TimeSync Alternatives

TimeSync is described as 'Gets the current time from a NIST server, and adjusts the PC clock if necessary. Accuracy is usually within a second. Time and date are displayed according to the users regional settings' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to TimeSync for Windows and Linux. The best TimeSync alternative is NetTime, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like TimeSync are Time-Sync, Chrony, Atomic Clock Time Synchronizer and Meinberg NTP.

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TimeSync gets the current time from a NIST server, and adjusts the PC clock if necessary. Accuracy is usually within a...

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TimeSync alternatives page was last updated Mar 20, 2019
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  1. NetTime icon
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    NetTime is a Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) client for Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10 and Server 2003/2008/2012/2016 (32 bit and 64 bit operating systems are both supported).

    10 NetTime alternatives

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • Windows

    NetTime VS TimeSync

     
    • NetTime is the most popular Windows alternative to TimeSync.

    • NetTime is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to TimeSync.

    • NetTime is Free and Open SourceTimeSync is Free and Proprietary
  2. Time-Sync icon
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    Time-Sync is a freeware software to synchronize the time of your system. The features of the software are:

    13 Time-Sync alternatives

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    • FreeProprietary

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    • Windows

    Time-Sync VS TimeSync

     
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    Chrony is a pair of programs which are used to maintain the accuracy of the system clock on a computer. The two programs are called chronyd and chronyc.

    6 Chrony alternatives

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • Linux

    Chrony VS TimeSync

     
    • Chrony is the most popular Linux alternative to TimeSync.

    • Chrony is Free and Open SourceTimeSync is Free and Proprietary
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    Atomic Clock Time Synchronizer is a useful and handy utility to keep your PC clock accurate. It periodically checks and synchronizes your computer clock with NIST atomic time servers, or synchronizes time between computers.

    10 Atomic Clock Time Synchronizer alternatives

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    • FreeProprietary

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    • Windows

    Atomic Clock Time Synchronizer VS TimeSync

     
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    NTP client and server download for different operating systems. GUI setup program, full HTML documentation, OpenSSL (Version 0.9.8l) DLL. The installer has been successfully tested on a Preview version of Windows 8 as well.

    6 Meinberg NTP alternatives

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    • FreeProprietary

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    • European Union flagEU

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    • Windows

    Meinberg NTP Features

    1.  Real-time sync

    Meinberg NTP VS TimeSync

     
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    The Network Time Protocol daemon (ntpd) is an operating system daemon program that maintains the system time in synchronization with time servers using the Network Time Protocol (NTP). This package is the official reference implementation of the NTP protocol.

    6 Network Time Protocol daemon alternatives

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • Linux

    Network Time Protocol daemon VS TimeSync

     
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    Desktop Atomic Clock is an atomic clock time sync software designed to keep your computer clock always accurate by synchronizing it with an atomic clock NTP server over the Internet. You can choose to sync the time automatically or to use the manual mode.

    10 Desktop Atomic Clock alternatives

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    Desktop Atomic Clock VS TimeSync

     
    • Desktop Atomic Clock is the most popular commercial alternative to TimeSync.

    • Desktop Atomic Clock is Paid and ProprietaryTimeSync is Free and Proprietary
  8. Neutron icon
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    Neutron is a very simple and small time synchronizing program that retrieves the accurate time from one of several specialized time servers on the Internet. Once the network time has been retrieved the program can set your computers clock to match it.

    10 Neutron alternatives

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    • FreeProprietary

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    • Windows

    Neutron VS TimeSync

     
  9. AboutTime icon
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    AboutTime is a superior source of time for your computer. As a time client, it will acquire time from the Internet with great accuracy, and as a server it will provide four kinds of time signals to other computers on your local network.

    13 AboutTime alternatives

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    • Windows

    AboutTime VS TimeSync

     
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    Advanced Time Synchronizer is a PC clock synchronizer. It works with time servers on the Internet, supports three time synchronization protocols, proxy servers, auto-dialing and more. Advanced Time Synchronizer connects to all the servers in the list one by one until either the...

    10 Advanced Time Synchronizer alternatives

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    • Windows

    Advanced Time Synchronizer VS TimeSync

     
  11. Dimension 4 icon
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    The fastest and easiest way to synchronize your Windows clock.

    10 Dimension 4 alternatives

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    • Free PersonalProprietary

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    • Windows

    Dimension 4 VS TimeSync

     
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    Atomic Clock Sync utility can help you optimize how often Windows references an atomic clock server, such as the atomic clock servers operated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the United States.

    10 Atomic Clock Sync alternatives

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    • FreeProprietary

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    • Windows

    Atomic Clock Sync VS TimeSync

     
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