REPStracker vs HourProof
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
REPStracker
This app helps real estate investors and vacation rental owners track hours for tax benefits like Real Estate Professional Status (REPS) and short-term rental (STR) deductions. Log time manually or with a timer, record team members' hours, and upload evidence for audits.
- Track REPS/STR progress in real time
- Log time entries on the go
- Manual logging and built-in timer
- Record spouse/team members' hours
- Upload supporting evidence
- Cloud storage for data
- Downloadable data reports
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Are you a real estate investor or vacation rental owner bogged down with a huge tax burden? There are two powerful tax benefits you could claim to help build your real estate empire: - Real Estate Professional Status (REPS) - Short term rental (STR) tax benefit REPStracker helps you to streamline the process of claiming REPS and STR tax benefits. The REPStracker app is a quick and easy-to-use time tracking app, simplifying the process of logging your material participation hours. Features include: - Two apps in one: Whether you are a real estate investor for long term rentals or short term rentals, our app helps you qualify for either (or both) tax benefits - Track your REPS/STR progress in real time: No more guesswork or clumsy math. Know where you stand with your material participation hours so you can make decisions accordingly... before the end of the year. - Log time entries as you go, wherever you are: Don't wait until you're home in front of your desktop, relying on foggy memories to document your time entries. Do it as you go...in line at Home Depot or on hold with your mortgage broker. - Log your hours manually or with the built-in timer function Use the timer to improve the accuracy of your time entries, thereby strengthening your case against an IRS audit - Record your spouse or other team members' hours in the same account If your spouse is contributing to your material participation hours, our algorithm will tally these hours appropriately. If you are an STR owner and using time logs to show that your participation is more than anyone else on your team, easily log their hours so you can keep tabs. - Evidence Integration: Upload supporting evidence for each of your time entries, protecting you in the case of future audits. - Store everything on the cloud: Don't lose your data when you lose your phone. All your time entries and supporting evidence is stored securely on the cloud. - Download your data: Need a hard copy backup? Download all your time entries at the touch of a button. Sign up for a free trial subscription to activate your account - no credit card required! By downloading this app, you agree to the Apple developer EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
HourProof
Easily track material participation hours for rental properties to generate IRS-ready documentation. Log activities, monitor progress towards thresholds, and create audit-ready reports from your phone.
- Activity logging with timer or manual entry
- Visual progress bars for participation goals
- CSV report generation
- Organize properties into groups
- Cloud sync across devices
- AI-assisted activity entry
- Voice input for hands-free logging
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Prove your rental hours. Keep the deduction. HourProof is the material participation log for short-term rental (STR) and long-term rental investors. Log what you did, attach the evidence, and hand your CPA an audit-ready report: the contemporaneous record the IRS expects if it ever asks. BUILT FOR THE STR LOOPHOLE AND REPS • Progress toward the 100-hour and 500-hour STR tests per property, and the 750-hour Real Estate Professional Status goal. • Pace check tells you how many minutes a day you need to reach your goal by December 31. • Material participation checklist shows which IRS tests you meet right now. LOG IN SECONDS, NOT SPREADSHEETS • Describe the work in plain English or say it out loud. AI fills in category, duration, property, and the IRS reference. • Built-in timer for work as it happens. • One-tap quick adds for guest messaging, turnovers, contractor calls, and inspections. YOUR BOOKINGS BECOME HOURS (Premium) • Import Airbnb, VRBO, and Hospitable booking calendars. Check-ins, check-outs, and turnovers become suggested activities you approve in one tap. • Sync Google Calendar and the iOS Calendar for showings, vendor visits, and meetings. EVIDENCE THAT HOLDS UP (Premium) • Attach photos, receipts, documents, and emails to any entry. • Snap a receipt and the activity is logged with OCR. • Evidence Health flags entries that need backup before tax season. LOG AS A HOUSEHOLD OR TEAM (Premium) • Invite your spouse, co-owner, cleaner, or handyman. Their hours count toward the property's total, with each person's log kept separate for the IRS. HAND IT TO YOUR CPA • CPA-ready PDF and CSV with audit narrative and Schedule E pre-fill (Premium). • CSV export by property, category, or date range (free). • Works with ChatGPT and Claude: ask how many hours you have on the cabin this year, or log an activity from chat. FREE TO START Hour tracking, goal progress, the timer, property groups, cloud sync, and CSV export are free. Premium adds AI and voice logging, booking and calendar sync, receipt scanning, evidence attachments, team logging, and CPA-ready PDF reports. HourProof Premium: $19.99/month or $139.99/year after a 14-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at the end of the trial. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in Settings → Subscriptions. Built by real estate investors who go through this every year. HourProof is a record-keeping tool and does not provide tax or legal advice. Consult your CPA. Terms of Use: https://www.hourproof.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.hourproof.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: HourProof at every 2 weeks against REPStracker's every 18 months. HourProof also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 67%). REPStracker's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.5). 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. REPStracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $32.00 per month and HourProof sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for REPStracker against 4.2 for HourProof. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 10 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of REPStracker's written reviews are positive against 75% of HourProof's.
REPStracker ships an update every 18 months, HourProof every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | REPStracker | HourProof |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (25 ratings) — better | 4.2 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | REPStracker | Shilpee Haldar |
Customer experience
REPStracker
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In-app purchases
REPStracker
- Monthly Subscription$32.001 Month
- Annual Subscription$304.991 Year
HourProof
- HourProof Pro (Monthly)14 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Premium: STR & REPS Hour Log14 Days trial$19.991 Month
- Pro Yearly14 Days trial$99.991 Year
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- Premium Yearly14 Days trial$139.991 Year








