Comparison

Time@Location vs Grape Notes Pro

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

Head to head
About

Time@Location

Automatically track your time spent at various locations using geofencing. Log driving mileage effortlessly via CarPlay and get AI-powered insights into your time usage. Export detailed reports for your records.

Highlights
  • Automatic location-based time tracking
  • Background geofencing for arrivals/departures
  • CarPlay integrated mileage logging
  • AI assistant for data queries
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • PDF/CSV report export
  • GPX/KML mileage export
Features
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Time tracking that handles itself. Set up your locations once โ€” office, home, client sites, wherever matters โ€” and forget about it. Time@Location detects every arrival and departure automatically using geofencing in the background. No tapping. No timers. No forgotten entries. Automatic. Always. The app runs silently in the background 24/7, even when your phone is in standby. Arrival and departure times are recorded the moment they happen. Mileage log without the hassle. Connect to CarPlay and your drive starts recording automatically. Disconnect and it stops. Your route appears in the app instantly, complete with distance driven. GPX and KML export ready for tax and expense reports. AI assistant for your data. Ask questions about your own records: "How much time did I spend at the office this month?" or "Which week had the most drives?" โ€” answered on-device from your real data. Multiple devices, one dataset. Optional iCloud sync keeps iPhone and iPad in sync automatically. Only one device records at a time โ€” the other switches to view-only mode automatically. Your data stays yours. No account. No subscription. No sharing. All data remains in your iCloud account or exclusively on your device โ€” your choice. Export reports as PDF or CSV โ€” ready for your tax advisor, employer, or your own records.

About

Grape Notes Pro

Features
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NEW IN 2.0: scan a page of handwritten notes and turn it into an editable checklist. Every scan is now a searchable PDF, and you can find any word you wrote. All of it happens on your iPhone or iPad. No account, no subscription, nothing uploaded. Grape Notes Pro is a private notes and scanning workspace. Scan paper, read photos of notes and whiteboards, import files, or just type. Then search, organize, and export everything. TURN SCANS INTO NOTES - Turn into Note reads a scan or photo and rebuilds it as editable Markdown - Larger handwriting and short lines like "Decisions:" become headings - Checkbox marks, bullets, arrows and numbered lines become real lists - Lines starting with TODO, Action or Follow up become tasks - Lines that wrapped on paper are joined back into paragraphs - The original scan is kept, and the new note shows where it came from SEARCHABLE PDFS - The text read from each page is embedded as an invisible layer, so search, select and copy work in the Files app and other PDF readers - Read Text Again makes scans from earlier versions searchable too - Find in Scan highlights every match on the page, with next and previous buttons - Scanned pages are sized to print at Letter width HANDWRITING AND PRINTED TEXT - Printed text and handwriting are read on your device - The language can be detected automatically, or you can pick the languages you write in - Custom vocabulary for names, jargon and abbreviations - Turn off spelling correction for part numbers and codes - Works best with clear handwriting FROM PHOTOS - Pick up to 30 photos of pages, whiteboards or receipts - Rotate, reorder, filter and delete pages in the Scan Studio before saving - Apply one filter to every page; Black & White now gives crisp black-and-white pages FIND ANYTHING - Library search matches every word you type, in any order, ignoring accents - Best matches come first, with a highlighted snippet showing where the word is, even deep inside a scan - Spotlight on your Home Screen finds notes and scans (you can turn this off) - Siri and Shortcuts: Scan Notes, Notes from Photos, New Note, Search Notes SMART DETAILS - Found in This Note lists dates, links, email addresses, phone numbers and street addresses - Tap a date to set a reminder, or a number, link or address to open it - Summarize long notes: on iPhone and iPad models with Apple Intelligence (iOS 26 or later), the on-device model writes the summary; on other devices the app picks the key sentences EXPORT - PDF export now runs over as many pages as the note needs, with headings, lists and checkboxes formatted - New: Rich Text (.rtf) for word processors and a web page (.html) - Export many items at once as separate PDFs or as one combined PDF - Plain text, Markdown, JSON and password-protected PDF are still here EVERYTHING FROM 1.x - Markdown editor with toolbar, live preview and tappable checklists - Custom notebooks, tags, pins, sorting and filters - Reminders with local notifications - Note Map links related notes and flags possible duplicates - Library Insights and a daily writing goal - Note templates and an offline Markdown reference PRIVATE BY DESIGN - No account, no sign-in, no ads, no subscriptions - No analytics or tracking - Your notes, scans and imported files stay on your device

Screenshots

Time@Location4 screens
Grape Notes Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

Time@Location and Grape Notes Pro are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Time@Location costs $3.99 and Grape Notes Pro $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time@Location ships an update every 4 days, Grape Notes Pro weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Time@Location versus Grape Notes Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime@LocationGrape Notes Pro
Price$3.99$3.99
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 4 days โ€” betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidโ€”
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size7 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobert OrtnerRobert Corbin

In-app purchases

None

Time@Location

No in-app purchases

None

Grape Notes Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Time@Location free?
Time@Location costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Grape Notes Pro free?
Grape Notes Pro costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Time@Location or Grape Notes Pro have ads?
Neither Time@Location nor Grape Notes Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Time@Location or Grape Notes Pro?
Time@Location ships an update every 4 days, and Grape Notes Pro weekly. Most recently, Time@Location was updated on September 30, 2026 and Grape Notes Pro on October 6, 2026.

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