Comparison

Hours Tracker vs TimeTiles

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 track work hours, calculate pay and overtime, and export timesheets. This app helps freelancers and hourly workers manage their schedules and ensure accurate compensation with a clean interface and helpful reminders.

Highlights
  • Seamless time tracking with easy clock in/out
  • Customizable break deductions
  • Detailed shift notes
  • Smart pay and overtime calculation
  • Live earnings dashboard
  • Organized work history logs
  • Custom CSV timesheet exports
Features
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Hours Tracker: Clock In & Work Log is the ultimate time-tracking companion designed to help freelancers, contractors, and hourly employees manage their work schedules with a beautifully clean and intuitive interface. Stop guessing your paycheck and start tracking! Whether you are juggling multiple gigs or simply want a reliable way to log your daily shifts, our streamlined front-end design makes clocking in, calculating overtime, and exporting timesheets effortless. KEY FEATURES Seamless Time Tracking Easy Clock In & Out: Log your start and end times in seconds with our simple entry screen. Custom Breaks: Automatically deduct unpaid break times so your hours are always perfectly accurate. Detailed Notes: Add specific notes to individual shifts to keep track of tasks or projects completed. Smart Pay & Overtime Calculator Custom Hourly Rates: Set your specific base pay for any job. Advanced Overtime Rules: Configure custom multiplier rates (e.g., 1.5x) and set automated daily or weekly overtime limits. The app does the math for you! Live Earnings Dashboard: Instantly view your total accumulated hours and estimated earnings for the week at a glance. Comprehensive Work History Organized Log Books: View your past work weeks broken down clearly by date, hours worked, and total pay. Daily Breakdowns: Tap into any week to see a clean, itemized list of every shift, start/end times, and daily hours. Export & Share Timesheets Custom CSV Exports: Generate professional CSV timesheets for payroll, invoicing, or personal records. Flexible Configurations: Choose custom date ranges, filter by specific jobs, and toggle whether to include unpaid breaks or shift notes in your export. Instant Sharing: Share your timesheet directly from your device via email, text, or your preferred files app. Helpful Reminders Never Forget to Log: Enable push notifications to remind yourself to clock in and out on your scheduled work days. Take control of your work life and ensure you get paid for every minute you work. Download Hours Tracker today and experience the most beautifully designed way to log your time! Terms of use: https://digitalsprout.org/hourstracker/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://digitalsprout.org/hourstracker/privacy-policy

About

TimeTiles

Visually track your daily activities with custom tiles and timers. Understand where your time goes without complex systems. Offers privacy and ease of use with home screen widgets.

Highlights
  • Customizable activity tiles
  • One-tap timer start/stop
  • Home screen widget support
  • Daily, weekly, monthly views
  • Goal and streak tracking
  • Calendar heatmap progress
  • Data export (CSV, JSON)
Features
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TimeTiles is a simple, visual time tracker built for the way your day actually works. Create tiles for the things you care about — deep work, study, business, cooking, fitness, chores, hobbies, or anything else — then start and stop timers with a tap. TimeTiles helps you see where your time goes without spreadsheets, complicated setup, or another productivity system to manage. Designed for iPhone and home screen widgets, TimeTiles makes time tracking fast, private, and easy to stick with. Features include: Track multiple parts of your day with custom tiles Start and stop timers quickly from the app or widgets View your daily total at a glance See patterns with week, month, and year views Build consistency with goals and streaks Review your progress with a calendar heatmap Edit sessions, start times, durations, and notes Export your data with CSV and JSON Sync privately with iCloud No account, no ads, no data selling TimeTiles Pro unlocks unlimited tiles, deeper history, goals, streaks, advanced calendar insights, session editing, multiple timers, and export. Your time data stays yours. TimeTiles is built to be local-first, private, and focused on helping you understand your day.

Screenshots

Hours Tracker4 screens
TimeTiles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hours Tracker at none against TimeTiles's 1. TimeTiles's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.1). 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. TimeTiles sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hours Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

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 TimeTiles. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hours Tracker versus TimeTiles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHours TrackerTimeTiles
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.117.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDigitalSproutPhD Tutorials LLC

Customer experience

Hours Tracker

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

TimeTiles

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

In-app purchases

None

Hours Tracker

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TimeTiles

One-time1
  • TimeTiles$4.99

Questions

Is Hours Tracker free?
Hours Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TimeTiles free?
TimeTiles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hours Tracker or TimeTiles?
Hours Tracker and TimeTiles are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Hours Tracker or TimeTiles have ads?
Neither Hours Tracker nor TimeTiles shows ads.

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