WorkHourly vs ShiftBuddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WorkHourly
Effortlessly track billable hours, manage clients, and generate professional invoices. This app is designed for independent professionals to organize their work, calculate overtime, and gain insights into their business performance, all while working offline.
- Offline time tracking
- Automatic overtime calculation
- Professional PDF invoices
- Expense tracking per shift
- Client-specific rates and taxes
- Detailed business reports
- Smart work schedule reminders
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Clock in with one tap. Or add a shift in seconds and tick it off when it's done. WorkHourly turns the hours you work into invoices that actually get paid. Built for freelancers, contractors, and anyone paid by the hour — across as many clients as you have. Rebuilt around the way hourly work actually happens: clean shift cards you can read in a glance, a week you can plan in a few taps, and reports that finally make sense. TRACKING THAT FITS HOW YOUR DAY ACTUALLY GOES Some days you just start working and sort it out later. Some days you know the plan in advance. WorkHourly handles both. • Tap once to clock in, and watch your earnings add up live while you work • Or add the shift up front and simply check it off when it's done • Several shifts in one day, split across different clients • Add a break with one tap — the shift splits around it, so the unpaid gap never lands in your billable total • Set your usual break length once and it drops into the sensible point in the day; remove it and the two halves merge back together • Overtime and salary calculated automatically from each client's rules • Works completely offline — no account, no registration, no sign-up wall KNOW WHAT YOU'RE STILL OWED The hard part of hourly work isn't tracking it. It's remembering who has actually paid you. • Mark shifts as paid or still pending, client by client • A paid-versus-pending summary for every client, so you chase the right invoice • Nothing quietly slips through the gap between one job and the next RATES THAT CHANGE WITHOUT REWRITING YOUR HISTORY • Set hourly rate, salary type, and tax per client • Raise a rate and pick the date it takes effect • Past shifts keep the pay they were worth at the time, so your history and analytics stay honest INVOICES YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND • Professional PDF invoices and timesheets • Drop in your logo — background removed, edges trimmed, and its colors pulled out as ready-made invoice swatches • Live preview while you set up your branding, so nothing is a surprise EVERY COST WHERE IT BELONGS • Log expenses against the exact shift they came from — mileage, materials, parking, whatever it was • Notes and photos on any shift, for the details you'll want months from now • Costs flow straight through to the invoice PLAN THE WEEK BEFORE IT STARTS • A calendar and a running list side by side — planned and worked shifts in one view • Estimated earnings on every upcoming shift, so you know what the week is worth before it starts • Reminders so a worked day never goes unlogged • Home Screen widgets and a Live Activity, so tracking never needs the app open REPORTS YOU CAN ACTUALLY READ • Week, month, or any custom date range you pick • A calendar view showing worked days, hours, and overtime at a glance • Every entry tagged PAID or PENDING • Export any range as a PDF timesheet or invoice SEE WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM • Which clients are genuinely worth your time • Your busiest and most profitable hours • Income trends across weeks and months, in charts that surface what a spreadsheet hides Available in 34 languages. No account, no sign-up, no ads — your records stay on your device and in your own iCloud. WorkHourly Pro is available as a monthly or annual subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
ShiftBuddy
Easily log work shifts, track hours, and estimate pay without spreadsheets. Manage multiple jobs, currencies, pay rates, and overtime rules. Review your history with calendar views and job statistics, then export professional timesheets.
- Log shifts with start/end times and breaks
- Track multiple jobs, currencies, and pay rates
- Estimate regular, overtime, and double-time pay
- Calendar views and job statistics
- Export timesheets as PDF or CSV
- Optional iCloud sync and Face ID/Touch ID protection
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ShiftBuddy helps you log shifts, track work hours and see estimated pay without keeping a spreadsheet on the side. Record start and end times, breaks, notes and overnight shifts. Manage multiple jobs, currencies, pay rates, raises, overtime and double-time rules, plus presets for recurring shifts. See this week at a glance, browse calendar views, search your full history and compare job stats from the My Jobs dashboard. Set weekly, biweekly, semi-monthly or monthly pay schedules, follow pay-period goals and keep the payday widget close by. Export professional timesheets as PDF or CSV, share them when needed, or back up and import all app data as JSON. Your data is local-first, with optional iCloud sync across devices. No separate ShiftBuddy account is required, and Face ID or Touch ID can add an extra layer of privacy. Built for real shift work: • Log a shift in seconds, then edit, duplicate, copy, share, or save it as a preset. • Track paid and unpaid breaks, notes, overnight shifts, and manual overtime adjustments when your day does not fit a simple formula. • Manage active and previous jobs with colors, currencies, role details, workplace info, pay history, and job-specific settings. • Add pay raises by effective date and named rates for special roles, departments, weekend work, holiday shifts, or different responsibilities. • Let ShiftBuddy estimate regular, overtime, and double-time earnings from your rules, while keeping hours and pay totals easy to scan. Plan around payday: • Set weekly, biweekly, semi-monthly, or monthly pay cycles for each job. • See accrued earnings for the current pay period, progress toward a pay-period goal, and a countdown to your next payday. • Use payday reminders and the payday widget to keep upcoming deposits visible without opening the app. Review, search, and report: • Browse day, week, and month calendar views, plus a full history of past weeks and months. • Search saved shifts by date, weekday, job, note, rate name, or amount earned. • Compare jobs with stats such as total hours, earned pay, average shift, longest shift, days worked, effective rate, overtime hours, and recent shifts. • Export a date range or a single job as a clean PDF or CSV timesheet for managers, payroll, invoices, reimbursement, or your own records. • Back up and import your jobs, rates, shifts, breaks, notes, and reminders as JSON whenever you want a portable copy. Your data stays practical and private. ShiftBuddy is local-first, supports optional iCloud sync across your devices, does not require a separate ShiftBuddy account, and can be protected with Face ID or Touch ID. It is designed for iPhone and iPad, whether you work retail, hospitality, healthcare, delivery, security, freelance jobs, student shifts, seasonal work, or any schedule that changes week to week. Terms and Conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: WorkHourly at 5 against ShiftBuddy's 1. WorkHourly also leads on iOS requirement (17.2 vs 26.2). On price, rating, 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. WorkHourly sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and ShiftBuddy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for WorkHourly against 5.0 for ShiftBuddy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WorkHourly has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | WorkHourly | ShiftBuddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aleksei Bukhtin | Life Utility Apps, LLC |
Customer experience
WorkHourly
ShiftBuddy
In-app purchases
WorkHourly
- Monthly Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Annual Pro Offer7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Annual Pro7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Limited Offer Lifetime Pro$9.99
- Lifetime Pro$69.00
ShiftBuddy
- Monthly$3.991 Month
- Lifetime Access$19.99








