Comparison

Week Timer vs Smart Recorder Transcriber AF

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

Smart Recorder Transcriber AF

Easily create audio recordings and transcribe them with high-quality machine transcription. This app offers advanced features for managing, editing, and exporting your audio files, making it ideal for professionals and students alike.

Highlights
  • Background recording and playback
  • iTunes file sharing and Dropbox support
  • Multiple export formats (CAF, WAV, AIF, MP4)
  • Variable speed playback with pitch correction
  • Machine transcription of recordings
  • Searchable transcriptions and tags
  • Geo-tagging of recordings
Features
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Smart Recorder allows you to easily create recordings and then transcribe them using the high quality dictate2us. Smart Recorder is a full featured recorder and transcriber offering many features beyond what is available in the built in voice memos app. The Smart Recorder family of products has over 1,000,000 device installs. It has been actively marketed and updated for seven years. Use it to record meetings, interview, lectures, classes, todo lists, shopping lists or even your kids voices. What ever the task, Smart Recorder is the ideal tool. Check out these great features: - A large record button makes it easy to start and pause recordings - A main screen with the list of recordings created, each with a play button for easy playback - Tips and a comprehensive help system to get you up to speed quickly - Background recording and playback (other apps can run while Smart Recorder is recording or playing or your device can be sleeping during recording or playback) - iTunes file sharing - Flip mode for putting iPhone microphone on top - Email/export short recordings - Support for Dropbox if Dropbox app installed - Multiple supported mail/export formats including CAF, WAV, AIF and MP4. - iCloud support - Generation of ringtones for the iPhone - Add tags or pictures to mark positions in a recording - Time slider/forward/back buttons to quickly navigate through your recordings - Bluetooth and external headset support - Auto pause/voice activated recording - Variable speed playback with optional pitch correction - Many system settings to control the behavior of Smart Recorder - Stereo support - Append to existing recordings - Categorize/sort recordings - No time limit on recordings - Universal app for both iPhone and iPad - Geo tagging of recordings allows you to keep track of the location where they were created - Search allows you to search for conversations in a recording (based on the machine transcription) or for tags (or recordings with specific words in the title) Extra features (for purchase): - Disable advertising - Email/export long recordings - Voice enhancement - Trimming/editing - Machine transcription Buy now and you will get free upgrades with many new features!!! If you like this product, check out the Mac Smart Recorder at http://itunes.apple.com/app/smart-recorder/id412615645?mt=12 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/smart-recorder-lite/id420266239?mt=12

Screenshots

Week Timer4 screens
Smart Recorder Transcriber AF4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Week Timer at $2.99 against Smart Recorder Transcriber AF's $13.99. Week Timer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.9) and review sentiment (73% vs 35%). Smart Recorder Transcriber AF's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months). On ratings volume, ads, 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

Week Timer costs $2.99 and Smart Recorder Transcriber AF $13.99 up front. Smart Recorder Transcriber AF sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. 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 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Week Timer's written reviews are positive against 35% of Smart Recorder Transcriber AF's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Week Timer ships an update every 6 months, Smart Recorder Transcriber AF every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Week Timer versus Smart Recorder Transcriber AF: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeek TimerSmart Recorder Transcriber AF
Price$2.99 — better$13.99
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better1.9 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews — better34.8% of reviews
Number of ratings9 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDM DesignRoe Mobile Development

Customer experience

Week Timer

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

Smart Recorder Transcriber AF

All ratings8 ratings
Positive12.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive34.8%
Neutral8.7%
Negative56.5%

In-app purchases

None

Week Timer

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Smart Recorder Transcriber AF

One-time6
  • Transcription $1.00$0.99
  • Machine Transcription for 30 days$3.99
  • Transcription $10.00$9.99
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  • Siri transcription$9.99
  • Donate Money$24.99
  • Transcription $100.00$99.99

Questions

Is Week Timer free?
Week Timer costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Smart Recorder Transcriber AF free?
Smart Recorder Transcriber AF costs $13.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Week Timer or Smart Recorder Transcriber AF?
Week Timer is rated higher. Week Timer averages 5.0 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Smart Recorder Transcriber AF averages 1.9 from 8 ratings.
Do Week Timer or Smart Recorder Transcriber AF have ads?
Neither Week Timer nor Smart Recorder Transcriber AF shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Week Timer or Smart Recorder Transcriber AF?
Week Timer ships an update every 6 months, and Smart Recorder Transcriber AF every 6 weeks. Most recently, Week Timer was updated on October 24, 2026 and Smart Recorder Transcriber AF on October 24, 2026.

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