TV Timecard vs Production Budgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TV Timecard
Effortlessly track work hours, mileage, and expenses for film and TV production. Capture receipts with your phone and generate polished, official-looking timecards for faster reimbursement. Streamline your payroll process directly from your device.
- Log call, meal, and wrap times
- Scan and attach receipts
- Generate polished PDF timecards
- Single-screen weekly view
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Support for multiple projects
- Official payroll template filling (Pro)
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You worked the hours. You drove the miles. You paid out of pocket. TV Timecard makes sure you get every dollar back — fast. Log your call, meals, and wrap times in seconds. Snap your receipts. Send everything to production in one tap. No paper trail to chase, no reimbursements slipping through the cracks. You show up, we do the math. GET PAID BACK FASTER Scan receipts with your phone's camera — edges are detected automatically, totals are read with on-device OCR, and every receipt attaches to the right day. When the week wraps, export a single polished PDF with your timecard and receipts together, or send them separately. Email it, text it, or share it however production wants it. Done before you leave the lot. ONE SCREEN, ONE WEEK, ZERO GUESSWORK Your full work week lives on a single screen. Call time, meal breaks, wrap, mileage, travel days, meal penalties — all of it, at a glance. Tap once to clock in, tap once to wrap. Smart Lunch auto-fills your return time so you're not doing arithmetic in a parking lot. LOOKS OFFICIAL, BECAUSE IT IS Generate a branded PDF with your project logo and company info. Pro users can fill the actual payroll template for their company — Cast & Crew, Entertainment Partners, CAPS, Media Services, EASE, and more — with your signature stamped and the form ready to submit. No handwriting. No scanning someone else's blank. No "can you re-do this, you write like a doctor." YOUR PHONE IS YOUR TIMECARD Punch in from a Home Screen widget, a Lock Screen widget, or a long-press shortcut — without ever opening the app. Clock In, Start Lunch, Wrap, all from wherever you are. Capture on your terms, share on their terms. YOUR DATA, YOUR WAY Multiple projects. Configurable meal durations, week-ending day, and time format. Manual or automatic backups. Everything stays on your device until you decide to share it. FREE TO USE. PRO WHEN YOU'RE READY. All the essentials — time tracking, PDF export, widgets, mileage, multiple projects — are free, forever. No ads. Upgrade to Pro to unlock receipt capture, official payroll templates, auto-backup, and more as we grow. Camera, grip, electric, sound, art, props, hair & makeup, wardrobe, locations, transpo, set medics, PAs, post — if you fill out a timecard, this is the fastest way to do it. TV Timecard — Built by Crew, for Crew. Powered by SetSync Central. Privacy Policy: https://setsynccentral.com/tv-timecard/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Production Budgets
This app allows users to import and view film and TV production budgets. It provides a detailed breakdown of costs, from top sheets to individual line items, including fringes, currencies, and locations.
- Import MMB budgets
- View production budgets
- Detailed cost breakdown
- View fringes and currencies
- Track above-the-line and below-the-line costs
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- Import MMB budgets and view all your production budgets. - View from the top sheet down including accounts, categories, and line items with quantities, rates, and days. - View fringes, currencies, and locations. - View costs at every level. Above-the-line, below-the-line, and grand totals.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Production Budgets at none against TV Timecard's 3. Production Budgets also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). TV Timecard's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. TV Timecard sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Production Budgets asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TV Timecard against 5.0 for Production Budgets. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.
TV Timecard ships an update weekly, Production Budgets every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TV Timecard | Production Budgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SetSync Central | Davin Nguyen |
Customer experience
TV Timecard
Production Budgets
In-app purchases
TV Timecard
- TV Timecard Pro$1.991 Month
- TV Timecard Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- TV Timecard Pro (Lifetime)$29.99
Production Budgets
No in-app purchases





