Comparison

Hours Keeper vs LayerQuote

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

LayerQuote

Features
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Price 3D print jobs with your real costs—not a rough material multiplier. LayerQuote turns slicer estimates, printer costs, labor, fees, and your target margin into a clear customer price. Build each quote in a guided workflow, review it with Quote Check, then save or share a polished PDF. CALCULATE THE TRUE JOB COST • Account for filament and waste • Include electricity, machine depreciation, maintenance, nozzle wear, and failure risk • Add setup, design, and post-processing labor • Include packaging, shipping, fixed costs, and platform fees • Set a target margin and price-rounding rule IMPORT SLICER ESTIMATES Import compatible plain-text G-code exports from popular FDM slicers. LayerQuote reads time and filament metadata on your device and lets you confirm every value before pricing. Files are not uploaded, and printer commands are never executed. BUILD CUSTOMER-READY QUOTES • Add customer details, issue dates, and validity dates • See price, costs, profit, and margin in one place • Run Quote Check before finalizing or sharing • Preview, save, print, or share PDF quotes • Search, duplicate, and organize quote history • Create portable backups of quotes, profiles, and settings START FREE The free plan includes the complete calculator, basic G-code import, Quote Check, portable backup and restore, standard LayerQuote PDFs, 3 saved quotes, 1 printer profile, and 2 filament profiles. LAYERQUOTE PRO An optional monthly subscription unlocks unlimited quotes and profiles, per-tool multi-material G-code mapping, sales tax, customer discounts, deposit requirements, expanded quote statuses, and business-branded PDFs with your logo and contact details. LOCAL BY DESIGN LayerQuote requires no account and includes no ads or third-party analytics. Quote content, customer details, profiles, settings, and G-code analysis stay on your device. Data leaves the app only when you choose to share a PDF or portable backup. LayerQuote provides estimates based on the costs and slicer metadata you enter. Review every quote before sending it to a customer. LayerQuote Pro is a one-month auto-renewable subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation and renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Hours Keeper4 screens
LayerQuote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: LayerQuote at none against Hours Keeper's shown. Hours Keeper's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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 LayerQuote sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hours Keeper versus LayerQuote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHours KeeperLayerQuote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (1.4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.4K — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeesoft AppsAustin Henley

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

LayerQuote

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
Show 1 more
  • Upgrade to Premium$39.99
1 purchases

LayerQuote

Subscriptions1
  • LayerQuote Pro$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Hours Keeper free?
Hours Keeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LayerQuote free?
LayerQuote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hours Keeper or LayerQuote have ads?
Hours Keeper shows ads; LayerQuote does not.

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