PhotoNote vs Punch O'Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PhotoNote
Capture information visually by taking photos instead of typing. Organize your visual notes with tabs and colored tags. Photos are stored within the app, preventing clutter in your device's photo gallery.
- Capture notes via camera
- Organize with tabs
- Categorize with colored tags
- Internal photo storage
- Reorder notes and tags
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Instead of typing letters on the keyboard, I'm sure there are times when I take a picture and use it as a note instead. However, there is a risk that the photo folder will be flooded with notes. It is this application that is useful in such a case. All you have to do is take a picture with the built-in camera. You can organize the notes you have taken with tabs. In addition, the photos you took will be saved in the app, so you won't clutter up your photo folder! Usage examples: - Receipt - Timetable - Cooking Recipes - Deadline for reports written on the blackboard - Organize the screenshot. In addition, you can separate the notes you took with colored tags for each category. Tags can be added, deleted, and reordered from the pre-prepared colors. You can also reorder your notes.
Punch O'Clock
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Punch O'Clock — Time Tracking and Invoicing for Professionals Punch O'Clock is a time tracker built for freelancers, contractors and professionals who want a clear, reliable record of their working hours — and an invoice at the end of it. Tap a project to start. Tap it again to stop. Your hours, breaks and earnings are counted for you, and only one timer can ever run at once, which quietly prevents the most common error in freelance timekeeping: two overlapping clocks nobody notices until the invoice. BILL FOR WHAT YOU TRACKED Keep your clients as real records, with their address, tax details and default rate. Choose a client and a date range and your tracked work becomes an invoice, grouped by project, by day or by session, with tax, discounts and expenses on top. Export it as a PDF that looks like an invoice rather than a timesheet, then follow it from draft to sent to paid and see what you are owed at a glance. BILL IT THE WAY YOU CHARGE Round tracked time to the nearest 5, 10, 15 or 30 minutes, set a minimum billable increment per project, and mark any session non-billable so it counts towards your hours but not your earnings. Every session keeps the rate it was tracked at, so raising your rate changes what you earn from here on and leaves past work exactly as it was. KNOW WHERE THE TIME GOES Hours per client and per project, billable against non-billable, earnings over time, and a heatmap of when you actually work. Cap a project by hours or by amount, one-off or monthly, and get told at 80 percent — before you run past it. NEVER LOSE AN HOUR A reminder when a timer has been running for hours, an optional auto-stop for the one you forgot, and a nudge at the end of a day with nothing tracked. All of it is off until you switch it on. YOUR DATA, ON YOUR PHONE Everything is written to your device first, so the app works with no connection and no account. Signing in and syncing to your other devices is optional and off by default. Back everything up to a single file and restore it anywhere, or bring your history in from a Toggl, Clockify or Harvest CSV export. KEY FEATURES - Track hours across multiple projects, one timer at a time - Hourly rates in 159 currencies, with earnings calculated automatically - Per-project rounding and minimum billable increments - Clients, expenses and invoices, exported as PDF - Reports on hours, earnings and where your time goes - Project budgets with alerts before you overrun - CSV and PDF export of any date range - Backup and restore, and CSV import from other trackers - Works offline; cloud sync is optional - Eleven languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese - Three themes, in light and dark Punch O'Clock is the straightforward way to keep your time, your projects and your earnings under control.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Punch O'Clock at none against PhotoNote's 1. Punch O'Clock also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price 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
Both are free to download. PhotoNote sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Punch O'Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.
PhotoNote ships an update every 3 weeks, Punch O'Clock weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PhotoNote | Punch O'Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Satoshi Kobayashi | Baan Software |
In-app purchases
PhotoNote
- Pro plan$3.991 Month
Punch O'Clock
No in-app purchases









