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
Currently charting
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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

This app helps individuals and businesses track work hours with precision. It offers project organization, detailed time logging, and insightful reports to optimize productivity and manage daily agendas efficiently.

Highlights
  • Streamlined and intuitive interface
  • Precise time tracking with start/stop timers
  • Organize tasks by project and client
  • Generate comprehensive time analysis reports
  • View historical data and hourly breakdowns
Features
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Hours Tracker - Work Time Hour is a dynamic mobile tool engineered to empower individuals and businesses in efficiently managing their time and monitoring work hours. Whether you're a freelancer, consultant, or simply keen on optimizing your daily agenda, this app offers a suite of robust features to streamline your time management process. Key Features: Streamlined Interface: the app boasts an elegant and intuitive interface, ensuring seamless navigation and effortless utilization for users of all proficiencies. Precise Time Tracking: Effortlessly monitor your work hours with pinpoint accuracy. Initiate and halt timers to meticulously record the duration spent on diverse tasks and projects. Project Organization: Seamlessly categorize your tasks into distinct projects and clients. Assign specific activities to each project, facilitating easy monitoring of time allocated to various endeavors. Comprehensive Analyses: Generate in-depth reports offering valuable insights into your time distribution. Dive into hourly breakdowns, review historical data, and use data-driven insights to improve productivity. Privacy policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zoeXPwsCdLO8z-Papc-QpH7fcQsXhDuTQFYnuZi57yU/edit Terms&Conditions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FKc6xTos6qMN-OsJR_HHRqsCH3uN8GoNJowk9zD9QuE/edit

Screenshots

Geofency4 screens
Hours Tracker3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Hours Tracker at Free against Geofency's $4.99. Hours Tracker also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 18.4). Geofency's advantage is ratings volume (623 vs 31) and chart position (#72 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hours Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Geofency has 623 ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Geofency versus Hours Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGeofencyHours Tracker
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (623 ratings)5.0 (31 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings623 — better31
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#72 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.412.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKarl Heinz HerbelBond RMP OU

Customer experience

Geofency

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

Hours Tracker

All ratings31 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
1 purchases

Hours Tracker

Subscriptions1
  • Hours Tracker - All Features3 Days trial$9.491 Month

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?
Hours Tracker is rated higher. Geofency averages 4.7 out of 5 from 623 ratings, while Hours Tracker averages 5.0 from 31 ratings.
Do Geofency or Hours Tracker have ads?
Neither Geofency nor Hours Tracker shows ads.

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