TrackWork vs ShiftBuddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TrackWork
This app helps hourly workers track their work time and earnings. It functions as a digital timesheet, allowing users to clock in and out, manage multiple clients with different rates, and easily request payments. It's designed for simplicity and offline use.
- One-tap clock in/out
- Automatic timesheet generation
- Multiple client tracking
- Payment request functionality
- Offline time tracking
- Earnings calculation
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Track hours. Create invoice. Get paid. TrackWork is an hours tracker for anyone paid by the hour: cleaners, builders, nannies, tutors, carers, freelancers. Clock in when you start, clock out when you finish, or type the hours in afterwards. Then turn that time into an invoice, or just show your client the record. PAY PERIODS Tell TrackWork how each client pays you: weekly, every two weeks, twice a month, monthly, or just a total. Each client then opens on this week or this month, with what it comes to and whether it is paid. Move between periods with the arrows or a swipe, or tap the period to see every one at a glance. Home shows each client's current period, and anything older that is still unpaid. INVOICES Two taps from any client turns tracked time into a finished invoice. Pick the period, see the invoice before it exists, send the PDF, then record the payment. Your currency, your tax and your payment terms are set once and apply everywhere. Numbering from INV-0001, or your own. Put one line per note on an invoice, so "West roof" becomes one line with its hours and amount. TRACKING Tap to start, tap to stop. Add hours after the fact, overnight shifts included. A crew of two or ten counts every person. Every session is saved with its date, its length and what it earned. YOUR CLIENT SEES THE SAME HOURS Invite a client and they see your timesheet as you do, read-only. No more arguing over the hours. REMINDERS Pick the days and your usual hours for a client, and get a reminder to start tracking at your start time. IN YOUR LANGUAGE English, Spanish, German, French, Japanese and Polish, with 78 currencies and the right local tax name. TRACKWORK PRO Unlimited tracking, invoices and Excel export for timesheets. Your first 10 sessions are free, then choose yearly or monthly. Everything you have recorded stays yours. YOUR DATA, YOUR CONTROL Your records stay yours. We never sell your data. Questions? feedback@upcraft.xyz Terms of Use: https://tracktimepay.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://tracktimepay.com/privacy
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 in-app purchases: TrackWork at none against ShiftBuddy's 2. TrackWork also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.2). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. ShiftBuddy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. TrackWork asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TrackWork against 5.0 for ShiftBuddy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | TrackWork | ShiftBuddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | UpCraft LLC | Life Utility Apps, LLC |
Customer experience
TrackWork
ShiftBuddy
In-app purchases
TrackWork
No in-app purchases
ShiftBuddy
- Monthly$3.991 Month
- Lifetime Access$19.99







