Geofency vs Just Timers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Geofency
Automatically track your time based on your location. This app records arrival and departure times as you enter or leave designated places, eliminating manual clock-in and clock-out. It offers detailed statistics, calendar export, and even integrates with home automation systems.
- Automatic location-based time tracking
- Graphical visualization of dwell times
- Rich statistics and summaries
- Webhook for home automation
- Calendar export (iCloud, CalDAV, Exchange)
- Apple Watch app
- Export data to Excel-friendly format
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GEOFENCY enables fully automatic location-based time recording on iPhone, iPad, Mac & Apple Watch, where manual clock-in and clock-out becomes an absurdity of the past. Arrival and departure times are automatically recorded as soon as you enter or leave an interesting place – it works like magic! Of course all very energy efficient, thanks to the latest Geofencing & iBeacon technologies! With the integrated Webhook and Apple HomeKit automation features, you can trigger your smart home as you arrive or leave a place (e.g. switch on the lights when coming home)! Ideal for automatic monitoring of working hours, client visits, lunch breaks or the stays on your favorite places! GEOFENCY offers the easiest and most effective way to MONITOR your DURATION OF STAYS on interesting places. Unpleasant manual time recording was yesterday! • Are you tired of having to write down working hours again and again? • Fed up leaving the office absently, missed to check the clock? • Can't you remember when you came or left your favorite places? Let the iPhone take over this nerve-racking time monitoring for you! With GEOFENCY this is now possible in a smart and clever new way! Simply mark your points of interest on a map and leave the rest to Geofency! GEOFENCY automatically tracks the times when you enter or leave your points of interest. Simply carry your iPhone in your pocket or bag with you. You will automatically receive extensive statistics and graphics over time! Automatic Location-based Time Tracking – The (GEO)FANCY way! FEATURES • Automatic location-based time tracking - 24/7 time recording for your points of interest! • Graphical visualization of your dwell times - with zoom! • Rich statistics: Single-, Day-, Week- & Month-Summaries. • Map-View: Manage your points of interest directly on a beautiful fullscreen map view. • Add new locations in seconds – With just one tap! • Runs completely in the background while trying to maintain good battery life! • Automatic recognition when you enter or leave a place or region. • Tags: To group places into tags. • Home Automation: Integrates with Webhooks and Apple HomeKit to trigger automations when arriving at or leaving a place – from turning on lights to running complex smart home scenes! • Journaling feature: Automatic recognition of frequent visited places – to know exactly when you've been where and how long! • Calendar-Export: Export events automatically into your calendar (iCloud, CalDAV & Exchange) – view your data comfortable even from Mac or PC! • Widgets: Time Clock widgets to quickly clock in or out from the Home- or Lockscreen. • Apple Watch App! • Export feature: Send time recordings via e.g. email in an Excel-friendly format! • Export time data and use it directly in Excel or Numbers! BENEFITS Simple to use daily timesaver! You don't have to fiddle around with time recordings on yourself. Free your mind and just don't bother about manual time tracking anymore! PRIVACY 100% Private: Only YOU can see your data. We will never collect or share any information about you. We respect and care about the privacy of our users! REQUIREMENTS For the best and most accurate monitoring results, Wi-Fi, carrier and location services should always be enabled for Geofency. iBeacon monitoring requires at least Bluetooth 4. BATTERY USE Continued use of GPS in the background can significantly reduce battery life. Geofency was designed to use GPS very sparingly and never in the background. The app relies mostly on cell tower + Wi-Fi locations. This has been carefully chosen to get the best battery life. WHAT PEOPLE SAY • "I had no idea that my iPhone could do such things!" • "Beautiful, polished and elegant designed. Extremely simple to use." • "Perhaps the most overall effective app available." Find out more on our landing page: www.geofency.com Sample-Scripts for easy webhook integration: www.geofency.com/geo.zip
Just Timers
Create and manage multiple named timers, including counters, stopwatches, and interval timers. Customize alerts with sounds and haptics, and integrate with Shortcuts for advanced automation. Sync across devices and utilize widgets for convenient control.
- Multiple named timers (counter, stopwatch, interval)
- Customizable alerts (sound, haptics, critical alerts)
- Shortcuts and URL integration
- Interval templates for complex routines
- Widgets and Live Activities support
- iCloud sync across devices
- Light and Dark themes
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Just Timers: The missing timers app Quickly and easily create multiple named counter, stopwatch and interval timers, sync across devices and even use Tags to group timers together Assign alert sounds, haptics and even critical alerts to notify you when a timer expires Assign Shortcuts and URLs to run when timers stop* (more actions coming soon!) Use intervals to create complex workout routines, or go a step deeper with interval templates and Shortcuts integration Use Shortcuts to create complex interval sets and control timers with your voice Use Widgets to keep track of and control your timers, as well as quickly create single-use "self-destruct" timers Sync timers with iCloud across your other devices Supports Live Activities, Widgets and the Dynamic Island Light and Dark Themes * Shortcuts and URLs can only run when the app is open or notification is tapped Need help? Contact support@justtimers.app or find us on Twitter @JustTimers
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Just Timers at Free against Geofency's $4.99. Geofency's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (89% vs 57%). On ads, in-app purchases, 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
Just Timers is free to download; Geofency costs $4.99 up front. Geofency sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Just Timers sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Geofency holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Geofency has 628 ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Geofency's written reviews are positive against 57% of Just Timers's.
Geofency ships an update every 10 days, Just Timers every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.
| Parameter | Geofency | Just Timers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (628 ratings) — better | 4.1 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.7% of reviews — better | 57.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 628 — better | 30 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Karl Heinz Herbel | Aaron Dippner |
Customer experience
Geofency
Just Timers
User reviews
Geofency
From 628 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Effective location tracking
- 🕰️ Accurate time logging
- 📊 Detailed statistics and reports
- 🔌 Low battery impact
- 🔍 Helpful for billing and invoicing
Room to improve
- 🔍 Limited location customization options
- 🕰️ Occasional inaccuracies in time tracking
- 🤖 Inconsistent integration with iBeacons
- 🔍 Difficulty merging or editing location data
- 🔍 Lack of advanced filtering and sorting options
Just Timers
From 30 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Excellent Shortcuts integration
- 💰 Affordable one-time purchase
- 🚫 No data collection
- ✨ Clean and intuitive UI
- 🚀 Fast and performant (v3)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Numerous bugs and glitches
- 🔇 No sound/alarms
- ⚠️ Notifications not stopping
- ⏳ Slow loading times
- ⌚ Watch app issues
Bugs and requests
Geofency
Reported bugs
3 issues- Occasional crashes or freezes
- Inconsistent background tracking on newer iOS versions
- Unreliable webhook integration for home automation
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to manually add/edit locations
- Improve iBeacon integration and reliability
- Implement more advanced filtering and reporting options
- Add support for exporting data to other formats
- Introduce a dark mode option
Just Timers
Reported bugs
32 issues- Repeat function causing repeated shortcut execution
- No sound even with critical alerts on
- Notifications won't stop after timer completion
- Interval timer progress lost
- Stock timers restoring after deletion
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- Watch app unusable, complications incorrect
- Timers activating and changing duration after update
- Timers going off after being stopped
- Negative timers displayed
- Alerts not going off
- Timers with intervals spontaneously resetting
- Watch notifications inconsistent
- Timer display stuck
- Widget display stuck
- Intervals stuck, skipping inconsistent
- Choosing sound causes it to play indefinitely
- Timer resets when modifying sound
- No default timer settings
- Manual sync required for phone/watch timers
- Buttons do nothing or wrong action
- Siri not working with new version
- Shortcut action to create timer throws error
- Can't change timer volume (too loud with headphones)
- Sound continues to ring after stop/dismiss
- Contact button in settings not working
- Can't scroll down to add new custom timer on Watch
- Watch face off means no alert
- Alert only happens when app is open on Watch
- Weak buzz with no customization on Watch
- App crashes before timer expires
- App sluggish and buggy
- Purchasing tiers not clearly disclosed upfront
Requested features
19 requests- Menu bar timer on Mac
- Widgets for home screen
- Custom sounds for timers
- Delayed timer start (date/time)
- Group timers and trigger individual timers
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- Enter date and time for timers
- Option to quickly create one-off timers
- Prevent app launch when tapping Live Activity
- Templates for timer types
- Clear explanations for settings
- Siri integration improvements
- Ability to set different sounds for each timer
- More alarming sound options
- Vibrating function on Watch
- Improved x-callback integration
- Rest API improvements
- Ability to group timers
- Reset individual timers on Watch easily
- More alert tones
In-app purchases
Geofency
- Small Coffee Tip$1.99
- Medium Coffee Tip$3.99
- Large Coffee Tip$5.99
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- Generous Tip$7.99
- Enormous Tip$12.99
- 1 kg Coffee Tip$22.99
Just Timers
- Small Toy$0.99
- v1 Unlimited Timers (Legacy)$1.99
- Tier 1$1.99
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- Medium Toy$2.99
- v1 Upgrade$2.99
- Large Toy$4.99
- Tier 2$4.99
- Huge Toy$9.99









