Comparison

WorkingHours vs Routine Launcher

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

Routine Launcher

Automate launching multiple apps and websites with a single tap. Create custom sequences for daily tasks, focus modes, or any app combination. Schedule routines to auto-launch during specific times.

Highlights
  • One-tap app and website sequences
  • Customizable countdown timers
  • Skip or stop routine steps
  • Daily scheduling and auto-launch
  • Add apps, websites, or custom schemes
  • Device-based, no account needed
Features
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Routine Launcher chains your apps and websites into one tap. Instead of manually opening five apps in the same order every morning, build a routine once — say, Mail, Calendar, then your team chat — and launch all of them with a single tap, each with a short countdown in between so you're never caught off guard mid-switch. FEATURES • One-tap routines — launch a whole sequence of apps or websites in order • Skip the wait — tap Launch Now to jump straight to the next step, or Stop to cancel • Daily scheduling — give a routine a time window and it'll offer to auto-launch whenever you open the app during that window • Add apps or websites — search a built-in catalog of hundreds of apps, add any website by URL, or add a custom app yourself if you know its scheme • No login, no account — everything lives on your device Whether it's your morning startup routine, a focus-mode sequence, or a set of apps you always open together, Routine Launcher gets you there in one tap instead of five.

Screenshots

WorkingHours4 screens
Routine Launcher2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Routine Launcher at none against WorkingHours's 1. Routine Launcher also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 91%). WorkingHours's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (360 vs 2). On price and device support 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. Routine Launcher asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Routine Launcher holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WorkingHours has 360 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of WorkingHours's written reviews are positive against 100% of Routine Launcher's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
WorkingHours versus Routine Launcher: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkingHoursRoutine Launcher
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (360 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings360 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.4 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTimo PartlSassda Chap

Customer experience

WorkingHours

All ratings357 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral0.8%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews211 reviews
Positive91.5%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%

Routine Launcher

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

WorkingHours

One-time1
  • Pro version (iOS)$9.99
None

Routine Launcher

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WorkingHours free?
WorkingHours is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Routine Launcher free?
Routine Launcher is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WorkingHours or Routine Launcher?
Routine Launcher is rated higher. WorkingHours averages 4.8 out of 5 from 360 ratings, while Routine Launcher averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do WorkingHours or Routine Launcher have ads?
Routine Launcher shows ads; WorkingHours does not.

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