Rewind vs TimeRecorder Task
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rewind
This app automatically tracks your time based on your location, requiring minimal user input after initial setup. It offers insights into how you spend your time at various locations and can sync data to your calendar. A Pro version unlocks advanced reporting and more location tracking.
- Automatic background time tracking
- Location-based tracking
- Calendar view
- Insightful statistics
- Calendar sync
- Pro version reporting and backup
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The best time tracking solution is the one you don’t even have to think about. Rewind automatically tracks your time based on your location. You just have to set up your important places and you’re done. Use it to track your work time, time you spend with clients, in the gym, at home, in your favourite coffee shop or restaurant. The possibilities are endless. You can even have it push all your time intervals to your calendar (for example iCloud calendar). • Works fully automatically in the background, so you don’t even have to open it • But you’ll want to open it: to check the beautiful and useful calendar view • Insightful statistics • Excel/Number reports (Pro version) • Backup (Pro version) • Free version lets you try it with one location, Pro version let’s you track up to 20 places
TimeRecorder Task
Easily track time spent on multiple projects and tasks with a single click. Export your booking data to CSV for analysis or archiving in programs like Excel. The app offers unlimited projects and tasks, with optional reminders for open bookings.
- Unlimited projects and tasks
- One-click start/end booking
- Efficient task management
- CSV export for analysis
- Optional booking reminders
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With TimeRecorder it is easy to track the times you spend in one or more projects. Create tasks as many as you want. You will find them, clearly represented, on the start screen. Starting and ending of one booking could be made with just one click on the task. This will minimize the operation time and gives you more time for the essential - your work. Do you want to record your travel times, do you have to distinguish between active and passive travel activity? No problem: Create so many tasks as you want. There are no restrictions to the number of tasks. Exporting The export works imaginable easy. Your data will be transferred to your PC or Macintosh via email directly from the app. You don't have to leave the app to do so. Export your bookings to evaluate or archive them with programs like SAP, Excel or iCalc. Features No restriction to the number of projects Efficiently handling Easy adding and editing of bookings Export to your HR-system, Excel or similar as CSV-file Optional reminder for open bookings
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Rewind at Free against TimeRecorder Task's $1.99. Rewind also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (249 vs 2). TimeRecorder Task's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (67% vs 49%). On update cadence 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
Rewind is free to download; TimeRecorder Task costs $1.99 up front. Rewind sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. TimeRecorder Task asks for nothing beyond the download.
Rewind holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rewind has 249 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 49% of Rewind's written reviews are positive against 67% of TimeRecorder Task's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Rewind ships an update every 5 months, TimeRecorder Task every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rewind | TimeRecorder Task |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (249 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 49.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 249 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sandro Pennisi | Ricky Kleinhempel |
Customer experience
Rewind
TimeRecorder Task
Bugs and requests
Rewind
Reported bugs
14 issues- iOS 16.4+ background update compatibility broken
- iOS 15 compatibility issues - not ending timeframes properly
- iOS 10 calendar sync functionality broken
- Calendar export toggle doesn't persist
- Feedback menu crashes app
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- Location tracking fails after iOS updates
- Inconsistent data between daily and weekly views
- App stops tracking after force close
- Fails to detect location exits
- Duplicate location tracking simultaneously
- Missing saved locations after iOS update
- Calendar access permission not available in settings
- Inaccurate time calculations
- App crashes on first launch
Requested features
14 requests- iPad version
- Ability to track unknown/new locations automatically
- Grouping/categorizing locations (e.g., all Starbucks locations)
- Manual marker placement on map
- Ability to set minimum time threshold before recording location
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- Smaller geofence radius options
- Export notes along with time and location data
- Configurable first day of week (Monday option)
- Category grouping for combined reporting
- Untracked time visualization in pie charts
- Tip/donation option for developers
- Trial period with multiple locations
- Notification when app is force-closed
- Persistent export settings
TimeRecorder Task
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rewind
- Rewind Pro Free TrialFree
- Rewind Pro$3.79
TimeRecorder Task
No in-app purchases
Questions
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