Tally vs Hourlyo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tally
This app helps you understand where your time goes by gently prompting you to log activities throughout the day. It provides visual breakdowns of your time, allowing you to identify patterns and achieve a better balance between productivity and rest.
- Gentle daily prompts for logging
- Quick-log from notifications
- Customizable categories with icons
- Visual daily timeline
- Balance bars for productivity and rest
- Daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly insights
- Offline functionality
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You know the feeling. It's 9 PM and you're wondering where the day went. You were busy — but doing what, exactly? Tally answers that question. Not with timers or complicated tracking. Just a gentle nudge throughout the day: "What did you just do?" Tap a category and you're done. Three seconds, tops. Do this for a few days and something shifts. You stop guessing and start seeing. The afternoon you thought was productive? Mostly phone. The evening you felt was wasted? Actually a solid mix of cooking and reading. Tally doesn't judge. It just shows you the picture. YOUR DAY AT A GLANCE Your daily timeline is a visual map of how your hours were spent, color-coded by category. At a glance, you see the shape of your day — what you did, and what slipped by unlogged. LOG WITHOUT THINKING - A gentle nudge at the interval you choose - Quick-log directly from the notification — no need to open the app - Pick from your most-used categories with a single tap - Only active during your waking hours — you set the schedule CATEGORIES THAT FIT YOUR LIFE Tally comes with 10 default categories: Work, Rest, Exercise, Social Media, Reading, Commute, Cooking, Entertainment, Social, and Other. Add your own — unlimited, with custom icons and colors. Your categories should reflect how you actually spend time, not how you wish you did. BALANCE, NOT JUST DATA Tally tracks four dimensions of a well-spent day through balance bars: - Create: time spent on focused, productive work - Recharge: rest, exercise, cooking — recovery that actually counts - Focus: your day minus the distractions - Awareness: how much of your day you've accounted for Each bar has a personal target. When all four close, you've had a balanced day — by your own definition, not anyone else's. SEE THE PATTERNS The Insights tab breaks down your time across four views: - Daily: where today's hours went, charted by category - Weekly: seven days side by side — spot the rhythm of your week - Monthly: trends that only emerge over longer stretches - Yearly: the full picture of how your time adds up No scores designed to guilt you. Just clean data about your own life. BUILT TO STAY OUT OF YOUR WAY - iCloud sync keeps your data across all your devices - Dark mode that follows your system setting - Works offline — your data is local first, always - No account required. No sign-up. No analytics tracking you. Tally is completely free. Every feature, every insight, every category — no paywalls, no limits, no "upgrade to unlock" screens. WHAT TALLY IS NOT Tally is not a Pomodoro tool. There are no work/break cycles. Tally is not a billing tracker. There are no projects or clients. Tally is a mirror. It shows you where your time goes. What you do with that information is entirely up to you. Terms of Use: https://www.theblackholecompany.com/termsConditions.html
Hourlyo
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Send the proposal. Track the hours. Prove every one. Hourlyo is a lightweight tool for freelance developers who work for clients by the hour or by the project. It takes you from proposal to payment in one place, instead of a doc for the proposal, a timer for the hours, a spreadsheet for the report and a separate app for the invoice. HOW IT WORKS 1. Send a proposal List the work as line items with estimated hours and your rate. Your client reviews and accepts it from a link, with no account needed. You see when they open it and can send a reminder in one tap. 2. Turn the yes into a project An accepted proposal becomes a project with the same line items, budget and deadline. 3. Track hours against the scope Start the timer and pick the line item you are working on. Mark time as billable or not, edit entries, and continue yesterday's work with one tap. 4. Prove every hour Share an hour report that shows time spent per line item. Your client sees it without logging in, and you see when they viewed it. KEY FEATURES Ready to bill See unbilled hours and their value per project and client. Mark them as billed when you send the invoice, and undo if you need to. Change orders When the client asks for more, send a change order with the extra items, hours and a new deadline. Once they approve it from a link, it is added to the project budget and kept apart from the original scope, so you always know what was agreed and what changed. Project overview Original scope, approved changes and the current budget at a glance, with line items, tracked time and an attached contract. Client overview Money won, billed and ready to bill, your effective hourly rate, proposals, projects and private notes for every client. Share a client portal link that shows their projects and reports. Dashboard What is ready to bill, which proposals are waiting for approval, your week in hours and what needs your attention today. Also included Meetings, an agenda for tasks and reminders, focus insights, PDF reports and your choice of currency. WHO IT IS FOR Hourlyo is built for freelance developers and consultants who bill clients for their time. It is not a team management platform. It is a focused workspace for people who run their own client work. Subscription Information: Hourlyo offers auto-renewable subscriptions. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://hourlyo.com/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://hourlyo.com/terms-of-service Refund Policy: https://hourlyo.com/refund-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Tally at every 6 weeks against Hourlyo's every 6 months. Hourlyo's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Tally sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Hourlyo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tally ships an update every 6 weeks, Hourlyo every 6 months. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | Tally | Hourlyo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Youssef Ismaili | BAHADIR TEZER |
In-app purchases
Tally
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$2.99
- Large Tip$4.99
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- Generous Tip$9.99
- Crazy Tip$49.99
Hourlyo
- Hourlyo Propospals$1.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription$9.001 Month
- Yearly Subscription$79.001 Year









