Geofency vs GeoHook
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
GeoHook
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Most iOS geofencing fires late, fires twice, or never fires at all near a boundary. GeoHook was built to fix exactly that — reliable, on-time location automation you can actually trust. WHY GEOHOOK IS DIFFERENT • PRECISION YOU CAN RELY ON. GeoHook uses a high-accuracy iOS 17+ background location session ("Precision Monitoring") with exact-boundary detection, hysteresis, debounce, and directional lead-in zones — designed to fire AT the boundary, not minutes late. Purpose-built for the precision and reliability that typical iOS geofencing apps don't deliver. • HOW YOU ARRIVE BECOMES A CONDITION (Premium). Trigger different actions depending on whether you arrive on foot, by bike, or motorized — detected on-device from your iPhone's motion, no extra hardware needed. Open the garage when you come home from your bike ride. Turn on the backyard lights when you return from your run. And keep the garage closed when you're just walking the dog past the house. • YOUR CAR BECOMES A CONDITION. Fire a webhook only when your car is actually with you. GeoHook detects any car via its CarPlay or Bluetooth hands-free system (Premium — no extra hardware), a Tesla via Phone Key, or any vehicle with an iBeacon on board. Your garage opens when you DRIVE home — not when you walk past. • DRIVING FOCUS AS A CONDITION (Premium). Let webhooks depend on whether your iPhone's Driving Focus is active — set up once with a Shortcuts automation or a Focus filter. WORKS WITH YOUR SETUP Send HTTP webhooks (GET/POST/PUT/PATCH) to Home Assistant, Homey, IFTTT, n8n, Apple Shortcuts, or any custom API. If it accepts a web request, GeoHook can trigger it. BUILT FOR CONTROL & TRANSPARENCY • Live status: watch your current motion state and CarPlay connection update in real time • Flowchart view of your trigger logic — see exactly why an action fires or doesn't • Detailed event timeline with a map of each trigger point, distance, and request metrics • Per-area notifications and a status dashboard • In-app debug tools, an AI help assistant, and optional extended support from our team PRIVACY FIRST Your location and motion data NEVER leave your device. No cloud location storage, no tracking, no ads. Webhook credentials are stored in the iOS Keychain. GDPR compliant. MORE • Monitor up to 20 areas, with multiple webhooks per area • iCloud config sync across your devices • Smart battery management • Apple Family Sharing support (Family plans) PRICING Core geofencing and webhooks are FREE FOREVER — what you can use today stays free. • GeoHook Premium (monthly, Family plan available): movement conditions, CarPlay/hands-free car detection, Driving Focus — plus everything from Tesla & iBeacon. • GeoHook Tesla & iBeacon (monthly): Tesla Phone Key detection, iBeacon vehicle and area detection. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Tesla and Apple are trademarks of their respective owners. GeoHook is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed, or sponsored by Tesla or Apple.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: GeoHook at Free against Geofency's $4.99. Geofency's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly) and chart position (#55 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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
GeoHook is free to download; Geofency costs $4.99 up front. Geofency sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and GeoHook sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Geofency ships an update every 9 days, GeoHook monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Geofency | GeoHook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (623 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 623 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #55 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Karl Heinz Herbel | creative-it Software & Consulting e.U. |
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
GeoHook
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
GeoHook
- GeoHook Tesla & iBeacon$0.991 Month
- GeoHook Tesla & iBeacon Family$1.991 Month
- GeoHook Premium$3.991 Month
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- GeoHook Premium Family$4.991 Month
Questions
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