Comparison

Geofency vs Hours Tracker

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

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About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Hours Tracker

Easily log your work hours by entering start and end times. Calculate daily and weekly totals, including pay based on your hourly salary. Export your time sheets for record-keeping.

Highlights
  • Log start and end times
  • Deduct break times
  • Calculate daily and weekly work hours
  • Calculate total pay
  • Export time sheets (Excel/CSV)
  • Set log reminders
  • Use local currency
Features
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Track your work hours with Hours Tracker! Enter your start and end time each day, and calculate your total work hours and pay. At any time, you can export your time sheet as an Excel or CSV file. Weekly time tracking has never been this easy! • Pick any time to start and end the daily entry • Deduct time for breaks • Get an overview of daily work time • Calculate total weekly work time • Enter your hourly salary and calculate total pay • See work and pay history of previous weeks • Export time sheets as Excel or CSV files • Set log reminders for start and end times • Use your local currency And it is all for free!

Screenshots

Geofency4 screens
Hours Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Hours Tracker at Free against Geofency's $4.99. Hours Tracker also leads on ratings volume (81K vs 623) and iOS requirement (16 vs 18.4). Geofency's advantage is review sentiment (89% vs 65%) and device support (4 vs 2). On rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Hours Tracker is free to download; Geofency costs $4.99 up front. Geofency sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Hours Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Geofency against 4.7 for Hours Tracker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hours Tracker has 81K ratings behind it against 623, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of Geofency's written reviews are positive against 65% of Hours Tracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Geofency ships an update every 9 days, Hours Tracker weekly. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Geofency versus Hours Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGeofencyHours Tracker
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (623 ratings)4.7 (81K ratings)
Positive reviews88.5% of reviews — better65.5% of reviews
Number of ratings62381K — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#72 — better#172
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.416 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKarl Heinz HerbelAppostrophe AB

Customer experience

Geofency

All ratings623 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral2.9%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews253 reviews
Positive88.5%
Neutral3.2%
Negative8.3%

Hours Tracker

All ratings80,581 ratings
Positive91.9%
Neutral3.8%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews666 reviews
Positive65.5%
Neutral12.0%
Negative22.5%

User reviews

Geofency

From 623 App Store ratings

What 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

Hours Tracker

From 81K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💻 Convenient to track hours
  • 📊 Calculates pay based on hours
  • 🆓 Free and ad-free app
  • 🤖 Simple and straightforward to use

Room to improve

  • 🕰️ Can't input multiple shifts in a day
  • 🕰️ Doesn't account for breaks or overtime
  • 🐛 Issues with data being overwritten or duplicated
  • 🕰️ Can't customize work week start day

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

Hours Tracker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Hours from previous weeks being overwritten
  • Inability to access future weeks
  • Time input issues (e.g., can't set AM/PM times)

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add option to input break times
  • Implement overtime pay calculation
  • Allow customizable work week start day
  • Add notes/comments for each day's entries
  • Provide ability to set default pay rate

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Geofency

One-time6
  • Small Coffee Tip$1.99
  • Medium Coffee Tip$3.99
  • Large Coffee Tip$5.99
Show 3 more
  • Generous Tip$7.99
  • Enormous Tip$12.99
  • 1 kg Coffee Tip$22.99
2 purchases

Hours Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Weekly7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Geofency free?
Geofency costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Hours Tracker free?
Hours Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Geofency or Hours Tracker?
Geofency and Hours Tracker are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 623 and 81K ratings respectively.
Do Geofency or Hours Tracker have ads?
Neither Geofency nor Hours Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Geofency or Hours Tracker?
Geofency ships an update every 9 days, and Hours Tracker weekly. Most recently, Geofency was updated on September 24, 2026 and Hours Tracker on September 24, 2026.
Which is more popular, Geofency or Hours Tracker?
Geofency currently peaks at #72 in the App Store charts, and Hours Tracker at #172. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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