  • Unlimited Entries$3.99
  • Breaks & Time Management$5.99
  • A normal cup of tea (tip)$7.99
  • Bundle - All Features$9.99
  • A pot of tea (tip)$17.99
  • iboChron PRO Lifetime$34.99

Questions

Is TimeTac Classic free?
TimeTac Classic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is iboChron free?
iboChron is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TimeTac Classic or iboChron?
iboChron is rated higher. TimeTac Classic averages 4.1 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while iboChron averages 4.7 from 41 ratings.
Do TimeTac Classic or iboChron have ads?
Neither TimeTac Classic nor iboChron shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TimeTac Classic or iboChron?
TimeTac Classic ships an update every 3 weeks, and iboChron every 2 months. Most recently, TimeTac Classic was updated on October 20, 2026 and iboChron on October 19, 2026.

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