Comparison

Chrono Plus vs timeEdition

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

Head to head
About

Chrono Plus

This app helps freelancers and hourly professionals manage tasks, track work hours, and calculate costs. It offers features for task creation, time and cost tracking, and invoice generation, with cross-device synchronization. Visualize project progress with graphs and charts.

Highlights
  • Task and subtask creation
  • Time and cost tracking
  • Multiple hourly rates
  • Built-in invoice generator
  • Project visualization
  • Cross-device synchronization
Features
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Chrono Plus is a convenient task manager and time tracking tool with a host of handy features. A must-have for any freelancer or professional paid by the hour, it features a sleek, intuitive interface for management of tasks, cost calculation and invoicing. Also available for Mac, Chrono Plus keeps all data in sync across computers and mobile devices. Key Features: • Easy and fast creation of tasks and subtasks • Color marking and search for better navigation • Tracks completion of tasks and projects • Time and cost tracking • Multiple hourly rates • Built-in invoice generator (formatted in MS Excel) • Ability to e-mail invoices to clients or save them to external applications • Project visualization using graphs and charts • Full synchronization between iPhone, iPad and Mac • Mac version is also available * Sync with Mac requires Chrono Plus Pro for macOS, sold separately.

About

timeEdition

Track your work hours, clients, projects, and tasks with this intuitive time tracking tool. It offers seamless syncing across devices and export options for detailed billing and project analysis.

Highlights
  • Start and stop work time recording
  • Track time by customer, project, and task
  • Siri Shortcuts for voice control
  • Add notes to recordings
  • Color coding for clients
  • Manual entry and editing of recordings
  • Export recordings to Numbers or Excel
  • Deadline reminders
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TIME IS MONEY With timeEdition you can see detailed documentation of your working hours. Be it for a billing of a client, or tracking the efficiency of a project. timeEdition puts great emphasis on ease of use. The user first sees only the functions that are needed for daily time tracking: Start and Stop recording of work time, work time elapsed, customer, project and task. You don't give away your time or your money. With timeEdition you have the perfect tool to track your work time and your colleagues work time. You can track the work outlay of your project and give your clients a detailed bill. ON THE DESKTOP AND ON THE ROAD timeEdition is available for iOS & macOS. This lets you track your projects on your office desk, but also mobile when your are on the road consulting. All timeEdition apps can be synced through dropbox. No matter where you are time tracking, all of your recordings are always available on all your devices. No internet connection required for recording. This gives you a high flexibilty for tracking your projects on different platforms. FEATURES - Siri Shortcuts: With Siri Shortcuts you can start and stop recordings just with your voice. - Notes for all your recordings: At any time you can take a note for any recording that you are doing. - Color coding: Different colors for your clients lets you see at a glance which client you are currently tracking. - Add and edit recordings: If you missed a recording: Easily add it manually or adjust the tracking time. - Export recordings: You can export your recordings for use in third party applications like Numbers or Excel. - Reminder of your deadlines: Never miss a deadline. Let timeEdition remind you of all your upcoming deadlines. - For mobile and desktop: timeEdition is available for macOS and iOS. This allows you to record your working time anywhere. - Synchronize all devices: No matter where you are working: Sync your mobile recordings with your desktop and vice versa. - Calendar export: timeEdition let´s you export all your recordings to your calendar.

Screenshots

Chrono Plus4 screens
timeEdition4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Chrono Plus at 4.1 against timeEdition's 3.0. Chrono Plus also leads on review sentiment (72% vs 43%) and ratings volume (75 vs 4). timeEdition's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Chrono Plus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. timeEdition asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chrono Plus holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chrono Plus has 75 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Chrono Plus's written reviews are positive against 43% of timeEdition's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chrono Plus ships an update every 14 months, timeEdition every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 18, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Chrono Plus versus timeEdition: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChrono PlustimeEdition
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (75 ratings) — better3.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews71.6% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings75 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDenys IevenkoMAMP GmbH

Customer experience

Chrono Plus

All ratings75 ratings
Positive76.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative12.0%
Written reviews95 reviews
Positive71.6%
Neutral7.4%
Negative21.1%

timeEdition

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.1%

Bugs and requests

Chrono Plus

Reported bugs

25 issues
  • Won't sync
  • Can't log in
  • Ads showing in paid app
  • App stopped syncing between devices
  • Lost hours of work
Show 20 more
  • Invoice feature broken
  • Invoice lacks client information
  • Invoice is left blank
  • Developer has never responded
  • Does not allow entering future dates and hours
  • Invoice has no option to put dates
  • Dragging projects around needs to be improved
  • Clunky to add time retroactively
  • Cannot edit details about task in mobile version
  • All data disappeared
  • Crashing on iPhone
  • Developer suggestions unhelpful
  • Wiped local data when creating sync account
  • App opens only to disappear
  • Will not upload, print or transfer a report
  • Invoice must be customized outside of the app
  • Cannot manually edit hours recorded incorrectly
  • Sync account on iOS deleted data from OS X version
  • Cannot manually change or add time to tasks
  • App won't even launch

Requested features

28 requests
  • Dark mode
  • Ability to move projects into folders
  • Allow system font usage and bold fonts
  • Produce invoice for entire project/folder
  • Produce invoices for specific periods
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  • Apple Watch app
  • More refined data output for desktop
  • Ability to enter future dates and hours
  • Website with directions/documentation
  • Option to put dates on invoices
  • Direct iCloud sync
  • Better reporting
  • Ability to move projects around more easily
  • More in-depth invoicing functionality
  • Record time on multiple tasks simultaneously
  • Write notes/comments on each task/time section
  • Ability to comment on each time section
  • Segment reports by day, week, month on iPhone
  • Start a fresh new timeframe by day, week, and month
  • Capture time entries after the fact
  • Ability to change font size
  • Full Excel export
  • Add comment/notes to time entries
  • Export times on selected jobs rather than rounded up
  • More specific reports
  • Ability to reposition tasks and folders
  • Due date element with calendar sync
  • WBS structure numbers for tasks

timeEdition

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Chrono Plus

One-time1
  • Unlock Pro Features$4.99
None

timeEdition

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chrono Plus free?
Chrono Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is timeEdition free?
timeEdition is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Chrono Plus or timeEdition?
Chrono Plus is rated higher. Chrono Plus averages 4.1 out of 5 from 75 ratings, while timeEdition averages 3.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Chrono Plus or timeEdition have ads?
Chrono Plus shows ads; timeEdition does not.
Which is updated more often, Chrono Plus or timeEdition?
Chrono Plus ships an update every 14 months, and timeEdition every 2 months. Most recently, Chrono Plus was updated on August 18, 2026 and timeEdition on September 14, 2026.

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