PunchClock XT vs Time Recording
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PunchClock XT
Effortlessly track your work hours and breaks with a single click. Analyze your time, manage holidays, and export your data via email or cloud storage. Gain insights into your productivity with this intuitive time management tool.
- One-click clock-in/out
- Break time tracking
- Time analysis
- Holiday management
- Email export
- Dropbox export
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Time tracking is just a click away. You just clock in every morning with PunchClock XT and start tracking time. After clocking out and setting your break-time everything is saved and can be exported via email or Dropbox. The new features and possibilities make it an easy task to analyze your time at work and your holidays.
Time Recording
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Simple app for recording hours, units, amounts and notes for you, who want to manage such things. Recordings can be exported in a csv-file, to be handled outside the app. You can share this csv-file whith others, who can import the file in their app. There is a separate view for checklists, where you can create to do lists, packing lists, shopping lists etc, and send the list via e-mail or sms to others. License agreement: https://apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Personal data policy: https://www.keepitsimple.dk/onewebmedia/Privatlivspolitik-pixilog-engelsk.pdf
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Time Recording at Free against PunchClock XT's $1.99. Time Recording also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). PunchClock XT's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads and iOS requirement 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
Time Recording is free to download; PunchClock XT costs $1.99 up front. Time Recording sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $6.99 per year. PunchClock XT asks for nothing beyond the download.
PunchClock XT ships an update monthly, Time Recording every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PunchClock XT | Time Recording |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tim Wilbrink | Pixilog ApS |
In-app purchases
PunchClock XT
No in-app purchases
Time Recording
- Unlimited use of the App$6.991 Year
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