Comparison

Work Log vs iboChron

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

Head to head
About

Work Log

Easily log and analyze your work hours by tracking time spent on clients, projects, and tasks. This app offers simple start/stop timers and detailed reporting to help manage your workday effectively.

Highlights
  • Track time by clients, projects, and tasks
  • One-tap start/stop/switch timers
  • Detailed reporting
  • Quick calendar view
  • Analyze work time usage
Features
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Analyze work time usage by tracking work hours. Time tracking apps are becoming essential for the field workforce and those who work on-the-go. Whether you work for a company or run your own business, your time is on the top of your mind. It's what dictates how early you wake up, how long you spend at lunch, when you eat dinner and how late you go to sleep. It's what helps determine your salary or pay rate, and limits just how much you can get done in one day. What you need is a great time tracker built for you and your projects. Something that stays out of your way, but easily tracks time. App features: - Track time by clients, projects and tasks. - Start/stop/switch timers with one tap. - Detailed reporting - Quick calendar view

About

iboChron

Easily track your work hours, breaks, and earnings with this time tracking tool. It offers automatic calculations for overtime and target hours, with data stored locally and exportable via CSV. Features include reminders, project management, and NFC login.

Highlights
  • Track work hours via login/logout slider
  • Automatic calculation of breaks, overtime, and earnings
  • Export work time data as CSV
  • Reminders for login/logout
  • NFC Tag login support
  • Project management
  • Data backup and restore
Features
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iboChron offers you the perfect ability to track your working hours easy and fast. Login / Logout via the login slider or record your working hours with breaks included. Get an overview of your earnings, overtime, target time, working hours, holidays or leave days. Share your working hours via email as CSV or use the share option of your iOS device. iboChron is the perfect tool for freelancers, self employed workers or employees. All your data are stored locally on your device! Features - Track your working hours via login / logout slider - Overview / calculation of your daily login / logout time - Easy and fast login via Siri Shortcuts support (Login / Logout / Logout Time) - Automatic calculation of breaks, working hours, overtime, target time and earnings - Overview of your leave days, holidays, overtime, working hours (daily, weekly, monthly or yearly) - Export your work time as CSV / PDF via email, share your work time in Excel, Numbers, ... (daily, weekly, monthly or yearly) - Never forget to login / logout - iboChron learns from your behaviour and reminds you to login / logout every single day (Notifications) - Show working hours in decimals - Option to calculate earnings variable (0 - 100 %) - Management of several projects - Add notes to each work time entry - Add additional earnings to each work time entry - Manage working time account - Protect your data via Face ID / Touch ID - Login / Logout via NFC Tags (NFC Tags are required - only iPhone 7 or newer supports third party NFC, this is a limitation by Apple) - Login / Logout & overview via the today widget - Create backups / restore backups - Overview of annual leave days / yearly income - Notifications for login / logout / breaks - Use Themes to personalize iboChron (including dark mode) - Support for Lock Screen Widgets - Calendar for better overview For feedback or feature requests please use the feedback section in the app or send an email to support@ibochron.de. If you like the app, please rate it in the App Store to support future development. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Work Log4 screens
iboChron4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: iboChron at 86% against Work Log's 7%. iboChron also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.1) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Work Log's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Work Log sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and iboChron sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iboChron holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 41 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of Work Log's written reviews are positive against 86% of iboChron's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Work Log versus iboChron: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWork LogiboChron
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (10 ratings)4.7 (41 ratings) — better
Positive reviews7.1% of reviews85.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1041 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSamantha RoobolTobias Hauss

Customer experience

Work Log

All ratings10 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative70.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive7.1%
Neutral28.6%
Negative64.3%

iboChron

All ratings41 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral2.4%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews148 reviews
Positive85.8%
Neutral7.4%
Negative6.8%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Work Log

One-time2
  • Remove ads$1.99
  • Export$1.99
12 purchases

iboChron

Subscriptions2
  • iboChron PRO – Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • iboChron Pro - yearly subscription7 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time10
  • Themes for iboChron$2.99
  • Show worktime in widget$2.99
  • A small cup of tea (tip)$3.99
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  • Data Export (CSV)$3.99
  • Unlimited Entries$3.99
  • Breaks & Time Management$5.99
  • A normal cup of tea (tip)$7.99
  • Bundle - All Features$9.99
  • A pot of tea (tip)$17.99
  • iboChron PRO Lifetime$34.99

Questions

Is Work Log free?
Work Log is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is iboChron free?
iboChron is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Work Log or iboChron?
iboChron is rated higher. Work Log averages 2.1 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while iboChron averages 4.7 from 41 ratings.
Do Work Log or iboChron have ads?
Neither Work Log nor iboChron shows ads.

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