Log your Work vs TimeCost Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
TimeCost Tracker
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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/
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | Log your Work | TimeCost Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lars Beier | Victor Shibut |
In-app purchases
Log your Work
No in-app purchases
TimeCost Tracker
- TimeCost Pro$1.991 Month









