It would be better if it worked vs It would be better if it works

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'It would be better if it worked' is used when referring to a hypothetical situation in the past or present, while 'it would be better if it works' is used when referring to a hypothetical situation in the present or future.

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It would be better if it worked

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to a hypothetical situation in the past or present.

This phrase is used to express a hypothetical situation where something is not currently working as desired.

Examples:

It would be better if it worked properly.
It would be better if it worked the way it was supposed to.

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Dec 2, 2015 ... ... I use owncloud for. Of course it would be better if it worked with the windows client, but it is good enough for most things, most of the time.
I think it would be better if it worked differently. I'll expand upon that in the duplicate question that I overlooked when creating this one. Thanks ...
Apr 30, 2015 ... It would be better if it worked in FireFox and IE, but I can understand if IE is again not following standards. html5 pdf browser pdf-generation ...

Alternatives:

It would have been better if it worked
It would be better if it had worked
It would be better if it were working

It would be better if it works

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to a hypothetical situation in the present or future.

This phrase is used to express a hypothetical situation where something is not currently working as desired or is expected to work in the future.

Examples:

It would be better if it works properly.
It would be better if it works the way it is supposed to.

Show examples from the web [+]

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... permalink · translate. Very useful app for Online shoppers. Automatically displays prices in top websites. But it would be better if it works in private window ...
... source video analysis tools? It would be better if it works well with Python server. Thank you. javascript python video open-source multimedia ...
Dec 5, 2015 ... ... on open source video analysis tools? It would be better if it works well with Python server. Any advices, suggestions or tutorials are welcome~.

Alternatives:

It would be better if it worked
It would be better if it were to work
It would be better if it were working

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It would be better if it worked vs It would be better if it works