Comparison

Hours Tracker vs factoTime

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
Currently charting
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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

factoTime

This application helps businesses effortlessly track employee attendance and manage time. It offers features like clock-in/out via mobile, location tracking, and automated payroll calculations based on recorded hours. Users can also access a web portal for desktop management.

Highlights
  • Mobile clock-in/out with selfie, location, or QR code
  • Location-based attendance tracking
  • Timesheet creation and time entry
  • Manual time entry by admin
  • Multiple shift management
  • Comprehensive attendance reports
  • Automated salary calculations
  • Cloud-based data backup
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factoTime is an attendance app, which allows companies to track employees' time easily. It is the ultimate attendance manager that is used by thousands of employees to record their time on projects and activities daily. With factoTime, companies can allow their employees to clock in & clock out directly from their mobile devices, which makes the attendance tracking process effortless. Apart from the attendance tracker, factoTime also helps to calculate employees' pay based on their time-tracking data, which makes payroll processing smoother for the companies. Along with the attendance manager, the users can also get access to a web portal so that they can enjoy factoTime’s features on their desktop as well. Features Multiple Clock-in Options: factoTime offers various options for employees to clock in clock out. With the attendance register app, employees can clock in with a selfie or location or just scan the QR code. Location Based Attendance Tracker: With this feature, every time an employee starts time tracking on their mobile device, the app marks and records their location to ensure they are working from the right location. Timesheet: Admin can create projects and activities in the Timesheet, then employees can make time entries through the timer and end it whenever they complete any project or activity assigned to them. Manual Mode: Admin can make manual time tracking entries on behalf of any employee. Multiple Shifts: factoTime allows creating multiple shifts such as day shift, night shift, or flexible shift. The company can assign these shifts to any employee and change them according to their requirements. All-in-one Report: The all-in-one report contains all the information you need about your employees' time tracking, such as their attendance, location, total working hours, total break hours, late coming & overtime, etc. This report can be exported as well. Notifications: factoTime makes sure that no employee forgets to make their entry by sending them timely reminders every time an entry is missed by employees. Salary Calculations: factoTime quickly calculates employees' salaries based on their working time and billable rate. Cloud-Based Back Up factoTime stores all the employee-related data along with their time-tracking data on the cloud server, so there is no risk of losing it at all. Functions of the app Attendance App: Track employee, staff, or labor attendance with ease. Manage an accurate attendance register and stay on top of team attendance in real-time. Time Clock for Employee: Use the app as a time clock for employees to track work hours and ensure precise clock-in and clock-out times for your workforce. Employee Attendance Manager: Eliminate manual processes with an automated system for logging and monitoring employee attendance and generating attendance reports. Labor and Staff Attendance Tracker: Perfectly designed for businesses managing staff, employees, or laborers. Simplify labor attendance tracking with an intuitive, easy-to-use interface. Time tracker: Monitor and track employee hours to ensure productivity and transparency in your workplace. Attendance and Salary Integration: Automatically calculate payroll based on attendance data and save time with accurate salary management tools. Attendance Register & Payroll System: A complete solution to manage attendance and streamline salary calculations, no matter your team size. Reasons to try out factoTime: Trusted by 184K+ Companies Free customer support 5 days of free trial Proven way to increase employees' productivity Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Hours Tracker4 screens
factoTime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Hours Tracker at 4.8 against factoTime's 4.0. Hours Tracker also leads on ratings volume (56K vs 6) and chart position (#95 vs unranked). factoTime's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). 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 factoTime sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 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 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hours Tracker has 56K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Hours Tracker's written reviews are positive against 64% of factoTime's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hours Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, factoTime monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Hours Tracker versus factoTime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHours TrackerfactoTime
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (56K ratings) — better4.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews73.7% of reviews — better63.6% of reviews
Number of ratings56K — better6
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#95 — better—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB101 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCribasoft, LLCVERSION SYSTEMS PRIVATE LIMITED

Customer experience

Hours Tracker

All ratings56,484 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews571 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral7.0%
Negative19.3%

factoTime

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative36.4%

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

factoTime

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
Show 3 more
  • 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
14 purchases

factoTime

Subscriptions14
  • Premium - Monthly (5 Users)$12.991 Month
  • Elite - Monthly (5 Users)$19.991 Month
  • Premium - Monthly (10 Users)$25.991 Month
Show 11 more
  • Premium - Monthly (20 Users)$51.991 Month
  • Premium - Annually (5 Users)$77.991 Year
  • Elite - Monthly (80 Users)$94.991 Month
  • Elite - Annually (5 Users)$119.991 Year
  • Elite - Monthly (30 Users)$119.991 Month
  • Premium - Annually (10 Users)$159.991 Year
  • New Premium - Annually (20 Users)$199.991 Year
  • Elite - Monthly (70 Users)$279.991 Month
  • New Premium - Annually (30 Users)$299.991 Year
  • Premium - Annually (30 Users)$499.991 Year
  • Elite - Annually (30 Users)$699.991 Year

Questions

Is Hours Tracker free?
Hours Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is factoTime free?
factoTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hours Tracker or factoTime?
Hours Tracker is rated higher. Hours Tracker averages 4.8 out of 5 from 56K ratings, while factoTime averages 4.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Hours Tracker or factoTime have ads?
Hours Tracker shows ads; factoTime does not.
Which is updated more often, Hours Tracker or factoTime?
Hours Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, and factoTime monthly. Most recently, Hours Tracker was updated on October 28, 2026 and factoTime on October 21, 2026.

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