Comparison

Hours Keeper vs KAVIO

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

KAVIO

A professional networking platform designed for tradespeople, unions, and contractors. It serves as a central hub to manage operations and connect industry professionals.

Highlights
  • Professional profiles for tradespeople
  • Connects tradespeople, unions, and contractors
  • Manage and organize operations
  • Centralized hub for the trades industry
  • Facilitates professional networking
Features
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Kavio connects skilled professionals to contractors and property managers — and gives every side the tools to manage the job. Profiles, projects, communication, invoicing, calendar and AI assistants, in one mobile-first app. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Hours Keeper4 screens
KAVIO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: KAVIO at free with in-app purchases against Hours Keeper's subscription. KAVIO also leads on ads (none vs shown). Hours Keeper's advantage is ratings volume (1.4K vs 4). On price, rating, update cadence 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

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 KAVIO sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Hours Keeper against 4.0 for KAVIO. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hours Keeper has 1.4K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hours Keeper ships an update monthly, KAVIO every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hours Keeper versus KAVIO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHours KeeperKAVIO
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (1.4K ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews57.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.4K — better4
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0.0
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB102 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeesoft AppsHadronlink Corporation

Customer experience

Hours Keeper

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

KAVIO

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

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

KAVIO

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
6 purchases

KAVIO

Subscriptions6
  • Professionals Monthly Plan$24.991 Month
  • Premium monthly plan$29.991 Month
  • Contractors Monthly Plan$49.991 Month
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  • Professionals Annual Plan$239.991 Year
  • Premium annual plan$299.991 Year
  • Contractors Annual Plan$479.991 Year

Questions

Is Hours Keeper free?
Hours Keeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is KAVIO free?
KAVIO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hours Keeper or KAVIO?
Hours Keeper is rated higher. Hours Keeper averages 4.1 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while KAVIO averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Hours Keeper or KAVIO have ads?
Hours Keeper shows ads; KAVIO does not.
Which is updated more often, Hours Keeper or KAVIO?
Hours Keeper ships an update monthly, and KAVIO every 2 months. Most recently, Hours Keeper was updated on October 23, 2026 and KAVIO on October 6, 2026.

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