Comparison

Hours Keeper 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 Keeper

Easily track your work hours, calculate earnings, and generate professional PDF invoices for clients. Manage billings and payments efficiently with this intuitive time tracking tool.

Highlights
  • Real-time hours/earning tracking
  • Weekly and monthly timesheets
  • PDF invoice generation
  • Billing and payment tracking
  • Configurable overtime and breaks
  • Data export and sync
Features
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Hours Keeper is a well-designed application that you can use to easily track your hours worked and calculate your earnings. Hours Keeper allows to record your daily working hours for each client, including your overtime and break time. After earnings been calculated, you can generate PDF invoices to sent to your clients and track all the billings and the payments. Designed and developed by polycents! “Easy to use and simple. It’s very useful and is definitely worth every penny. Great customer service from developers!” “Very well executed app, nice clean interface with tones of useful features.” “A great app for those of us that do business on the go. It is packed full of great features that really help out. Great job.” Our Hours Keeper is one of the best tools to track down all the hours you have worked. Once you use the app you will want nothing else to make your hours and earnings tracking easier. KEY FEATURES - Well designed, easy to use, intuitive interface. - Realtime hours/earning tracking for multiple clients. - Weekly and monthly timesheet. - PDF invoices to send to customers. - Earnings reports. - Calendar to map your daily earning for each month. - Billing and payment tracking. - Configurable overtime and break time for time tracking. - Export data as CSV. - Sync data between all your devices. - Passcode protection. # Subscription Details # - Monthly and annual subscriptions are available. - Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. - Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is disabled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. - Automatic renewals will be charged at the same price you were originally charged for the subscription. - Subscriptions can be managed by going to Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.iubenda.com/terms-and-conditions/10725628 Privacy Policy: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/10725628 Please write to us before leaving negative reviews, as we can often help with your problem or help you better use the app. If you have any problems or suggestions please send an mail to hourskeeper@support.polycents.com, and you will get the response with solutions in a short time.

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 Keeper4 screens
iboChron4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: iboChron at 4.7 against Hours Keeper's 4.1. iboChron also leads on monetization model (free vs subscription) and ads (none vs shown). Hours Keeper's advantage is ratings volume (1.4K vs 41). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Hours Keeper sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month 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 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hours Keeper has 1.4K ratings behind it against 41, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Hours Keeper's written reviews are positive against 86% of iboChron's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hours Keeper ships an update monthly, iboChron every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Hours Keeper versus iboChron: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHours KeeperiboChron
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (1.4K ratings)4.7 (41 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.0% of reviews85.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.4K — better41
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeesoft AppsTobias Hauss

Customer experience

Hours Keeper

All ratings1,405 ratings
Positive77.4%
Neutral5.8%
Negative16.8%
Written reviews554 reviews
Positive57.0%
Neutral7.9%
Negative35.0%

iboChron

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

Bugs and requests

Hours Keeper

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes on launch
  • Unable to log in or restore data
  • Incorrect time and billing calculations

Requested features

4 requests
  • Customizable invoice templates
  • Ability to add notes to entries
  • Automatic overtime calculations
  • Integration with accounting software

iboChron

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Hours Keeper

Subscriptions5
  • Premium - 1 Month$1.991 Month
  • Premium - 3 Months$6.993 Months
  • Premium - 1 Year7 Days trial$13.991 Year
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  • Premium - 1 Year7 Days trial$15.991 Year
  • Premium - 1 Year7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time4
  • Upgrade to Premium$23.99
  • Upgrade to Premium$26.99
  • Upgrade to Hours Keeper Pro$29.99
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  • Upgrade to Premium$39.99
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 Keeper free?
Hours Keeper 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 Keeper or iboChron?
iboChron is rated higher. Hours Keeper averages 4.1 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while iboChron averages 4.7 from 41 ratings.
Do Hours Keeper or iboChron have ads?
Hours Keeper shows ads; iboChron does not.
Which is updated more often, Hours Keeper or iboChron?
Hours Keeper ships an update monthly, and iboChron every 2 months. Most recently, Hours Keeper was updated on October 20, 2026 and iboChron on October 19, 2026.

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