Comparison

Work vs Vital Widgets

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

Head to head
About

Work

This app automatically tracks your work hours by logging your arrival and departure times at your designated work location. It provides visual data through charts and graphs, allows for manual clock-ins, and can export your logs to CSV. The app also offers optional step count monitoring via HealthKit.

Highlights
  • Automatic arrival/departure logging
  • Work location tracking
  • Hours visualization (charts/graphs)
  • CSV log export
  • Manual clock-in option
  • HealthKit step count monitoring
Features
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Welcome to Work-Aid, an app designed to help you record your hours spent at work each day, private and on device only. With Work-Aid you can set your work location, your minimum daily hours, and Work-Aid will do the rest. Features: - Automatically log times when you arrive and leave your work location. - View all your hours in easily accessible charts and graphs. - Export all your logs to a CSV file and email/ send them to yourself. - Get notified when your arrival/departure has been logged. - Log hours worked from home. Recording the hours you work has been vital for people who need to send invoices to companies, or are simply interested in knowing how much they actually work. There are plenty of way of doing this, such as writing down the times you arrive/ leave, or using an app to manually "clock in" and "clock out". But what if you've had a huge and stressful day (let's face it, it happens more often than not), and you forget to do this? That's where Work-Aid comes in. By setting your workplace(s) on a map, every time you arrive/leave, Work-Aid will make a note of the amount of time you spend there, plus there's always the option to clock yourself in manually too as an extra measure. Everything is stored on device and private to you, no backend servers or data collection outside of your own device.

About

Vital Widgets

Features
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Every tracker. One widget. Vital turns your Apple Health data into beautiful, fully customizable Home Screen widgets - no matter which device you wear. If your tracker syncs to Apple Health, Vital works with it. DESIGN YOUR OWN WIDGETS Build a widget in seconds: pick a metric, choose how it looks, drop it on your Home Screen. • 24 health metrics - steps, sleep, heart rate, HRV, active energy, distance, VO₂ max, workouts and more • 9 chart styles - number, area, bars, ring, gauge, sparkline, stacked, dual and streak • 3 sizes - Small, Medium and Large • Today, 7-day or 30-day views • Optional accent colours and custom goals WORKS WITH ANY TRACKER Garmin, Whoop, Oura, Fitbit, Polar, Coros, Apple Watch - if it writes to Apple Health, Vital reads it. One consistent look across every brand you've ever owned. A SLEEP SCORE FOR EVERYONE Vital computes a clean 0–100 sleep score from Apple Health's sleep stages - so you get a recovery-style number even if your device doesn't provide one. BUILT FOR YOUR HOME SCREEN • Save as many designs as you like and mix and match • Widgets refresh automatically in the background • Full-colour mode that survives iOS's tinted Home Screen theme • A clean, monochrome design language that's readable at a glance YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Vital reads Apple Health on your device and never sends your health data anywhere. No account. No cloud. No tracking. VITAL PRO Vital is free to use. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited widgets, every size, all 24 metrics, all 9 chart styles, weekly and monthly trends, accent colours and custom goals — as a yearly plan with a free trial, monthly, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Make your health data actually yours. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://vitalwidgets.com/privacy

Screenshots

Work3 screens
Vital Widgets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Work at none against Vital Widgets's 3. Vital Widgets's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Vital Widgets sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Work asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Work ships an update monthly, Vital Widgets weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Work versus Vital Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkVital Widgets
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrew EdwardsJarren Worrell

In-app purchases

None

Work

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Vital Widgets

Subscriptions2
  • Vital Pro (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Vital Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Vital Widgets Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Work free?
Work is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vital Widgets free?
Vital Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Work or Vital Widgets have ads?
Neither Work nor Vital Widgets shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Work or Vital Widgets?
Work ships an update monthly, and Vital Widgets weekly. Most recently, Work was updated on October 7, 2026 and Vital Widgets on October 14, 2026.

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