MyWorkHours vs SimpleTimeLogger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MyWorkHours
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MyWorkHours: Efficiently Track Your Work Hours Maximize your productivity and effortlessly manage your work hours with MyWorkHours! MyWorkHours is your ultimate tool for tracking and managing your workday. Whether you need to log your work hours, add breaks manually or via a timer, or synchronize your check-ins and check-outs, MyWorkHours has got you covered. With seamless iCloud integration and reliable local persistence, your data is always safe and accessible. Key Features: Add Workdays Easily: Log your work hours with just a few taps. Customize each entry to match your actual work schedule. Flexible Break Management: Add breaks manually or set up a timer to track your pauses accurately. Ensure every minute of your break is accounted for. Check-in and Check-out: Easily check in and check out with a card system. Perfect for employees who need a precise log of their working hours. iCloud Synchronization: Keep your data synchronized across all your Apple devices. Never lose track of your work hours, no matter which device you're using. Local Persistence: MyWorkHours ensures that all your data is saved locally on your device, providing quick access and high reliability, even without an internet connection. User-friendly Interface: Navigate through your work logs effortlessly with our intuitive and clean interface. Designed to make your time tracking as straightforward as possible. Detailed Reports: Generate comprehensive reports of your work hours and breaks. Perfect for personal reviews or submitting to employers. Why Choose MyWorkHours? MyWorkHours is designed with your productivity in mind. By providing a simple yet powerful tool to manage your work hours and breaks, you can focus more on your tasks and less on time tracking. Our app's robust synchronization and persistence features ensure your data is always available and secure. Download MyWorkHours today and take control of your workday! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
SimpleTimeLogger
Effortlessly track your work hours with a clean interface. Log time quickly, manage projects and tags, set targets, and monitor your work-life balance. Includes vacation tracking and insightful statistics.
- Quick duration logging
- Project and tag management
- Target hour setting
- Vacation and absence tracking
- Detailed statistics and insights
- Home screen quick actions
- Siri Shortcuts integration
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TimeLogger – Take Control of Your Time. Powerful. Clear. Flexible. TimeLogger is a powerful time tracker with a clean, uncluttered interface – all the complexity stays in the background so you can focus on your work. Smart Time Tracking - Quick Durations: Tap your most-used work durations to log time instantly – no manual clock setting needed - "Finished by" display: See right in the Start/Stop button when you'll reach your target hours - Home Screen Quick Actions: Start or stop tracking and add new entries without even opening the app - Siri Shortcuts: Control TimeLogger with your voice – start tracking, add entries, open statistics, or export as PDF - Midnight time tracking: Flexibly allocate shifts to the start day, end day, or split across both - Add missed entries manually at any time Multiple Jobs - Manage multiple jobs separately – ideal for a second job or a new employer - Each job with its own target hours, vacation allowance, and balance Projects & Tags - Projects: Assign every entry to a project – such as a client or job – and keep track of where your hours go - Tags: Describe the context of your work with any number of tags like working from home or office – independent of the project and always optional - Tag Breakdown: See in statistics the total hours and number of days for each of your tags – for example your working-from-home days for your tax return - Filter: Narrow the calendar and statistics down to a single project Export & Reports - CSV Export: Export your working hours as a CSV file – perfect for further processing in Excel, Numbers & more - PDF Export: Professionally designed Monthly Overview with a totals row showing all your totals at a glance - Individual Export Options: Choose the row layout, separators, units, and additional columns like projects or tags - Project Export: Export a project's hours as a PDF – perfect as proof for an invoice or a report Reminders & Notifications - Reminders to clock in and out, plus alerts when you reach your target hours or an automatic break applies - Configurable separately for each weekday - Naturally stays quiet on vacation, holidays, and sick days Target Time & Work Balance - Set individual target hours for each weekday - Daily and weekly target time tracking with automatic running balance - Running Total Balance: Optionally, the calendar shows your cumulative balance up to each day right alongside it - Missed targets are shown as negative balance in weekly and monthly charts - Support for half workdays (e.g. Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve) - Automatic breaks: Configurable legally or company-required break rules, also loggable manually - Period-based target hours and vacation allowances – ideal when switching between full-time and part-time Vacation & Absence Management - Built-in vacation management: track available, planned, and taken days - Create vacation with a single tap – right from the detail view - Vacation Preview: instantly see how many vacation days a period will use before you confirm - Automatic Public Holidays: Choose your region and official holidays appear automatically in the calendar – works for any region worldwide - Manual entry of other absence types like sick days, special leave, or compensatory time off - Visual statistics with a comprehensive overview of all absences (sickness, vacation, and more) Insights & Statistics - Insights section: Discover patterns in your work behavior - Clear, visual summaries of your time at a glance Widgets & Live Activities - Live Activity & Lock Screen Widgets: daily, weekly, and monthly progress on your lock screen and in the Dynamic Island First-Class iPad Support - Sidebar navigation and a thoughtfully designed layout optimized for the big screen Help & FAQ - Answers to common questions right in the app – about Jobs, Projects, Tags, time tracking, balance, and more Questions, feedback, or suggestions? Feel free to email us at TimeLogger@heckel.tech – we'd love to hear from you!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SimpleTimeLogger at none against MyWorkHours's 2. SimpleTimeLogger also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. MyWorkHours sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. SimpleTimeLogger asks for nothing beyond the download.
MyWorkHours ships an update every 2 months, SimpleTimeLogger weekly. The most recent releases landed on May 17, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MyWorkHours | SimpleTimeLogger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yordan Dimitrov | Tobias Heckel |
In-app purchases
MyWorkHours
- Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Yearly3 Days trial$8.991 Year
SimpleTimeLogger
No in-app purchases
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