Comparison

Shift Tracker vs Hourly

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

Head to head
About

Shift Tracker

Easily track your work hours, breaks, and overtime. This utility app offers a minimalist design for quick entry and exit logging. It automatically calculates your income and organizes your work entries for easy access and sharing.

Highlights
  • One-tap clock in/out
  • Automatic break calculation
  • Overtime and income calculation
  • Home screen widget support
  • Organized entry history
  • Exportable work entries
Features
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The easiest clock utility! Minimal design to easily keep track of your entries. Simply tap "Enter" and go to work, the app will automatically calculate your breaks, and finally "Exit". Even faster with the Home Widget The app will calculate your workhour overtime and monthly income automatically. Keep your entries organized and accessible. Flexible settings: - Choose how many hours you work every week - Choose how long is your break - Choose how you want to round your entries (it will round up your entries and round down your exits) Export your entries and share them with clients, employers or yourself. Subscribe to access to premium app features; subscription details are the following: • Length: weekly, yearly • Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account as soon as you confirm your purchase • You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal from your Account Settings after the purchase • Your subscription will renew automatically, unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • The cost of renewal will be charged to your account in the 24 hours prior to the end of the current period • When canceling a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the current subscription will not be refunded • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Hourly

Easily track your work hours by clocking in and out. View your monthly time with a calendar and calculate your total pay based on your set hourly rate. This simple and free tool helps you manage your work time.

Highlights
  • Clock in and out
  • Daily hour tracking
  • Monthly calendar view
  • Hourly pay calculation
  • Total pay calculation
Features
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• Clock in and out to set your hours for the day. • View your hours for the month with the calendar view. • Set your hourly pay and easily calculate your total pay. • Simple, Easy, all for free!

Screenshots

Shift Tracker4 screens
Hourly3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Shift Tracker at Free against Hourly's $1.99. Shift Tracker also leads on ads (none vs shown). Hourly's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). On review sentiment, ratings volume, 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

Shift Tracker is free to download; Hourly costs $1.99 up front. Shift Tracker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Hourly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hourly holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 74 and 35 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Shift Tracker's written reviews are positive against 25% of Hourly's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shift Tracker ships an update every 6 weeks, Hourly weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Shift Tracker versus Hourly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShift TrackerHourly
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.3 (74 ratings)4.7 (35 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews25.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings74 — better35
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.014.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel ZanchiAlan Easterling

Customer experience

Shift Tracker

All ratings74 ratings
Positive82.4%
Neutral4.1%
Negative13.5%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative60.0%

Hourly

All ratings35 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Shift Tracker

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly premium$2.997 Days
  • Weekly premium7 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Yearly premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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  • Yearly premium$29.991 Year
1 purchases

Hourly

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99

Questions

Is Shift Tracker free?
Shift Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hourly free?
Hourly costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Shift Tracker or Hourly?
Hourly is rated higher. Shift Tracker averages 4.3 out of 5 from 74 ratings, while Hourly averages 4.7 from 35 ratings.
Do Shift Tracker or Hourly have ads?
Hourly shows ads; Shift Tracker does not.
Which is updated more often, Shift Tracker or Hourly?
Shift Tracker ships an update every 6 weeks, and Hourly weekly. Most recently, Shift Tracker was updated on September 24, 2026 and Hourly on September 18, 2026.

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