Comparison

Hourly vs LightHouse Notes

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

Head to head
About

Hourly

This app helps professionals manage their work time with features like project tracking, manual time entry, and smart reminders. It offers detailed reports and earnings overviews, all stored locally on your device for offline use.

Highlights
  • Multiple projects and clients management
  • Manual and real-time time entry
  • Smart reminders to track time
  • Generate and share time reports
  • Earnings overview charts
  • Offline mode and local data storage
Features
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Did you forget to fill in a timesheet for this month? Or maybe just looking for a safe solution for your work time management? We've got you covered!  Introducing Hourly - a Time Tracker for professionals. With a clean and intuitive design, smart reminders, and reports, this side of your business will always be in safe hands. No account needed - just download and start tracking your time. Key Features: * Multiple Projects & Clients Management: Add and organize numerous projects and clients with ease. Keep track of all your freelance assignments without any hassle. Multiple projects with different currencies? We've got you covered! * Time Entries - Add, Edit, and Track: Log your work hours in real-time or add them manually. Edit time entries swiftly, ensuring accurate and up-to-date records. Forgot to track your time for the last two weeks? Generate these entries manually with the Time Entry Generator. * Smart Reminders: Stay productive and never lose track of time with Hourly’s intelligent reminders that prompt you to stop your time entries. * Live Activites: Active Time Entries will be displayed on your iPhone screen to let you know what's currently in progress. * Comprehensive Overview Charts: Visualize your progress with intuitive charts providing insights into your time entries, hours, and earnings. * Generate & Share Time Reports: Create detailed time reports with a simple tap and share them effortlessly with your clients, fostering transparency and trust. * Earnings at a Glance: Keep tabs on your financial progress with an overview of your earnings based on your logged hours. * Security All of the above is done on your device locally. Wanna work in fully offline mode or maybe your current place has connection problems? You can still track your time with us. 
See where your time goes, track projects, optimise your time and earn money. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

LightHouse Notes

Features
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LightHouse is a calm, private place for notes, documents and ideas on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Write with rich text, checklists, tables, images and attachments. Organize work into Harbors, tags, pinned notes and visual cards. Connect related notes, create calendar events, scan documents, review earlier versions and export or back up your work. Anchor keeps everyday note-taking free with unlimited notes and up to three Harbors. Beacon and Harbor Lifetime unlock unlimited Harbors, fast cross-device synchronization, editing protection, locked notes, scanning, revision history, templates, custom themes and advanced tools. Beacon is an annually renewing subscription; Harbor Lifetime is a one-time purchase for the current LightHouse app and product generation, including LightHouse 2.0. Synchronization uses Apple iCloud and CloudKit with the user’s own Apple Account. LightHouse has no separate developer-operated notes server, no advertising and no third-party behavioral analytics. Document recognition runs on device. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Hourly4 screens
LightHouse Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

Hourly and LightHouse Notes are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Hourly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and LightHouse Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $22.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hourly ships an update fortnightly, LightHouse Notes every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Hourly versus LightHouse Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHourlyLightHouse Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (8 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOleksandr MasliukivskyiGiorgio Bellini

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Hourly

Subscriptions2
  • Hourly Pro Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Hourly Pro Yearly$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$29.99
2 purchases

LightHouse Notes

Subscriptions1
  • Beacon$22.991 Year
One-time1
  • Harbor Lifetime$44.99

Questions

Is Hourly free?
Hourly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LightHouse Notes free?
LightHouse Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hourly or LightHouse Notes have ads?
Neither Hourly nor LightHouse Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hourly or LightHouse Notes?
Hourly ships an update fortnightly, and LightHouse Notes every 3 weeks. Most recently, Hourly was updated on October 25, 2026 and LightHouse Notes on October 24, 2026.

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