Comparison

WorkingHours vs EmTiRec

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

Head to head
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.

About

EmTiRec

Features
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EmTiRec is a professional, cloud-based working time tracking software. EmTiRec was developed by Leoworx Ortungssysteme GmbH, the manufacturer and operator of one of the world's largest tracking platforms. EmTiRec offers you a simple, intuitive and user-friendly solution for digital working time recording and fulfils the legal requirements as stipulated by the Working Hours Act and the ECJ ruling. You receive a minute-by-minute overview of your daily, weekly, monthly and annual working hours and always have an overview of holidays, public holidays, sick days and other absences. You can start recording your working time at any time and from anywhere. It doesn't matter whether you use EmTiRec on your smartphone, tablet or in the browser on your computer. Thanks to our cloud-based time tracking app, the timer is always synchronised on all your devices and you lose almost no storage space on your mobile phone. User management allows your company to add and remove employees, view absences, analyse overtime and much more. Functions: - Login via SSO (Google, Apple, Microsoft) and e-mail - Recording the start and end of working hours and breaks - Daily overview of recorded times - Day selection for overview via calendar view - Subsequently record and edit time entries - Weekly, monthly and annual overview - Record days absent due to illness and holidays - Public holidays can be selected individually - Calculation of overtime and undertime - Set daily target working hours - User management: Invite, analyse and manage users Advantages for companies: - Less than 1 euro per month / user - DSGVO compliant - Compatible with many interfaces - Legally compliant (with ECJ judgement & ArbZG) - Employee management - No additional hardware required Advantages for employees: - Time and location-independent recording on mobile phone, tablet or PC - Secure handling of your data - Can be cancelled monthly - Less than 1 euro per month - Recording to the minute - No loss of storage space on your smartphone Try MiZei 1 month for free and see for yourself! EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mizei.de/datenschutz/

Screenshots

WorkingHours4 screens
EmTiRec4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: EmTiRec at 15.6 against WorkingHours's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. WorkingHours sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and EmTiRec sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WorkingHours ships an update fortnightly, EmTiRec monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
WorkingHours versus EmTiRec: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkingHoursEmTiRec
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (346 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews91.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings346 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTimo PartlMiZei GmbH

In-app purchases

1 purchases

WorkingHours

One-time1
  • Pro version (iOS)$9.99
10 purchases

EmTiRec

Subscriptions10
  • 11 Benutzer - Monatlich$9.001 Month
  • 12 Benutzer - Monatlich$10.001 Month
  • 13 Benutzer - Monatlich$12.001 Month
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  • 14 Benutzer - Monatlich$12.001 Month
  • 15 Benutzer - Monatlich$14.001 Month
  • 11 Benutzer - Jährlich$99.991 Year
  • 12 Benutzer - Jährlich$99.991 Year
  • 14 Benutzer - Jährlich$119.991 Year
  • 13 Benutzer - Jährlich$119.991 Year
  • 15 Benutzer - Jährlich$129.991 Year

Questions

Is WorkingHours free?
WorkingHours is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is EmTiRec free?
EmTiRec is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do WorkingHours or EmTiRec have ads?
Neither WorkingHours nor EmTiRec shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WorkingHours or EmTiRec?
WorkingHours ships an update fortnightly, and EmTiRec monthly. Most recently, WorkingHours was updated on September 24, 2026 and EmTiRec on September 25, 2026.

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