SimpleTime vs ClockWise
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SimpleTime
Effortlessly track your daily activities, from work and studies to personal projects. Organize tasks, view your day at a glance, and gain insights with automatic statistics. Securely back up your data and export it for further analysis.
- Instant time tracking
- Structured tasks and subtasks
- Daily view and timeline
- Automatic statistics and charts
- iCloud backup
- CSV export
- Private and secure data
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SimpleTime tracks where your time goes. One tap starts it, one tap stops it. No account, no sign-up, no ads. Your hours stay on your device and in your iCloud. TRACKING • One tap starts and stops – in the app, from the Home Screen, from Control Center, from iPhone search, or with Siri • Tasks with subtasks, nested as deeply as your work is • Forgot to start? Add time afterwards and edit it whenever you like • Colour, symbol, favourites, and an order you set yourself YOUR DAY • A list or a timeline from 0 to 24, with a marker for the current time • Notes on any entry • How today compares to yesterday, right at the top INSIGHTS • Pie charts by task and by productivity • Day, week, month, year • Statistics: comparison with the previous period, trend, spread across the day, longest and shortest entry • Every task with its own numbers – first entry, longest, this week, this year • Share any chart as an image REPORTS AND EXPORT • A PDF report whose sections you choose and arrange yourself • CSV for Excel and Numbers • Backups in iCloud Drive, automatic and password-encrypted if you want WIDGETS AND SIRI • Today, running task, and week on your Home Screen • The running time on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • A switch in Control Center that starts and stops tracking • Siri and Shortcuts: start, stop, or ask what’s running ON EVERY DEVICE • iPhone, iPad, and Mac, kept in sync through iCloud • 41 languages, independent of your device language • VoiceOver and Dynamic Type throughout YOUR DATA • App lock with Face ID, Touch ID, or a code of your own • Privacy on one page: every permission and all your data at a glance • No accounts, no servers of ours, no ads, no tracking • Erase everything at once – on the device, in iCloud, and in the backups SIMPLETIME PRO Everything above stays free. Pro adds: • Apple Watch: start and stop from your wrist, start earlier, keep an eye on your day, week and goals – with the running time on your watch face • Reviews: your week, month and year as cards – to page through and share • Places: tasks start on their own when you arrive – after a waiting time, if you like • Year at a glance: every day of the year as one picture, with your streaks • Goals per task – for the day, the week, or the month • Focus filter: your work focus turns on, the list shows only work, the clock is already running • A quick-start widget you fill yourself • Seven accent colours or one of your own, plus sixteen app icons • Extra sections in the PDF report: trend, daily spread, comparison, goals Pro comes monthly, yearly, or once and for good. New subscribers get a free week, and with Family Sharing up to six people can use Pro. Prices are shown in the app. Monthly and yearly renew automatically until you cancel, which you can do at any time in your App Store settings. Whatever comes later is included. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://simple-time.app/privacy/ Made for anyone who wants to know where their time actually goes – at work, at university, in training, or for themselves.
ClockWise
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ClockWise is the smart work time tracker built for freelancers, contractors, shift workers, and anyone who gets paid by the hour. Stop guessing how many hours you have worked. ClockWise tracks every minute with pinpoint accuracy, even when your phone is locked or the app is running in the background. TRACK TIME EFFORTLESSLY One tap to clock in, one tap to clock out Pause and resume your timer for breaks Add manual entries for time you forgot to log Background tracking that never misses a second MANAGE MULTIPLE JOBS Create unlimited jobs with custom hourly rates Assign colors to each job for quick identification Set overtime rules per job Archive completed jobs without losing history KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU HAVE EARNED See your daily, weekly, and monthly earnings in real time Automatic overtime calculation based on your rules Break time tracking for paid and unpaid breaks Pay period summaries at a glance POWERFUL REPORTS Visual charts for hours worked and earnings Filter by job, date range, or pay period Export timesheets as CSV for invoicing or payroll Weekly and monthly breakdowns REMINDERS THAT KEEP YOU ON TRACK Clock in and clock out reminders Break reminders so you do not forget to rest Overtime alerts before you go over your limit WORKS OFFLINE Full offline support, track time anywhere Auto syncs when your connection returns Your data is always safe and backed up ClockWise is designed to get out of your way and just work. No confusing setup, no unnecessary features, just accurate time tracking and clear earnings so you always know the value of your work. Download ClockWise and start tracking smarter today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ClockWise at none against SimpleTime's 3. ClockWise also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. SimpleTime sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. ClockWise asks for nothing beyond the download.
SimpleTime ships an update every 5 days, ClockWise weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SimpleTime | ClockWise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Luca Efinger | Sanket Vitthani |
In-app purchases
SimpleTime
- SimpleTime Pro – Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- SimpleTime Pro – Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
- SimpleTime Pro – Lifetime$44.99
ClockWise
No in-app purchases
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