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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TimeRecorder Track your working time with ease—whether you focus on one project or work on several tasks at once. Create as many tasks as you need and keep your time entries organized in a clear overview. Tap a task to start tracking, then tap it again to stop. Spend less time recording your hours and more time concentrating on your work. Choose whether to track multiple tasks simultaneously or automatically stop other running timers when you start a new entry. You can also track travel time separately. For example, create individual tasks for time spent driving and time spent travelling as a passenger. Export Email your time entries as a CSV file directly from the app. Use Excel or Numbers to analyze and archive your records. You can also import them into an HR or billing system if it supports the exported CSV format. Features • Unlimited projects and tasks • Start and stop tracking with a tap • View individual entries and total time for each task • Easily add and edit time entries • Track tasks simultaneously or stop other timers automatically • CSV export by email • Optional reminder after a timer has been running for six hours • Display durations as hours and minutes or decimal hours • Modern interface with Light and Dark Mode • Available in English, German and Japanese
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Rewind at Free against TimeRecorder Task's $2.99. 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 $2.99 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 November 2, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rewind | TimeRecorder Task |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (249 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.7% 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 | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sandro Pennisi | slothsoft IT solutions |
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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