Comparison

Keeping vs Timen

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

Head to head
About

Keeping

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Keeping is suitable for everyone: freelancers, and small and large companies. In addition, the use of Keeping for yourself is completely free! ā—¼ Time Tracking & Work Hours With this app, you have even easier access to all your time entries. With Keeping for iPhone you always have your timesheet in your pocket. So you can quickly punch in, punch out or adjust an entry. Additionally, you will even receive a friendly reminder when you have forgotten to stop a running timer. ā–ø Simply create entries when your work is done, or track while you're working using a timer. ā–ø Receive notifications when you have forgotten to clock out. ā–ø Track all your hours for a specific project, client or task. ā–ø Add notes to describe what you have done. ā–ø Track your time in the dark with dark mode turned on. ā–ø Availability of lock screen and home screen widget and live activity. ā–ø View the hours worked in clear reports, both in the mobile app and in the web application. ā—¼ Trip logging In addition to your working hours, track kilometers and trips as well. ā–ø Trip logging easily from the app. ā–ø Simple entry with vehicles you manage yourself. ā–ø Trips driven and hours worked can be viewed in the reports the web application. ā—¼ Fully in-sync You can always use this app together with our web application, they are always directly connected and changes are passed in real-time. So, you can quickly start a timer on mobile and continue to edit the entry on your pc. Our website, Keeping.nl, is even completely suitable for use on your mobile phone. ā–ø Track time easily if you have multiple phones (there are apps for multiple platforms). ā–ø Browser extensions give extra functionalities on the desktop or laptop. ā–ø You can also always view all your timesheets and reports on www.keeping.nl (suitable for desktop, tablet and mobile). ā—¼ We try to make everything as simple as possible ā–ø Logging into the app has never been easier, use a magic login link. ā–ø Use Keeping with different organizations and easily switch back and forth. ā–ø Go directly to Keeping.nl from the app without an extra log-in step. ā–ø Suggestions? Let us know at support@keeping.nl Made by Keeping in the Netherlands

About

Timen

Features
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Timen is a free time tracker for people who bill by the hour: freelancers, consultants, and small teams. It works as two halves of one product. This app captures your time wherever work happens, and Timen on the web turns it into invoices, exports, and team reports at your desk. Same account, same data, always in sync. Hours don't get lost at the desk. They get lost on the move: the client call in the car, the site visit, the fix done from a cafe. That's what the phone is for. TIMER Start a timer the moment you start working, with a description, a billable switch, and nothing in the way. Stop it, resume it, or let it run past midnight. Forgot to track? Add a past entry in a few taps. CALENDAR Your week, hour by hour. Review and edit entries day by day, or add time straight onto any date. REPORTS See where your time went: totals and billable hours, grouped by day, project, client, person, or tag. Pick a preset range or set your own, and filter down to exactly the work you're asking about. PROJECTS, CLIENTS, AND TAGS File every entry where it belongs. Create new projects and clients right from your phone, so records stay clean even when the client is brand new. WORKS OFFLINE No signal, no problem. Entries are saved on your device and sync when you're back online, so time tracked on a flight or a job site is never lost. THEN, AT YOUR DESK Open gettimen.com and the hours you tracked are already there. On the web, the same free account does the office work: turn tracked time into client invoices, export your data, invite your team, and review everyone's hours together. Track on the go, bill from your desk. FREE MEANS FREE No tiers, no per-user pricing, nothing locked. Timen is built by the team behind Breeze, and the whole product is free on your phone and on the web. If it saves you time, you can leave a voluntary contribution. It's optional and unlocks nothing, because everything is already included.

Screenshots

Keeping4 screens
Timen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Timen at every 5 days against Keeping's every 6 months. Keeping's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Keeping ships an update every 6 months, Timen every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Keeping versus Timen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeepingTimen
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKeeping B.V.Template OU

In-app purchases

None

Keeping

No in-app purchases

None

Timen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Keeping free?
Keeping is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Timen free?
Timen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Keeping or Timen have ads?
Neither Keeping nor Timen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Keeping or Timen?
Keeping ships an update every 6 months, and Timen every 5 days. Most recently, Keeping was updated on October 25, 2026 and Timen on October 24, 2026.

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