Work Counter vs Hourly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Work Counter
This app helps you track your work hours, overtime, expenses, and earnings. It offers features like quick clock-in/out, manual entry, automatic overtime calculation, and expense tracking. Easily export your data for invoicing and payroll.
- Quick clock in & out
- Manual hour entry
- Automatic overtime calculation
- Track travel expenses
- Set custom hourly rates
- Export data to PDF, CSV, Excel
- Multi-user support
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Work Counter shows you exactly what you worked and earned, per project or in total, overtime included. Clock in with one tap, take a break, clock out: your hours, pay and timesheet are done. No account needed, and your data stays on your device and in your own iCloud. • Clock in and out from the app, Lock Screen, a widget, Siri or Apple Watch • Organize your hours by project and task, with totals and charts per project • Pause for a break, it is subtracted automatically • Clock in automatically when you arrive at work • Hourly rates per project, task, person or weekday • Overtime calculated automatically, with its own rate • Holidays, sick days and vacation, with your vacation balance • A calendar of your month that shows workdays you forgot to log • Invoices with your logo, saved to open again, change or mark as paid • Export your timesheet to PDF, CSV or JSON, for all projects or just one • Travel costs per work location and pay periods per project • iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, synced with iCloud Made for freelancers, shift workers, contractors, temps and employees who want to check their paycheck. Start for free. Premium unlocks unlimited entries and projects, automatic clock in and out, holiday pay and more. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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.
- Clock in and out
- Daily hour tracking
- Monthly calendar view
- Hourly pay calculation
- Total pay calculation
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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!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Work Counter at Free against Hourly's $1.99. Work Counter also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (45% vs 25%). Hourly's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On rating, 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
Work Counter is free to download; Hourly costs $1.99 up front. Work Counter sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Hourly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Work Counter against 4.7 for Hourly. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 55 and 35 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 45% of Work Counter's written reviews are positive against 25% of Hourly's.
Work Counter ships an update every 3 weeks, Hourly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Work Counter | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (55 ratings) — better | 4.7 (35 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 45.2% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 55 — better | 35 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Youri Berentsen | Alan Easterling |
Customer experience
Work Counter
Hourly
In-app purchases
Work Counter
- Premium 1 Month$3.991 Month
- Premium 6 Months$17.996 Months
- Premium 1 Year$24.991 Year
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- Premium 1 Year7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Work Counter Plus$29.99
Hourly
- Remove Ads$3.99








