Comparison

HourHack vs ShareTimers

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

Head to head
About

HourHack

Easily calculate the duration between two specific times or dates. Get instant results in hours, minutes, or days with a clear and intuitive interface. Simplify all your time-related calculations.

Highlights
  • Calculate time differences
  • Calculate date differences
  • Instant results
  • Clear interface
  • Time unit conversion
Features
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Need to know how much time has passed or how many days until an event? HourHack makes it simple to calculate the difference between two times or dates. Quickly input any two moments, and get instant results in hours, minutes, or days. Features: Calculate time differences between two times Find the amount of time between dates Clear and easy-to-use interface Simplify your time calculations with HourHack!

About

ShareTimers

Features
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Every timer app counts down for one person. ShareTimers counts down for everyone. Set a timer, tap share, and send the link to anyone. They see the exact same countdown, ticking live on their screen, in the app or right in their browser. No account, no sign-up, no invite to accept. SHARED, LIVE, AND EDITABLE A ShareTimers link isn't a screenshot of a timer. It's the timer. Anyone holding the link can add a minute, pause it, resume it, or rename it — and everyone watching sees the change instantly. When the roast needs another ten minutes, whoever's at the oven adds them, and the whole table knows. SHARED STOPWATCHES TOO Counting up works the same way. Publish a running stopwatch, share the link, and everyone follows the same elapsed time and the same laps — useful for races, drills, practice runs, and anything you'd otherwise be calling out splits for. NO ACCOUNTS. EVER. There's no login, no profile, and no friend list. Holding the link is the whole permission model. That means you can send a timer to someone who's never heard of this app and they're watching it two seconds later. WORKS EVERYWHERE iPhone, iPad and any web browser. People without the app just tap the link and watch the countdown on the web — nothing to install. Links in Messages unfurl with a live preview, and tapping one opens straight to the timer if you have the app. NOTIFICATIONS THAT KEEP UP Get notified when your timer ends, even if the app is closed. If someone extends or pauses the timer, your notification reschedules itself automatically — you're alerted at the real end time, not the old one. BUILT TO FEEL NATIVE Clean, familiar design that matches the system clock you already know. Timers and stopwatch in one place, recent timers a tap away, and nothing you have to learn. GOOD FOR • Cooking together, one timer, everyone in the kitchen • Laundry, dishwashers, and anything that's "done" for the household • Workouts, rest intervals, and circuit training with a partner • Study sessions, Pomodoro blocks, and focus sprints with a group • Meetings, talks, and speaking slots where someone needs to see the clock • Games, debates, and turn timers everyone can watch • Kids and chores, without handing over your phone • Races and drills, with shared laps on a shared stopwatch Set it once. Share it everywhere. Everyone stays on the same clock!

Screenshots

HourHack3 screens
ShareTimers3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ShareTimers at every 2 days against HourHack's fortnightly. HourHack's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.0). On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HourHack ships an update fortnightly, ShareTimers every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
HourHack versus ShareTimers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHourHackShareTimers
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.4 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRosenbergs LLCZachary Halbrecht

In-app purchases

None

HourHack

No in-app purchases

None

ShareTimers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HourHack free?
HourHack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ShareTimers free?
ShareTimers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HourHack or ShareTimers have ads?
Neither HourHack nor ShareTimers shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HourHack or ShareTimers?
HourHack ships an update fortnightly, and ShareTimers every 2 days. Most recently, HourHack was updated on October 13, 2026 and ShareTimers on October 8, 2026.

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