Comparison

Hours Tracker vs iboChron

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

iboChron

Easily track your work hours, breaks, and earnings with this time tracking tool. It offers automatic calculations for overtime and target hours, with data stored locally and exportable via CSV. Features include reminders, project management, and NFC login.

Highlights
  • Track work hours via login/logout slider
  • Automatic calculation of breaks, overtime, and earnings
  • Export work time data as CSV
  • Reminders for login/logout
  • NFC Tag login support
  • Project management
  • Data backup and restore
Features
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iboChron offers you the perfect ability to track your working hours easy and fast. Login / Logout via the login slider or record your working hours with breaks included. Get an overview of your earnings, overtime, target time, working hours, holidays or leave days. Share your working hours via email as CSV or use the share option of your iOS device. iboChron is the perfect tool for freelancers, self employed workers or employees. All your data are stored locally on your device! Features - Track your working hours via login / logout slider - Overview / calculation of your daily login / logout time - Easy and fast login via Siri Shortcuts support (Login / Logout / Logout Time) - Automatic calculation of breaks, working hours, overtime, target time and earnings - Overview of your leave days, holidays, overtime, working hours (daily, weekly, monthly or yearly) - Export your work time as CSV / PDF via email, share your work time in Excel, Numbers, ... (daily, weekly, monthly or yearly) - Never forget to login / logout - iboChron learns from your behaviour and reminds you to login / logout every single day (Notifications) - Show working hours in decimals - Option to calculate earnings variable (0 - 100 %) - Management of several projects - Add notes to each work time entry - Add additional earnings to each work time entry - Manage working time account - Protect your data via Face ID / Touch ID - Login / Logout via NFC Tags (NFC Tags are required - only iPhone 7 or newer supports third party NFC, this is a limitation by Apple) - Login / Logout & overview via the today widget - Create backups / restore backups - Overview of annual leave days / yearly income - Notifications for login / logout / breaks - Use Themes to personalize iboChron (including dark mode) - Support for Lock Screen Widgets - Calendar for better overview For feedback or feature requests please use the feedback section in the app or send an email to support@ibochron.de. If you like the app, please rate it in the App Store to support future development. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Hours Tracker4 screens
iboChron4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: iboChron at free against Hours Tracker's free with in-app purchases. iboChron also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (86% vs 77%). Hours Tracker's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (231 vs 41). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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 iboChron sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iboChron holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hours Tracker has 231 ratings behind it against 41, 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 86% of iboChron's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hours Tracker ships an update every 11 days, iboChron every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Hours Tracker versus iboChron: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHours TrackeriboChron
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (231 ratings)4.7 (41 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.7% of reviews85.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings231 — better41
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCentriqoTobias Hauss

Customer experience

Hours Tracker

All ratings231 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral2.2%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews437 reviews
Positive76.7%
Neutral7.6%
Negative15.8%

iboChron

All ratings41 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral2.4%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews148 reviews
Positive85.8%
Neutral7.4%
Negative6.8%

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

iboChron

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
12 purchases

iboChron

Subscriptions2
  • iboChron PRO – Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • iboChron Pro - yearly subscription7 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time10
  • Themes for iboChron$2.99
  • Show worktime in widget$2.99
  • A small cup of tea (tip)$3.99
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  • Data Export (CSV)$3.99
  • Unlimited Entries$3.99
  • Breaks & Time Management$5.99
  • A normal cup of tea (tip)$7.99
  • Bundle - All Features$9.99
  • A pot of tea (tip)$17.99
  • iboChron PRO Lifetime$34.99

Questions

Is Hours Tracker free?
Hours Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is iboChron free?
iboChron is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hours Tracker or iboChron?
iboChron is rated higher. Hours Tracker averages 4.5 out of 5 from 231 ratings, while iboChron averages 4.7 from 41 ratings.
Do Hours Tracker or iboChron have ads?
Neither Hours Tracker nor iboChron shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hours Tracker or iboChron?
Hours Tracker ships an update every 11 days, and iboChron every 2 months. Most recently, Hours Tracker was updated on September 24, 2026 and iboChron on September 22, 2026.

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