Comparison

Log your Work vs TimeCost Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Log your Work

Easily track time spent on tasks with a single running timer. Features include Siri shortcuts, background notifications, and CSV export. Integrates with Apple Watch for on-the-go control.

Highlights
  • Single timer with color-coded progress bar
  • Siri Shortcuts for starting/stopping timers
  • Background notifications for running timers
  • CSV export of work logs
  • Apple Watch app for timer control
  • Customizable settings
Features
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With Log your work you easily control the time you have invested in your tasks. It also runs on your Apple Watch. +++ What's new? +++ It's all about seconds. The work log finally has seconds to show. Siri Shortcuts are available for starting and stopping your work log. Haptic Feedback and better user interface handling. Refined Gestures. +++ Features +++ You can start exactly one timer at a time. The running timer is represented by a circular progress bar with three colors: - Seconds are in purple - Minutes have the color blue - Hours are presented with yellow Use Siri shortcuts to start or stop a work log. It integrates perfectly with Apples Shortcuts app. When you locked your device or Log your work runs in the background you can receive notifications about running timers. You can stop the timer by a tap on the notification. Export your WorkLogs in csv format. Just press on the appearing 'export' Button and the share sheet appears. ++ Settings ++ You can adjust the Log your Work settings: just go to system settings and search for Log Work app. Customize the settings as you wish. +++ Apple Watch +++ With your Apple Watch you can start and stop timers directly on your whrist. Notifications of active timers get delivered directly to the Apple Watch.

About

TimeCost Tracker

Features
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TimeCost — profit tracking and hourly work efficiency tool. The app is built for developers, video editors, designers, freelancers, and all professionals whose income depends directly on the time spent. It automates your financial analysis so you can manage your earnings based on precise data. While working, you simply press the "Start" and "Stop" buttons. Based on the tracked time, the app automatically calculates the entire economy of your projects. With TimeCost, you will accurately know and control all your work processes: • You will see the real value of your hourly rate, even when a client pays a fixed price for the entire project. • You will understand how much a new project should cost based on your hourly rate and the history of similar past tasks. • You will clearly identify your most profitable and least cost-effective clients thanks to a visual audit of your entire customer base. • You will know your exact earnings for each day, for the current month, and for your entire career. • You will see the complete history of your projects and can check at any moment how many tasks you have closed for a specific client. • You will easily reconstruct your daily timeline and see exactly what you did and at what specific time. • You will track your actual work schedule, control the number of working hours per day, and monitor your days off. You no longer need to maintain complex Excel spreadsheets or deal with manual bookkeeping. You get simple and clear data that will help you optimize your working hours and confidently increase the price of your services. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Log your Work4 screens
TimeCost Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Log your Work at none against TimeCost Tracker's 1. Log your Work also leads on device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 16.4). On price, update cadence 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. TimeCost Tracker sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Log your Work asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Log your Work ships an update every 2 weeks, TimeCost Tracker every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Log your Work versus TimeCost Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLog your WorkTimeCost Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS10.3 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLars BeierVictor Shibut

In-app purchases

None

Log your Work

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TimeCost Tracker

Subscriptions1
  • TimeCost Pro$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Log your Work free?
Log your Work is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TimeCost Tracker free?
TimeCost Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Log your Work or TimeCost Tracker have ads?
Neither Log your Work nor TimeCost Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Log your Work or TimeCost Tracker?
Log your Work ships an update every 2 weeks, and TimeCost Tracker every 3 weeks. Most recently, Log your Work was updated on September 27, 2026 and TimeCost Tracker on October 5, 2026.

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