Comparison

Week Timer vs Hours

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

Head to head
About

Week Timer

Easily track your work hours by checking in and out. Generate detailed reports in text or spreadsheet format for efficient timesheet updates. Features include overtime tracking, customizable tags, and reminders to ensure accurate time logging.

Highlights
  • Check in/out for work hours
  • Generate email reports (HTML/CSV)
  • Overtime tracking
  • Customizable tags for categorization
  • Background timer
  • Backup and restore data
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Check In, Check Out, Select & Send... - It’s that simple. + + + + Macworld.se "Convenient help for reporting your time" Simply check in when you arrive, check out when you leave and track your work time totals on a daily basis. At the end of the week or month select one or more reports and email them to your work so you can update your timesheet in an efficient manner using either the text (HTML) or spreadsheet (CSV) format. Features: (followed by some Tips below!) ▸ Streamlined design to efficiently track your time ▸ Day and week hours overview at a glance ▸ Easy export by email both in text (HTML) and spreadsheet (CSV) format ▸ Tags to easily categorize hours in reports ▸ Lunchtime “set and forget” ▸ Decimal or minute notation in reports so you don't need to convert durations yourself e.g. 08.75 vs 08:45 ▸ Week number support (European & US)* ▸ Timer runs in background ▸ Icon badge on home screen ▸ Overtime tracking on daily, weekly and monthly basis ▸ Predicted check out time ▸ Irregular daily target hours supported ▸ First day of week automatically set based on location, but can be customized ▸ Tap timer to toggle between overtime, time today, and time since last check in ▸ Quickedit for smooth adjustments of your latest check in, just slide up or down ▸ Tag Quick-Switching: switch a tag in 2 simple taps! ▸ Notes so no details are forgotten ▸ Check out reminders, so you don’t forget to go home... ▸ Backup and restore to easily transfer your data to a new device ▸ Photo themes to personalize your app in a beautiful way * Week numbers can be disabled in settings if desired Tips! • Archive any Tags that you no longer use to shorten your tag list • Tap the title bar of the timer to pre-select or quick switch a tag. • Slide your finger to the right on a break or time entry to delete it • Sort your Tags in your preferred order for quick access using the custom button in the tag list view • Did you know you can select more than one week at a time and send it by email? • Customize your screen with your own photo! Check out the website for some more details and screenshots! http://www.dmdesign.se

About

Hours

Easily track your work hours with a live clock-in/out feature or manual log entries. Monitor weekly hours worked and salary earned, with options for multiple jobs, tax deductions, and exportable reports.

Highlights
  • Clock-in/out timer
  • Manual hour entry
  • Weekly work logs
  • Earnings and tax calculation
  • Multiple job tracking
  • Work history export
  • Clock reminders
  • Passcode protection
Features
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Hours is the easiest and most convenient way to keep track of your work hours. Either use the Clock feature to “Clock In” and out, or add your hours manually to the Log. At any time, you can see a weekly overview of the hours worked and salary earned. As one of the leading time tracker apps on the App Store, Hours offers many useful and unique features, including: CLOCK TIMER Keep a live timer during a shift and track hours and earnings by the minute. MANUAL ENTRIES If you don’t want to use the Clock feature, you can also add work hours manually. WEEKLY LOGS On the Log page, you can see weekly overviews of the shifts you have worked, as well as the total hours and earnings for that week. EARNINGS & TAXES* Calculate earnings and deduct taxes. MULTIPLE JOBS* Working more than just one job? Create multiple jobs with different settings. EXPORT* Export your work history in multiple formats. REMINDERS* With Clock Reminders, you will never forget to report your hours. PASSCODE PROTECTION* Keep your work log extra secure with a passcode lock. While the core functionality is complete free to use, some of the more advanced features (denoted with an asterisk above) require a paid subscription. Please see the subscription details below. ------------------------ Subscription Information - The subscription price of $29.99 per year automatically renews every year until cancelled. - Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account as soon as you confirm your purchase. - You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal from your Apple ID account settings after the purchase. - Your subscription will renew automatically, unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - The cost of renewal will be charged to your account in the 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. - When canceling a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the current subscription will not be refunded. About Subscriptions: http://onewave.se/hours/subscriptions.html Privacy Policy: http://onewave.se/hours/privacy.html

Screenshots

Week Timer4 screens
Hours4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Hours at Free against Week Timer's $2.99. Hours also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (16K vs 9). Week Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On review sentiment, ads 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

Hours is free to download; Week Timer costs $2.99 up front. Hours sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Week Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Week Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hours has 16K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 73% and 73% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Week Timer ships an update every 6 months, Hours monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Week Timer versus Hours: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeek TimerHours
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better4.6 (16K ratings)
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews73.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings916K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.610.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDM DesignOne Wave AB

Customer experience

Week Timer

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral18.2%
Negative9.1%

Hours

All ratings15,978 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral4.5%
Negative6.9%
Written reviews180 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative20.0%

Bugs and requests

Week Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Hours

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Clock not logging hours accurately
  • Issues with syncing between web and mobile app
  • Paid version features not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow editing of job details
  • Add option to track breaks separately
  • Provide daily and monthly hour totals
  • Expand job limit in free version
  • Add support for multiple currencies

In-app purchases

None

Week Timer

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Hours

Subscriptions4
  • Personal (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Personal (Yearly)$19.991 Year
  • Personal (Yearly)1 Year trial$19.991 Year
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  • Personal (Yearly)7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Week Timer free?
Week Timer costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hours free?
Hours is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Week Timer or Hours?
Week Timer is rated higher. Week Timer averages 5.0 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Hours averages 4.6 from 16K ratings.
Do Week Timer or Hours have ads?
Neither Week Timer nor Hours shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Week Timer or Hours?
Week Timer ships an update every 6 months, and Hours monthly. Most recently, Week Timer was updated on September 22, 2026 and Hours on September 24, 2026.

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