Comparison

WORK vs Timemator

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

Timemator

Effortlessly track work hours and tasks, organizing them by project or client. Visualize your productivity with insightful reports and automatically calculate revenue based on defined hourly rates. Sync data across devices and work offline.

Highlights
  • Effortless time tracking
  • Organize tasks by project/client
  • Timeline management
  • Insightful productivity reports
  • Automatic revenue calculation
  • Offline functionality
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Track your work hours in one tap, see what you earned, and send clients a clean PDF report. Timemator is a simple time tracker for freelancers and anyone who bills by the hour. Pay once. No subscription. ONE-TAP TIME TRACKING • Start and stop timers for tasks and projects with a single tap • Organize tasks into folders by client or project, with colors • Add notes to sessions so you remember what you worked on • Keep an eye on the running timer in Live Activities and the Dynamic Island HOURS AND EARNINGS AT A GLANCE • Daily, weekly, monthly and yearly reports with clear charts • Set hourly rates and see your revenue calculated automatically • Breakdown by task and folder, plus your average hours per day CLIENT-READY REPORTS • Export professional PDF reports with time and revenue totals • Export CSV for spreadsheets, invoicing and accounting tools TIMELINE • See every work session of your day on a timeline • Add time you forgot to track, or fix a session in seconds WORKS WHERE YOU WORK • Home Screen widgets for timers, hours and revenue • Apple Watch app to start and stop timers from your wrist • Shortcuts: create a task and start its timer hands-free • Runs on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch PAIRS WITH TIMEMATOR FOR MAC Sync everything through iCloud with Timemator for Mac, which can track your time automatically based on the files, websites and apps you work with. The Mac app is sold separately. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No data collected: no analytics, no tracking • No account or sign-up needed • Works offline • Your data stays on your devices and syncs through your own iCloud SIMPLE PRICING Try every feature free for 30 days. Then unlock Timemator with a single one-time purchase. No subscription. Questions or ideas? Write to support@timemator.com. We read every message.

Screenshots

WORK4 screens
Timemator4 screens

Verdict

The call

WORK and Timemator both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 86% of WORK's written reviews are positive against 63% of Timemator's. WORK also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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 Timemator 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 4.7 for Timemator. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 78 and 169 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of WORK's written reviews are positive against 63% of Timemator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WORK ships an update every 5 weeks, Timemator every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
WORK versus Timemator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWORKTimemator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (78 ratings) — better4.7 (169 ratings)
Positive reviews85.5% of reviews — better63.2% of reviews
Number of ratings78169 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
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 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOrcun YorukCatforce Studio

Customer experience

WORK

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

Timemator

All ratings169 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral2.4%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive63.2%
Neutral8.0%
Negative28.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

WORK

One-time1
  • WORK Pro$4.99
1 purchases

Timemator

One-time1
  • Full License$7.99

Questions

Is WORK free?
WORK is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Timemator free?
Timemator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WORK or Timemator?
WORK is rated higher. WORK averages 4.8 out of 5 from 78 ratings, while Timemator averages 4.7 from 169 ratings.
Do WORK or Timemator have ads?
Neither WORK nor Timemator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WORK or Timemator?
WORK ships an update every 5 weeks, and Timemator every 2 months. Most recently, WORK was updated on October 9, 2026 and Timemator on October 13, 2026.

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