Comparison

Xero Projects vs WorkHours

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

Head to head
About

Xero Projects

Manage your jobs from start to finish with this comprehensive tool. Create quotes, track project time and expenses, and send invoices to get paid faster. Monitor job profitability in real-time to optimize your business.

Highlights
  • Estimate job costs
  • Breakdown projects by tasks
  • Quotes & invoice faster
  • Track time multiple ways
  • Track expenses
  • Get paid faster with online payment
  • Monitor job profitability
Features
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Quote, track, invoice and get paid for jobs all within Xero, using Xero Projects - the all-in-one tool to track profitability on every job. Great Features: - Estimate job costs - Breakdown projects by tasks - Quotes & invoice faster and more accurately - Track time multiple ways - Track expenses - Get paid faster with online payment - Use timesheet to review time entries at a glance - Monitor job profitability in real-time How your business will benefit from Xero Projects: • Fully integrated with Xero: link your bills and expenses so you know exactly where every dollar was spent. • Estimate project costs: Build accurate budgets by breaking down projects into tasks and estimating time and expenses • Track time your way: add start-end times, use stop-start timer or location-based tracking for more accurate time tracking. • Fast, accurate quoting & invoicing: with all your job information in one place, it’s easy to send accurate quotes and invoices from the field or the office and get paid faster with online payments. • Get quotes accepted in a click: prospective customers can accept the quote with the click of a button • Get paid faster: Customise and send invoices, then accept online payment to wrap up jobs and get paid faster. You have full control over what your customers see. • Turn quotes into invoices in two taps. • Real time view of profitability: up-to-the-second dashboard views let you monitor and track performance - so you can maximise profitability of current jobs and enhance it on future projects. ABOUT XERO Xero ​is a beautiful, easy-to-use global online platform for small businesses and their professional advisors. It’s cloud-based accounting software that connects people with the numbers anytime, anywhere. And it gives you powerful practice tools to efficiently manage compliance and offer a broad range of advisory services. We started Xero to change the game for small businesses. Xero is now one of the fastest growing Software as a Service companies globally. We lead the New Zealand, Australian, and United Kingdom cloud accounting markets, employing a world-class team of more than 2,500 people. Xero has 2 million subscribers in more than 180 countries and seamlessly integrates with over 800 apps. Privacy policy: http://www.xero.com/about/legal/privacy Terms of use: http://www.xero.com/about/legal/terms

About

WorkHours

Easily track your working hours, overtimes, and earnings with this intuitive time tracker. Features include automatic overtime calculations, reminder notifications, and detailed reports. Sync data across devices and back it up to the cloud for seamless management.

Highlights
  • Record work time using timers
  • Track earnings and overtime
  • Reminder notifications
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Cloud backup
  • Built-in reports
  • Export data to PDF, CSV, Text
Features
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A brand new way to track your time. WorkHours is an application for tracking working hours, overtimes, and earnings. Try it today, and find out why it's the best time tracker on the App Store! Keeping track of time can be difficult if you're not well organized and this is where WorkHours can help. WorkHours is an app that helps you track working hours, overtimes and earnings. All in a well-designed user interface that presents all the data in a clear and meaningful way, and allows you to quickly track time with minimal effort. It's perfect for anyone who works hourly jobs or random hours. App features intuitive user interface which supports many swipe gestures enabling you to quickly execute actions and complete tasks. It supports a very rich set of features and personalisation options you can choose that best fit your needs. Included hints and tips enable anyone to quickly understand how to use and navigate the app. Use WorkHours Cloud for cross device synchronization and cloud backup. All data is synchronized in real time and backed up on cloud. This allows you to easily restore all your data to a new device or use several devices to work seamlessly on the same projects. KEY FEATURES • Record work time using timers • Pick any time to start, stop • Track your earnings • Overtime Rates (Automatic daily, weekly, and monthly overtime earnings calculations) • Reminder notifications, so you never forget to clock in or out • Cross device synchronization • Cloud backup & manual backups • Start and stop activities with simple gestures • Manually enter time entries with minimal effort thanks to well-designed user interface • Control timers, view, manage and add Entries using your Apple Watch • Complications for Apple Watch to make full use of the faces on the Series 4 • Set job locations • Add notes to your time entries • Add tasks to jobs for a more detailed overview of your work • Add expenses or additional amounts to time entries • Built-in reports by Day, Week, and Month • Easily copy an existing time entry to save time and effort • Today Widget to quickly clock in & out • Well designed, easy to use, intuitive interface • Navigate and control the app using gestures • Assign different colors to jobs to further personalize your time tracking system • Light or Dark color theme of the app. • Export data to PDF, CSV or Text format via e-mail or the iOS Share Sheet • Password lock (with Touch and Face ID support) will help you keep your WorkHours data private Premium subscription: WorkHours offers free 3-day trial with an auto-renewing yearly subscription for $18,99/year or an auto-renewing monthly subscription for $3,49/month to provide you with full access to all premium features. • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable • Terms of service: https://www.whtracker.com/tos WorkHours is designed for people who work random hours, remote workers, freelancers, students or anyone who spends time working on personal or professional projects. "Free Edition" stores up to 15 entries and 3 jobs. For unlimited entries, upgrade to the "Personal" (up to 5 jobs) or "Pro" (unlimited jobs) edition. Please email us if you have any questions or suggestions to improve the app: support@whtracker.com

Screenshots

Xero Projects4 screens
WorkHours4 screens

Verdict

The call

Xero Projects and WorkHours both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 84% of WorkHours's written reviews are positive against 41% of Xero Projects's. WorkHours also leads on ratings volume (1.2K vs 162) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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. Xero Projects sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $59.99 per month and WorkHours sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Xero Projects against 4.7 for WorkHours. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WorkHours has 1.2K ratings behind it against 162, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 41% of Xero Projects's written reviews are positive against 84% of WorkHours's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Xero Projects ships an update monthly, WorkHours every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Xero Projects versus WorkHours: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXero ProjectsWorkHours
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (162 ratings)4.7 (1.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.0% of reviews84.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1621.2K — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXero LtdDEVAPPS d.o.o.

Customer experience

Xero Projects

All ratings162 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral1.9%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive41.0%
Neutral12.8%
Negative46.2%

WorkHours

All ratings1,198 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral2.4%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews315 reviews
Positive84.4%
Neutral6.7%
Negative8.9%

User reviews

Xero Projects

From 162 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 👍 Great for time tracking
  • 👍 Integrates with Xero account
  • 👍 Good for basic project management
  • 👍 Efficient time tracking

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Clunky time entry process
  • 🐛 Cumbersome app
  • 🐛 Basic functionality
  • 🐛 Difficult to analyze jobs
  • 🐛 Tedious to use

WorkHours

From 1.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Intuitive and efficient
  • 💰 Helps with billing and invoicing
  • 🎨 Visually appealing design
  • 🗓️ Useful for tracking multiple jobs/projects

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Requires subscription after free trial
  • 🔍 Difficult to find/access past entries
  • 🕰️ Lacks flexibility in time entry (e.g. typing vs scrolling)
  • 🔧 Limited customization options
  • 🔀 Issues with syncing/consistency across devices

Bugs and requests

Xero Projects

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Login issues
  • Daily entries get mixed up
  • Automatically changes date to today when reviewing time entry
  • Clock change hour bug
  • Impossible to get onto Xero me
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  • Two-step authentication process issues
  • Return key on keyboard doesn't work for new line in description

Requested features

35 requests
  • Ability to add photos to time entries
  • Add breaks to start/finish times
  • Select project when starting timer
  • Functionality to add documents to a Project
  • Desktop and browser timers
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  • Stopwatch linked to project recording
  • Grid view for time entries
  • Copy entries functionality
  • Enter time against the week
  • Charge per day option
  • Add photos of initial visit and work done
  • Profit and Loss by job report
  • Bulk edit/enter time for project task
  • More timer options
  • Detailed lines on invoices with descriptions and times
  • Option to share current time and publish work
  • Proper timesheet app with 7-day view
  • Ability to add breaks for mandatory meal breaks
  • Option to add photos of initial visit and work done
  • Add breaks to start/finish times for mandatory meal breaks
  • Select project when starting timer
  • Functionality to add documents to a Project
  • Desktop and browser timers
  • Stopwatch linked to project recording
  • Grid view for time entries
  • Copy entries functionality
  • Enter time against the week
  • Charge per day option
  • Add photos of initial visit and work done
  • Profit and Loss by job report
  • Bulk edit/enter time for project task
  • More timer options
  • Detailed lines on invoices with descriptions and times
  • Option to share current time and publish work
  • Proper timesheet app with 7-day view

WorkHours

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Entries sometimes disappear or get duplicated
  • Calculation errors in reported hours and earnings

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to mark jobs as paid
  • Implement calendar view for better visualization
  • Allow adding expenses and mileage
  • Provide more flexible overtime/pay rate options
  • Enable batch/recurring time entry for regular schedules

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Xero Projects

Subscriptions1
  • Xero with Projects & Expenses$59.991 Month
7 purchases

WorkHours

Subscriptions4
  • 1 Month subscription$3.491 Month
  • 1 Month subscription$4.991 Month
  • 1 Year subscription3 Days trial$18.491 Year
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  • 1 Year subscription3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • Upgrade Personal to Pro$3.99
  • Upgrade to WorkHours Personal$5.99
  • Upgrade to WorkHours Pro$8.99

Questions

Is Xero Projects free?
Xero Projects is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WorkHours free?
WorkHours is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Xero Projects or WorkHours?
WorkHours is rated higher. Xero Projects averages 4.6 out of 5 from 162 ratings, while WorkHours averages 4.7 from 1.2K ratings.
Do Xero Projects or WorkHours have ads?
Neither Xero Projects nor WorkHours shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Xero Projects or WorkHours?
Xero Projects ships an update monthly, and WorkHours every 2 months. Most recently, Xero Projects was updated on September 9, 2026 and WorkHours on September 26, 2026.

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