Comparison

Punch Clock vs Stundenzettl

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

Head to head
About

Punch Clock

Easily track your work hours, breaks, and assignments with a simple punch clock. Generate detailed PDF and CSV reports for payroll or invoicing. Designed for hourly workers and freelancers, it offers one-tap punching and local data storage without ads.

Highlights
  • One-tap punching
  • Break tracking
  • Assignment tracking
  • History and editing
  • PDF and CSV reports
  • Widget and Live Activity support
  • Siri and Shortcuts integration
Features
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Turn your iPhone and Apple Watch into a simple personal punch clock. Punch Clock helps you document work sessions, breaks, and assignments without accounts, ads, or complicated HR systems. Punch in with one tap, follow your hours for today and this week, and create clear records for payroll or invoicing support. Features: • One-tap punching: Punch in and out quickly from iPhone or Apple Watch. • Break tracking: Start and end breaks manually or use an optional automatic standard break. • Reliable history: Changes to automatic-break settings never rewrite previously created work sessions. • Assignments: Create optional assignments, choose a default, and filter history and reports. • History and editing: Review, add, edit, or delete work sessions and breaks when needed. • At-a-glance totals: See worked time for today and the current week. • PDF and CSV: Generate summary or detailed reports for any selected period. • Flexible reports: Include breaks, notes, assignments, and time zone information when needed. • Widget and Live Activity: Follow an active session from the Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Dynamic Island on supported devices. • Siri and Shortcuts: Punch in or out and manage breaks using Siri, Shortcuts, or Home Screen Quick Actions. Designed for hourly workers, consultants, freelancers, contractors, and small business owners who want a clear personal work-hours record. Your information is stored locally on your devices. Punch Clock does not collect your personal work sessions and contains no advertising. Punch Clock is a personal documentation tool. It is not payroll, invoicing, accounting, legal, or compliance software. You or your employer are responsible for checking which rules and requirements apply.

About

Stundenzettl

Easily track work hours, expenses, and leave for various job sites. Record your time offline, add notes and photos, and generate PDF timesheets. Offers a free tier with core features and an optional subscription for advanced reporting.

Highlights
  • Clock in/out at multiple job sites
  • Record expenses, tips, and photos
  • Add leave and public holidays
  • Offline time tracking
  • Generate PDF timesheets and reports
  • Private iCloud sync
Features
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Track work hours, record expenses and hand in your timesheet. Stundenzettl takes you from clocking in to a finished record for your workplace. Tap to start your timer and tap again when your work is done. Made for shift workers, cleaners, tradespeople, care workers, changing job sites and independent work. No separate account. No ads. Record your hours even when you are offline. YOUR WORKDAY, CLEARLY RECORDED • Clock in at different job sites, each with its own hourly pay. • Add missed hours, record breaks and correct entries, including shifts across midnight. • See your hours and estimated earnings. Set a personal earnings limit to help you keep track. • Add vacation and sick leave as a date range. Optionally add public holidays automatically. • Keep expenses, tips, photos and notes alongside your hours. • Choose separate languages for the app and your PDF, so your workplace receives the document in the language it needs. WHAT STAYS FREE Manual clocking and time entry, editing and deleting entries, managing job sites, viewing summaries, recording leave, expenses and photos, and backing up or restoring your data. Private iCloud sync stays free too. There is no limit to one job site or a fixed number of entries. STUNDENZETTL PLUS • Create new PDF timesheets for a week, month or custom date range, with signatures and notes. • Create PDF expense reports and completed leave requests. • Add CSV files for Excel and photo attachments to your documents. • Clock in automatically using GPS and automatically record ongoing assignments. Choose a monthly subscription, annual subscription or lifetime one-time purchase. All three include the same Plus features. Original PDFs already saved in your archive remain available to open and share after a subscription ends. Your recorded data stays yours. ALREADY USING THE ORIGINAL FREE VERSION? If you obtained Stundenzettl from the App Store before the first Plus release, you keep all Plus features permanently at no cost. No subscription or one-time purchase is needed. SUBSCRIPTIONS AND PURCHASES Monthly and annual subscriptions renew automatically until canceled. Manage or cancel them in your Apple Account settings. Prices and terms are displayed before you purchase. Buying lifetime access does not automatically cancel an existing subscription. Privacy policy: https://stundenzettl.app/privacy/ Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Punch Clock4 screens
Stundenzettl4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Stundenzettl at every 9 days against Punch Clock's every 5 months. Punch Clock's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Punch Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Stundenzettl sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Punch Clock ships an update every 5 months, Stundenzettl every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Punch Clock versus Stundenzettl: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPunch ClockStundenzettl
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB218 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMPK Tec ABMert Baran

Customer experience

Punch Clock

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Stundenzettl

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Punch Clock

One-time1
  • Punch Clock PRO$3.99
4 purchases

Stundenzettl

Subscriptions2
  • Stundenzettl Plus monatlich7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Stundenzettl Plus jährlich7 Days trial$8.991 Year
One-time2
  • Trinkgeld für Stundenzettl$2.99
  • Stundenzettl Plus dauerhaft$22.99

Questions

Is Punch Clock free?
Punch Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stundenzettl free?
Stundenzettl is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Punch Clock or Stundenzettl have ads?
Neither Punch Clock nor Stundenzettl shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Punch Clock or Stundenzettl?
Punch Clock ships an update every 5 months, and Stundenzettl every 9 days. Most recently, Punch Clock was updated on October 31, 2026 and Stundenzettl on October 25, 2026.

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