Comparison

La Badgeuse vs Pensum

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

Head to head
About

La Badgeuse

Features
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Votre temps de travail, simplement. Démarrez une session en un appui, arrêtez-la à la pause et retrouvez vos heures au même endroit. • Un compteur clair et le total de la journée. • Un historique avec horaires, notes et catégories modifiables. • Des graphiques adaptés à la semaine, au mois, à l’année ou à une période de votre choix. • Un objectif quotidien ou hebdomadaire, avec jours fixes ou horaires variables. • Le calcul du solde d’heures, y compris les jours travaillés hors de votre rythme habituel. • Des exports CSV et JSON à partager ou à conserver. LA BADGEUSE+ Un achat unique, sans abonnement, pour aller plus loin : • Des widgets sur l’écran d’accueil et l’écran verrouillé. • Le démarrage et l’arrêt depuis l’écran verrouillé, sans ouvrir l’interface de l’app. • Une activité en direct avec chrono, total du jour et sessions précédentes. • Des rappels pour vos objectifs et les sessions oubliées. • Des analyses du solde, du rythme et de la répartition de vos heures. • Une icône Premium qui s’active automatiquement. Vos sessions restent sur votre appareil. Aucun compte à créer, aucune publicité. La Badgeuse+ est disponible via un achat intégré. Son prix est affiché avant l’achat. Les widgets interactifs nécessitent iOS 17 ou version ultérieure ; certaines commandes système nécessitent iOS 18.

About

Pensum

Features
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Pensum tracks your work hours with one tap and keeps your timesheet. Clock in, take a break, call it a day. Pensum shows how much of your week is done, when you can head home and how much overtime you have built up. WHAT THE APP DOES • One big button to punch in and out, a second one for breaks • Target hours per week, month or year from your full-time week and workload, for example 42 h × 80 % • Quitting time: the time of day when your daily target is reached • Running balance with a starting value, payouts and corrections • Vacation, sick days, accidents, military service, time off in lieu and unpaid days • Public holidays for all Swiss cantons, all German states and Austria • Correct entries or add them later, with a note • Projects: assign each block to a project, the report shows the hours per project • Freelance work without a target: just log the hours • Live Activity on the Lock Screen, with break and clock out • Reports by week, month and year with a chart • A reminder if you forget to clock out PRO Multiple employers, each with its own target and balance, CSV export for payroll and time systems, and automatic clocking with Shortcuts, Siri, the Action Button or an NFC tag, for example when you arrive at work. A one-time purchase, no subscription, with Family Sharing. CREATE INVOICES An add-on to Pro, for freelance work: hours per project times your rate as a PDF with the details required in Switzerland, Germany and Austria, with a Swiss QR-bill or GiroCode, reverse charge and small-business exemption. You pick the language and the currency for each invoice. Also a one-time purchase with Family Sharing. PRIVACY There is no account and no analytics. Your data stays on your devices and in your iCloud. Pensum is a personal time tracker, not your employer’s certified time recording system. Privacy: https://pensum.bognar.net/en/privacy/

Screenshots

La Badgeuse4 screens
Pensum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pensum at every 3 days against La Badgeuse's every 2 months. Pensum also leads on device support (4 vs 1). La Badgeuse's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 27.0). On price, 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. La Badgeuse sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pensum sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

La Badgeuse ships an update every 2 months, Pensum every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
La Badgeuse versus Pensum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLa BadgeusePensum
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVincent PommazPeter Bognar

In-app purchases

1 purchases

La Badgeuse

One-time1
  • La Badgeuse+$5.99
2 purchases

Pensum

One-time2
  • Invoices$9.99
  • Pensum Pro$9.99

Questions

Is La Badgeuse free?
La Badgeuse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pensum free?
Pensum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do La Badgeuse or Pensum have ads?
Neither La Badgeuse nor Pensum shows ads.
Which is updated more often, La Badgeuse or Pensum?
La Badgeuse ships an update every 2 months, and Pensum every 3 days. Most recently, La Badgeuse was updated on October 28, 2026 and Pensum on November 6, 2026.

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