Comparison

Hours Tracker vs ShiftBuddy

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

Head to head
About

Hours Tracker

Track work hours, calculate pay, and generate detailed reports for various hourly jobs. Manage shifts, breaks, and overtime with customizable rules. Export data for payroll or invoicing.

Highlights
  • Fast shift tracking
  • Manual shift editing
  • Pay and overtime calculation
  • Customizable job rules
  • Shareable PDF/XLSX reports
  • Widgets and Live Activities
  • Local-first data storage
Features
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HoursKit is a time clock, work hours tracker, and pay calculator built for people who need clean shift records before payday. Clock in, clock out, edit missed punches, track breaks, and see your estimated gross and net pay without rebuilding your week in a spreadsheet. Use it for one job, multiple jobs, freelance work, student shifts, delivery routes, care work, contract work, or any hourly schedule that needs a reliable timesheet. FAST SHIFT TRACKING • Start, pause, resume, and clock out from a focused shift timer • Add or edit manual shifts when you forget to clock in • Save shift templates for repeat schedules • Track tasks, tags, notes, paid status, holidays, and time off • Review today, this week, this month, pay periods, or custom date ranges PAY, OVERTIME, AND JOB RULES • Estimate pay from hourly rates, job-specific rates, tips, additions, and deductions • Configure overtime, double time, holiday, weekend, and night shift rules • Preview gross pay, estimated net pay, paid hours, and unpaid remaining pay • Keep separate rules for jobs when your rates or schedules change REPORTS THAT ARE READY TO SHARE • Export polished PDF reports or XLSX spreadsheets • Filter reports by job, task, tag, paid status, and date range • Include summaries, shift detail, job breakdowns, and net pay sections • Keep a clearer record for payroll, clients, invoices, or your own payday check REMINDERS, WIDGETS, AND AUTOMATION • Use widgets and Live Activities to see active shifts at a glance • Set clock-out and break reminders for long shifts • Add job locations for optional geofencing and automation • Keep quick actions available while protecting against accidental taps PRIVATE, LOCAL-FIRST RECORDS HoursKit is designed around trust: your hours, rates, jobs, and reports stay organized in the app, with iCloud sync, JSON backup, restore, and undo safeguards to help protect your history. HoursKit Pro unlocks the full launch feature set, including advanced jobs, pay rules, templates, exports, widgets, Live Activities, geofencing, and backup/sync tools. Pro is available through auto-renewing subscriptions and a lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled in App Store account settings before renewal. Terms of Use: https://hourskit.com/en-US/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://hourskit.com/en-US/privacy-policy/

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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/

Screenshots

Hours Tracker4 screens
ShiftBuddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Hours Tracker at 17.0 against ShiftBuddy's 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hours Tracker sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days 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.

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 ShiftBuddy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Hours Tracker versus ShiftBuddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHours TrackerShiftBuddy
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 8 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdler Ventures LLCLife Utility Apps, LLC

Customer experience

Hours Tracker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ShiftBuddy

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Hours Tracker

Subscriptions4
  • HoursKit Pro Weekly3 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • HoursKit Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
  • HoursKit Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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  • HoursKit Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • HoursKit Pro Lifetime$69.99
2 purchases

ShiftBuddy

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$19.99

Questions

Is Hours Tracker free?
Hours Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShiftBuddy free?
ShiftBuddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hours Tracker or ShiftBuddy?
Hours Tracker and ShiftBuddy are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Hours Tracker or ShiftBuddy have ads?
Neither Hours Tracker nor ShiftBuddy shows ads.

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