Otherside Work Logs vs Basic Logs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Otherside Work Logs
This app helps workers create daily logs of their accomplishments. It tracks worker numbers, site entry and exit times, and automatically includes local weather data. Logs can be emailed for safekeeping and cleared to manage phone storage.
- Generate work logs
- Track worker hours
- Include site worker counts
- Automatic weather data
- Email logs
- Local data storage
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Work logs was built to help workers generate logs to keep tabs on what was accomplished. It uses a simple tab interface, keeps track of the number of workers at a site, and the time in and out. And when the log is saved, it will attempt to generate the current weather information based on the phones location. When the day is over, you can email the logs to anyone for safe keeping and clear them out to keep your data footprint on the phone small. All of this information is stored locally, meaning that no data is stored by us on a server.
Basic Logs
Easily track anything with customizable logs for food, habits, budgeting, and more. Visualize data with charts and statistics, and use shortcuts for automatic entry. Collaborate with others and store data locally or in iCloud.
- Customizable log types (text, numbers, currency, duration)
- Data visualization (charts, statistics, calendar)
- Entry tagging and flagging
- Quick entry duplication
- Location, NFC, and task-based shortcuts
- Log sharing and collaboration
- Local and optional iCloud data storage
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Basic Logs makes it quick and easy to track anything of interest to you. From food diaries to habit streaks to budgeting to time spent on activities. Simply create a log, add entries, and get insights with just a few taps. • Text, numbers, currencies, durations, notes, tags, flags. Use one or all of them. No setup required. • Browse entries in a list, visualize them in a calendar, or analyze them with charts and statistics. • Track hours and minutes, or whole days. • Flag entries of significance, tag entries to categorize them. • Add similar entries again with a quick swipe. • Easily search and filter entries and get all information of a particular moment. • Shortcuts! Automatically add an entry whenever you arrive at a location, tap an NFC tag, or complete a task in another app. The possibilities are endless. • Share logs and collaborate with friends and family. • No account creation. All data is stored locally on your device and, optionally, in your iCloud. And this is just the beginning. Basic Logs will only become richer in functionality while remaining simple and easy to use. I hope you’ll get as much joy and use out of this app as I do every single day. Happy logging!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Basic Logs at every 2 months against Otherside Work Logs's every 8 months. Otherside Work Logs's advantage is iOS requirement (13.2 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Otherside Work Logs against 5.0 for Basic Logs. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Otherside Work Logs ships an update every 8 months, Basic Logs every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Otherside Work Logs | Basic Logs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brian Hasenstab | Allan Juenemann |
Customer experience
Otherside Work Logs
Basic Logs
In-app purchases
Otherside Work Logs
No in-app purchases
Basic Logs
No in-app purchases
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