Comparison

Toggl Track vs Shift Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Toggl Track

Effortlessly track your time from any device with a single tap. Organize entries with projects and tags, analyze your productivity with reports, and boost focus with Pomodoro mode. Seamlessly syncs across all your platforms.

Highlights
  • Cross-device time tracking
  • Detailed reports and export
  • Project, client, and tag organization
  • Calendar event integration
  • Pomodoro focus timer
  • Smart suggestions and auto-complete
  • Siri and widget integration
Features
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Did you lose track of your time again? We can help. With a single tap, track and save your time with Toggl Track — anywhere you go. Toggl Track has you covered across all of your devices. Start tracking your hours in a browser, then stop it later on your phone or on your Apple Watch. All your tracked time is safely synced between your iPhone, Watch, desktop, and browser. Is the app FREE? Yes, Toggl Track on iOS is completely free for you to use. --- FEATURES: • Reports Discover what's taking up your time and get a snapshot of your day or week with Reports. Analyze your Reports in the app or export them to send the data to your clients (or analyze them further on our web app to see where your hours are going). • Sync Keeps your time seamlessly synced, safely saved, and ready to track on your account, on any device. • Customize your time entries with projects, clients, and tags Organize and add more details to your time entries by adding projects, clients, and tags. See exactly where your work hours are going. • Calendar Instantly create time entries based on your calendar events! Connect your calendar app to Toggl Track to see all of your calendar events and time entries in the app itself. • Pomodoro mode Enjoy better focus and productivity by trying out the Pomodoro technique with our Pomodoro mode. Automatically track your time in 25-minute increments, with notifications, a full screen mode, and countdown timer to really help you stay focused and on task. • Suggestions The more you track, the better the data. The app will give you suggested time entries based on your tracking habits and previous time entries. • Shortcuts Use @ and # to quickly add projects and tags to time entries you track. • Auto-complete Easily find your older time entries and track time on them again. • Manual Mode Want more control? Add and edit all of your tracked time manually and make sure that every second of your time is accounted for. • Siri Toggl Track is compatible with Siri! Track a new time entry, stop it, or access your reports — all that with just a few words. • iOS Widgets Start (and stop) tracking from your iPhone Home Screen. • What if I'm offline? No problem! You can still track your time through the app, and once you're back online, it will sync seamlessly with your account (and the rest of your devices). Your time is not going anywhere. --- Yep, that's Toggl Track — a time tracking app so simple that you'll actually use it and get stuff done! See where your time goes, focus on important tasks, and boost your productivity. Whether you’re in an office or en route to one, stuck on a space mission to Mars, or just want to see how much time you're wasting on projects that aren't bringing you money — track your time anywhere you go.

About

Shift Tracker

Easily track your work hours, breaks, and overtime. This utility app offers a minimalist design for quick entry and exit logging. It automatically calculates your income and organizes your work entries for easy access and sharing.

Highlights
  • One-tap clock in/out
  • Automatic break calculation
  • Overtime and income calculation
  • Home screen widget support
  • Organized entry history
  • Exportable work entries
Features
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The easiest clock utility! Minimal design to easily keep track of your entries. Simply tap "Enter" and go to work, the app will automatically calculate your breaks, and finally "Exit". Even faster with the Home Widget The app will calculate your workhour overtime and monthly income automatically. Keep your entries organized and accessible. Flexible settings: - Choose how many hours you work every week - Choose how long is your break - Choose how you want to round your entries (it will round up your entries and round down your exits) Export your entries and share them with clients, employers or yourself. Subscribe to access to premium app features; subscription details are the following: • Length: weekly, yearly • Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account as soon as you confirm your purchase • You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal from your Account Settings after the purchase • Your subscription will renew automatically, unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • The cost of renewal will be charged to your account in the 24 hours prior to the end of the current period • When canceling a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the current subscription will not be refunded • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Toggl Track4 screens
Shift Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Toggl Track at 86% against Shift Tracker's 20%. Toggl Track also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and rating (4.8 vs 4.3). Shift Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). On price 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. Shift Tracker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Toggl Track asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Toggl Track holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Toggl Track has 9.5K ratings behind it against 74, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Toggl Track's written reviews are positive against 20% of Shift Tracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Toggl Track ships an update every 3 weeks, Shift Tracker every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Toggl Track versus Shift Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterToggl TrackShift Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (9.5K ratings) — better4.3 (74 ratings)
Positive reviews86.2% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9.5K — better74
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size134 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperToggl OÜDaniel Zanchi

Customer experience

Toggl Track

All ratings9,525 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral1.2%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews1,948 reviews
Positive86.2%
Neutral5.0%
Negative8.8%

Shift Tracker

All ratings74 ratings
Positive82.4%
Neutral4.1%
Negative13.5%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative60.0%

Bugs and requests

Toggl Track

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to delete old time entries
  • Incorrect time assignment across devices
  • Frequent app crashes and freezes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved Apple Watch app functionality
  • Integration with other productivity tools
  • More advanced reporting and analytics
  • Customizable time tracking views
  • Pause feature for time tracking

Shift Tracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Toggl Track

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Shift Tracker

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly premium$2.997 Days
  • Weekly premium7 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Yearly premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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  • Yearly premium$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Toggl Track free?
Toggl Track is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shift Tracker free?
Shift Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Toggl Track or Shift Tracker?
Toggl Track is rated higher. Toggl Track averages 4.8 out of 5 from 9.5K ratings, while Shift Tracker averages 4.3 from 74 ratings.
Do Toggl Track or Shift Tracker have ads?
Neither Toggl Track nor Shift Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Toggl Track or Shift Tracker?
Toggl Track ships an update every 3 weeks, and Shift Tracker every 6 weeks. Most recently, Toggl Track was updated on September 24, 2026 and Shift Tracker on August 26, 2026.

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