Comparison

Timelogger Plus vs Hourly

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
Features
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Track your time, build routines, and keep client work organized with Timelogger Plus. Use stopwatches, time reports, and daily, weekly, or monthly goals on iPhone, iPhone Duo, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. See how much time you spend on freelance projects, study, household tasks, hobbies, or personal goals. Record a session as you work, add time you forgot to track, and review your progress in one place. TIME TRACKING THAT FITS YOUR DAY • Start and stop a task's stopwatch with a tap. • Run multiple stopwatches when you need to track different activities. • Add or edit time entries, including their start and end times. • Add notes to record what you worked on. • Set reminders for running stopwatches. ORGANIZE TASKS AND SET GOALS • Group tasks into folders for clients, projects, or routines. • Use tags to organize tasks, time entries, and notes. • Choose colors to make tasks and folders easier to recognize. • Set daily, weekly, or monthly time goals for a task, folder, or tag. • Follow goal progress and review past days, weeks, and months. • Archive completed work while keeping its history. UNDERSTAND YOUR TIME AND BILLABLE WORK • Review tracked time, activity, and trends in the dashboard. • Filter your reports by task, folder, or tag. • Set hourly rates for tasks and folders to calculate billable amounts. • Add billable notes for work that does not use a stopwatch. • Generate PDF reports for a chosen date range. • Export entries to CSV for use in spreadsheets and other tools. • Import CSV data and create manual backups. MADE FOR YOUR APPLE DEVICES Enjoy a refreshed design with Liquid Glass and layouts that fit the screen you use. On iPhone Duo, move between a compact view and a spacious layout with task lists and details side by side when you unfold the display. On iPad, use the sidebar, resizable windows, and multitasking to keep your work in view. On Mac, start and stop timers from the menu bar without opening the main window. Add desktop widgets for quick access to tasks and running stopwatches. On Apple Watch, start and stop timers for selected tasks from your wrist. Use watch face complications and Smart Stack widgets to check running timers. The Watch app syncs with your paired iPhone. Use Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and automate actions with Shortcuts. On iPhone, follow running timers on the Lock Screen and in Dynamic Island with Live Activities. Sync your iPhone, iPad, and Mac through iCloud, and choose a light or dark appearance. Some features require Premium, available through in-app purchase. Questions or suggestions? Contact timeloggerapp@gmail.com. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Hourly

This app helps professionals manage their work time with features like project tracking, manual time entry, and smart reminders. It offers detailed reports and earnings overviews, all stored locally on your device for offline use.

Highlights
  • Multiple projects and clients management
  • Manual and real-time time entry
  • Smart reminders to track time
  • Generate and share time reports
  • Earnings overview charts
  • Offline mode and local data storage
Features
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Did you forget to fill in a timesheet for this month? Or maybe just looking for a safe solution for your work time management? We've got you covered!  Introducing Hourly - a Time Tracker for professionals. With a clean and intuitive design, smart reminders, and reports, this side of your business will always be in safe hands. No account needed - just download and start tracking your time. Key Features: * Multiple Projects & Clients Management: Add and organize numerous projects and clients with ease. Keep track of all your freelance assignments without any hassle. Multiple projects with different currencies? We've got you covered! * Time Entries - Add, Edit, and Track: Log your work hours in real-time or add them manually. Edit time entries swiftly, ensuring accurate and up-to-date records. Forgot to track your time for the last two weeks? Generate these entries manually with the Time Entry Generator. * Smart Reminders: Stay productive and never lose track of time with Hourly’s intelligent reminders that prompt you to stop your time entries. * Live Activites: Active Time Entries will be displayed on your iPhone screen to let you know what's currently in progress. * Comprehensive Overview Charts: Visualize your progress with intuitive charts providing insights into your time entries, hours, and earnings. * Generate & Share Time Reports: Create detailed time reports with a simple tap and share them effortlessly with your clients, fostering transparency and trust. * Earnings at a Glance: Keep tabs on your financial progress with an overview of your earnings based on your logged hours. * Security All of the above is done on your device locally. Wanna work in fully offline mode or maybe your current place has connection problems? You can still track your time with us. 
See where your time goes, track projects, optimise your time and earn money. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Timelogger Plus4 screens
Hourly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Timelogger Plus at 79 against Hourly's 8. Timelogger Plus also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Hourly's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 Hourly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hourly holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timelogger Plus has 79 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timelogger Plus ships an update every 2 weeks, Hourly fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Timelogger Plus versus Hourly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimelogger PlusHourly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (79 ratings)4.8 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings79 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFilipe MartinsOleksandr Masliukivskyi

Customer experience

Timelogger Plus

All ratings78 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral1.3%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive76.5%
Neutral3.9%
Negative19.6%

Hourly

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%

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
Show 20 more
  • 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

Hourly

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
3 purchases

Hourly

Subscriptions2
  • Hourly Pro Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Hourly Pro Yearly$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$29.99

Questions

Is Timelogger Plus free?
Timelogger Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hourly free?
Hourly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Timelogger Plus or Hourly?
Hourly is rated higher. Timelogger Plus averages 4.6 out of 5 from 79 ratings, while Hourly averages 4.8 from 8 ratings.
Do Timelogger Plus or Hourly have ads?
Neither Timelogger Plus nor Hourly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timelogger Plus or Hourly?
Timelogger Plus ships an update every 2 weeks, and Hourly fortnightly. Most recently, Timelogger Plus was updated on October 24, 2026 and Hourly on October 24, 2026.

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