Comparison

Hours Tracker vs HourlyTimeTracker

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

Head to head
About

Hours Tracker

Easily log work hours, track earnings, and record mileage for hourly workers and freelancers. Generate PDF timesheets and export editable reports. Keep jobs separate with individual hourly rates and pay periods.

Highlights
  • Punch in/out or add hours later
  • Record shifts, breaks, and notes
  • Track estimated earnings and mileage
  • Generate PDF timesheets
  • Export editable XLSX reports (Pro)
  • Keep jobs separate with custom rates
Features
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Simple. Fast. Clear. Track your work hours, estimated earnings, and mileage in seconds. Hours Tracker helps hourly workers and freelancers keep a clear record of every workday. RECORD YOUR WORK • Punch in and out, or add your hours later. • Save shifts, breaks, lunches, and notes. • Review hours and estimated pay by week, month, or pay period. • Record the distance you travel for each job. REPORTS YOU CAN CHECK AND SHARE Create PDF timesheets. With Pro, export editable XLSX reports, choose your columns, add your company name, and include your logo in PDF reports. START FREE Track one job and export PDF reports for free. Pro adds unlimited jobs, overtime and rounding tools, XLSX reports, reminders, and widgets. Lifetime Pro is a one-time purchase with no recurring charge. KEEP EVERY JOB SEPARATE Set an hourly rate for each job and review its hours and earnings without mixing them together. Choose your currency, pay period, and week start. YOUR RECORDS, WITH YOU Records stay on your device, with iCloud sync when available and enabled. No account is required to use the app. Pay amounts are estimates based on your records and settings. Check them before using them for billing or payroll. Buying lifetime access does not cancel an existing subscription; manage it in Apple Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

HourlyTimeTracker

Easily track your work hours, schedule shifts, and automatically calculate regular and overtime pay based on custom rules. View daily and period summaries, generate detailed reports, and sync with your iPhone Calendar. Includes a home screen widget for quick logging.

Highlights
  • Automatic overtime calculation
  • Shift scheduling
  • Home screen widget
  • Customizable reports
  • iCloud sync
  • Multiple overtime rule modes
Features
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Hourly Time Tracker is a no-fuss hours log for anyone paid by the hour. Schedule upcoming shifts, record actual hours as you work them, and let the app split regular and overtime automatically — using your own rules, and telling you exactly why each day is overtime. WIDGET A Home Screen or Lock Screen widget shows today's recorded hours at a glance. One tap records your scheduled hours for today instantly — no app launch needed. SCHEDULE Map out upcoming work days on a monthly calendar. Set hours and start times. Schedule several days at once with the Select Days button — use M-F or Weekend shortcuts, or long-press and drag — and apply one schedule to all of them. Optionally sync scheduled shifts to your iPhone Calendar. RECORD Log actual hours with a tap. Mark days as PTO, Sick, or Holiday from a dropdown. Import existing events from your iPhone Calendar as scheduled or recorded days. HOURS Every pay period is automatically summarised: regular hours, overtime, and paid time off. Each day's overtime shows the reason it counts. Reconcile periods once your payslip confirms them, and send a clean hours report from the app with a fully customisable template. REPORTS Monthly summaries with day-by-day breakdowns, year-to-date totals, PTO planned vs. taken against a yearly allowance, sick-time totals, your upcoming schedule, and unreconciled periods. Export any report to PDF to print, save to Files, or email. OVERTIME RULES Five modes to match how your employer calculates overtime: - Daily threshold — hours past a set daily limit - Daily tiered — two overtime tiers with separate start points - Weekly threshold — hours past a set weekly total - Schedule (Daily) — hours over each day's scheduled amount - Monthly Quota — hours over a required monthly total (paid time off counts toward it, and a shortfall is flagged) Not sure which fits? Every setting has a built-in info button explaining what it does. ICLOUD SYNC All data is stored in your private iCloud account and syncs automatically across every iPhone signed into the same Apple ID. Nothing to configure. PRIVACY Hourly Time Tracker collects no data. Your hours, period records, and settings are stored on your device and in your private iCloud database — they never leave your control and are never accessible to us. SUPPORT THE APP Hourly Time Tracker is free with no ads or paywalls. If it saves you time, the Tip Jar in Settings lets you leave an optional tip to support development.

Screenshots

Hours Tracker4 screens
HourlyTimeTracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: HourlyTimeTracker at free against Hours Tracker's freemium. Hours Tracker's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hours Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and HourlyTimeTracker sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Hours Tracker against 5.0 for HourlyTimeTracker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hours Tracker ships an update fortnightly, HourlyTimeTracker every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Hours Tracker versus HourlyTimeTracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHours TrackerHourlyTimeTracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael RiehlEasy Chair Apps Lab, LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Hours Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Hours Tracker Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Hours Tracker Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Hours Tracker Pro - Lifetime$39.99
3 purchases

HourlyTimeTracker

One-time3
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Generous Tip$2.99
  • Heroic Tip$4.99

Questions

Is Hours Tracker free?
Hours Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HourlyTimeTracker free?
HourlyTimeTracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hours Tracker or HourlyTimeTracker?
Hours Tracker and HourlyTimeTracker are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Hours Tracker or HourlyTimeTracker have ads?
Neither Hours Tracker nor HourlyTimeTracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hours Tracker or HourlyTimeTracker?
Hours Tracker ships an update fortnightly, and HourlyTimeTracker every 2 months. Most recently, Hours Tracker was updated on October 28, 2026 and HourlyTimeTracker on October 25, 2026.

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