WorkingHours vs DC Electrical Calc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
DC Electrical Calc
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Wire sizing, voltage drop and ampacity for 12 V, 24 V and 48 V DC systems — offline, on site. Choosing a conductor means satisfying three rules at the same time: voltage drop, ampacity, and the small-conductor overcurrent limits in NEC 240.4(D). Most calculators check one of them and stop. Enter the current, the one-way distance and the system voltage. DC Electrical Calc returns the smallest conductor that satisfies all three at once, then tells you in one sentence which rule is actually limiting the answer: "Limited by voltage drop — not by ampacity. A smaller conductor would carry this current, but its drop would exceed the limit you set." When no size satisfies the constraints it says so, instead of returning the nearest one. Where the underlying table has no published value — 18 AWG and 16 AWG copper at 75 °C, for example — those sizes are treated as failing rather than guessed at. EIGHT TOOLS • Wire Sizing — the smallest conductor that passes drop, ampacity and 240.4(D) together • Voltage Drop — forward calculation for a size you already have • Fuse & Breaker — protective device rating, checked against the conductor • Ohm’s Law & Power — fill in any two of volts, amps and ohms • Battery Bank — series and parallel cells into one bank: voltage, capacity and energy • Inverter Sizing — continuous and surge watts to compare against a nameplate • Runtime — how long the bank lasts at a given load • Ampacity Tables — NEC 310.16 copper and aluminium at 60 °C, 75 °C and 90 °C, plus conductor areas and circular mils EVERY ANSWER SHOWS ITS WORK Tap "Show working" on any result and the formula appears with the values already substituted, so the answer can be checked by hand or handed to an inspector. Nothing is a black box. BUILT FOR THE PLACES YOU WORK • Free, with no in-app purchases, no subscription and no ads • No account and no sign-in • No network connection needed — it works in airplane mode • Metric and AWG in the same view; change units without re-entering anything • Light and dark themes WHAT IT DOES NOT DO It does not size AC circuits, it does not do load calculations for a whole installation, and it is not a substitute for the code book. SAFETY On first launch the app asks you to read a safety notice before it will let you continue. This is a calculation aid. Follow the electrical code that applies where you are installing — NEC for land installations, ABYC E-11 or the equivalent for marine work — and have the work verified by a licensed electrician or surveyor. The app does not constitute engineering advice, and responsibility for a selection rests with the person who makes it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DC Electrical Calc at none against WorkingHours's 1. On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. WorkingHours sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DC Electrical Calc asks for nothing beyond the download.
WorkingHours ships an update fortnightly, DC Electrical Calc every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WorkingHours | DC Electrical Calc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (352 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 91.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 352 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Timo Partl | hongyang li |
In-app purchases
WorkingHours
- Pro version (iOS)$9.99
DC Electrical Calc
No in-app purchases
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