Comparison

Work Log vs Work Counter

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

Work Counter

This app helps you track your work hours, overtime, expenses, and earnings. It offers features like quick clock-in/out, manual entry, automatic overtime calculation, and expense tracking. Easily export your data for invoicing and payroll.

Highlights
  • Quick clock in & out
  • Manual hour entry
  • Automatic overtime calculation
  • Track travel expenses
  • Set custom hourly rates
  • Export data to PDF, CSV, Excel
  • Multi-user support
Features
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Work Counter shows you exactly what you worked and earned, per project or in total, overtime included. Clock in with one tap, take a break, clock out: your hours, pay and timesheet are done. No account needed, and your data stays on your device and in your own iCloud. • Clock in and out from the app, Lock Screen, a widget, Siri or Apple Watch • Organize your hours by project and task, with totals and charts per project • Pause for a break, it is subtracted automatically • Clock in automatically when you arrive at work • Hourly rates per project, task, person or weekday • Overtime calculated automatically, with its own rate • Holidays, sick days and vacation, with your vacation balance • A calendar of your month that shows workdays you forgot to log • Invoices with your logo, saved to open again, change or mark as paid • Export your timesheet to PDF, CSV or JSON, for all projects or just one • Travel costs per work location and pay periods per project • iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, synced with iCloud Made for freelancers, shift workers, contractors, temps and employees who want to check their paycheck. Start for free. Premium unlocks unlimited entries and projects, automatic clock in and out, holiday pay and more. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Work Log4 screens
Work Counter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Work Counter at 4.8 against Work Log's 2.1. Work Counter also leads on review sentiment (45% vs 7%) and ratings volume (55 vs 10). Work Log's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Work Counter sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Work Counter holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Work Counter has 55 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of Work Log's written reviews are positive against 45% of Work Counter's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Work Log versus Work Counter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWork LogWork Counter
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (10 ratings)4.8 (55 ratings) — better
Positive reviews7.1% of reviews45.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1055 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSamantha RoobolYouri Berentsen

Customer experience

Work Log

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

Work Counter

All ratings55 ratings
Positive98.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive45.2%
Neutral9.7%
Negative45.2%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Work Log

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

Work Counter

Subscriptions4
  • Premium 1 Month$3.991 Month
  • Premium 6 Months$17.996 Months
  • Premium 1 Year$24.991 Year
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  • Premium 1 Year7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Work Counter Plus$29.99

Questions

Is Work Log free?
Work Log is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Work Counter free?
Work Counter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Work Log or Work Counter?
Work Counter is rated higher. Work Log averages 2.1 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Work Counter averages 4.8 from 55 ratings.
Do Work Log or Work Counter have ads?
Neither Work Log nor Work Counter shows ads.

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