Comparison

Hours Keeper vs Shift Tracker

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

Shift Tracker

Easily track your work hours, breaks, and overtime. This utility app offers a minimalist design for quick entry and exit logging. It automatically calculates your income and organizes your work entries for easy access and sharing.

Highlights
  • One-tap clock in/out
  • Automatic break calculation
  • Overtime and income calculation
  • Home screen widget support
  • Organized entry history
  • Exportable work entries
Features
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The easiest clock utility! Minimal design to easily keep track of your entries. Simply tap "Enter" and go to work, the app will automatically calculate your breaks, and finally "Exit". Even faster with the Home Widget The app will calculate your workhour overtime and monthly income automatically. Keep your entries organized and accessible. Flexible settings: - Choose how many hours you work every week - Choose how long is your break - Choose how you want to round your entries (it will round up your entries and round down your exits) Export your entries and share them with clients, employers or yourself. Subscribe to access to premium app features; subscription details are the following: • Length: weekly, yearly • 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 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 • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Hours Keeper4 screens
Shift Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Shift Tracker at freemium against Hours Keeper's subscription. Shift Tracker also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.3 vs 4.1). Hours Keeper's advantage is review sentiment (57% vs 20%) and ratings volume (1.4K vs 74). 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 Shift Tracker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shift Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hours Keeper has 1.4K ratings behind it against 74, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Hours Keeper's written reviews are positive against 20% of Shift Tracker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hours Keeper ships an update monthly, Shift Tracker every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and August 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Hours Keeper versus Shift Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHours KeeperShift Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (1.4K ratings)4.3 (74 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.2% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.4K — better74
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeesoft AppsDaniel Zanchi

Customer experience

Hours Keeper

All ratings1,405 ratings
Positive77.4%
Neutral5.8%
Negative16.8%
Written reviews552 reviews
Positive57.2%
Neutral7.8%
Negative35.0%

Shift Tracker

All ratings74 ratings
Positive82.4%
Neutral4.1%
Negative13.5%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative60.0%

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

Shift Tracker

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
4 purchases

Shift Tracker

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly premium$2.997 Days
  • Weekly premium7 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Yearly premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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  • Yearly premium$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Hours Keeper free?
Hours Keeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shift Tracker free?
Shift Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hours Keeper or Shift Tracker?
Shift Tracker is rated higher. Hours Keeper averages 4.1 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while Shift Tracker averages 4.3 from 74 ratings.
Do Hours Keeper or Shift Tracker have ads?
Hours Keeper shows ads; Shift Tracker does not.
Which is updated more often, Hours Keeper or Shift Tracker?
Hours Keeper ships an update monthly, and Shift Tracker every 6 weeks. Most recently, Hours Keeper was updated on September 22, 2026 and Shift Tracker on August 26, 2026.

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