# Geofency - Time Tracking

> Location & Work Hours Tracker

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id615538630](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id615538630)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id615538630`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Karl Heinz Herbel
- **Category:** Utilities
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (623 ratings)
- **Version:** 10.8.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-16
- **First published:** 2013-03-23
- **Size:** 26 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-22
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/geofency-time-tracking/id615538630)
- **Website:** [https://www.geofency.com](https://www.geofency.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.geofency.com/en/privacy-policy.html](https://www.geofency.com/en/privacy-policy.html)

## Description

**Geofency** is an automatic location-based time tracking app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. Create points of interest and let Geofency record when you arrive and leave, making it easy to monitor work hours, client visits, breaks, commutes, and time spent at favorite places.

View stay durations with graphical charts, daily to monthly summaries, maps, tags, widgets, and journaling. Export recordings to calendars, Excel, or Numbers, and connect Webhooks or Apple HomeKit to trigger smart home automations when you arrive or depart. Geofency is designed to run efficiently in the background and keep location data private.

## Rankings

- #66,556 — Overall

## Review summary

Geofency is praised for automatic location-based time tracking and useful automations, with a long-standing, simple interface that helps with payroll and presence verification. However, reliability issues persist: geofence false positives, unreliable arrival detection, and data gaps in poor networks. The Apple Watch app is prone to crashes, and user expectations include a minimum duration for logs and better support. Overall, it remains a strong tool for location-based tracking but needs improved accuracy, stability, and support.

### Pros

- Automatic location/time tracking at work or client locations for easy billing
- Supports automations/smart home triggers on arrival/departure
- Long-term reliability and strong track record across years
- Simple, powerful, and easy-to-use interface without being bloated
- Useful for proving presence for salary/work questions and management oversight

### Cons

- Geofence triggers can be unreliable and log when not truly entering a location (e.g., driving past or at the doorstep)
- Data can be missing or inconsistent in areas with poor mobile service
- Frequent Apple Watch app crashes make it unusable on that device
- Spurious drive-by entries and lack of a minimum logging duration (requests for a two-minute minimum)
- Support responsiveness can be slow or unaddressed (unanswered emails)

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id615538630)