Comparison

Hours Tracker vs WhenOnline

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

WhenOnline

Monitor phone usage, including online status, login times, and total hours spent. Get instant notifications and detailed reports to track activity on multiple devices. Ideal for parents and employers concerned about online habits.

Highlights
  • Track logins and last activity times
  • Monitor online hours and active times
  • Receive instant notifications
  • View detailed activity reports
  • Manage multiple devices from one dashboard
  • Free 3-day trial
Features
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Looking to track activity on your child or employee’s phone? Install WhenOnline on their phone with their permission and get details on their usage time, last logins, login count, and other in-depth analytics about their phone-use habits. Make sure your child isn’t spending time online when they shouldn’t be. Ensure your employees are staying focused and productive during working hours. --------------------------------- WhenOnline - Features --------------------------------- • Track logins, last activity times and online statuses • See how many hours are being spent online and what times users are most active • Get instant notifications straight to your phone • View detailed statistics and activity reports for different timeframes • Keep track of multiple phones and people from one user-friendly dashboard • Try for free for 3 days Keep an eye on your children’s online activities, or make sure your employees stay on track with the work at hand. Try WhenOnline now for free! Privacy Policy: https://tilapps.com/termsofuse Terms of Use: https://tilapps.com/privecypolicy EULA: https://tilapps.com/eula NOTE: The other party must use the app to see his activity and accept you as a friend. You cannot view their activities without the other party's permission.

Screenshots

Hours Tracker4 screens
WhenOnline3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hours Tracker at 74% against WhenOnline's 0%. Hours Tracker also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and chart position (#114 vs unranked). WhenOnline's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 17.6). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 and WhenOnline sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hours Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, WhenOnline every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Hours Tracker versus WhenOnline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHours TrackerWhenOnline
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (56K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.6% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings56K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#114 — better—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.612.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB39 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperCribasoft, LLCPhonder Technologies Ltd.

Customer experience

Hours Tracker

All ratings56,250 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews564 reviews
Positive73.6%
Neutral7.3%
Negative19.1%

WhenOnline

Written reviews8 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

WhenOnline

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
6 purchases

WhenOnline

Subscriptions6
  • Weekly 1 Person Premium$2.997 Days
  • Weekly 2 Person Premium$4.997 Days
  • Monthly 1 Person Premium3 Days trial$9.991 Month
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  • Monthly 2 Person Premium3 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • 3 Months 1 Person Premium$29.493 Months
  • 3 Months 2 Person Premium$38.993 Months

Questions

Is Hours Tracker free?
Hours Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WhenOnline free?
WhenOnline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hours Tracker or WhenOnline have ads?
Hours Tracker shows ads; WhenOnline does not.
Which is updated more often, Hours Tracker or WhenOnline?
Hours Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, and WhenOnline every 2 months. Most recently, Hours Tracker was updated on October 13, 2026 and WhenOnline on October 1, 2026.

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