Comparison

Timemator vs Hours Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Timemator

Effortlessly track work hours and tasks, organizing them by project or client. Visualize your productivity with insightful reports and automatically calculate revenue based on defined hourly rates. Sync data across devices and work offline.

Highlights
  • Effortless time tracking
  • Organize tasks by project/client
  • Timeline management
  • Insightful productivity reports
  • Automatic revenue calculation
  • Offline functionality
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Track your work hours in one tap, see what you earned, and send clients a clean PDF report. Timemator is a simple time tracker for freelancers and anyone who bills by the hour. Pay once. No subscription. ONE-TAP TIME TRACKING • Start and stop timers for tasks and projects with a single tap • Organize tasks into folders by client or project, with colors • Add notes to sessions so you remember what you worked on • Keep an eye on the running timer in Live Activities and the Dynamic Island HOURS AND EARNINGS AT A GLANCE • Daily, weekly, monthly and yearly reports with clear charts • Set hourly rates and see your revenue calculated automatically • Breakdown by task and folder, plus your average hours per day CLIENT-READY REPORTS • Export professional PDF reports with time and revenue totals • Export CSV for spreadsheets, invoicing and accounting tools TIMELINE • See every work session of your day on a timeline • Add time you forgot to track, or fix a session in seconds WORKS WHERE YOU WORK • Home Screen widgets for timers, hours and revenue • Apple Watch app to start and stop timers from your wrist • Shortcuts: create a task and start its timer hands-free • Runs on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch PAIRS WITH TIMEMATOR FOR MAC Sync everything through iCloud with Timemator for Mac, which can track your time automatically based on the files, websites and apps you work with. The Mac app is sold separately. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No data collected: no analytics, no tracking • No account or sign-up needed • Works offline • Your data stays on your devices and syncs through your own iCloud SIMPLE PRICING Try every feature free for 30 days. Then unlock Timemator with a single one-time purchase. No subscription. Questions or ideas? Write to support@timemator.com. We read every message.

About

Hours Tracker

Easily track your work hours, overtime, and time off with this intuitive app. It supports multiple jobs, offers customizable settings, and allows for quick data entry with note templates. Export your records in various formats and share them easily.

Highlights
  • Easy time tracking
  • Overtime calculation
  • Vacation and sick day tracking
  • iCloud synchronization
  • PDF/CSV export
  • Multiple job support
  • Siri and Shortcuts integration
Features
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Capture your working hours – anytime and anywhere. Handwritten timesheets are a thing of the past. Whether after work or using the clock-in/out feature, myTime is the perfect companion when complex or expensive time tracking systems is unnecessary or if you simply want to check your times. Easily record your hours, calculate overtime, manage vacation and sick days, add notes, and more – all in one place. Thanks to iCloud sync, your data stays up to date across iPhone and iPad. Working multiple jobs? No problem. Track hours for each job independently and customize settings such as daily hours, start/end times, and breaks – tailored to your needs. Create reusable note templates to speed up data entry. Export your records as PDF or CSV files for use in Excel, Numbers, or other tools. Share via email, iMessage, Signal, WhatsApp, and more. With Siri and Shortcuts support, you can clock in and out even faster. And the backup feature ensures your data stays safe – locally or in iCloud. myTime features at a glance: • Easy time tracking • Track home office, vacation, sick days, and more • Overtime calculation • Vacation day tracking • iCloud synchronization • Document export (PDF/CSV) • Clock in/out • Siri integration • Shortcuts support • Multiple job support • Backup and restore • Note templates • Easy data sharing • Clear overview • Choose between hours/minutes or decimal time • Light and dark mode • …and much more QUESTIONS? Have questions or feedback? Feel free to contact us at myTime@rock-dog.net Further Information: You can try the basic version with limited functionality free of charge during the calendar year of the first installation. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Timemator4 screens
Hours Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hours Tracker at 96% against Timemator's 63%. Hours Tracker also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Timemator's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (169 vs 20). 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. Timemator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Hours Tracker sells 20 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Timemator holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timemator has 169 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of Timemator's written reviews are positive against 96% of Hours Tracker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timemator ships an update every 2 months, Hours Tracker weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Timemator versus Hours Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimematorHours Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (169 ratings) — better4.4 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews63.2% of reviews96.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings169 — better20
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCatforce StudioHeiner Gerdes

Customer experience

Timemator

All ratings169 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral2.4%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive63.2%
Neutral8.0%
Negative28.7%

Hours Tracker

All ratings20 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive96.5%
Neutral3.5%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Timemator

One-time1
  • Full License$7.99
20 purchases

Hours Tracker

Subscriptions6
  • myTime Pro$0.991 Month
  • myTime Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • myTime Pro7 Days trial$2.991 Month
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  • myTime Pro$8.991 Year
  • myTime Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • myTime Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time14
  • Small Coffee$0.99
  • Add Year$1.99
  • Medium Coffe$2.99
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  • 2025$2.99
  • 2027$2.99
  • 2030$2.99
  • 2028$2.99
  • 2029$2.99
  • Large Coffee$3.99
  • Clock In / Clock Out$6.99
  • Cloud Synchronization$6.99
  • Export (CSV, PDF) + Years$7.99
  • Unlimited Jobs$7.99
  • Pro Version$49.99

Questions

Is Timemator free?
Timemator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hours Tracker free?
Hours Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Timemator or Hours Tracker?
Timemator is rated higher. Timemator averages 4.7 out of 5 from 169 ratings, while Hours Tracker averages 4.4 from 20 ratings.
Do Timemator or Hours Tracker have ads?
Neither Timemator nor Hours Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timemator or Hours Tracker?
Timemator ships an update every 2 months, and Hours Tracker weekly. Most recently, Timemator was updated on October 13, 2026 and Hours Tracker on October 15, 2026.

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