Comparison

WorkLog vs Punch O'Clock

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

WorkLog

Effortlessly manage work hours, calculate earnings, and generate timesheets. Track shifts with one tap, organize multiple jobs, and automatically deduct breaks for accurate pay.

Highlights
  • One-tap time tracking
  • Manage multiple jobs
  • Automatic wage calculation
  • Break management
  • Detailed reports
  • Export and share timesheets
Features
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WorkLog is a time clock and timesheet app for people paid by the hour. Clock in when your shift starts, clock out when it ends, and WorkLog logs the hours, subtracts unpaid breaks, and shows what you earned. Built for hourly workers who need to check their own paycheck: servers and bartenders, nurses and caregivers, drivers, warehouse and retail staff, students working part-time, freelancers billing by the hour, and anyone working more than one job. — WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT — • One-time purchase. No subscription — pay once and Premium is yours for good. • No account and no sign-up. There is nothing to log in to. • Sync runs on your own iCloud account. We have no servers, and your logs never pass through us. • No ads and no trackers. WorkLog collects nothing about you. • Tracking your hours works fully offline. Only iCloud sync waits for a connection. • The whole app is under 5 MB. • The free plan never limits how many shifts you log — write down every hour you work, forever. It shows you this month and last month; older logs stay saved and unlock with Premium. • Nothing is ever deleted. Logs older than the free window stay saved — they are only hidden until you unlock them. — TRACK YOUR SHIFTS — • One-tap Clock In and Clock Out, with Pause for breaks • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island — see the running clock without opening the app • Or add a shift by hand, for the days you forgot to clock in • Break presets for the breaks you take every shift — MULTIPLE JOBS, MULTIPLE PAY RATES — • Give every job its own hourly rate, currency and color • Move a single shift from one job to another • An Overview across all your jobs, in every currency you use — KNOW WHAT YOU EARNED — • Unpaid breaks are subtracted automatically, so the hours match what you are actually paid for • Estimated pay per shift, per week and per month • Filter by today, yesterday, this week, last week, this month or last month • Export CSV or share a plain-text report to check against your payslip or send to your employer — WHAT IS FREE AND WHAT IS PAID — Free, with no time limit: • One job • Unlimited shifts — logging hours is never blocked • iCloud sync across your devices • Live Activity and Dynamic Island • This month and last month of history Premium unlocks, as a one-time purchase: • Unlimited jobs • Your complete history, however far back it goes • The multi-job Overview • CSV export and shareable reports WorkLog is a private log of your own hours — not a tool for your manager to track you. No team dashboards, no GPS, no monitoring. Available in 13 languages. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Punch O'Clock

Features
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Punch O'Clock — Time Tracking and Invoicing for Professionals Punch O'Clock is a time tracker built for freelancers, contractors and professionals who want a clear, reliable record of their working hours — and an invoice at the end of it. Tap a project to start. Tap it again to stop. Your hours, breaks and earnings are counted for you, and only one timer can ever run at once, which quietly prevents the most common error in freelance timekeeping: two overlapping clocks nobody notices until the invoice. BILL FOR WHAT YOU TRACKED Keep your clients as real records, with their address, tax details and default rate. Choose a client and a date range and your tracked work becomes an invoice, grouped by project, by day or by session, with tax, discounts and expenses on top. Export it as a PDF that looks like an invoice rather than a timesheet, then follow it from draft to sent to paid and see what you are owed at a glance. BILL IT THE WAY YOU CHARGE Round tracked time to the nearest 5, 10, 15 or 30 minutes, set a minimum billable increment per project, and mark any session non-billable so it counts towards your hours but not your earnings. Every session keeps the rate it was tracked at, so raising your rate changes what you earn from here on and leaves past work exactly as it was. KNOW WHERE THE TIME GOES Hours per client and per project, billable against non-billable, earnings over time, and a heatmap of when you actually work. Cap a project by hours or by amount, one-off or monthly, and get told at 80 percent — before you run past it. NEVER LOSE AN HOUR A reminder when a timer has been running for hours, an optional auto-stop for the one you forgot, and a nudge at the end of a day with nothing tracked. All of it is off until you switch it on. YOUR DATA, ON YOUR PHONE Everything is written to your device first, so the app works with no connection and no account. Signing in and syncing to your other devices is optional and off by default. Back everything up to a single file and restore it anywhere, or bring your history in from a Toggl, Clockify or Harvest CSV export. KEY FEATURES - Track hours across multiple projects, one timer at a time - Hourly rates in 159 currencies, with earnings calculated automatically - Per-project rounding and minimum billable increments - Clients, expenses and invoices, exported as PDF - Reports on hours, earnings and where your time goes - Project budgets with alerts before you overrun - CSV and PDF export of any date range - Backup and restore, and CSV import from other trackers - Works offline; cloud sync is optional - Eleven languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese - Three themes, in light and dark Punch O'Clock is the straightforward way to keep your time, your projects and your earnings under control.

Screenshots

WorkLog4 screens
Punch O'Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Punch O'Clock at none against WorkLog's 2. Punch O'Clock also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.5). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. WorkLog sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Punch O'Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WorkLog ships an update every 4 weeks, Punch O'Clock weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 4 level
WorkLog versus Punch O'Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkLogPunch O'Clock
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThanh HaBaan Software

In-app purchases

2 purchases

WorkLog

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month Subscription3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • 1 Year Subscription3 Days trial$4.991 Year
None

Punch O'Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WorkLog free?
WorkLog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Punch O'Clock free?
Punch O'Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do WorkLog or Punch O'Clock have ads?
Neither WorkLog nor Punch O'Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WorkLog or Punch O'Clock?
WorkLog ships an update every 4 weeks, and Punch O'Clock weekly. Most recently, WorkLog was updated on October 21, 2026 and Punch O'Clock on October 28, 2026.

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