Comparison

Hours Tracker vs Work Log

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Hours Tracker

This app helps freelancers and hourly workers track their work hours and calculate earnings in real-time. It offers detailed analytics, custom timesheets, and reporting features to manage multiple jobs and income sources efficiently. Secure data backup and export options are also available.

Highlights
  • Track working hours across different jobs
  • Calculate earnings in real-time
  • Manage multiple jobs with different pay rates
  • Generate reports and analytics
  • View data via iOS widgets
  • Secure data backup and CSV exports
Features
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Boost your efficiency with Salarybook - the foremost hours tracker and time card tracker app, tailored for freelancers, hourly workers, or anyone looking to enhance their work productivity. With Salarybook, gain access to comprehensive analytics, custom timesheets, and instantaneous updates on your earnings. Key Features: • Track working hours across different jobs • Calculate earnings in real-time • View earnings by day, week, month, or year • Manage multiple jobs with different pay rates • Generate reports • View data via iOS widgets Other Features: • Multi-Job Management: Manage diverse job roles with pre-set configurations • Global Compatibility: Full support for all currencies and date formats • Persistent Timers: Background-running timers ensure every minute is accounted for • Flexible Scheduling: Manage multiple work periods with ease within a single day • Smart Notifications: Stay informed of upcoming work sessions with calendar alerts • Break Time & Overtime: Integrated features for easy management of breaks and additional work hours • Night Shift Friendly: Smooth transition of work records to the following day • Enhanced Record-Keeping: Annotate work periods for thorough documentation • Income Tracking: Monitor non-billable hours and extra income sources like tips • Instant Summaries: Receive daily or monthly reports via email for streamlined analysis • Secure Data: Dropbox integration ensures secure backup and data recovery • CSV Exports: Export and email your data in the universally compatible CSV format • Real-Time Earnings Analytics: Up-to-the-minute updates on your earnings • Interactive Charts: Visual reports that provide insights into your time spent and income earned • Quick Glance Dashboard: Summaries of the current day, month, or year's work at a glance • Data Security: Passcode protection to secure your information • User-Focused Design: An intuitive interface with an easy-to-use number pad Take control of your work narrative by generating personalized, in-depth summaries. Maintain a complete archive of your work and earnings, with options to analyze through emailed reports for any given timeframe. - Privacy Policy: https://www.centriqo.net/legal/apps/salarybook/privacy.html - Terms of Service: https://www.centriqo.net/legal/apps/salarybook/terms.html - Support & Feedback: https://www.salarybookapp.com

About

Work Log

Easily log and analyze your work hours by tracking time spent on clients, projects, and tasks. This app offers simple start/stop timers and detailed reporting to help manage your workday effectively.

Highlights
  • Track time by clients, projects, and tasks
  • One-tap start/stop/switch timers
  • Detailed reporting
  • Quick calendar view
  • Analyze work time usage
Features
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Analyze work time usage by tracking work hours. Time tracking apps are becoming essential for the field workforce and those who work on-the-go. Whether you work for a company or run your own business, your time is on the top of your mind. It's what dictates how early you wake up, how long you spend at lunch, when you eat dinner and how late you go to sleep. It's what helps determine your salary or pay rate, and limits just how much you can get done in one day. What you need is a great time tracker built for you and your projects. Something that stays out of your way, but easily tracks time. App features: - Track time by clients, projects and tasks. - Start/stop/switch timers with one tap. - Detailed reporting - Quick calendar view

Screenshots

Hours Tracker4 screens
Work Log4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hours Tracker at 77% against Work Log's 7%. Hours Tracker also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.1) and ratings volume (232 vs 10). Work Log's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.6). On price, ads, 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 10 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and Work Log sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. 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, 4.5 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hours Tracker has 232 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Hours Tracker's written reviews are positive against 7% of Work Log's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Hours Tracker versus Work Log: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHours TrackerWork Log
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (232 ratings) — better2.1 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews76.7% of reviews — better7.1% of reviews
Number of ratings232 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 11 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.69.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCentriqoSamantha Roobol

Customer experience

Hours Tracker

All ratings232 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral2.2%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews437 reviews
Positive76.7%
Neutral7.6%
Negative15.8%

Work Log

All ratings10 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative70.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive7.1%
Neutral28.6%
Negative64.3%

Bugs and requests

Hours Tracker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • Data loss after updates
  • Dropbox sync not working

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to set pay period (bi-weekly, monthly, etc.)
  • Option to track overtime and tax deductions
  • Sync across multiple devices
  • Customizable invoice/report generation

Work Log

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Hours Tracker

Subscriptions10
  • Weekly PRO3 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • Salarybook Premium$8.997 Days
  • Monthly Premium Hours Tracking7 Days trial$9.991 Month
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  • Monthly Plus$9.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro - Best Value$29.991 Year
  • Annual Premium Hours Tracker7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Plus7 Days trial$44.991 Year
  • Yearly Plus - Best Value$49.991 Year
  • Premium Annual Hours Tracker7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Yearly Plus - Monthly$59.991 Year
2 purchases

Work Log

One-time2
  • Remove ads$1.99
  • Export$1.99

Questions

Is Hours Tracker free?
Hours Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Work Log free?
Work Log is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hours Tracker or Work Log?
Hours Tracker is rated higher. Hours Tracker averages 4.5 out of 5 from 232 ratings, while Work Log averages 2.1 from 10 ratings.
Do Hours Tracker or Work Log have ads?
Neither Hours Tracker nor Work Log shows ads.

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