Comparison

Hours Tracker vs Acadia POS Inventory Manager

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

Acadia POS Inventory Manager

Manage your business's inventory and point of sale operations efficiently. Track stock levels, process sales, and gain insights into your business performance. Designed for small to medium-sized businesses seeking streamlined operations.

Highlights
  • Inventory tracking
  • Point of sale processing
  • Business performance insights
  • Stock level management
  • Streamlined operations
Features
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Acadia Point of Sale Inventory Manager App

Screenshots

Hours Tracker4 screens
Acadia POS Inventory Manager1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Acadia POS Inventory Manager at none against Hours Tracker's 15. Acadia POS Inventory Manager also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Hours Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (56K vs 2) and chart position (#116 vs unranked). On price, update cadence and device support 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. Acadia POS Inventory Manager asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Acadia POS Inventory Manager holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hours Tracker has 56K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Hours Tracker versus Acadia POS Inventory Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHours TrackerAcadia POS Inventory Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (56K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings56K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#116 — better—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB19 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperCribasoft, LLCInteractify Inc.

Customer experience

Hours Tracker

All ratings56,250 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews569 reviews
Positive73.6%
Neutral7.0%
Negative19.3%

Acadia POS Inventory Manager

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Acadia POS Inventory Manager

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
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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
None

Acadia POS Inventory Manager

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hours Tracker free?
Hours Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Acadia POS Inventory Manager free?
Acadia POS Inventory Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hours Tracker or Acadia POS Inventory Manager?
Acadia POS Inventory Manager is rated higher. Hours Tracker averages 4.8 out of 5 from 56K ratings, while Acadia POS Inventory Manager averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Hours Tracker or Acadia POS Inventory Manager have ads?
Hours Tracker shows ads; Acadia POS Inventory Manager does not.
Which is updated more often, Hours Tracker or Acadia POS Inventory Manager?
Hours Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, and Acadia POS Inventory Manager every 3 weeks. Most recently, Hours Tracker was updated on October 26, 2026 and Acadia POS Inventory Manager on October 16, 2026.

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