Comparison

Timelogger Plus vs WORK

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Timelogger Plus

This app helps you actively manage and monitor your time across multiple Apple devices. It offers features like stopwatches, goal setting, and detailed reporting, making it ideal for freelancers, managing daily routines, or personal projects.

Highlights
  • Record time with stopwatches
  • Set daily, weekly, or monthly goals
  • Synchronize across devices via iCloud
  • Generate PDF and CSV reports
  • Manual time input
  • Multiple active stopwatches
  • Home and Lock Screen Widgets
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Timelogger Plus is a time tracking app that allows you to actively manage and monitor various tasks on your iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, and Mac securely and updated across all devices using iCloud. It is ideal for freelancing, repetitive daily routines, homemaking tasks, personal projects, or any activity people want to track and control. Timelogger Plus lets you: ▪ Record time using stopwatches; ▪ Define Daily, Weekly, or Monthly Goals; ▪ Synchronize between devices using iCloud; ▪ Generate PDF reports from custom intervals; ▪ Input time manually; ▪ Have multiple stopwatches active; ▪ Set Home Screen Widgets for ease to use; ▪ Set Lock Screen Widgets for ease to use; ▪ Use the Split View on the iPad for ease to use; ▪ Use the Stage Manager on the iPad for ease to use; ▪ Integrate with the Shortcuts application; ▪ Define hourly rates for your tasks; ▪ Define hourly rates for your folders; ▪ Export your entries to CSV; ▪ Create notes; ▪ Create billing notes; ▪ Use Context actions for ease to use; ▪ Add Tags to your Tasks, Entries, or Notes; ▪ Generate Manual backups; ▪ Archive Folders, Tasks, Entries, or Notes; ▪ Analyze your data through a Dashboard; ▪ Choose any Color for your Tasks and Folders; ▪ Filter by Folders or Tasks on the Dashboard views; ▪ Schedule notifications for running stopwatches; ▪ Change to Light or Dark mode; If you have a question, problem, or need help, please send a support request via e-mail. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

WORK

This app offers a minimalist approach to tracking your work hours with a focus on quick data entry. It seamlessly integrates into your daily routine, allowing for easy task management and time logging. Advanced features like absence management and detailed evaluations are available.

Highlights
  • Fast data input
  • Smart user guidance
  • Absence management
  • Work hour evaluation
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Siri Shortcuts
  • Today Widget
Features
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WORK is a minimalist app for working time tracking with a focus on fast data input. Suitable for makers, employees, freelancers and anyone else who wants to keep an eye on their working hours. The time tracking takes place with the help of the smart user guidance without occupying much time. As a result, the app can be integrated into the daily work without disturbing it. For example changing the current task happens with 3 or less taps. WORK is optimally integrated in iOS. For example, you can use your Apple Watch for time tracking. Of course you can also use WORK via Notification Actions or Siri Shortcuts. 3D-Touch Quick Actions are integrated as well as a Today Widget. Functionality: • Tracking working time • Tracking breaks • Absence management (vacation, illness, parental leave,...) • Subsequent changing of working hours • Subsequent adding of work blocks and breaks • Evaluation of working hours • Assigning tasks to projects • Notifications at work start, at work end and during work • Manual data backup • Dark mode • Apple Watch App • Siri Shortcuts • 3D Touch Quick Actions • Today Widget Extended functionality (in-app purchase necessary): • Unlimited projects and tasks • CSV export (Apple Numbers and Microsoft Excel)

Screenshots

Timelogger Plus4 screens
WORK4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Timelogger Plus at every 2 weeks against WORK's every 5 weeks. WORK's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (86% vs 76%). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Timelogger Plus sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and WORK sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WORK holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 72 and 78 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Timelogger Plus's written reviews are positive against 86% of WORK's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timelogger Plus ships an update every 2 weeks, WORK every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Timelogger Plus versus WORK: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimelogger PlusWORK
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (72 ratings)4.8 (78 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.5% of reviews85.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7278 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFilipe MartinsOrcun Yoruk

Customer experience

Timelogger Plus

All ratings72 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral1.4%
Negative6.9%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive76.5%
Neutral3.9%
Negative19.6%

WORK

All ratings78 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral3.8%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive85.5%
Neutral8.7%
Negative5.8%

Bugs and requests

Timelogger Plus

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • Single Timer does not work on iPad
  • Old task will continue after clicking a new task
  • iCloud sync broken
  • Apple Watch doesn’t work
  • Syncing between Mac, iPhone and iPad is iffy
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  • List of apps does not sync in their proper order on the Home page
  • Home Screen flickers in and out
  • Confusing Interface (Plus version)
  • Widgets not available as advertised
  • Single Timer feature gone
  • iCloud sync is buggy
  • Apple Watch app keeps running after session ends
  • iCloud integrity check crashes app and deletes tasks
  • Timer still running in widget after stopped in-app
  • Task on iPad keeps running after stopping on phone
  • Refusing to stop a task for whatever reason
  • Mac app font size hard to see
  • Task name overlaps time info on the right side

Requested features

25 requests
  • Bar chart instead of circular chart in Time Distribution
  • Toggle switch for time and percent in task total time chart
  • Larger start timer button
  • Add Limits for tasks to goals
  • Manual sort of tasks
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  • Sort tasks by spend time in reports (not alphabet)
  • Show each activity with time and percent in reports
  • Ability to set recurring reminders when a timer is running
  • Notifications to start timers
  • Add an email address for feature requests
  • Automatically discard tasks running for very short time
  • Ability to link a 'goal' to a combo of tasks from different folders
  • Widget for the main screen
  • Planning (to-do lists) implemented
  • White theme option
  • Task name overlap issue fixed
  • Other sync options like NextCloud
  • Menu in Finder top navigation
  • Stop all timers Siri shortcut
  • One at a time timer option
  • Lock the app function
  • Aggregate color-based charts by groups or use text labels
  • See timeline and daily distribution of entries by group
  • Share text from reminder/meeting to automatically create an entry with text in notes
  • Ability to lock minutes to 15 min increments, or 6 or 10 for manual entries

WORK

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Timelogger Plus

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Premium Annual$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$24.99
1 purchases

WORK

One-time1
  • WORK Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Timelogger Plus free?
Timelogger Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WORK free?
WORK is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Timelogger Plus or WORK?
WORK is rated higher. Timelogger Plus averages 4.6 out of 5 from 72 ratings, while WORK averages 4.8 from 78 ratings.
Do Timelogger Plus or WORK have ads?
Neither Timelogger Plus nor WORK shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timelogger Plus or WORK?
Timelogger Plus ships an update every 2 weeks, and WORK every 5 weeks. Most recently, Timelogger Plus was updated on October 12, 2026 and WORK on October 14, 2026.

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