Comparison

Employee Schedule Pro vs Hourly Payroll

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

Head to head
About

Employee Schedule Pro

Manage employee schedules and calculate weekly pay with this straightforward app. Track up to eight employees, their roles, and hourly rates. Easily monitor work hours and generate pay summaries for individuals.

Highlights
  • Employee tracking
  • Weekly pay calculation
  • Role assignment
  • Hourly rate input
  • Schedule sharing
  • Local saving and printing
Features
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Collaborate with your employees in a hassle free manner with the Employee Schedule app. This simple app allows you to keep a track of your employees on a weekly basis. It also helps you in managing the weekly pay of your employees. Enter the name of your employees. Provision has been made to track up to eight employees at the same time. You can also enter their roles in the company. The hourly rate section let you enter the individual hourly rates for you employees. Track their starting and leaving time over the entire week. Provision has been made for you to track your employees over the entire month on a weekly basis. Alternatively, you can track more employees (up to thirty) over a week, using the other sheets. The app lets you calculate the total pay due for an employee on a weekly basis. This can be customised by the users as per their specific situation. The app opens with a sample sheet, to give you an idea on its usage. You can also use this sheet along with the others, if needed. If you want to send and discuss your Employee schedule plan with your employees or partners, Employee Schedule is an easy to use app for you. You can locally save, email or print the Employee Schedule for yourself. Coordinating with your employees made easier with the Employee Schedule app.

About

Hourly Payroll

Streamline your business operations by replacing manual time tracking and payroll processes. This app offers real-time employee time tracking, seamless payroll integration, and powerful reporting tools to save administrative time and boost productivity.

Highlights
  • Real-time employee time tracking
  • Mobile clock-in/out with GPS
  • Seamless payroll integration
  • Automated overtime calculations
  • On-demand reports (CSV, PDF)
  • W2 and 1099 payroll processing
  • Employee self-service pay stub access
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Stop using paper timesheets and Excel to run your business. Use Hourly to track time in real-time instead. We help you save hundreds of hours on admin, increase productivity, and take control of your business. _________________________ “The guys who created Hourly are solving a problem they know firsthand, and it shows…” Bader Khalil at Mediterranean Wraps “I love that my employees can see their pay stubs any time on their phone.” Mavell Sagastume at Gladiator Repipe “Onboarding everyone was simple with video tutorials available in English and Spanish.” Shawn Gordon at S-G-Electric, Inc. _________________________ Replace paper time sheets and make payroll faster. See where your employees are and who’s doing what in real time. Mobile time tracking for employees on the move: clock in, clock out, change jobs, and edit timesheets. Seamless integration with payroll On the clock GPS tracking even when employees are out of service. Save on payroll costs and eliminate hours of manual entry. Powerful, real-time reports in multiple formats (CSV, PDF). Safe data storage and detailed logs to protect you during labor disputes and audits. Unlimited free phone, email, text and chat support. TRACK TIME • Track employee hours automatically down to the second • Easily switch between jobs and tasks, pause, and take a break • Enforce mandatory start times, breaks and 8 hour days • Get notified if your employee doesn’t clock in to a job • Automatic daily and weekly overtime earnings calculations MANAGE TIME • Edit, delete or approve timesheets • See who’s working and where • Track vacation, sick or holiday accruals REPORTS • See day, week and monthly report totals at a glance • Easily access hours by employee, job, customer or location • Audit friendly, keeps a history of all edits and deletions PAYROLL • Create accurate paychecks for your employees and contractors (W2 and 1099) • Direct deposits, print at home checks, mailed checks • Get reminders about upcoming payday and tax deadlines • View past paychecks • Rest easy with bank-level security EMPLOYEE VIEW • See how much you earned in real time • Easily clock in and out and change tasks on the fly • Handy notifications and reminders to take breaks

Screenshots

Employee Schedule Pro4 screens
Hourly Payroll4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hourly Payroll at 58% against Employee Schedule Pro's 0%. Hourly Payroll also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (4.7 vs 1.0). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Hourly Payroll is free to download; Employee Schedule Pro costs $0.99 up front. Employee Schedule Pro sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Hourly Payroll asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hourly Payroll holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hourly Payroll has 209 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Employee Schedule Pro's written reviews are positive against 58% of Hourly Payroll's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Employee Schedule Pro ships an update every 3 months, Hourly Payroll every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Employee Schedule Pro versus Hourly Payroll: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmployee Schedule ProHourly Payroll
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (5 ratings)4.7 (209 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews58.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5209 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperManu GuptaHourly, Inc.

Customer experience

Employee Schedule Pro

All ratings5 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Hourly Payroll

All ratings209 ratings
Positive91.9%
Neutral2.9%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive58.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Employee Schedule Pro

One-time10
  • Export 10 PDFs$0.99
  • Share 10 PDFs via Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and SMS$0.99
  • 25 times Save as, Print and Email$0.99
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  • Email 10 PDFs via Gmail$0.99
  • Save 10 files to Server$0.99
  • Export 25 PDFs$1.99
  • Export 50 PDFs$2.99
  • Export 100 PDFs$3.99
  • 500 times Save as, Print and Email$4.99
  • 1000 times Save as, Print and Email$6.99
None

Hourly Payroll

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Employee Schedule Pro free?
Employee Schedule Pro costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Hourly Payroll free?
Hourly Payroll is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Employee Schedule Pro or Hourly Payroll?
Hourly Payroll is rated higher. Employee Schedule Pro averages 1.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Hourly Payroll averages 4.7 from 209 ratings.
Do Employee Schedule Pro or Hourly Payroll have ads?
Neither Employee Schedule Pro nor Hourly Payroll shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Employee Schedule Pro or Hourly Payroll?
Employee Schedule Pro ships an update every 3 months, and Hourly Payroll every 2 weeks. Most recently, Employee Schedule Pro was updated on October 24, 2026 and Hourly Payroll on October 26, 2026.

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