Comparison

WorkHours vs Orbit

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

Head to head
About

WorkHours

Easily track your working hours, overtimes, and earnings with this intuitive time tracker. Features include automatic overtime calculations, reminder notifications, and detailed reports. Sync data across devices and back it up to the cloud for seamless management.

Highlights
  • Record work time using timers
  • Track earnings and overtime
  • Reminder notifications
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Cloud backup
  • Built-in reports
  • Export data to PDF, CSV, Text
Features
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A brand new way to track your time. WorkHours is an application for tracking working hours, overtimes, and earnings. Try it today, and find out why it's the best time tracker on the App Store! Keeping track of time can be difficult if you're not well organized and this is where WorkHours can help. WorkHours is an app that helps you track working hours, overtimes and earnings. All in a well-designed user interface that presents all the data in a clear and meaningful way, and allows you to quickly track time with minimal effort. It's perfect for anyone who works hourly jobs or random hours. App features intuitive user interface which supports many swipe gestures enabling you to quickly execute actions and complete tasks. It supports a very rich set of features and personalisation options you can choose that best fit your needs. Included hints and tips enable anyone to quickly understand how to use and navigate the app. Use WorkHours Cloud for cross device synchronization and cloud backup. All data is synchronized in real time and backed up on cloud. This allows you to easily restore all your data to a new device or use several devices to work seamlessly on the same projects. KEY FEATURES • Record work time using timers • Pick any time to start, stop • Track your earnings • Overtime Rates (Automatic daily, weekly, and monthly overtime earnings calculations) • Reminder notifications, so you never forget to clock in or out • Cross device synchronization • Cloud backup & manual backups • Start and stop activities with simple gestures • Manually enter time entries with minimal effort thanks to well-designed user interface • Control timers, view, manage and add Entries using your Apple Watch • Complications for Apple Watch to make full use of the faces on the Series 4 • Set job locations • Add notes to your time entries • Add tasks to jobs for a more detailed overview of your work • Add expenses or additional amounts to time entries • Built-in reports by Day, Week, and Month • Easily copy an existing time entry to save time and effort • Today Widget to quickly clock in & out • Well designed, easy to use, intuitive interface • Navigate and control the app using gestures • Assign different colors to jobs to further personalize your time tracking system • Light or Dark color theme of the app. • Export data to PDF, CSV or Text format via e-mail or the iOS Share Sheet • Password lock (with Touch and Face ID support) will help you keep your WorkHours data private Premium subscription: WorkHours offers free 3-day trial with an auto-renewing yearly subscription for $18,99/year or an auto-renewing monthly subscription for $3,49/month to provide you with full access to all premium features. • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable • Terms of service: https://www.whtracker.com/tos WorkHours is designed for people who work random hours, remote workers, freelancers, students or anyone who spends time working on personal or professional projects. "Free Edition" stores up to 15 entries and 3 jobs. For unlimited entries, upgrade to the "Personal" (up to 5 jobs) or "Pro" (unlimited jobs) edition. Please email us if you have any questions or suggestions to improve the app: support@whtracker.com

About

Orbit

Effortlessly track your time and generate invoices for clients and projects. This app simplifies managing work hours, project budgets, and creating custom invoices, allowing you to focus on your tasks.

Highlights
  • Time tracking across projects
  • Automatic invoice generation
  • Customizable invoices
  • Time entry rounding
  • Widgets for quick access
  • Crew plans for teams
  • Shortcuts support
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Effortless time tracking & invoicing! Ranked as "the best time tracking & invoicing app" by its developers, Orbit makes keeping track of clients, projects, worked hours, and invoices simple. Orbit's goal is for you to focus on the tasks you want while the app takes care of the rest. Are you a designer? Welcome! A small team of developers? Cool, so are we. A consultant? Perfect! A project manager? We're not judging, welcome to you as well! Ever wondered how much time you worked last week? We've got you covered. Quickly needing to check on the budget of a project? We've got you covered. Dreading to manually create invoices for all those hours you've worked? Guess what, we've got that covered as well! Recent additions: • Shortcuts support • Extra-large widgets showing you useful details right on the home screen of your iPad • Quick Note support integrating with the system Notes app • Support for the always-on display on the Apple Watch Obligatory feature bulleted list: • Easy setup • Time tracking across projects & sync with iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and the Mac • Automatic invoice generation from all your logged time entries • Optional rounding of time entries and line items • Ability to create custom invoices for expenses or material cost • A nice overview of how you spend your time • Shortcuts support to allow for automation and integration with other apps • Time tracking widgets • Crew Plans for small teams to track time & invoice together • A strong focus on privacy. No ads, no tracking of metadata, and no selling of personal data. You can try Orbit using our tourist mode, before creating an account or subscribing to any of our premium plans (we also offer free trials for those). If you cancel your subscription, you'll still be able to see all of your data in our read-only mode (unless you ask us to remove it of course). Privacy policy: https://timeinorbit.com/privacy Terms of use: https://timeinorbit.com/terms

Screenshots

WorkHours4 screens
Orbit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: WorkHours at 84% against Orbit's 64%. WorkHours also leads on ratings volume (1.2K vs 34) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). 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. WorkHours sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month and Orbit sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WorkHours holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WorkHours has 1.2K ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of WorkHours's written reviews are positive against 64% of Orbit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WorkHours ships an update every 2 months, Orbit every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
WorkHours versus Orbit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkHoursOrbit
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.2K ratings) — better4.5 (34 ratings)
Positive reviews84.4% of reviews — better63.6% of reviews
Number of ratings1.2K — better34
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.5
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDEVAPPS d.o.o.Triple Glazed Studios Inc.

Customer experience

WorkHours

All ratings1,198 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral2.4%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews315 reviews
Positive84.4%
Neutral6.7%
Negative8.9%

Orbit

All ratings34 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral12.1%
Negative24.2%

Bugs and requests

WorkHours

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Entries sometimes disappear or get duplicated
  • Calculation errors in reported hours and earnings

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to mark jobs as paid
  • Implement calendar view for better visualization
  • Allow adding expenses and mileage
  • Provide more flexible overtime/pay rate options
  • Enable batch/recurring time entry for regular schedules

Orbit

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

WorkHours

Subscriptions4
  • 1 Month subscription$3.491 Month
  • 1 Month subscription$4.991 Month
  • 1 Year subscription3 Days trial$18.491 Year
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  • 1 Year subscription3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • Upgrade Personal to Pro$3.99
  • Upgrade to WorkHours Personal$5.99
  • Upgrade to WorkHours Pro$8.99
10 purchases

Orbit

Subscriptions10
  • Monthly Founders Subscription1 Month trial$7.991 Month
  • Monthly Crew Plan (2 Members)7 Days trial$15.991 Month
  • Monthly Crew Plan (3 Members)7 Days trial$23.991 Month
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  • Monthly Crew Plan (4 Members)7 Days trial$31.991 Month
  • Monthly Crew Plan (5 Members)7 Days trial$39.991 Month
  • Yearly Founders Subscription1 Month trial$79.991 Year
  • Yearly Crew Plan (2 Members)1 Month trial$159.991 Year
  • Yearly Crew Plan (3 Members)1 Month trial$239.991 Year
  • Yearly Crew Plan (4 Members)1 Month trial$329.991 Year
  • Yearly Crew Plan (5 Members)1 Month trial$399.991 Year

Questions

Is WorkHours free?
WorkHours is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Orbit free?
Orbit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WorkHours or Orbit?
WorkHours is rated higher. WorkHours averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Orbit averages 4.5 from 34 ratings.
Do WorkHours or Orbit have ads?
Neither WorkHours nor Orbit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WorkHours or Orbit?
WorkHours ships an update every 2 months, and Orbit every 3 weeks. Most recently, WorkHours was updated on September 28, 2026 and Orbit on June 8, 2026.

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