Comparison

HomeLink® vs Auto Work Hours

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

Head to head
About

HomeLink®

This app guides you through programming your vehicle's built-in buttons to control smart home devices like garage doors and gates. It integrates with popular smart home platforms for enhanced in-car automation.

Highlights
  • Program vehicle buttons for home devices
  • Control garage doors and gates
  • Integrates with smart home platforms
  • Activate smart home routines
  • Bluetooth-enabled control
Features
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Use the HomeLink app for your HomeLink-equipped vehicle! The HomeLink app provides detailed instructions on how to program the HomeLink buttons in your car to operate your garage doors, gates, and other compatible smart home devices. HomeLink works with popular smart home platforms - giving drivers with Bluetooth®- enabled HomeLink even more smart home control from the comfort of their cars. The HomeLink integration with your preferred smart home platform can activate entire routines, all from the HomeLink buttons in your car! HomeLink® is the most widely used and trusted car-to-home automation system, with over 100 million HomeLink-equipped vehicles on the road today. HomeLink consists of vehicle-integrated buttons that use radio frequency (RF) and/or cloud-based wireless control to operate compatible home automation devices. By offering a combination of RF and cloud-based wireless control, HomeLink remains the industry standard for comprehensive, reliable, vehicle-to-home automation. For more information on HomeLink, visit: https://www.homelink.com Terms of Use (EULA), visit: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Auto Work Hours

Features
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Work Hours automatically tracks time at your workplace using efficient geofencing — not constant GPS drain. Arrive at work and a session starts. Leave, and it ends. Review pay-period totals, pace charts, and full session history. Manage multiple jobs, each with its own location and pay schedule. FEATURES • Automatic arrive / leave logging with workplace geofences • Multiple jobs (separate locations, sessions, and schedules) • Weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, or custom pay periods • Hours pace chart vs. prior period • Manual add, edit, and delete sessions • Pay period history with CSV download / upload • Home Screen widgets and Live Activity while on the clock • Optional arrive & leave notifications with sound choices Your work data stays on your device. Location is used only to detect workplaces you configure.

Screenshots

HomeLink®4 screens
Auto Work Hours2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Auto Work Hours at none against HomeLink®'s 2. Auto Work Hours also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 5 months). 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. HomeLink® sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Auto Work Hours asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HomeLink® ships an update every 5 months, Auto Work Hours daily. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
HomeLink® versus Auto Work Hours: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHomeLink®Auto Work Hours
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (34 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings34 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size238 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGentexFELIPE CORTES-JIMENEZ

In-app purchases

2 purchases

HomeLink®

Subscriptions2
  • HomeLink Cloud1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • HomeLink Cloud1 Month trial$29.991 Year
None

Auto Work Hours

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HomeLink® free?
HomeLink® is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Auto Work Hours free?
Auto Work Hours is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HomeLink® or Auto Work Hours have ads?
Neither HomeLink® nor Auto Work Hours shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HomeLink® or Auto Work Hours?
HomeLink® ships an update every 5 months, and Auto Work Hours daily. Most recently, HomeLink® was updated on November 4, 2026 and Auto Work Hours on October 31, 2026.

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