Comparison

Hours Tracker vs Toolr

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, pay, tips, and mileage with timers, automatic breaks, and location-based reminders. Features include overtime calculations, customizable reports, and data export. Manage multiple jobs and entries with advanced customization options.

Highlights
  • Timers with breaks and pauses
  • Track pay, tips, and mileage
  • Location-based clock in/out reminders
  • Automatic overtime calculations
  • Customizable reports and filtering
  • Time rounding options
  • Data export via CSV and text
Features
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QUICK AND EASY time entry and editing make time tracking painless • Record time using timers, complete with support for Breaks and Pauses, including automatic breaks • Track your pay, including Tips, Mileage, and flexible ± time and earnings adjustments • Pick any time to start, stop, break or pause the timer (7 minutes ago, 10 minutes from now, whatever you need) • Set job locations to get clock in and out reminders when you arrive or leave or fully automate your time tracking (geofencing) • Manually enter time entries with minimal effort thanks to smart, adaptive defaults • Enter comments of any length with your time entries and optionally include them in your exports • Control timers, dictate comments, and apply tags using your Apple Watch ADVANCED FEATURES and customization set HoursTracker above the rest • Automatic daily and weekly overtime earnings calculations • Built-in reports by Day, Week, and Month and support for most common pay period schedules • Robust tagging and filtering allow you to build your own custom views • Reminders when you've worked your target number of hours per day (even takes time rounding into account) • Automatic time rounding: up, down, or to nearest (including 6 min) • Easily copy an existing job or time entry to save time and effort • Reminders you to clock in on your selected work days • Today Widget for at a glance time and pay monitoring • CSV and formatted text export via e-mail or the iOS Share Sheet • Passcode lock (with Touch ID & Face ID support) helps keep your HoursTracker data private • Cloud-based backup/restore with one re-usable backup slot included free (free account sign up is required) • Web-based reporting access, including charts, graphs, desktop exports, and rolling backups available with optional subscription • Customize your HoursTracker experience in the Preferences section under the More tab. Choose only one or many jobs clocked in at a time, opt-into prompts for comments, choose an elapsed time format (hours:minutes, or decimal hours), and more "Free Edition" stores up to 3 jobs and 21 days of entries. For unlimited entries, subscribe to "Premium" (up to 5 jobs) or "Unlimited" (unlimited jobs). Or, erase older data and continue to use the "Free Edition" until you're ready to buy. Visit our website at http://www.hourstrackerapp.com to learn more, and follow @HoursTracker on Twitter or facebook.com/HoursTracker to hear about upcoming features first. hourstrackerapp.com/privacy hourstrackerapp.com/terms www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

About

Toolr

Effortlessly track work hours and eliminate paper timesheets. This intuitive application offers a quick setup and provides valuable insights into time saved and money earned for businesses. Enjoy 24/7 customer support to ensure a smooth experience.

Highlights
  • Easy setup
  • No paper timesheets
  • Hours calculator
  • Time tracking
  • Cost savings
  • 24/7 customer support
Features
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This app is designed to operate exactly the way you expect it to, with no complicated set up or user training required. It takes under one minute to get started and you’ll never have to use a paper timesheet again. “Time Clock saves our company $400-$500 per employee per month. It’s allowed us to add an extra employee.” - Tresa, Office Manager, 7-Year Time Clock Customer Last month, Toolr Time Clock saved our customers: 28,077 hours $561,540 37,436 paper time sheets We’re now offering 24/7 customer support to help you get started. Terms of Use: https://www.mytoolr.com/terms

Screenshots

Hours Tracker4 screens
Toolr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Hours Tracker at 4.8 against Toolr's 4.2. Hours Tracker also leads on review sentiment (73% vs 46%) and ratings volume (56K vs 358). Toolr's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hours Tracker sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Toolr sells 19 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hours Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hours Tracker has 56K ratings behind it against 358, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Hours Tracker's written reviews are positive against 46% of Toolr's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hours Tracker ships an update fortnightly, Toolr every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Hours Tracker versus Toolr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHours TrackerToolr
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (56K ratings) — better4.2 (358 ratings)
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews — better45.7% of reviews
Number of ratings56K — better358
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#105 — better—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.215.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCribasoft, LLCToolr, Inc.

Customer experience

Hours Tracker

All ratings55,880 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews546 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative19.6%

Toolr

All ratings358 ratings
Positive79.1%
Neutral5.0%
Negative15.9%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive45.7%
Neutral5.7%
Negative48.6%

User reviews

Hours Tracker

From 56K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 📊 Detailed time tracking and reporting
  • 💰 Accurate pay estimates
  • 🔍 Helpful for tracking multiple jobs/projects
  • 🔒 Secure data backup

Room to improve

  • 💸 Subscription pricing model
  • 🔓 Limited free version
  • 🐛 Occasional data loss or sync issues
  • 🔍 Difficulty organizing/managing multiple jobs
  • 🖥️ Lack of iPad/desktop version

Toolr

From 358 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great foundation for an app
  • 👍 Easy to use for employees
  • 👍 Good for tracking hours
  • 👍 Simple to use
  • 👍 Works great for side jobs

Room to improve

  • 😞 Not a free app, hidden subscription
  • 😞 Billed after cancellation
  • 😞 Scummy practice, pulls access without warning
  • 😞 Unreliable and clunky, sync issues
  • 😞 Terrible app, full of bugs

Bugs and requests

Hours Tracker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Apple Watch app not syncing properly
  • Inconsistent location-based clock in/out
  • Issues with manually editing time entries

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to set different pay rates for weekdays, weekends, and holidays
  • Option to mark entries as 'paid' for invoicing
  • Integration with payroll/accounting systems
  • Customizable pay period and tax settings
  • Improved data export/reporting features

Toolr

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Setup process has writing over buttons
  • Sync issues, punches not registered
  • App doesn't add hours correctly
  • App overwrites current time and reporting
  • App makes it impossible to edit hours
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  • App doesn't store punches
  • App updated and changed to subscription, lost data

Requested features

7 requests
  • Limited free access version
  • Clear mention of subscription before hiding info
  • Set cost for individual users
  • Cater to more than just Apple devices
  • Customization for specific businesses
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  • Ability to edit hours easily
  • Password reset functionality

In-app purchases

15 purchases

Hours Tracker

Subscriptions6
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Unlimited Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Premium Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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  • Premium Annual1 Year trial$29.991 Year
  • Unlimited Annual7 Days trial$47.991 Year
  • Unlimited Annual1 Year trial$47.991 Year
One-time9
  • Migrate from HoursTracker ProFree
  • Nice Tip$0.99
  • Amazing Tip$1.99
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  • Cloud Subscription Add-On$4.99
  • Pro Edition (from Personal)$5.99
  • Personal Edition Upgrade$8.99
  • Ridiculous Tip$9.99
  • Pro Edition Upgrade$14.99
  • Cloud Subscription Add-On$29.99
19 purchases

Toolr

Subscriptions19
  • Sync Service1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • Sync Service2 Months trial$9.991 Month
  • Starter Plan$9.991 Month
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  • Starter Plan14 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Starter 5 Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Plus 5 Monthly$19.991 Month
  • Starter 10 Monthly$34.991 Month
  • Starter 15 Monthly$47.491 Month
  • Plus 10 Monthly$69.991 Month
  • Starter 30 Monthly$84.991 Month
  • Plus 15 Monthly$94.991 Month
  • Starter 5 Annual7 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • Starter 50 Monthly$134.991 Month
  • Plus 30 Monthly$169.991 Month
  • Plus 5 Annual7 Days trial$199.991 Year
  • Starter 10 Annual7 Days trial$349.991 Year
  • Starter 15 Annual7 Days trial$474.991 Year
  • Starter 30 Annual7 Days trial$849.991 Year
  • Plus 15 Annual7 Days trial$949.991 Year

Questions

Is Hours Tracker free?
Hours Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Toolr free?
Toolr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hours Tracker or Toolr?
Hours Tracker is rated higher. Hours Tracker averages 4.8 out of 5 from 56K ratings, while Toolr averages 4.2 from 358 ratings.
Do Hours Tracker or Toolr have ads?
Hours Tracker shows ads; Toolr does not.
Which is updated more often, Hours Tracker or Toolr?
Hours Tracker ships an update fortnightly, and Toolr every 2 weeks. Most recently, Hours Tracker was updated on September 25, 2026 and Toolr on September 9, 2026.

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