WorkWise Timesheet vs Mike Holt's Electrical Toolbox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WorkWise Timesheet
Easily record work hours and calculate employee pay, including overtime at 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 40. This tool helps manage basic payroll calculations, with more features planned for future updates.
- Record work hours
- Calculate employee pay
- Overtime pay calculation (1.5x)
- Track hours over 40 per week
- Basic payroll management
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WorkWise Timesheet is a free mobile app from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division that helps employers and employees track work hours and calculate pay. Use WorkWise Timesheet to record regular work hours and breaks and calculate overtime pay at one and one-half times (1.5) the regular rate of pay for hours worked over 40 in a workweek. The app provides a simple way to maintain time and pay information, as well as access to wage and hour compliance resources. WorkWise Timesheet does not currently account for all pay and workplace situations, including tips, commissions, bonuses, deductions, holiday pay, weekend pay, shift differentials, or pay for regular days of rest. The app also provides access to Wage and Hour Division resources, including information about the Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program and other compliance assistance resources. Disclaimer: The U.S. Department of Labor provides WorkWise Timesheet as a public service. The regulations and related materials available through the app are intended to enhance public access to information about Department of Labor programs. The app does not address every situation that may arise in the workplace, and information may not always reflect the most recent official publication or update. Calculations and other results depend on the accuracy of information entered by the user. The Department of Labor makes no express or implied guarantees regarding results. The Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations remain the official sources for regulatory information published by the Department of Labor. We will make every effort to correct efforts brought to our attention.
Mike Holt's Electrical Toolbox
This app provides essential calculations for electricians, inspectors, contractors, and engineers. It helps determine conductor sizing, circuit protection, race sizing, and grounding conductor sizes for various electrical equipment and services.
- Conductor sizing
- Voltage drop limitations
- Circuit protection sizing
- Race sizing
- Equipment grounding conductor sizing
- Dwelling-unit service calculations
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Mike Holt, the industry leader in the electrical industry (MikeHolt.com) has created an amazing, practical and useful app for the electrician, inspector, instructor, contractor and engineer. The app contains conductor sizing (including voltage drop limitations), circuit protection sizing, race sizing, equipment grounding conductor sizing for electric heating equipment (commercial and Residential), air-conditioning equipment (commercial and Residential), motors (commercial and Residential), Transformers (commercial) , and dwelling-unit service calculations and sizing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mike Holt's Electrical Toolbox at 4.6 against WorkWise Timesheet's 3.7. Mike Holt's Electrical Toolbox also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 40%) and ratings volume (198 vs 3). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mike Holt's Electrical Toolbox holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mike Holt's Electrical Toolbox has 198 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of WorkWise Timesheet's written reviews are positive against 77% of Mike Holt's Electrical Toolbox's.
WorkWise Timesheet ships an update every 2 months, Mike Holt's Electrical Toolbox every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WorkWise Timesheet | Mike Holt's Electrical Toolbox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.6 (198 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 76.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 198 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | U.S. Department of Labor | Mike Holt Enterprises |
Customer experience
WorkWise Timesheet
Mike Holt's Electrical Toolbox
User reviews
WorkWise Timesheet
From 3 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 👍 Helps track hours accurately
- 👍 Good for multiple jobs
- 👍 Useful for freelancers
- 👍 Provides links to federal laws
Room to improve
- 🐛 Major glitches and bugs
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Data loss after updates
- 🐛 Inaccurate overtime calculations
- 🐛 Cannot adjust work week start/end dates
Mike Holt's Electrical Toolbox
From 198 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great app for electricians
- 💡 Provides code article references
- 👍 Useful for on-the-spot reference
- 👍 Excellent for verifying calculations
- 👍 Helpful for exam preparation
Room to improve
- 🐛 Emailing results not working
- 🐛 Outdated information
- 🐛 Load calc a little clunky
- 🐛 Content setup needs overhaul
- 🐛 Video series lacks completion system
Bugs and requests
WorkWise Timesheet
Reported bugs
24 issues- Wrong customer/employer selected
- App crashes when tapping fields (employer, pay rate)
- Error: already logged time for this period upon initial download
- Pay rate field not editable
- Lunch breaks will not save
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- All time data lost after app update
- Overtime calculations are wrong (0.5 instead of 1.5)
- Version 3.1.2 broke the app
- Hourly rate error when tapping 'Start Work'
- Start/End/Break drop-down boxes appear blank
- Export function truncates data to current month
- App adopts device display settings with no independent option
- Keyboard covers comments window on iPhone
- Pay period disappears
- App doesn't open at all since latest revision
- Spreadsheet mailed is blank
- Information deleted when trying to cancel 'start' mode
- Accidental click deleted everything (employer, hours logged)
- Deleted entire summary three times when editing a day
- Time worked after midnight rolls to the next day
- App does not work on older iPods and iPads (requires iOS 7.0)
- Entered start time disappeared after 4 hours
- Miscalculates hours and cheats workers
- Does not account for the 24-hour day
Requested features
25 requests- Ability to set custom pay periods (start/end dates)
- Ability to set custom work week start days
- Improved overtime calculation (1.5x base pay)
- Option to invite employees to clock in/out
- Employer setup for employees (rate, info, dates)
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- Calendar view for better visualization of worked days
- Ability to edit time entries
- Ability to add descriptions/comments to clocked hours
- Option to change pay rate for different tasks
- Tax deductions and net pay calculation
- Dark mode option
- Ability to see monthly/yearly earnings
- Fix split shift handling
- Fix time rolling after midnight
- Calculate total hours weekly, bi-weekly, monthly
- Biweekly pay period option
- Overtime for greater than 80 hours
- Shift and weekend differential options
- Manual input for holidays, vacation, etc.
- Warning before deleting all data
- Option to set display preference independently
- Fix keyboard covering comment window on iPhone
- Estimate earnings after taxes
- Fix symbol messing up calculations
- Return to old style/design
Mike Holt's Electrical Toolbox
Reported bugs
4 issues- Cannot email results
- Video player widescreen exit bug
- Previous calculation data not erased
- App content is outdated
Requested features
6 requests- Increase transformer capacity to 225kva
- Add option to print load calc
- Update to NEC 2020
- Add completion system for video series
- Refine user interface for better usability
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- Add more features, willing to pay extra
In-app purchases
WorkWise Timesheet
No in-app purchases
Mike Holt's Electrical Toolbox
No in-app purchases
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