Hour vs August Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hour
This app facilitates rapid texting of notifications to contacts for fundraising campaigns. It allows users to efficiently manage and track responses from their phone's contact list.
- Send quick text notifications
- Target specific contacts
- Track responses
- Fundraising campaign support
- Phone contact integration
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The Hour-A-Thon Quicktext app is designed for users of Hour-A-Thon fundraising campaigns to quickly text notifications to specified contacts in their phone and track responses.
August Mobile
Manage seasonal work schedules, communicate with your team, and access exclusive employee discounts. Streamline your work experience with easy shift viewing and messaging.
- View scheduled shifts
- Message your team
- Redeem employee coupons
- Access employee vouchers
- Seasonal work management
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Use the August Mobile app to view your scheduled shifts, message your team, and redeem employee-only coupons and vouchers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: August Mobile at 100% against Hour's 48%. August Mobile also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.3). Hour's advantage is ratings volume (143 vs 5). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
August Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hour has 143 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Hour's written reviews are positive against 100% of August Mobile's.
Hour ships an update every 3 weeks, August Mobile every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hour | August Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (143 ratings) | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 143 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.3 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Buynow AF, LLC | FarmHand Pro LLC |
Customer experience
Hour
August Mobile
In-app purchases
Hour
No in-app purchases
August Mobile
No in-app purchases
