Comparison

WORK vs WorkingHours

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 offers a minimalist approach to tracking your work hours with a focus on quick data entry. It seamlessly integrates into your daily routine, allowing for easy task management and time logging. Advanced features like absence management and detailed evaluations are available.

Highlights
  • Fast data input
  • Smart user guidance
  • Absence management
  • Work hour evaluation
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Siri Shortcuts
  • Today Widget
Features
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WORK is a minimalist app for working time tracking with a focus on fast data input. Suitable for makers, employees, freelancers and anyone else who wants to keep an eye on their working hours. The time tracking takes place with the help of the smart user guidance without occupying much time. As a result, the app can be integrated into the daily work without disturbing it. For example changing the current task happens with 3 or less taps. WORK is optimally integrated in iOS. For example, you can use your Apple Watch for time tracking. Of course you can also use WORK via Notification Actions or Siri Shortcuts. 3D-Touch Quick Actions are integrated as well as a Today Widget. Functionality: • Tracking working time • Tracking breaks • Absence management (vacation, illness, parental leave,...) • Subsequent changing of working hours • Subsequent adding of work blocks and breaks • Evaluation of working hours • Assigning tasks to projects • Notifications at work start, at work end and during work • Manual data backup • Dark mode • Apple Watch App • Siri Shortcuts • 3D Touch Quick Actions • Today Widget Extended functionality (in-app purchase necessary): • Unlimited projects and tasks • CSV export (Apple Numbers and Microsoft Excel)

About

WorkingHours

Effortlessly log, organize, and analyze your work hours. This app helps freelancers, hourly workers, and employees manage their time with features like task assignment, data export, and calendar integration. Enjoy a productive workflow with optional Pomodoro technique reminders.

Highlights
  • Cross-platform time tracking with cloud sync
  • Start/pause/stop work time via widget or notification
  • Edit work units and assign tasks/tags
  • Export data as Excel, CSV, or PDF
  • Auto-start/stop with GPS geofencing
  • Analyze time and earnings with graphs
  • Calendar integration for appointments
Features
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Track work time, keep accurate timesheets, and prepare billable records without a subscription. WorkingHours is a personal time tracker for freelancers, hourly workers, employees, contractors, consultants, and anyone who wants a clear record of their workday. Start the timer when work begins, pause and resume for breaks, then stop when you are done. Breaks can be subtracted automatically. If you forget to track something, add or edit entries manually and correct the details later. Sessions that cross midnight can be split automatically. Keep your hours organized and useful. • Assign time to tasks or projects • Add tags, notes, and descriptions • Automatically apply tags to projects or new entries • Track overtime, hourly rates, earnings, and fixed fees • Adjust time or earnings with flexible tag rules • Search and filter entries quickly Understand where your time goes with charts and visual reports. Switch between duration and revenue to review work patterns, check billable hours, or prepare records for clients and managers. Export timesheet data in the format you need. • Export to Excel or CSV • Choose which columns to include • Group records by day, week, month, task, or tag • Create PDF invoices from tracked data with SubTotal Capture time with less friction using widgets, notifications, NFC tags, and Apple Watch timer controls. Geofencing can detect workplace arrivals and departures, while Pomodoro focus sessions help structure concentrated work. You can also use Apple Shortcuts and view or import appointments from your calendar or Outlook. Optional sync keeps your work available across supported phone, tablet, laptop, and desktop versions. It uses your own iCloud, OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, or WebDAV storage, so no WorkingHours account or registration is required. WorkingHours is free to use, and Pro features can be tested with a 7-day trial. Pro is a one-time purchase linked to your Apple ID that unlocks Pro for iOS/iPadOS; a separate purchase may be required on other platforms.

Screenshots

WORK4 screens
WorkingHours4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: WorkingHours at fortnightly against WORK's every 5 weeks. WorkingHours also leads on ratings volume (352 vs 78). WORK's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.4). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. WORK sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and WorkingHours sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 — 4.8 for WORK against 4.8 for WorkingHours. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 78 and 352 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of WORK's written reviews are positive against 91% of WorkingHours's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WORK ships an update every 5 weeks, WorkingHours fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
WORK versus WorkingHours: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWORKWorkingHours
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (78 ratings)4.8 (352 ratings)
Positive reviews85.5% of reviews91.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings78352 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOrcun YorukTimo Partl

Customer experience

WORK

All ratings78 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral3.8%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive85.5%
Neutral8.7%
Negative5.8%

WorkingHours

All ratings352 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral0.9%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews210 reviews
Positive91.4%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

WORK

One-time1
  • WORK Pro$4.99
1 purchases

WorkingHours

One-time1
  • Pro version (iOS)$9.99

Questions

Is WORK free?
WORK is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WorkingHours free?
WorkingHours is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WORK or WorkingHours?
WORK and WorkingHours are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 78 and 352 ratings respectively.
Do WORK or WorkingHours have ads?
Neither WORK nor WorkingHours shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WORK or WorkingHours?
WORK ships an update every 5 weeks, and WorkingHours fortnightly. Most recently, WORK was updated on October 9, 2026 and WorkingHours on October 13, 2026.

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