Time etc vs Bench Accounting
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Time etc
This Virtual Assistant app connects you with your dedicated assistant to help manage your business and personal life. It aims to free up your time for important activities, making tasks easier to delegate and complete.
- Virtual Assistant access
- Task delegation
- Business management support
- Personal time management
- Exclusive client access
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Exclusive to Time etc, this beautifully simple but immensely powerful Virtual Assistant app means your Virtual Assistant is only ever a finger tap away. A Virtual Assistant can make it possible for you to run a business and live your life - finding some "you" time or getting home in time to read your kids a bedtime story is no longer a thing of the past. This Virtual Assistant app is designed to make it easy to get things off your plate - and connects you with your Virtual Assistant in absolute harmony. This app is exclusively available to clients of Time etc - the Award Winning Virtual Assistant service. Sign up for an account at http://web.timeetc.com/ref/app To use the app just install it then use your Time etc username and password to log in.
Bench Accounting
This app provides real-time financial insights and direct communication with your dedicated bookkeeper. Monitor cash flow, view key financial reports, and leave notes on transactions while on the go.
- Message your bookkeeping team
- Real-time cash flow updates
- Leave categorization notes
- View financial performance reports
- Profit & Loss and Top 10 Expenses
- Income Statement and Balance Sheet
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Get real-time cash flow updates and connect with your bookkeeper with Bench for iPhone—the companion app to North America's largest bookkeeping service. With Bench for iPhone, you can check in on your business performance in seconds with real-time cash flow updates and intuitive visual reports. Need to contact your bookkeeper? No sweat—chat with them in seconds via the message feed. With the Bench for iPhone you can: - Message your Bench bookkeeping team - Get real-time cash flow updates via your Pulse dashboard - Leave categorization notes on the go - See your business's financial performance at a glance - View Profit & Loss and Top 10 Expenses for any year - View Income Statement and Balance Sheet reports for any year Bench for iPhone is free and available to all current Bench clients.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Time etc at 3.8 against Bench Accounting's 2.3. Bench Accounting's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Time etc holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 23 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 10% of Time etc's written reviews are positive against 17% of Bench Accounting's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Time etc | Bench Accounting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (14 ratings) — better | 2.3 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 10.0% of reviews | 16.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Time etc | Bench Accounting Inc. |
Customer experience
Time etc
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In-app purchases
Time etc
No in-app purchases
Bench Accounting
No in-app purchases
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