Comparison

Hours Tracker vs SimpleTimeLogger

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

Head to head
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/

About

SimpleTimeLogger

Effortlessly track your work hours with a clean interface. Log time quickly, manage projects and tags, set targets, and monitor your work-life balance. Includes vacation tracking and insightful statistics.

Highlights
  • Quick duration logging
  • Project and tag management
  • Target hour setting
  • Vacation and absence tracking
  • Detailed statistics and insights
  • Home screen quick actions
  • Siri Shortcuts integration
Features
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TimeLogger – Take Control of Your Time. Powerful. Clear. Flexible. TimeLogger is a powerful time tracker with a clean, uncluttered interface – all the complexity stays in the background so you can focus on your work. Smart Time Tracking - Quick Durations: Tap your most-used work durations to log time instantly – no manual clock setting needed - "Finished by" display: See right in the Start/Stop button when you'll reach your target hours - Home Screen Quick Actions: Start or stop tracking and add new entries without even opening the app - Siri Shortcuts: Control TimeLogger with your voice – start tracking, add entries, open statistics, or export as PDF - Midnight time tracking: Flexibly allocate shifts to the start day, end day, or split across both - Add missed entries manually at any time Multiple Jobs - Manage multiple jobs separately – ideal for a second job or a new employer - Each job with its own target hours, vacation allowance, and balance Projects & Tags - Projects: Assign every entry to a project – such as a client or job – and keep track of where your hours go - Tags: Describe the context of your work with any number of tags like working from home or office – independent of the project and always optional - Tag Breakdown: See in statistics the total hours and number of days for each of your tags – for example your working-from-home days for your tax return - Filter: Narrow the calendar and statistics down to a single project Export & Reports - CSV Export: Export your working hours as a CSV file – perfect for further processing in Excel, Numbers & more - PDF Export: Professionally designed Monthly Overview with a totals row showing all your totals at a glance - Individual Export Options: Choose the row layout, separators, units, and additional columns like projects or tags - Project Export: Export a project's hours as a PDF – perfect as proof for an invoice or a report Reminders & Notifications - Reminders to clock in and out, plus alerts when you reach your target hours or an automatic break applies - Configurable separately for each weekday - Naturally stays quiet on vacation, holidays, and sick days Target Time & Work Balance - Set individual target hours for each weekday - Daily and weekly target time tracking with automatic running balance - Running Total Balance: Optionally, the calendar shows your cumulative balance up to each day right alongside it - Missed targets are shown as negative balance in weekly and monthly charts - Support for half workdays (e.g. Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve) - Automatic breaks: Configurable legally or company-required break rules, also loggable manually - Period-based target hours and vacation allowances – ideal when switching between full-time and part-time Vacation & Absence Management - Built-in vacation management: track available, planned, and taken days - Create vacation with a single tap – right from the detail view - Vacation Preview: instantly see how many vacation days a period will use before you confirm - Automatic Public Holidays: Choose your region and official holidays appear automatically in the calendar – works for any region worldwide - Manual entry of other absence types like sick days, special leave, or compensatory time off - Visual statistics with a comprehensive overview of all absences (sickness, vacation, and more) Insights & Statistics - Insights section: Discover patterns in your work behavior - Clear, visual summaries of your time at a glance Widgets & Live Activities - Live Activity & Lock Screen Widgets: daily, weekly, and monthly progress on your lock screen and in the Dynamic Island First-Class iPad Support - Sidebar navigation and a thoughtfully designed layout optimized for the big screen Help & FAQ - Answers to common questions right in the app – about Jobs, Projects, Tags, time tracking, balance, and more Questions, feedback, or suggestions? Feel free to email us at TimeLogger@heckel.tech – we'd love to hear from you!

Screenshots

Hours Tracker4 screens
SimpleTimeLogger4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SimpleTimeLogger at 5.0 against Hours Tracker's 4.4. SimpleTimeLogger also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 20). Hours Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (19 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Hours Tracker sells 20 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. SimpleTimeLogger asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SimpleTimeLogger holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hours Tracker has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Hours Tracker versus SimpleTimeLogger: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHours TrackerSimpleTimeLogger
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (19 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews96.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings19 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHeiner GerdesTobias Heckel

Customer experience

Hours Tracker

All ratings19 ratings
Positive78.9%
Neutral10.5%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive96.5%
Neutral3.5%
Negative0.0%

SimpleTimeLogger

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

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
Show 11 more
  • 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
None

SimpleTimeLogger

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hours Tracker free?
Hours Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SimpleTimeLogger free?
SimpleTimeLogger is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hours Tracker or SimpleTimeLogger?
SimpleTimeLogger is rated higher. Hours Tracker averages 4.4 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while SimpleTimeLogger averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Hours Tracker or SimpleTimeLogger have ads?
Neither Hours Tracker nor SimpleTimeLogger shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hours Tracker or SimpleTimeLogger?
Hours Tracker ships an update weekly, and SimpleTimeLogger weekly. Most recently, Hours Tracker was updated on September 25, 2026 and SimpleTimeLogger on September 22, 2026.

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