Rewind vs MBT
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
MBT
Effortlessly track your work hours with automatic time clock features and geo-fencing. Monitor overtime, remaining work time, and export detailed time sheets in PDF and CSV formats. Manage projects, tasks, and time off with ease.
- Geo-fencing for automatic time tracking
- Automated pauses
- Live overtime calculation
- Time sheet PDF and CSV exports
- Project, task, and activity management
- Vacation, holiday, and sick day management
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Time tracking with minimal effort and the most important always at a glance: The fully automatic time clock for tracking your working time with minimal effort using geo-fencing. With remaining working time and overtime always at a glance and exporting time sheets as PDF and CSV, too. CONVENIENT AND FAST • Geo-fencing for automatic time tracking • Automated pauses • Switch and create projects etc fast as lightning - without detours • Adaptive: proposes you recently used projects etc first. AT A GLANCE • Live overtime calculation • Live working hours for current day, week, month, year and overall • Live remaining working time for current day, week, month, year TIME SHEET, ANALYZER, PROJECTS AND MORE • Time sheet PDF and CSV exports • Analyze: when did you work for what how long? • List and chart views • Vacation, public holidays and sick days management • Export as PDF, CSV and HTML • Supports different projects, tasks and activities • Switch fast as lightning between different projects and tasks • Quickly add new projects, tasks and activities - without detours PRIVACY • We take care about privacy. Therefore your data is stored locally on your device and not on any server.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: MBT at every 3 weeks against Rewind's every 5 months. MBT also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.6). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Rewind sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and MBT sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Rewind ships an update every 5 months, MBT every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rewind | MBT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (249 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 49.0% of reviews | 56.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 249 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sandro Pennisi | Effizienzy Technologies GmbH |
Customer experience
Rewind
MBT
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
MBT
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rewind
- Rewind Pro Free TrialFree
- Rewind Pro$3.79
MBT
- Full Version$2.99









