Comparison

Time Doctor vs Teamwork Chat

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

Head to head
About

Time Doctor

This app helps individuals and teams boost productivity by accurately tracking time spent on various activities. It functions as a to-do list and real-time time tracker, eliminating guesswork and promoting accountability.

Highlights
  • Real-time activity tracking
  • Task management
  • Productivity improvement
  • Team accountability
  • Accurate time logging
Features
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The official mobile app for Time Doctor, the powerful time management software to keep you productive and to track each activity you are working on during the day. Great for individuals to track time, manage your tasks and improve productivity, and also great for teams so that everyone is accountable and tracking where their time goes each day. Time Doctor is a to do list with a way to easily and accurately track time spent on each activity. It's designed to track all activities in real time rather than "guessing" how much time you spent on each task.

About

Teamwork Chat

This app provides instant messaging for teams to foster collaboration and enhance productivity. It allows for communication through channels or direct messages, with integrated file sharing and seamless integration with project management tools.

Highlights
  • Chat channels for departments, teams, and projects
  • Direct and group conversations
  • File, image, video, and link sharing
  • Integration with Teamwork Projects
  • Turn decisions into tasks
Features
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Teamwork Chat is instant messaging software for teams who value collaboration. Empower your team to communicate freely — without compromising on productivity with the Teamwork Chat app. Best of all, it integrates with Teamwork Projects and is 100% free to use. Key Features: Chat channels: Communicate with your team in channels for your department, team, project, client – or whatever grouping is relevant to your business. Direct or group conversations: Kick off a 1-1 chat or group conversation for focused and meaningful discussions that help move work in the right direction. File sharing: Make decisions and give feedback with context by attaching files, images, videos and links that are relevant to the conversation. Integrates with Teamwork Projects: Make conversations productive by turning decisions into tasks in Projects. Create and assign tasks ready and waiting to be worked on. Questions? Send us an email and one of our support agents will be more than happy to help! Love the app? Leave a quick review below!

Screenshots

Time Doctor4 screens
Teamwork Chat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Teamwork Chat at free against Time Doctor's freemium. Teamwork Chat also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). Time Doctor's advantage is rating (2.8 vs 2.5) and review sentiment (32% vs 21%). On price, ratings volume, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Time Doctor holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of Time Doctor's written reviews are positive against 21% of Teamwork Chat's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time Doctor ships an update every 4 months, Teamwork Chat monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Time Doctor versus Teamwork Chat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime DoctorTeamwork Chat
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (29 ratings) — better2.5 (27 ratings)
Positive reviews31.7% of reviews — better20.6% of reviews
Number of ratings29 — better27
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMystaff.com LLCTeamwork Crew Limited

Customer experience

Time Doctor

All ratings28 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral3.6%
Negative53.6%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive31.7%
Neutral5.0%
Negative63.3%

Teamwork Chat

All ratings27 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral7.4%
Negative59.3%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive20.6%
Neutral8.8%
Negative70.6%

In-app purchases

None

Time Doctor

No in-app purchases

None

Teamwork Chat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Time Doctor free?
Time Doctor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Teamwork Chat free?
Teamwork Chat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Time Doctor or Teamwork Chat?
Time Doctor is rated higher. Time Doctor averages 2.8 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Teamwork Chat averages 2.5 from 27 ratings.
Do Time Doctor or Teamwork Chat have ads?
Neither Time Doctor nor Teamwork Chat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Time Doctor or Teamwork Chat?
Time Doctor ships an update every 4 months, and Teamwork Chat monthly. Most recently, Time Doctor was updated on October 23, 2026 and Teamwork Chat on October 24, 2026.

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