WORK vs Stella
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Fast data input
- Smart user guidance
- Absence management
- Work hour evaluation
- Apple Watch integration
- Siri Shortcuts
- Today Widget
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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)
Stella
Easily log your work hours with a simple timer. Track time spent on specific tasks, view daily summaries, and analyze session breakdowns. Offers features like color-coding, memos, and home screen widgets for efficient time management.
- Task-based time tracking
- Session breakdown with memos
- Daily and total hour calculation
- Color-coded tasks
- Home screen widgets
- Dark mode support
- Manual time input
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Track work hours, keep a clear timesheet, and see exactly where your day went. Stella is a simple personal time tracker for work, shifts, freelance tasks, study sessions, and focused work. Start a task in seconds, stop when you are done, and Stella builds your time log automatically. Review daily totals and individual sessions without complicated setup or messy spreadsheets. Use Stella to: - Track work hours with a simple start and stop timer - Keep a timesheet and time log organized by task - Review daily totals from the calendar - See every session's start time, stop time, and duration - Add notes to sessions - Organize tasks with color coding - View Home Screen widgets and Live Activities - See daily charts by task - Add or edit time manually when you forget to start the timer - Access stats and longer history with premium - Sync your data with iCloud using premium Whether you are recording a shift, tracking freelance hours, studying, or staying accountable during deep work, Stella gives you a straightforward record of how you spent your time. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/stella-privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WORK at 4.8 against Stella's 4.2. WORK also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (86% vs 77%). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. WORK sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Stella sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
WORK holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 78 and 26 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of WORK's written reviews are positive against 77% of Stella's.
WORK ships an update every 5 weeks, Stella every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WORK | Stella |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (78 ratings) — better | 4.2 (26 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.5% of reviews — better | 76.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 78 — better | 26 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Orcun Yoruk | Jordan Holland |
Customer experience
WORK
Stella
In-app purchases
WORK
- WORK Pro$4.99
Stella
- Stella Premium$2.991 Month
- Stella Premium7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Stella Premium$29.99








