Comparison

Work Timer vs HourLane

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

Head to head
About

Work Timer

Features
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WorkTimer Free — Suivi d’heures simple et clair Enregistrez vos journées de travail en quelques secondes et gardez une vue nette sur vos totaux. Pas d’inscription, pas de cloud : tout reste sur votre iPhone/iPad. Pourquoi choisir WorkTimer Free ? Saisie ultra-rapide : indiquez début, fin et pause — l’application calcule pour vous. Totaux automatiques : aujourd’hui, semaine et mois en un clin d’œil. Historique lisible : détails par jour + graphique clair pour visualiser votre activité. Aucune création de compte : confidentialité par défaut, données locales. Design moderne (iOS 16+) : interface fluide, thème clair/sombre, intégration soignée. iPhone & iPad : expérience adaptée sur tous vos appareils. Parfait pour Salariés, indépendants, artisans, intérimaires, étudiants. Suivi de chantiers, missions, heures supplémentaires, temps partiel. Toute personne qui veut suivre ses heures sans tableur. Fonctionnalités clés Ajout/modification d’une journée (heure de début/fin, pause). Calcul automatique du temps de travail net. Résumé du jour + récaps hebdo et mensuels. Graphiques pour analyser votre semaine/mois. Thèmes : système, clair ou sombre. Aucune inscription requise, données stockées localement. Confidentialité WorkTimer Free respecte votre vie privée : vos données restent sur votre appareil et ne quittent pas votre téléphone/tablette. Pré-requis : iOS/iPadOS 16 ou ultérieur Langue : Français Téléchargez WorkTimer Free et reprenez le contrôle de vos heures — simplement.

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HourLane

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HourLane logs your working hours and turns them into totals, a pay estimate and timesheets ready to send. No account, no ads: nothing leaves your phone unless you decide so. LOG IN TWO TAPS • "Add a time slot" adds your typical day in one tap. • Start now / Stop to clock in to the minute, with rounding if you want it. • Night shifts: an end before the start simply ends the next day. • Agenda by day, 3 days, week, fortnight, month or list, with an hour-by-hour view for the day, 3 days and week. • An evening reminder, if you want one, so you never forget your day. ONE SCHEDULE PER ACTIVITY • Each schedule has its colour, its pay and its own settings: typical day, currency, first day of the week, hours in hundredths, hidden amounts, export header. • You decide whether its events count as working hours, and you can leave out or count any single entry. • Projects for one schedule or shared by all. SYNCED WITH YOUR CALENDAR, IF YOU WANT • Link a schedule to a calendar of the phone: what you log in HourLane shows up there, what you add in the calendar comes into HourLane. • Nothing is deleted without asking you: an event erased from the calendar is shown to you first. • No pay amount is ever written in a calendar. • Or keep a schedule in the app only. SHARE YOUR SCHEDULE • Link a schedule to an online calendar of the phone and share it: the people you invite see your hours live in their own calendar, never your pay. • The app opens the right sharing page and prepares the message. PROJECTS, CLIENTS AND HELP WITH INVOICING • A project and a client for each entry, each with its own rate. • Amounts to bill at the hourly rate or as a flat amount, extras or discounts, tracked as to bill, billed or paid: what you need to prepare your invoices. HourLane is not invoicing software. • Expenses and mileage attached to the entry. TIMESHEETS AND PAY • Week, month, year or any dates, for the schedule you choose; totals by project and by client, year by day or by month. • Export to PDF, CSV, XLSX, or a summary in a message. • Hourly or salaried pay, overtime tiers (paid, banked or both), night premium, bonuses, net estimate from one of your payslips. • Amounts are estimates; your payslip is the reference. YOUR DATA IS YOURS • No account, no ads, no tracking. • A dated copy every week in the folder of your choice (cloud, phone), daily local copies, 30-day trash. SUBSCRIPTION • Monthly or yearly subscription. Without a subscription, your data stays readable and exportable. Payment is charged to your App Store account when the purchase is confirmed. The subscription renews automatically at the same price and for the same period unless automatic renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; the renewal is charged within the 24 hours before that end. You can manage or cancel the subscription in your App Store account settings after the purchase. Terms of use: https://www.hourlane.app/eula Privacy policy: https://www.hourlane.app/privacy

Screenshots

Work Timer4 screens
HourLane4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Work Timer at none against HourLane's 1. HourLane's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. HourLane sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Work Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Work Timer ships an update every 2 weeks, HourLane every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Work Timer versus HourLane: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWork TimerHourLane
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB61 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPIERRE KevinAlexandre Thil

In-app purchases

None

Work Timer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

HourLane

Subscriptions1
  • Hourlane (monthly)3 Days trial$3.991 Month

Questions

Is Work Timer free?
Work Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HourLane free?
HourLane is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Work Timer or HourLane have ads?
Work Timer shows ads; HourLane does not.
Which is updated more often, Work Timer or HourLane?
Work Timer ships an update every 2 weeks, and HourLane every 6 days. Most recently, Work Timer was updated on October 28, 2026 and HourLane on October 26, 2026.

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