Hours Tracker vs Timesheet Mobile™
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Timesheet Mobile™
Automate employee timekeeping and location tracking with this app. It offers geofencing alerts, GPS verification, and seamless integration with QuickBooks for payroll and invoicing. Ideal for businesses with mobile workforces.
- Geofence punch prompt alerts
- Smartphone punch in/out
- Employee GPS location verification
- Real-time syncing and reporting
- QuickBooks integration
- Job and task time logging
- Mileage entry
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Geofence Time Tracking App tracks employee work times and locations. Timesheet Mobile is very easy to use and automates your entire timekeeping process from employee logs to Quickbooks import. In addition to ensuring accurate employee timekeeping, the time clock application provides employee GPS location verification and saves your company many administrative hours per month. The Timesheet Mobile solution includes smartphone punch in/out, GPS and mapping features, and real-time syncing and reporting to your secure Employer Web Portal. Timesheet Mobile is the preferred employee timekeeping and location tracking solution for Builders, Contractors, Healthcare, Security, Transportation, Event Planners, and anyone with Mobile Employees. Time and Location Tracking: Geofence Punch Prompt alerts employees to Punch when they arrive and depart jobsites. Punch in and out with the click of a button. Log time against Jobs & Tasks. Add Jobsite Notes. Enter Mileage. Captures Employee GPS coordinates when they Punch in and out. QuickBooks Integration. Timesheets and Reports via Web Based Account: Excel Reports detailing Employee shifts and labor hours. Excel Reports detailing labor hours per Job. Import Timesheets to Quickbooks for fast Payroll and Customer Invoices More report and import options available (contact us). NOTE: REQUIRES SUBSCRIPTION TO WEB BASED SOFTWARE. To use this application, your employer must have a corresponding Timesheet Mobile™ subscription configured for use with our Timesheet Mobile Apps. Contact your employer for details. Disclaimer: "Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life."
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hours Tracker at 73% against Timesheet Mobile™'s 28%. Hours Tracker also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (56K vs 2.1K). Timesheet Mobile™'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 15) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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
Both are free to download. Hours Tracker sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Timesheet Mobile™ asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hours Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hours Tracker has 56K ratings behind it against 2.1K, 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 28% of Timesheet Mobile™'s.
Hours Tracker ships an update fortnightly, Timesheet Mobile™ every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hours Tracker | Timesheet Mobile™ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (56K ratings) — better | 4.4 (2.1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.3% of reviews — better | 28.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 56K — better | 2.1K |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Best chart rank | #100 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cribasoft, LLC | Freedom Telecare, LLC |
Customer experience
Hours Tracker
Timesheet Mobile™
User reviews
Hours Tracker
From 56K App Store ratingsWhat 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
Timesheet Mobile™
From 2.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Good app
- 🚀 Convenient time tracking
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 🚀 Saves time and money
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🔒 Privacy concerns with location tracking
- 🤔 Confusing notifications and geofencing
- 🤔 Unreliable time tracking and payroll issues
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
Timesheet Mobile™
Reported bugs
4 issues- Timesheet errors and missed punches
- Job list disappearing
- Sync issues and login problems
- Compatibility problems with older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Pause button for breaks
- Ability to edit notes and past timesheets
- More user-friendly reports and dashboard
- Improved location tracking and geofencing
In-app purchases
Hours Tracker
- 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
- 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
Timesheet Mobile™
No in-app purchases
Questions
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